Martin Gilbert is a wildlife veterinarian and epidemiologist at the Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health. For more than 25 years, he has worked in international conservation, primarily across Asia, studying the challenges facing threatened wildlife and developing practical approaches to their conservation. Much of his research has focused on wild felids, including work to understand the threat posed by canine distemper virus to Amur tigers in the Russian Far East and other pathogens affecting tigers and leopards elsewhere in Asia. His work also addresses human–felid conflict, including efforts to reduce livestock predation by tigers, leopards and snow leopards. Across these projects, he seeks conservation strategies that recognize the needs of both carnivores and the people who share their landscapes, combining biological understanding with practical interventions that promote coexistence while supporting resilient rural livelihoods.

m.gilbert@cornell.edu