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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 from 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.

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About the project

ORGANIZERS

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DR. UMILAELA ARIFIN

Indonesia

Postdoctoral Fellow
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Germany

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DR. ITZUE W. CAVIEDES-SOLIS

México

Assistant Professor
Swarthmore College

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DR. SINLAN POO

Taiwan

Curator of Research, Memphis Zoo
Adjunct, Arkansas State University

United States of America

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Organizers
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Trimeresurus trigonocephalus - Sri Lanka
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Agalychnis callidryas - eggs (82)
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Ptychozoon (2) - 1
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Desmognathus conanti (36) - Edit
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Tadpole of Sumaterana
Sumaterana crassiovis
Cryptelytrops (macrops) - Pit viper (63)
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Contributors

CONTRIBUTORS

Meet our authors from around the world!

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AMERICAS

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TERESA CAMACHO

Bolivia

Chief of Herpetology Department

Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d'orbigny, Bolivia

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DR. XIMENA BERNAL

Colombia

Associate Professor. Purdue University

Research Associate. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, USA

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DR. JESSICA HUA

United States of America

Associate Professor

Binghamton University, USA

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DR. CAROLINA SALGADO COSTA

Argentina

Researcher

Centro de Investigaciones del Medioambiente (CIM-UNLP-CONICET)

Argentina

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MARÍA ELENA

BARRAGAN-PALADINES

Ecuador

 Executive Director of the NGO Fundacion Herpetologica

Gustavo Orces, Ecuador

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DR. KAREN SIU-TING

Peru

 Postdoctoral fellow

Queen's University Belfast, Ireland

 Museo de Historia Natural, UNMSM  Instituto Peruano de Herpetología

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DR. ANGIE ESTRADA

Panama

Director

Summit Municipal Park, Panama

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DR. KAREN WARKENTIN

Professor

Boston University, USA

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MONICA EMILIA TORRES ALMAZAN

Guatemala

Director of Conservation

Fundación para las Especies Amenazadas de Guatemala

Canada

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DR. CAMILA R. FERRERA

Brazil

Researcher

Wildlife Conservation Society, Brazil

AFRICA

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HIRAL NAIK

Zimbabwe

PhD Student

University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa

Program Manager Save The Snakes

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DR. NAOUAL OUKKACHE

Morocco

Head of venoms and toxins laboratory

Institute Pasteur of Morocco 

Morocco

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DR. JEANNE TARRANT

South Africa

Programme Manager

Threatened Amphibian Programme

Chair of IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group - Southern African Region

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DR. FANOMEZANA MIHAJA RATSOAVINA

Madagascar

Researcher

Université d'Antananarivo

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DR. HANA SOUALAH ALILA

Algeria

Professor

Souk-Ahras University

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KAKAI DOREEN BEATRICE

Uganda

Chief Operations Officer of Snakes Uganda Limited

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NINDA BAPTISTA

Angola

Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of Huíla

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SANDRA OWUSU-GYAMFI

Ghana

Ghana’s Advocacy and Campaigns Director

of

SAVE THE FROGS!

ASIA

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DR. FATMA GÖZDE ÇILINGIR

Turkey

Postdoctoral fellow

University of Zurich

Switzerland

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DR. ANNE DEVAN SONG

Singapore

Research Scientist

DataScape Labs

USA

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JULIA LEUNG

Hong Kong

Research Assistant

Lingnan University

Hong Kong

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SHANELLE WIKRAMANAYAKE

Sri Lanka

Master student

California State University

Northridge, USA

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DR. LETICIA  M. ESPIRITU-AFUANG

Philippines

Professor and Curator of Amphibians & Reptiles, Museum of Natural History,

University of the Philippines Los Baños

Laguna, Philippines

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DR. HANYEH GHAFFARI

Iran

Head of the Department of Environmental Sciences, Kurdistan University. 

Managing director and co-founder of Pars Herpetologists Institute, Iran

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BANDANA ADHIKARI

Nepal

Master's Student

Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway

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DR. CHANGXUAN YE

China

Professor Emeritus

Chengdu Institute of Biology

Chinese Academy of Science, China 

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DR. NATALIA B. ANANJEVA

Russia

Head of Division of Herpetology
Zoological Institute,

Russian Academy of Sciences

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DR. ANCHELEE AOWPHOL

Thailand

Associate Professor

Kasetsart University

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AYESHA AKRAM

Pakistan

Ph. D Student

​Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid  Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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DR. NORHAYATI AHMAD

Malaysia

Professor

University Kebangsaan Malaysia

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DR. PRITI GURURAJA

India

Indian Institute of Science

EUROPE

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DR. RAQUEL VASCONCELOS

Portugal

Postdoctoral Fellow

CIBIO/InBio, Universidade do Porto

Portugal

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DR. MELITA VAMBERGER

Slovenia

Researcher, Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Germany

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DR. KATHARINA RUTHSATZ

Germany

Assistant Professor
Technische Universität Braunschweig

Germany

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DR. ANGELICA CROTTINI

Italy

Researcher, PI of the BioEvol group,

CIBIO/InBio, Universidade do Porto

Portugal

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DR. CATHARINA KARLSSON

Sweden

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Center for Integrative Conservation
XTBG, Chinese Academy of Sciences

China

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DR. JUDIT VÖRÖS

Hungary

Curator

Collection of Amphibians and Reptiles
Department of Zoology
Hungarian Natural History Museum, Hungary

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DR. JELKA

CRNOBRNJA – ISAILOVIĆ

Serbia

Professor at University of Niš

Senior Scientist at University of Belgrade, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", Serbia

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EMINA ŠUNJE

Bosnia and Herzegovina

PhD Student, University of Sarajevo President of the Herpetological Association in B&H, Bosnia Herzegovina

University of Antwerp, Belgium

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DR. ANNE MARIE OHLER

France

Curator of Herpetology

Natural History Museum Paris

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DALIA BASTYTE

Lithuania

Conservation Manager

Lithuania Fund for Nature

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DR. DORIS PREININGER

Austria

Researcher

Vienna Zoo, Austria

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DR. HELEN MEREDITH

United Kingdom

Chief Development Officer

Amphibian Survival Alliance,

United Kingdom

OCEANIA

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DR. DEBORAH BOWER 

Australia

Senior Lecturer

Ecology and Zoology, School of Environmental and Rural Science.

University of New England,

Armidale, New South Wales Australia

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NUNIA THOMAS-MOKO

Fiji

Director of Nature Fiji

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YOLARNIE MARIA AMEPOU

Papua New Guinea

MS Student

University of Canberra, Australia

DONATIONS

All book sales go towards establishing a conference scholarship for women students

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Donations will cover the publishing costs for the book
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For general inquiries please email us at womeninherpetology@gmail.com

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