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ARUN DAYANANDAN

Restoration ecologist reimagining tree plantations for biodiversity and sustainable landscapes

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Academic and Institutional Leadership

Senator – Natural Sciences, Yale Graduate and Professional Student Senate (2025– ).

Member, Yale School of the Environment Arts and Archives Committee (2025– ).

Member, Yale Student Library Advisory Committee (2024– ).

President, Concordia Biology Graduate Student Association (2017–2018).

Series Coordinator, Research-In-Progress Seminar Series, Concordia Biology Life Sciences (2018).

President, Concordia Biology Student Association (2016–2017).

Vice-President of Internal Affairs, Concordia Biology Student Association (2015–2016).

Chair, Organizing Committee, Beyond Books Alumni Panels (2016, 2017, 2018).

Editorial and Peer Review Service

Reviewer, Journal of Sustainable Forestry (Taylor & Francis) (2020– ).

Reviewer, Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (Elsevier) (2020– ).

Editor, Animal Behavior Working Group Newsletter, Society for Conservation Biology (2019–2020).

Professional Partnerships and Advisory Roles

Advisory Council Member, Jackson Wild (2022– ).

Media Intern, Future Earth, United Nations IPCC 46 (2017–2018).

Jury and Judging Roles

Preliminary Judge, Jackson Wild (2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025).

Preliminary Judge, Jackson Wild World Wildlife Day Film Showcase (2021, 2022).

Film Judge, Science New Wave Festival (2023, 2024).

Preliminary Judge, International Wildlife Film Festival (2018).

Preliminary Judge, International Big Cats Film Festival (2018).

Community Outreach and Volunteer Engagement

President & Founder, Society for Conservation Biology – Montreal Chapter (2017–2019).

Organizer, Montreal Chapter Earth Hour Hike, Society for Conservation Biology (2017).

Volunteer, Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (2017).

Volunteer Group Organizer, Fantasea Harbour Hike, Sydney Institute of Marine Science (2015).

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