Claudia Santori

I am a 25-year-old Animal Biology graduate from Padova, Italy.

I am very passionate about the natural world, and particularly of herpetology (the study of reptiles and amphibians). After a year of working and travelling in South and Central America, I returned to Europe and completed my MSc in Biodiversity Conservation and Management at the University of Oxford. I recently started a PhD at the University of Sydney in the Whittington-Thompson Lab, on the conservation of turtles living in the river Murray.

I particularly enjoy taking photos of landscapes and wildlife, sports such as hiking and scuba diving, coffee runs through my veins, and travelling is my life.

A baby E. macquarii

Eastern long-necked turtle

Cane toad project

Trapping green sea turtles

Check out my most recent blog posts, or my tweets @claudia_santori!