Resident Staff
Research
Executive Director
Euphorbia, succulent plants, CAM photosynthesis, microbial ecology, dryland ecology
Wildlife Ecology Scientist
Spatial and behavioural ecology, carnivores, landscapes of fear, species interactions, camera trapping
Support
Research Fellows
Vera de Cauwer
Since 2023
Associate Scientist
Namibia University of Science and Technology
Plant ecology, forestry, spatial modelling, natural resources management
John Mendelshon
Since 2022
Former Executive Director
Personal capacity
Behavioural ecology, river systems and rural livelihoods
Dipanjan Naha
2021-2023
Associate Scientist
University of Georgia SREL, USA
Human-wildlife conflict, conservation, risk mapping, spatial ecology
Theo Wassenaar
Since 2023
Associate Scientist
Namibia University of Science and Technology
Ecology, restoration, land degradation, ecophysiology, rangeland ecology
Ken Stratford
Since 2003
Founder & Former Director
Personal capacity
Genetics, camera trapping, mathematical modelling, simulation
Jeff Muntifering
2021
Visiting Researcher
Save The Rhino Trust
Rhinos, conservation biology
Heather Troop
Since 2023
Associate Scientist
Arizona State University, USA
Ecosystem ecology, carbon and nutrient cycling, soil ecology, climate change, dryland ecosystem management
Rebecca Dannock
2022-2024
Visiting Researcher
University of Queensland
Animal behaviour, human-wildlife conflict, long-term datasets
Associates
Students & Interns
Brennan PetersonWood
MSc student
2023-2025
University of Georgia, SREL, USA & ORC
Human-Carnivores Coexistence in the Greater Etosha Landscape
Paulina Ferdinat
PhD
2023
Namibia University of Science & Technology
Plant physiology
Saskia Borger
MSc student
2023
Technische Universität München, Germany
Behavioural dynamics of the African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) in North-East Namibia using Model-Based Suitability, Connectivity, Movement and Genetic Analysis
Rhys Medcalfe
Intern
2023
University of Georgia, SREL, USA & ORC
Outreach
Joseph Ndjimba
MSc Student
2022-2024
Namibia University of Science & Technology, UGA & ORC
Human-Carnivores interactions in the periphery of Etosha National Park
Madeline Melton
MSc student
2022-2024
University of Georgia, SREL, USA & ORC
Carnivores in human landscapes
Tomás Antunes de Azevedo
Intern
2022
Integrated Veterinary Practice , Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama
Developing workflow of the Landscape genetics project.
Board of Directors
Chris Brown
Namibia Chamber of Environment
Martin Hipondoka
University of Namibia
Tony Christopher
Ongava Game Reserve
John McFadden
Philadelphia, USA
Michelle Gadd
The Walter Family, USA