Stotra Chakrabarti

Stotra Chakrabarti serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Macalester College, conducting field research across Indian/East African savannas and North American boreal forests.

His educational background includes a B.S. from Presidency College, Calcutta University (2011); M.S. in Wildlife Sciences from the Wildlife Institute of India (2013); Ph.D. in Wildlife Sciences from Forest Research Institute University India (2018); and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Minnesota (2021).

Research interests span:

• Animal Behavior
• Wildlife Conservation
• Organismal Biology
• Behavioral Ecology
• Conservation Biology
• Human-Wildlife Conflict

His work examines social evolution, mating strategies, predator-prey dynamics, and conflict mitigation through direct observation and remote camera systems on species including lions, wolves, deer, elephants, and beavers.

Teaching emphasizes experiential learning through courses like Animal Behavior: Fundamentals & Applications, Wildlife Monitoring Techniques, Wildlife Conservation in the Anthropocene, and Ecology & Environment. He mentors students interested in ecological research while maintaining personal interests in poetry, soccer, ping-pong, philosophy, and cheesecakes.