I am a wildlife conservation scientist and carnivore ecologist whose research integrates field ecology, spatial analysis, and collaborative conservation to advance the study and conservation of wild cats and their landscapes. My work spans Nearctic and Neotropical felids in North America, with added collaboration on African leopard research, and I am particularly interested in population ecology, habitat relationships, landscape connectivity, species interactions, and responses to human and environmental disturbance. I serve on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Ocelot Recovery Team and am a research partner on the Texas Ocelot Reintroduction Efforts. I am also actively involved in puma research and conservation in California (USA), including work addressing connectivity and conservation in human-dominated landscapes. Across my research, I collaborate with government agencies, NGOs, universities, and conservation partners to develop applied science supporting species recovery, habitat connectivity, coexistence, and evidence-based conservation of wild felids.

Lombardijv@gmail.com