From 2021 to 2025, I was part of the PopEcol group, working as a data manager on the African Wild Dog Project. I used an AI-based graphical user interface tool to detect and identify individual wild dogs from tourist sightings.
In 2023, I started working as a teaching assistant for Prof. Dr. Arpat Ozgul in the ‘Biodiversity’ MSc study programme.
Since 2026, I have also been employed as a data analyst and manager for the Kalahari Biodiversity Project. In 2023, a large-scale camera trap project was launched, which now produces several million images every year that need to be processed and sorted by animal species.
CV
- 2012–2014: MSc Biology/Ecology, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich, Switzerland
- 2008–2012: BSc Biology, University of Zürich, Switzerland
Publications
- Cozzi G, Börger L, Hutter P, Abegg D, Beran C, Broekhuis F, McNutt J, Ozgul A. (2015) Effects of Trophy Hunting Leftovers on the Ranging Behaviour of Large Carnivores: A Case Study on Spotted Hyenas. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0121471. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121471
- Cozzi G, McNutt J, Reilly M, Abegg D, Behr D, Brack P, Claase M, Holmberg J, Hofmann D, Kalil P, Ndlovu S, Neelo J. (2023) An AI-based platform to investigate African large carnivore dispersal and demography across broad landscapes: A case study and future directions using African wild dogs. African Journal of Ecology 26(1): e13227. doi:10.1111/aje.13227