My name is Andrei Snyman, and I’m formally from South Africa. I moved to the USA in 2012 where I completed my doctoral degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) in May of 2016 in Natural Resource Science specializing in Applied Ecology & Geographic Information Systems (GIS). 

I have formally taught in the GIS, Remote Sensing, and Biological Sciences at California State University, Los Angeles, Fresno State University (dept. of Geography) and at Fresno Pacific University, California. 

In addition, I have over 15 years of experience working with GIS and Remote Sensing using these to study large African carnivores such as lions, leopards, cheetah, African wild dogs and various species of hyena. Furthermore, I am a former State of Nebraska GIS/LIS Association student scholarship winner and I utilize GPS satellite collars, remote sensing, and ArcGIS software and R-coding for all of my current wildlife research work. 

At my current and previous institutions of higher education, I have taught a variety of courses in GIS, natural resource/environmental, biological, and ecological disciplines.