Elizabeth Kroger
Marine Conservation Researcher and Practitioner
Elizabeth Kroger
Marine Conservation Researcher and Practitioner
About
I am a marine conservation biologist and policy analyst with experience leading, designing, coordinating, and conducting socio-ecological research. My work spans sustainable fisheries, marine protected areas, conservation finance, coastal ecosystem restoration, and social equity, with a particular focus on Latin America, the Caribbean, and California. I am bilingual in Spanish and English and proficient in French, enabling me to work directly with scientists, government agencies, fishers, NGOs, and communities to facilitate multinational collaboration, capacity building, and stakeholder participation in conservation decisions. In addition to my stakeholder engagement experience and track record building partnerships, I have a strong science background and advanced training in ArcGIS, R, data science, and scientific diving.
I received a Master of Environmental Management from Duke University, where my masters project focused on bycatch reduction through market-based solutions in Mexican small-scale fisheries and my additional research focused on the conservation and social impacts of debt-for-nature swaps. I have a B.A. from Middlebury College in Conservation Biology and Spanish, where my thesis addressed monitoring gaps in Caribbean coral restoration and my long-term research focused on the socio-ecological effectiveness of MPAs in Madagascar.