Alex Braczkowski
Postdoctoral Fellow
Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Australia.
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Alex Braczkowski is a big cat biologist from Kwazulu-Natal, SA. He has researched lions in the Timbavati, leopards in the greater Knysna ecosystem and Zululand and the lesser-known caracal in the Cape. In 2014 he graduated from the University of Oxford with a Masters degree examining aspects surrounding the hunting of leopards in Africa. Since leaving Oxford, he has worked for Steve Winter as a photographic assistant and second cameraman for National Geographic's biggest ever magazine and television story on leopards and his magazine story on jaguars. Since completing his PhD on African lions at the University of Queensland in Australia, he has worked at the Resilient Conservation lab on illegal wildlife trade, human wildlife conflict and the estimation of large carnivore numbers.
Key Publications
Why a 3-Legged Lion and His Brother Swam Across a Crocodile-Filled River. The New York Times. June 14, 2024.
Braczkowski, A., O'Bryan, C., Stringer, M., Watson, J., Possingham, H., Beyer, H. (2018). Leopards provide public health benefits in Mumbai, India. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 16(3), 176-182. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1776
O’Bryan, C., Braczkowski, A., Beyer, H., Carter, N., Watson, J., McDonald-Madden, E. (2018). The contribution of predators and scavengers to human well-being. Nature ecology & evolution, 2(2), 229-236. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0421
Negret, P., Allan, J., Braczkowski, A., Maron, M., Watson, J. (2017). Need for conservation planning in postconflict Colombia. Conservation Biology, 31(3), 499-500. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12935
Braczkowski, A., Balme, G., Dickman, A., Fattebert, J., Johnson, P., Dickerson, T., et al. (2016). Scent lure effect on camera-trap based leopard density estimates. PLoS One, 11(4), e0151033. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151033
Balme, G., Hunter, L., Braczkowski, A. (2012). Applicability of age-based hunting regulations for African leopards. PloS one, 7(4), e35209. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035209