Stephanie earned her doctorate in ecology from the University of California Santa Barbara. She has been conducting wildlife research and community outreach work for the past 11 years. Stephanie has worked on herbivore ecology in the USA, Southern Africa, and East Africa, and carnivore conservation in Southern and East Africa. She has worked with rural communities and conducted wildlife research through the Mpala Research Centre in Kenya, and currently in the Savé Valley Conservancy in Zimbabwe.

Publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Peter was born in Zimbabwe and is a trained conservation biologist. Peter earned a degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Oxford, UK, and Masters and PhD in Zoology from the Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Peter has 13 years of experience working in African wildlife conservation in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Kenya.

Publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Rosemary is a British ecologist who grew up in Zimbabwe. Rosemary earned her doctorate from the University of Bristol (UK) and has six years of experience working on conservation-related research in Kenya and Botswana.

Rueben is an exceptional wildlife tracker from a community close the western border of Savé Valley Conservancy (SVC) in Zimbabwe. Reuben began his employment in 1992 tracking endangered black rhinos in SVC. His work involved tracking rhinos to ensure their protection from poachers and for population monitoring. In 1996, Reuben began working for the Lowveld Wild Dog Project (LWDP) in SVC, tracking this endangered species for various conservation goals. He still tracks wild dogs for LWDP and also collects data for an AWCF-supported bushmeat trade study. Perhaps Ruben’s greatest strength as a tracker is his ability to understand the behavior of the wild dogs we study and predict where they are likely to be headed and what they might be doing.

Mishek is another skilled wildlife tracker on our team, hailing from a village neighboring Savé Valley Conservancy. Mishek began his employment in 2001 with the Lowveld Wild Dog Project in the Savé Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe. In addition to his work on wild dogs, Mishek has also tracked radio-collared lions, and other wildlife species, as well as assisting with data collection for an AWCF-supported bushmeat trade study.