Team

  • Stephanie S. Romañach, PhD
    Ecologist
    USA Director

    Stephanie earned her doctorate in ecology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She began her career as a research ecologist in 1997. Stephanie has worked on herbivore ecology in the United States, Southern Africa, and Eastern Africa, and carnivore conservation in Southern and Eastern Africa. She has worked with rural communities, private land owners, and governments on issues of human livelihoods and conflict with wildlife. Stephanie conducted wildlife research through the Mpala Research Centre in Kenya, and at the Savé Valley Conservancy in Zimbabwe. Stephanie now works on conservation issues in the Everglades in the U.S. She remains involved with AWCF and its projects.

    Stephanie Romañach’s Publications

    Email: stephanie@africanwildlifeconservationfund.org

  • Peter A. Lindsey, PhD
    Conservation Biologist
    Africa Director

    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 15 years of experience working in African wildlife conservation in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Kenya.

    Peter Lindsey’s Publications

    Email: peter@africanwildlifeconservationfund.org

  • Rosemary Groom, PhD
    Conservation Biologist
    Field Projects Coordinator

    Rosemary is a wildlife ecologist and conservationist who grew up in Zimbabwe. Rosemary earned her doctorate in zoology from the University of Bristol (UK) and has eight years of experience working on conservation-related research in Kenya, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Rosemary has been managing the Lowveld Wild Dog Project in south-east Zimbabwe since 2008.

    Rosemary Groom’s Publications

    Email: rosemary@africanwildlifeconservationfund.org

  • Simon Capon
    Conservation Biologist
    Lowveld Wild Dog Project

    Simon is a trained ecologist and was born and raised in Zimbabwe. He earned a degree in conservation ecology through the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa and continued on with a masters in conservation ecology through the same institute. Simon has worked on a variety of wildlife research projects in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe and until recently, was based on the Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve conducting research into the decline of sable antelope.

    Email: simon@africanwildlifeconservationfund.org

  • Moreangels Mbizah
    PhD Student

    Moreangels completed her BSc in Applied Environmental Science from the University of Zimbabwe in 2006. In 2009, Moreangels joined the Lowveld Wild Dog Project to do her Master’s thesis. She completed her Masters in early 2010 and continues to work with the Lowveld Wild Dog Project for her PhD.

  • Dominik Bauer
    PhD Student

    Dominik was born in southern Germany and had always felt a strong affiliation with African wildlife. After working on trophy hunting of Leopards in South Africa he moved to Botswana to study the human-lion conflict in the southern Kalahari. He earned his MSc in Biology in January 2011 and is now pursuing a PhD on the lions of the Savé Valley Conservancy and the Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe.

  • Rueben Bote
    Wildlife Tracker and Head Scout

    Rueben is an exceptional wildlife tracker from a community close the western border of Savé Valley Conservancy (SVC) in Zimbabwe. Rueben began his employment in 1992 tracking endangered black rhinos in SVC. In 1996, Rueben began working for the Lowveld Wild Dog Project, and now has 16 years of experience with the project. Rueben is head scout and his responsibilities include locating wild dog packs through a combination of spoor tracking and radio telemetry, assisting in spoor surveys, collecting data on bushmeat poaching, and assisting with wild dog immobilizations.

  • Misheck Matari
    Wildlife Tracker

    Misheck is also a skilled wildlife tracker, hailing from a village neighboring Savé Valley Conservancy. Misheck began his employment with the Lowveld Wild Dog Project in 2001 and has worked with the project ever since. In addition to his work on wild dogs, Misheck has also tracked radio-collared lions and other wildlife species, assisted with spoor surveys, carried out questionnaire surveys and still assists with data collection for AWCF’s bushmeat trade study.