Karin R SchwartzKarin R. Schwartz is a conservation biologist with expertise in data management processes for maintaining threatened species in managed facilities and a data management advisor for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Tree Kangaroo Species Surival Plan(R) (SSP), Cheetah SSP, Monotreme and Marsupial Taxon Advisory Group (TAG), and Tapir TAG. At the international level, Karin is an active member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Conservation Planning, Conservation Translocation, Tapir, and Otter Specialist Groups. Currently, she is the Scientific Coordinator of Ex Situ Partners for ConservationFIT, a project by WildTrack, to develop algorithms for non-invasive Footprint Identification Technology from footprint photos for cheetah, jaguar, snow leopard, and puma in zoological facilities. FIT can then be used to monitor these threatened big cat species in the wild through their footprints. Read More Read Less