Lizzie Krisch

Lizzie’s story

Lizzie interacts with an elephant at a facility in Thailand.

As early as high school, Lizzie loved science and wanted to become a veterinarian. After taking some courses related to conservation and animal science, Lizzie realized her passion at the intersection of these two disciplines. Upon graduating from Rutgers University in 2016 with a degree in Environmental Policy and Companion Animal Science, Lizzie went on to achieve her M.A. from Hunter College in Animal Behavior and Conservation. During her time at Hunter, Lizzie became interested in cognition, and spent two years developing her master’s thesis on horse cognition. While working towards her thesis, Lizzie pursued field opportunities in conservation and teaching opportunities in the undergraduate psychology department at Hunter College.

Traveling to beautiful locations like Kauai (pictured above) has inspired Lizzie to develop her photography skills!

After graduating, Lizzie joined the RockEDU team where she started as a Program Coordinator. Currently, Lizzie is the Community Manager at RockEDU Science Outreach at The Rockefeller University. In this position, Lizzie manages the RockEDU Online website (hope you like it!) and founded/manages BIOME, a mentorship learning community at Rockefeller. Lizzie’s working in mentorship development is designed to support mentors and mentees as they navigate through science and consider their long-term career goals.

In her free time, Lizzie enjoys spending time with her husband, daughter and English Bulldog. She loves re-watching Gilmore Girls, hiking, and cheering on the Eagles (go birds!). Fun fact: Lizzie was a figure skater for 12 years!