GLOBAL
WOMEN IN HERPETOLOGY PROJECT
Working with Amphibians and Reptiles across Countries and Cultures
ABOUT THE PROJECT
GLOBAL WOMEN IN HERPETOLOGY BOOK
A collection of stories from 50 Herpetologists around the Globe
Globally, women in many professions, including ours, are still relatively invisible. We believe that these stories are worth sharing. Our project gathers 50 authors (one per country) from different cultures and backgrounds. By sharing our journey in life and career, we will collectively put a spotlight on the diversity of women in our field. We hope this effort will encourage the next generation of herpetologists to follow their dreams.
ORGANIZERS
DR. UMILAELA ARIFIN
Indonesia
Postdoctoral Fellow
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Germany
DR. ITZUE W. CAVIEDES-SOLIS
México
Incoming Assistant Professor
Swarthmore College (2022)
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DR. SINLAN POO
Taiwan
Research Scientist, Memphis Zoo
Arkansas State University
United States of America
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CONTRIBUTORS
Meet our authors from around the world!
AMERICAS
TERESA CAMACHO
Bolivia
Chief of Herpetology Department
Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d'orbigny, Bolivia
DR. XIMENA BERNAL
Colombia
Associate Professor. Purdue University
Research Associate. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, USA
DR. CAROLINA SALGADO COSTA
Argentina
Researcher
Centro de Investigaciones del Medioambiente (CIM-UNLP-CONICET)
Argentina
MARÍA ELENA
BARRAGAN-PALADINES
Ecuador
Executive Director of the NGO Fundacion Herpetologica
Gustavo Orces, Ecuador
DR. KAREN SIU-TING
Peru
Postdoctoral fellow
Queen's University Belfast, Ireland
Museo de Historia Natural, UNMSM Instituto Peruano de Herpetología
Canada
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AFRICA
HIRAL NAIK
Zimbabwe
PhD Student
University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa
Program Manager Save The Snakes
DR. NAOUAL OUKKACHE
Morocco
Head of venoms and toxins laboratory
Institute Pasteur of Morocco
Morocco
DR. JEANNE TARRANT
South Africa
Programme Manager
Threatened Amphibian Programme
Chair of IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group - Southern African Region
ASIA
DR. FATMA GÖZDE ÇILINGIR
Turkey
Postdoctoral fellow
University of Zurich
Switzerland
JULIA LEUNG
Hong Kong
Research Assistant
Lingnan University
Hong Kong
SHANELLE WIKRAMANAYAKE
Sri Lanka
Master student
California State University
Northridge, USA
DR. HANYEH GHAFFARI
Iran
Head of the Department of Environmental Sciences, Kurdistan University.
Managing director and co-founder of Pars Herpetologists Institute, Iran
BANDANA ADHIKARI
Nepal
Master's Student
Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
DR. CHANGXUAN YE
China
Professor Emeritus
Chengdu Institute of Biology
Chinese Academy of Science, China
DR. NATALIA B. ANANJEVA
Russia
Head of Division of Herpetology
Zoological Institute,
Russian Academy of Sciences
EUROPE
DR. RAQUEL VASCONCELOS
Portugal
Postdoctoral Fellow
CIBIO/InBio, Universidade do Porto
Portugal
DR. MELITA VAMBERGER
Slovenia
Researcher, Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Germany
DR. ANGELICA CROTTINI
Italy
Researcher, PI of the BioEvol group,
CIBIO/InBio, Universidade do Porto
Portugal
DR. CATHARINA KARLSSON
Sweden
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Center for Integrative Conservation
XTBG, Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
DR. JUDIT VÖRÖS
Hungary
Curator
Collection of Amphibians and Reptiles
Department of Zoology
Hungarian Natural History Museum, Hungary
DR. JELKA
CRNOBRNJA – ISAILOVIĆ
Serbia
Professor at University of Niš
Senior Scientist at University of Belgrade, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", Serbia
EMINA ŠUNJE
Bosnia and Herzegovina
PhD Student, University of Sarajevo President of the Herpetological Association in B&H, Bosnia Herzegovina
University of Antwerp, Belgium
DALIA BASTYTE
Lithuania
Conservation Manager
Lithuania Fund for Nature
DR. DORIS PREININGER
Austria
Researcher
Vienna Zoo, Austria
OCEANIA
DR. DEBORAH BOWER
Australia
Senior Lecturer
Ecology and Zoology, School of Environmental and Rural Science.
University of New England,
Armidale, New South Wales Australia
CONTACT
We are currently not looking to add new authors to the Book.
But we are creating a directory of women in herpetology around the world!
If you are interested in having your information included please check out the
Global Women in Herpetology Directory page.
For general inquiries please email us to: womeninherpetology@gmail.com