Samantha Cheng
Biodiversity Scientist, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History
Center for Biodversity and Conservation
American Museum of Natural History
Titles
- Biodiversity Scientist, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History
- Former Co-Director, Conservation Solutions Lab
Biography
Samantha Cheng is a scientist with the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History and the former co-director of the Conservation Solutions Lab. She is an interdisciplinary conservation scientist, specializing in using systematic evidence synthesis methods to examine the impact of conservation on people. Her research has a particular focus on social-ecological systems and dispersal mechanisms in marine ecosystems, especially coastal fisheries.
Education
- PhD, University of California-Los Angeles, 2015
- BA, Scripps College, 2009
Expertise
- cephalopods
- biodiversity conservation
- conservation technology
- Data Science
- the Coral Triangle
- IUU fishing
- seafood sustainability
- coral reefs
- fisheries
- evidence-based conservation
- marine ecology
- genomics
- population genetics
- impact assessment
- monitoring and evaluation
- social-ecological systems
- conservation
- evidence synthesis
Journal Articles
In Press
Willette, D. A. and S. H. Cheng. Delivering on seafood traceability under the new U.S. import monitoring program. Ambio DOI: 10.1007/s13280-017-0936-4. (link )
2020
Gerber, L. R., C. J. Barton, S. H. Cheng and D. M. Anderson. 2020. Producing actionable science in conservation: Best practices for organizations and individuals. Conservation Science and Practice 2(12):e295. DOI: 10.1111/csp2.295. (link )
2017
Cheng, S. H., S. Ahlroth, S. Onder, P. Shyamsundar, R. Garside, P. Kristjanson, M. C. McKinnon and D. C. Miller. 2017. What is the evidence for the contribution of forests to poverty alleviation?: A systematic map protocol. Environmental Evidence 6:10. DOI: 10.1186/s13750-017-0088-9. (link )
Miles, M. C., S. Cheng and M. J. Fuxjager. 2017. Biogeography predicts macro-evolutionary patterning of gestural display complexity in a passerine family. Evolution 71(5):1406-1416. DOI: 10.1111/evo.13213. (link )
Willette, D. A., S. E. Simmonds, S. H. Cheng, S. Esteves, T. L. Kane, H. Nuetzel, N. Pilaud, R. Rachmawati and P. H. Barber. 2017. Using DNA barcoding to track seafood mislabeling in Los Angeles restaurants. Conservation Biology 31(5):1076-1085. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12888. (link )
2016
Althor, G., M. McKinnon, S. H. Cheng, C. Klein and J. E. Watson. 2016. Does the social equitability of community and incentive based conservation interventions in non-OECD countries, affect human well-being? A systematic review protocol. Environmental Evidence 5:26. DOI: 10.1186/s13750-016-0078-3. (link )
McKinnon, M., S. H. Cheng, S. Dupre, J. Edmond, R. Garside, L. Glew, M. B. Holland, E. Levine, Y. J. Masuda, D. C. Miller, I. Oliveira, J. Revenaz, D. Roe, S. Shamer, D. Wilkie, S. Wongbusarakum and E. Woodhouse. 2016. What are the effects of nature conservation on human well-being? A systematic map of empirical evidence from developing countries. Enviornmental Evidence 5:8. DOI: 10.1186/s13750-016-0058-7. (link )
2015
McKinnon, M. C., S. H. Cheng, R. Garside, Y. J. Masuda and D. C. Miller. 2015. Sustainability: Map the evidence. Nature 328(7581):185-187. (link )
2014
Anderson, F. E., A. Bergman, S. H. Cheng, M. S. Pankey and T. Valinassab. 2014. Lights out: The evolution of bacterial bioluminescence in Loliginidae. Hydrobiologica 725(1):189-203. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1599-1. (link )
Bottrill, M., S. H. Cheng, R. Garside, S. Wongbusarakum, D. Roe, M. B. Holland, J. Edmond and W. R. Turner. 2014. What are the impacts of nature conservation interventions on human well-being: a systematic map protocol. Environmental Evidence 3:16. DOI: 10.1186/2047-2382-3-16. (link )
Cheng, S. H., F. E. Anderson, A. Bergman, G. N. Mahardika, Z. A. Muchlisin, B. T. Dang, H. P. Calumpong, K. S. Mohamed, G. Sasikumar, V. Venkatesan and P. H. Barber. 2014. Molecular evidence for co-occuring cryptic lineages within the Sepioteuthis cf. lessoniana species complex in the Indian and Indo-West Pacific Oceans. Hydrobiologia 725(1):165-188. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-. (link )
Muchlisin, Z. A., B. Zulkarnaini, S. Purnawan, A. Muhadjier, N. Fadli and S. H. Cheng. 2014. Morphometric variations of three species of harvested cephalopods found in northern sea of Aceh Province, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 15(2):142-146. DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d150205. (link )
Book Chapters
2011
Barber, P. H., S. H. Cheng, M. V. Erdmann, K. Tenggardjaja and . Ambariyanto. 2011. Evolution and conservation of marine biodiversity in the Coral Triangle: insights from stomatopod Crustacea. Pp. 129-156 In: Held, C., S. Koenemann and C. D. Schubart eds., Phylogeography and Population Genetics in Crustacea. CRC Press. ISBN: 9781439840733.
Working Papers
2017
Cheng, S. H., J. E. Robinson, N. Cox, D. Biggs, A. Olsson, M. B. Mascia and M. McKinnon. 2017. Evaluating the effectiveness of international wildlife trade programs and policies on species conservation and livelihoods: an evidence map. Working Paper 1:Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science, Conservation International, Arlington, VA.