Stotra Chakrabarti, PhD

stotra.bsky.social

02 July 2025 01:35

Kicking off my pre-tenure sabbatical - EXCITED and getting ready to head out to Kenya for fieldwork for our Tsavo Simba Project! 🦁 Can’t wait to collar some 🦁 and dive into pride dynamics🤩 🧪🔬🦊🪶 Also, look at our gorgeous new logo—big shoutout to the amazing Kimberly Boustead for the design! 🎨🙌

Stotra Chakrabarti, PhD

stotra.bsky.social

02 July 2025 01:35

Best. Birthday. Ever. 🦁🎉 Couldn’t be more thrilled to officially launch our Tsavo Simba Research Project — right here in Kenya, and on my BIRTHDAY! 🎂✨ A dream come to true, working on something so close to my ❤️, with the most phenomenal team and partners 🤝 To new adventures, big cats, and science🧪🦁

Stotra Chakrabarti, PhD

stotra.bsky.social

13 June 2025 16:40

2/2 Excited that both Sophie and Ayuna will continue to work in the lab this summer as they finish up analyses and write their papers! Huge thanks to our collaborators in Tanzania and Argentina, and to Macalester for backing these awesome projects 🙏🤩 #UndergradResearch 🧪🪶

Stotra Chakrabarti, PhD

stotra.bsky.social

12 June 2025 19:48

1/2 Tough semester😮‍💨 but so grateful for my amazing lab fam🤩 Huge (belated) shoutout to Sophie Carpenter for crushing her undergrad thesis on predation mapping in N. Tanzania🐆🦁🐂 & @ayuna-lh.bsky.social for wrangling ~1M cam-trap photos 📸 to investigate puma–fox–prey dynamics in 🇦🇷 🦊🐾 Legends #ProudPI🧪

Science Magazine

science.org

30 March 2025 16:27

Whales sing, orcas squeal, and sea turtles croak. But sharks are more the strong, silent type. Now, researchers report the first evidence that sharks make sounds, too. Learn more: scim.ag/3RmqcF5