Devcharan Jathanna, (Dev to friends, colleagues and students) is primarily a carnivore biologist and population ecologist. He has a PhD from Manipal University, an MSc (Wildlife Science) from the Wildlife Institute of India and a BSc (Environmental Science, Zoology, Chemistry) from St. Joseph's College of Arts & Science, Bangalore. He is a Nat Geo Explorer (2013 - present), a member of the IUCN SSC Small Carnivore Specialist Group, (2013 - present).

Dev's research has focussed on understanding the population dynamics and distributions of a wide range of mammalian carnivores, large herbivores as well as bird species in high elevation sky islands of the Western Ghats, and implications for the long-term persistence of these taxa. He is proficient in population modelling, various population estimation frameworks (open and closed capture-recapture, occupancy modelling, distance sampling), statistical/ecological modelling, study design, protocols and implementation, workflows for data processing and validation, radio-telemetry, among others. Dev has extensive experience in teaching, mentoring and advising (frontline field staff to MSc and PhD students as well as faculty) in India, southeast Asia and central Asia, since 2006.

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