Alec Christie is an Imperial College Research Fellow at the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London. I am also a visiting researcher at Conservation Evidence, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Conservation Initiative, and Conservation Research Institute. I research topics related to evidence, evidence-based practice, decision-making, and Artificial Intelligence, with a focus on applying insights to global conservation and biodiversity.

I teach biodiversity conservation topics, such as evidence-based conservation and decision-making, on the MSc Conservation Science and Practice and am open to delivering guest lectures. I remain part of the Conservation Evidence team that won a University of Cambridge Vice Chancellor’s Award for Research Impact and Engagement in 2023. In the past, I held a Henslow Fellowship from 2021-2024 at Downing College, Cambridge funded by the Cambridge Philosophical Society and completed a post-doc in 2021 at BioRISC (Biosecurity Research Initiative at St Catherine’s), Cambridge. I obtained my PhD in Zoology from the University of Cambridge in 2021 and my BSc Hons in Marine Biology from the University of St Andrews in 2017. I have led and participated in research, fieldwork, and nature conservation projects in Antarctica, the Great Barrier Reef, and Türkiye.