WILDLABS groups like this one are where conservation tech community members from every career stage gather to ask questions, share resources, and network. If you're just getting started in your #tech4wildlife career, making a career change from the tech world into conservation, or you're a student finding your path in the field, the Early Career group wants to meet you!
Likewise, the Early Career group is an excellent place for our conservation tech experts to share opportunities and resources with a wide audience of people who will make a big impact in conservation in the coming years.
How can you get started in our Early Career group?
- Visit our Welcome Thread and tell us about yourself and your career goals!
- Drop into our Share Your Master's Project thread to ask questions, share your updates, get advice, and discuss your project goals with people who can help you make progress
- Network with our group's regular events like Happy Hour, launching later in 2022
The Early Career group is looking for an organizer for a 6-month period to plan networking events and help conservation tech students from around the world connect! If you're interested in volunteering as group organizer, email ellie.warren@wildlabs.net with a brief summary of your early career conservation tech experience so far, and with an idea for one event or activity you'd propose for the group. We hope to hear from you!
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I'm an Environmental Biology graduate from Columbia University with a passion for wildlife science, ecology, and conservation biology. I'm an early-career professional looking to get into the field of conservation technology and interested in related graduate programs.
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- @KeesteVelde
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Underwater Bioacoustician interested in developing PAM for freshwater systems

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- @MStarking
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Ecologist and conservation researcher, currently an Assistant Professor at University of Michigan-Flint, research areas include landscape ecology, forestry and wildlife interactions, wildlife habitat relationships, spatial ecology, GIS.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanakrit-hansuranant
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Tech for Conservation

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I am a Conservationist and Ornithologist passionate about biodiversity conservation and environmental sustainability.

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Nature is art to me, and art is in my nature :)
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A Wildlife Biologist interested in Environment Assessment and Restoration, In-situ and Ex-situ strategies, Technologies used in Conservation and Illegal Wildlife Trade.


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- @WyattB
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Data science and ML specialist
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- @ELINURU
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Environmental scientist with experience in natural resource management, especially water, wildlife, forestry, and biodiversity conservation.
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- @claudlacroix
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PhD fellow using deep learning to investigate marine fish acoustic signals and social behaviour.
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I am a biology undergraduate student who is interested in the field of wildlife conservation and has skills in field observation and identification
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Careers
The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is seeking a new Research Associate to join their Conservation Technology Lab team.
29 July 2022
Applications are now open for the CLP 2023 Team Awards.
19 July 2022
Dr. Karen Holl's group at the University of California, Santa Cruz
4 June 2022
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This is wonderful, thanks for sharing! |
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Community Base, Early Career, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Women in Conservation Tech Programme (WiCT) | 11 hours 15 minutes ago | |
Hello WILDLABS Community, Ocean Science Analytics recently launched an ocean-focused course for those interested in learning how to... |
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Geospatial, Conservation Tech Training and Education, Early Career, Earth Observation 101 Community | 5 days 23 hours ago | |
Hi Aleksandra,Welcome! I'm also from a technical background (software development, data engineering, and data science) and making the shift into conservation tech. Like you, I don... |
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Early Career | 1 month 2 weeks ago | |
Thanks Fadhilla! I met with your colleague Henrick at the booth. :-) |
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AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Camera Traps, Citizen Science, Community Base, Data management and processing tools, Early Career, Geospatial | 1 month 3 weeks ago | |
p.s. https://environmentjob.co.uk/jobs has internships searchable for any location, not just UK. |
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Geospatial, Early Career, Marine Conservation | 2 months 2 weeks ago | |
Hi Ethan, It's indeed a competitive area. My advice for you (and anybody else seeking a PhD supervisor)...Do background research on each individual potential supervisor and always... |
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Early Career, AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Climate Change | 2 months 3 weeks ago | |
Hi Frida!As a recent graduate gearing up for grad school applications, I've also been looking into conservation tech programs. As @carlybatist already mentioned, there's an... |
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Early Career, Conservation Tech Training and Education | 2 months 3 weeks ago | |
My name is Frank Short and I am a PhD Candidate at Boston University in Biological Anthropology. I am currently doing fieldwork in Indonesia using machine-learning powered passive... |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Data management and processing tools, Early Career, Emerging Tech, Ethics of Conservation Tech, Protected Area Management Tools, Software Development | 3 months ago | |
Hello all!I just found this amazing resource and was hoping people here could help provide me some with advice! I am a junior web developer... |
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Early Career | 3 months ago | |
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Latin America Community, Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Camera Traps, Drones, Early Career | 3 months 1 week ago | ||
Hi Karinna, That seems that a great plan and lots of nice skills to bring in!Don't hesitate to search the member directory or the organisations inventory to find suitable... |
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Early Career | 4 months 1 week ago | |
Hi @ziggy_4 , I agree with those who commented before, there are a lot of ways to get into the field. I went down the Biology route and then learnt more via my PhD. ... |
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Early Career, Conservation Tech Training and Education | 4 months 1 week ago |
Job wanted for masters graduate in env sciences with bachelors in mech engineering.
17 February 2023 8:00pm
Job: Building a network of conservation tech across continents
2 February 2023 1:50pm
Summer Internships in Conservation Tech
13 January 2023 11:57pm
17 January 2023 2:45am
Thank you for the helpful info!
International Congress for Conservation Biology
16 January 2023 2:53pm
Conservation Technology Intern (Vietnam)
11 January 2023 5:00pm
Education Paper on Computer Vision for Ecology
9 January 2023 5:30am
Job: Conservation Technology Specialist (PT)
6 January 2023 12:49am
Job: maker / workshop technician
5 January 2023 10:53am
Conservation Design Project Recruitment
19 December 2022 5:52pm
4 January 2023 10:48am
intrested.
Job: Software Engineer at Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory
19 December 2022 7:59pm
Opportunity: networking, funding and more...
15 November 2022 4:35pm
24 November 2022 3:56pm
Hi Liz,
A bit of both - we certainly have people from both sides of that equation. The event will be very multi-disciplinary and aims specifically to bring together a broad range of people!
Hope that helps,
Thanks
Alice
2 December 2022 3:08pm
Super interesting! I registered immediately.
Perhaps good to know is that if one registers, it is not only to apply for the upcoming symposium but also for future ones. So even if the coming symposium is not a perfect fit, one may register anyways.
16 December 2022 3:06pm
Thanks Alice, it does!
Join NASA’s harmful algal bloom ML challenge and win prizes!
15 December 2022 7:56pm
ONLINE TRAINING: Project Planning for Wildlife Conservation
15 December 2022 7:11pm
Looking for folks to do resume/CV reviews
30 June 2022 2:39pm
18 November 2022 2:53am
Thanks for the kind wishes! I did just start a new job, and the group I tried to put together never really got off the ground. Hopefully some other folks can take this thread and make some connections and run with it, though.
18 November 2022 2:22pm
HI folks: If anyone is looking for a teaching-focused academic careers (e.g. primarily undergraduate institution) I'd be happy to look at anything through that lens.
3 December 2022 2:33pm
Hi David,
I am happy to support if this opportunity is still open?
You can reach me on Loretta.Andrade@gmail.com
LinkedIn:
Thanks,
Loretta
Conservation Technology Intern (Vietnam)

19 October 2022 9:22am
Frontiers Symposium: Digital tools for reversing environmental degradation
5 October 2022 10:23am
Conservation leadership: Learning
4 October 2022 2:29pm
ONLINE COURSE: Monitoring and Evaluation for Wildlife Conservation
4 October 2022 2:04pm
ONLINE COURSE: Project Management for Wildlife Conservation
4 October 2022 2:00pm
Movement Ecology Field Team and Data Coordinator: Osa Conservation [Open until filled)
22 September 2022 11:55pm
BOEM job openings
Postdoc: Interpretable ML for species-based image classification
1 September 2022 9:34pm
ONLINE COURSE: Grant Writing for Wildlife Conservation
31 August 2022 2:38pm
WWF student assistant wanted: forest impact monitoring with Earth Observation
29 August 2022 4:41pm
Conservation Technology Research Internship
26 August 2022 4:58pm
Research Technician - Unoccupied Aircraft Systems Pilot and Geospatial Analyst
10 August 2022 10:40pm
3yr Postdoctoral Associate: Remote Sensing and Unoccupied Aircraft Systems
10 August 2022 5:29pm
Postdoctoral Associate - Remote Sensing & Unoccupied Aircraft Systems
10 August 2022 1:44pm
14 January 2023 4:24pm
Saw this recently on Twitter!
ConservationX and Rainforest Connection usually have open intern positions as well, so I'd check those websites. And if there's a particular area within conservation tech that you're interested in, you could also check out the Conservation Tech Directory and search around for organizations or companies to potentially reach out to about internships.