I'm Liane, and I am a WildLearning Specialist at WildTeam! I'm looking forward to getting to know you all!
For the last few years, I've been working in Seychelles, focusing on island and marine conservation efforts, particularly coral restoration and turtle nesting monitoring. If you ask me questions about coral, be prepared for me to get very nerdy about it! Prior to that, I was managing a project in Northern Thailand, where I worked closely with a local community to set up ethical elephant experiences in their village.
In my free time, I love running and hiking, and being anywhere in nature. I have also learnt to freedive in the last few years and enjoy doing that when possible. I'm really interested in talking to different people and learning from them and their unique experiences.
Loretta Andrade
First an Animal & Wildlife Goodwill Ambassador & then a Corporate Professional, Sreenidhi Educational Group, Hyderabad
As a passionate advocate for Animal Rights & Welfare and Wildlife Conservation, I’m deeply committed to creating a more compassionate world for all living beings. Through my skills, experience, and unwavering dedication, I strive to make a positive difference and drive meaningful change in everything I do. It’s my mission to ensure that every action I take contributes to a more humane and sustainable future.
As an experienced Executive Assistant and Administrative Specialist with international exposure, I bring a diverse skill set and a commitment to excellence. I have earned an Advanced Certificate in Executive Assistance from BMTG (UK) Ltd, which highlights my dedication and expertise. Additionally, I have completed several training programs that focus on Administrative Excellence and are relevant in today's dynamic work environment. I have a strong track record of supporting Executive and Senior Leadership Teams in the Technology, Business, and Higher Education sectors, consistently demonstrating reliability and excellence. My expertise in Business and Office Administration, Corporate Communications, Internal Writing, and Business Correspondence ensures high-quality results. I am skilled in organizing international onsite, offsite, and virtual events, as well as managing travel, expenses, immigration, visa, and hospitality arrangements with a personalized approach. My efforts have been recognized by business leaders, foreign diplomatic missions, colleagues, and a wide network. I am passionate about Animal Rights and Welfare and Wildlife Conservation, and I strive to make a positive impact in these areas. My commitment to lifelong learning and continuous improvement enables me to adapt and excel in dynamic environments. With a positive attitude and a focus on adding value, I aim to make a meaningful and lasting contribution.
Sanjana Paul is the executive director and co-founder of The Earth Hacks Foundation. She holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and physics, and is currently working on engineering problems at NASA. Previously, she worked as an NSF REU participant in extreme ultraviolet engineering in the Kapteyn-Murnane Lab in JILA at the University of Colorado Boulder, and as a Conservation Innovation Fellow at Conservation X Labs. When not shooting lasers around or coding solutions to climate issues, she likes exploring the outdoors and baking delicious treats.
Hi I'm Freya and I'm excited to be joining this course to expand my grant writing skills and meeting a likeminded community.
My passions are the ocean, wildlife conservation and animal welfare. I work for Whale and Dolphin Conservation as Philanthropy Officer. I complete grant applications to secure funding for the amazing conservation, education and community work that WDC do across the globe. It is a very rewarding role and I feel that I've found a way to make a difference from my desk.
In my free time you will mostly find me out and about in nature, training my dog in agility/obedience or doing some other animal related care for my other pets. I love big hikes, camping, climbing and freediving.
Hello! I'm Katie and I'm a WildLearning Specialist with WildTeam. I help to deliver a number of workshops with WildTeam, including the Project Management for Wildlife Conservation course. I love meeting course participants from all over the world, and learning about the amazing projects that they are working on or would like to in the future.
I am also working as a postdoctoral researcher at Bournemouth University, as a continuation of my PhD project which focussed on African elephant conservation. I've been lucky enough to travel to lots of places for my work and engage with a range of stakeholders. I also love science communication which has lead me to meet and work with lots of amazing people through public engagement, outreach events and social media.
Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-thompson-8664128b/ and Instagram: @drkatet
Master in Animal Biology, with a deep interest in biodiversity conservation, restoration and climate change. Former collaborator of CoalitionWILD and the Global Rewilding Alliance. Former Coordinator of Actions and Partnerships at Plant-for-the-Planet Brazil and Co-Director at Youth Climate Leaders, currently working as a Climate Change Specialist at WWF-Brazil.
Alan J. Hesse
Senior Behaviour Change Specialist at TRAFFIC; also independent author-illustrator and climate education entrepreneur, TRAFFIC International
My conservation career started in 1992 when I helped set up and joined a University expedition to the Bolivian Amazon. What started out as a 3-month experience ended up being a life-changing inflection point that set my professional and personal course to the present day. My conservation experience was built bottom-up and hands-on, and includes field data collection and logistics, grassroots organization leadership and project management, community engagement and capacity building, M&E, training and behavior change, and lately climate education through authorship of graphic novels and other resources. My conservation career includes positions as a senior staff member and a principal investigator at the Bolivian BirdLife Partner Armonía, field investigator in the Gran Chaco with WCS Bolivia, field logistics officer for Conservation International's RAP expeditions, and Programme Manager and Senior Manager of M&E at Rare. I currently work as Senior Behaviour Change Specialist with TRAFFIC International, applying behavioural science approaches to support TRAFFIC's work across wildlife supply chains globally.
Where is restoration taking place around the world, and how is it being tracked? This is an important question that should put ecosystem monitoring at the forefront to achieve both quantitative and qualitative goals. That's where my work comes in—launching data-driven solutions for monitoring, reporting, and guiding investment. Because both people and the planet matter.
My background is mainly in species conservation, education and capacity development. I researched mother-young interactions in gorillas and chimpanzees, in captivity and the wild. After that, I worked for three years in Indonesia, where I developed and implemented youth ambassador and community engagement programmes on local and regional scales. I work as Community Manager at WildHub since 2020, and I am on the Advisory Board of the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) at the University of Kent where I obtained my PhD on capacity development for conservation in 2022.
I am a WildLearning Specialist at WildTeam with a PhD in Conservation Biology.
I am a marine biology graduate with an MSc in conservation from Plymouth Uni. I use to be the assistant community manager of WildHub and. have a passion for science communication and bringing people together. 🦇 In my spare time I have a blog as well as a Redbubble shop where I sell my artwork. Check it out under my website link :) 🦇 Other interests include the use of technology (specifically cameras) to study animals as well as animal husbandry and advocacy.
I help run a UK charity that builds the capacity of conservationists to plan, implement, monitor, and report on their work. I also have a fair bit of experience in tiger and sea turtle conservation.
I work for WildTeam UK, helping to deliver training workshops, write conservation best practice manuals and share them as widely as possible. Previously a Writing Fellow working with various conservation organisations across India. Background in research, particularly behavioural ecology. Bird nerd.
I'm a biodiversity consultant working mainly in the corporate space. I work with large companies to help them figure out their nature-related impacts, dependancies, risks and opportunities, then use this information to create biodiversity strategies.
Hello! I'm Léa and I'm a WildLearning Specialist with WildTeam UK. I help create, design and deliver training courses. I love getting to know all the participants and learning from them :)
Previously, I was working with BirdLife International on forest governance issues and in my previous life I worked in the development sector in the United States. Education-wise, I have studied economic development, international relations as well as tropical forestry in the past.
Hope to catch you in a WildHub social!