Meet the Scholars

Chiging Pile
India
Chinese Pangolin, Tiger

Esteban Rivera
Colombia
Brown-headed Spider Monkey

Reyhane M.
Iran
Asian houbara bustard and great bustard

Yves Roland Londza Baucoly
Congo
Western lowland gorillas

Bayarmaa Chuluunbat
Mongolia
Saiga

Oudomxay Thongsavath
Loas
Siamese Crocodile

Mohamad Ali
Kenya
Somali giraffe

Swann Htet Naing Aung
Myanmar
Burmese star tortoise

Mengistu Birhan Muluye
Ethiopia
Ethiopian wolves

Janam Shrestha
Nepal
Red panda

Preety Sharma
India
Chinese Pangolin

Nikit Surve
India
Leopard

Pema Khandu
Bhutan
White-bellied heron

Farbod Khakpour
Iran
Cheetah

Joshua Lubega
Uganda
Nubian giraffe

Jackson Katampi
Zambia
Black and white rhinos

Solomon Lenasalia
Kenya
Lions

Stephanie Barron
Chiricahua Apache
Grizzly Bear

Aaron Cajero
Pueblo of Jemez
Cougar

Daniel Bird
Santo Domingo Pueblo
Elk

Brook Thompson
Yurok & Karuk
California Policy

Caroline Nkamunu Patita
Kenya
Giraffe

Daniel Sempebwa
Uganda
Chimpanzees

Devavrat Pawar
India
Tigers

Eric Niyonkuru
Rwanda
Golden Monkeys

Esther Nosazeogie
Nigeria
Seabirds

Francis Lopeyok Charles Lenantiri
Kenya
Northern Black Rhino and Elephant

Guadalupe Verta
Argentina
Andean Cat, Southern Viscacha, and Cougar

Guilherme Alvarenga
Brazil
Jaguar

Hamera Kelemework
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Wolves

Isabela Mascarenhas
Brazil
Buffy-Tufted-Ear Marmoset

Kevin Lunzalu
Kenya
Green Sea Turtles, Hawksill Sea Turtle, and Olive Ridley Sea Turtles

Leandre Murhula
DRC
Grauer’s Gorillas

Lucas Mendes Barreto
Brazil
Giant Armadillo

María Elena Carbajal
Peru
Andean Bears and Jaguars

Muhammad Asif
Pakistan
Snow Leopard

Nelson Mwangi Gathuku
Kenya
Elephant

Pallabi Chakraborty
India
Elephant

Prince Pascal Agro
Ghana
White-bellied and Black-bellied Pangolins

Rochelle Mphetlhe
Botswana
Raptors

Saliza Awang Bono
Malaysia
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin and Irrawaddy Dolphin

Samuel Njuki Mahiga
Kenya
Mountain Bongo

Samundra Ambuhang Subba
Nepal
Snow Leopard, Wolf, and Lynx

Singira Parsais
Tanzania
African Wild Dogs

Sinomar Ferreira da Fonseca, Junior
Brazil
Yellow-spotted River Turtle and Red-rumped Agouti

Sophia Jingo
Uganda
Human-wildlife Conflict

Suraj Baral
Nepal
Mugger Crocodile

Tobias Otieno
Kenya
Lions

Theophile Kiluba Wa Kiluba
DRC
Great Apes

Ulaankhuu Ankhanbaatar
Mongolia
Infectious Diseases

Zablon Fataely
Tanzania
Elephants

Michael Akrasi
Ghana
White-bellied pangolin

Gabriel Juan Sebastian Ayala Giraldo
Colombia
Sea Turtles

Hasita Bhammar
India
Human wildlife conflict

Grace Cheptoo
Kenya
Leopards

Florencia Chiapero
Argentina
Andean Cats

Jamal Galves
Belize
Antillean Manatee

Dr. Huguette Kamavu
Democratic Republic of Congo
Grauer’s Gorillas

Dr. Asma Hersi
Somali
Cheetahs

Herdhanu Jayanto
Indonesia
Fasle gharial and Siamese crocodile

Kinley
Bhutan
Rufous-necked hornbill

Niang Lin
Myanmar
Biodiversity in Myanmar

Christopher Mbisana
Botswana
Cheetahs

Dennis Minja
Tanzania
Cheetahs

Rama Mishra
Nepal
Fishing cats

Fenrick Msigwa
Tanzania
Wildlife Utilization

Dr. Ny Aina Tiana Rakotoarisoa
Madagascar
Tortoises

Jean Fernando Randriamiajason
Madagascar
Fishers and fishing communities

Dr. Tony Nambinina Natacha Rasolozaka
Madagascar
Madagascar pochard

Antso Razakafamantanantsoa
Madagascar
Verreaux’s sifaka

Justine Robert
Tanzania
Human wildlife conflict

Tania Romero Bautista
Peru
Amazon river dolphin

Albert Salemgareyev
Kazakhstan
Saiga

Dr. Frederic Stephane Singa Niatou
Central African Republic
Great Apes

Carine Uwamahoro
Rwanda
Great Apes

Mariam Weston Flores
Mexico
Small Mexican Wild Cats

Dr. Adiya Yadamsuren
Mongolia
Camel

Peter Abanyam
Nigeria
Cross river gorillas, slender-snouted crocodiles, Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees, and elephants

Muktar Abute
Ethiopia
Ethiopian wolf

Damber Bista
Nepal
Red panda

Melissa Micaela Arias Goetschel
Ecuador
Jaguars

Juan Carlos Huaranca
Bolivia
Andean cat and Pampas cat

Teddy Mulenga Mukula
Zambia
Cheetahs

Thomas Mutonhori
Zimbabwe
Painted dog

Minh Mguyen
Vietnam
Large-antlered muntjac

Jean Ferus Niyomwungeri
Rwanda
Grey crowned cranes

Carmen Julia Quiroga Pacheco
Bolivia
Andean bears, pumas, and jaguars

Shashank Poudel
Nepal
Leopards

James Watuwa
Uganda
African Elephant

Tiasa Adhya
India
Fishing cat

Salonia Bhatia
India
Snow leopard

Tashi Dhendup
Bhutan
Clouded leopard, tiger, marbled cat, Asiatic golden cat, and Pallas’ cat

Francy Forero
Colombia
Cotton-top

Marina Rivero Hernandez
Mexico
Baird’s tapir

Agostinho Aquelino Jorge
Mozambique
African lions and other large carnivores

Monsoon Khatiwada
Nepal
Dhole

Lucero Maria del Carmen Vaca Leon
Mexico
Jaguar, Baird’s tapir, white lipped peccary, and ocelot

Giridhar Malla
India
Fishing cat

Arthur Bienvenu Muneza
Rwanda
Giraffe

Henry Mwape
Zambia
Leopards, lions, African wild dogs, and spotted hyena

An Nguyen
Vietnam
Large-antlered muntjac, Owston’s civets, Annamite striped rabbits, and felids

Phale Max Seele
Botswana
Cheetahs

Gao Yufang
China
Snow leopard

Rabin Kadariya
Nepal
Asiatic black bear, tiger, and Asian elephant

Martial Kiki
Republic of Benin
West African lion and spotted hyena

Krystelle Lavaki Danford
Fiji
Coral reef fish and other marine species

Joseph Lopsala Letoole
Kenya
Grevy’s zebra

Thaís Queiroz Morcatty
Brazil
Jaguars, ocelots, pumas, and Brazilian snake-necked turtles

Anya Ratnayaka
Sri Lanka
Fishing cat, rusty-spotted cat, and jungle cat

Aristide Takoukam Kamla
Cameroon
African manatee

Suraj Upadhaya
Nepal
Snow leopard

Chiging Pile
India
Chinese Pangolin, Tiger

Esteban Rivera
Colombia
Brown-headed Spider Monkey

Reyhane M.
Iran
Asian houbara bustard and great bustard

Yves Roland Londza Baucoly
Congo
Western lowland gorillas

Bayarmaa Chuluunbat
Mongolia
Saiga

Oudomxay Thongsavath
Loas
Siamese Crocodile

Mohamad Ali
Kenya
Somali giraffe

Swann Htet Naing Aung
Myanmar
Burmese star tortoise

Mengistu Birhan Muluye
Ethiopia
Ethiopian wolves

Janam Shrestha
Nepal
Red panda

Preety Sharma
India
Chinese Pangolin

Nikit Surve
India
Leopard

Pema Khandu
Bhutan
White-bellied heron

Farbod Khakpour
Iran
Cheetah

Joshua Lubega
Uganda
Nubian giraffe

Jackson Katampi
Zambia
Black and white rhinos

Solomon Lenasalia
Kenya
Lions

Stephanie Barron
Chiricahua Apache
Grizzly Bear

Aaron Cajero
Pueblo of Jemez
Cougar

Daniel Bird
Santo Domingo Pueblo
Elk

Brook Thompson
Yurok & Karuk
California Policy

Francis Rodriguez
Peru
Spectacled bear

Justin Chambulila
Tanzania
Large carnivores

Nadia Mijiddorj
Mongolia
Snow leopard

Sabita Malla
Nepal
Greater one-horned rhino and Asian elephant

Rafael Morais
Brazil
Jaguar

Tutilo Mudumba
Uganda
Lion

Pooja Choksi
India
Bengal tiger

Sonam Tashi Lama
Nepal
Indian leopard

Rinzin Phunjok Lama
Nepal
Snow Leopard

Manoj Bhusal
Nepal
Red panda

Lara Heidel
Argentina
Andean cat

Jaffar Ud Din
Pakistan
Snow leopard

Gebeyehu Rskay Kassa
Ethiopia
Ethiopian wolf

Deo Kujirakwinja
DRC
Chimpanzee

Ashan Thudugala
Sri Lanka
Fishing cat, Rusty’s spotted cat, Jungle cat

Arjun Srivathsa
India
Dhole (Asiatic wild dog)

Anita Bousa
Laos
Saola

Alejandra Rocio Torrez
Bolivia
Andean cat

Carla Mere
Peru
Woolly monkey

Dina Farfan Flores
Peru
Andean cat

Festus Wanderi Ihwagi
Kenya
African elephant

Gabriela Cabral Rezende
Brazil
Black lion tamarin

Germain A. Mavah
Republic of Congo
African elephant, gorilla, chimpanzee

Kgotla Phale Phale
Botswana
Cheetah

Liang Song Horng
Malaysia
Tiger

Ranjini Murali
India
Snow Leopard

Rodrigo Villalobos Aguirre
Chile
Andean cat, cougar, colocolo wildcat

Roger Patrick Boundja
Republic of Congo
African forest elephant

Simbarashe Chiseva
Zimbabwe
Black and white rhinos

Thandiwe Mweetwa
Zambia
African lion

Neovitus Cassian Sianga
Tanzania
Lion

Carol Bogezi
Uganda
Lion, African elephant, crocodile

Meghna Krishnadas
India
Hornbills, imperial pigeons, lion-tailed macaques, muntjac, sambhar deer, civets

Morulaganyi Kokole
Botswana
Cheetah

Twongeirwe Medard
Uganda
Multiple species in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Girma Eshete
Ethiopia
Ethiopian wolf

Oki Hadian
Indonesia
Sumatran tiger, elephant, rhino, orangutan

Inaoyom Sunday Imong
Nigeria
Cross river gorilla and other primates and large mammals

Jassiel M’soka
Zambia
Cheetah, African wild dog

Chanthasone Phommachanh
Laos
Saola

Nadya Sulikhan
Russia
Siberian tiger, Far Eastern (Amur) leopard

Donny Sumartono
Indonesia
Sumatran elephant

Daniel Letoiye
Kenya
Grevy’s zebra

Thendi Tagwa
Botswana
Cheetah

Dedi Candra
Indonesia
Sumatran & Javan rhinos

Mbumba Marufo
Mozambique
African elephant

Montan Kalyahe
Tanzania
Lion, cheetah, African wild dog, spotted hyena, leopard

Tobias Ochieng
Kenya
African elephant

Gaspard Abitsi
Gabon
Forest elephant

Andriansyah
Indonesia
Sumatran rhino, Bornean orangutan, Sumatran elephant

Yuan Lei
China
Wild camel

Fabián Beltrán
Bolivia
Andean cat, Pampas cat, puma, Andean fox

Nikolay Kazakov
Russia
Amur tigers, Far Eastern (Amur) leopards

Simon Nampindo
Uganda
Wildlife in the Albertine Rift region

Keitumetse Ngaka
Botswana
Lions and other predators

Santi Saypanya
Laos
Tiger

Resson Kantai
Kenya
African elephant

Peter Lalampaa
Kenya
Grevy’s zebra

Ipeleng Randome
Botswana
Cheetah

Jean Paul M’Monga Kiete
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Okapi

Dejene Deme
Ethiopia
Ethiopian wolf

Agostinho Jorge
Mozambique
Leopard

Phale Seele
Botswana
Cheetah

Morulaganyi Kokole
Botswana
Cheetah

Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar (Buuvei)
Mongolia
Saiga antelope

Ezequiel Fabiano
Namibia
Cheetah

Magdalena Bennett
Chile
Andean cat

Tserennadmid Mijiddorj (Nadia)
Mongolia
Snow leopard

Juan Reppucci
Argentina
Andean cat

Shivani Bhalla
Kenya
Lion

Rocio Palacios
Argentina
Andean cat

Nadezhda Arylova
Russian Republic of Kalmykia
Saiga antelope

Yin Yufeng
China
Chinese mountain cat

Bonnie Schumann
South Africa
Riverine rabbit

Zegeye Kibrit
Ethiopia
Ethiopian wolf

Matti Nghikembua
Namibia
Cheetah