Dr Jessica Lee

Dr. Jessica Lee heads the Avian Species Programmes and Partnerships at Mandai Nature. She facilitates local and regional conservation research projects supported by Mandai Nature, as well as Mandai Wildlife Group, which includes building the network and capacity of conservation partners in ways that maximise impact on the ground. 

Jessica considers herself a conservation ornithologist with a para-veterinary background. Her journey started in 2007, in the academic field of avian conservation biology, health and management – studying how conservation may be integrated into production land-use to extend species protection and recovery beyond protected areas and reserves. 

She is interested in the in situ and ex situ conservation management of threatened birds, as well as addressing key threats such as habitat loss and the illegal and unsustainable bird trade.