Otgontamir Chimed is a PhD candidate at the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She received the degree "Master of Science in Ecology" at the National University of Mongolia in 2020. During her master's course, she worked with the Pallas Cat International Conservation Alliance (PICA) to examine Pallas's cat ecology and conservation in the South Gobi. Her primary research focuses on small felid conservation, and she is also a member of the Manul Working Group.