Julie is a trained neuroscientist, molecular biologist and disease ecologist. With research experience spanning the US, Europe, Australia, Cambodia, and Panama, she is fascinated by how the natural world and human health intertwine and hopes to raise awareness on climate change through a public health lens. She is deeply driven by environmental and social justice and has been involved with NGOs and activist groups to promote a greener future for all.
Her passion for wildlife, cultural anthropology and documentary photography has led her on expeditions all over the world. She has ben involved in underwater scientific surveys of corals, seagrass and reef plastic clean-ups along Cambodian shorelines. Her work in Panama has taken her from the depths of the Darién jungle, tracking Malaria in indigenous communities, to the river beds of Gamboa, surveilling the spread of the Chytrid fungus in frogs. She has summited some of the tallest mountains and volcanoes in the US, Indonesia, China and Panama, and has completed a 5-day solo-kayaking trek in France.
She has photographed people and wildlife across five continents, with a focus on telling climate and cultural stories; while using her camera as an extra tool in her scientific belt.
Her scientific work has been awarded by the Smithsonian Institute, Ocean Conservancy and the Royal Academy of Sciences.