Cristiar Samosir

Profile

Academic positionCurrently without academic position
Research fieldsEcology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions,Ecology of Land Use
Keywordsspatial modelling, orangutan conservation, climate-resilient landscape, climate extremes, landscape planning
Honours and awards

2026: Presenter at the Small Cats Symposium by Panthera

2026: Presenter at the 2nd International Symposium on Wildlife, Biodiversity & Conservation (ISWBC) by Universitas Gajah Mada and University of Kent in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2026: Presenter at the 6th Conservation Asia Congress (CAC) by Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) in Kathmandu, Nepal

2026: Recipient of Impact Scholars Program by Neuromatch (Group research project title: Subseasonal wildfire prediction for endangered peatland species in Indonesia: A deep learning approach using ChaosBench)

2026: Winner of the Call for Write-Ups by Pulitzer Center and The Conversation Indonesia (Title: Redesigning force majeure excluding climate extremes to protect Indonesian workers)

2025: Invited Speaker at the International Forestry Student Symposium (IFFS) in Indonesia

2025: Presenter at the 30th International Primatological Society (IPS) Congress by the International Primatological Society in Antananarivo, Madagascar

2024: Presenter at the 9th World Fisheries Congress by American Fisheries Society in Seattle, United States of America

2024: Recipient of Research Collaboration by Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund & IUCN Great Ape Specialist Group in Rwanda

2020: Scholarship Recipient by Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education (Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan)

2019: Graduate with The Highest Distinction at Universitas Tanjungpura

2018: First winner of Education Fair Debate (Pekan Raya Pendidikan) by Universitas Tanjungpura

2017: First place in the National Scientific Paper Competition of Biology Student Fair by Universitas Andalas

2017: Second place in the National Short Film Competition by Natural Resources Agency of West Kalimantan

2017: The Most Beneficial Idea in BENTANG National Scientific Paper Competition by Institut Teknologi Bandung

2017: Third place in BENTANG National Scientific Paper Competition by Institut Teknologi Bandung

2017: Third place in the Regional Scientific Paper Competition by Universitas Tanjungpura

Current contact address

CountryIndonesia
CityJakarta
InstitutionAPRIL Group
InstituteSustainability Department

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Hjalmar KühlAbteilung Zoologie, Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz, Görlitz

Programme(s)

2026International Climate Protection Fellowship Programme