Cori Lausen
Director of Bat Conservation
Western BatsDr. Cori Lausen, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada’s Director of Bat Conservation, lives and works in British Columbia. She has an MSc and PhD in bat ecology, physiology and landscape genetics. Her research and conservation has largely focussed on bats in western Canada, and she has taught many bat-related courses in US, Canada and abroad. Cori has specialized in the application of bat acoustics and inventory methods including capture and genetic sampling. She helped develop the North American Bat Monitoring program, is lead author of the Bat of British Columbia (2022), and oversees a team of WCSC staff and contractors that make up the Western Canada Bat Conservation Program. Projects are diverse with many partners and include creating and monitoring roosts, developing and testing a probiotic to reduce the severity of white-nose syndrome, discovering hibernacula and studying winter ecology, radiotracking bats to inform forestry practices and policies, and more.
