Angela Schlenkoff

Angela is busy working on a number of projects as well as working for a number of refugee community organisations. Angela has been running conferences on Afganistan; the presentations and discussions from which are due to be published. Angela is also working as Project Manager in the Employee Volunteering Department at Community Service Volunteers (CSV).

Kirstie Wielandt

Kirstie started work with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, a conservation NGO that works to protect the last remaining mountain gorillas in central Africa. She then worked for Save the Rhino International, which campaigns to protect the five remaining rhino species in Africa and Asia. Kirstie briefly left the animal world, and worked for the development organisation, WaterAid, where she managed their corporate partnerships. now Kirstie works in the PR and media team at the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA).

Jeanne McKay

Upon graduating Jeanne begun working as a consultant to a UK government Darwin Initiative project in Mexico, during which time she also worked as the International Co-ordinator of a Species Task Force for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Jeanne is now living and working in Indonesia where she oversees several conservation project as well as being the Project Officer on her own Darwin Initiative project based in West Sumatra.

Ben Okita-Ouma

After receiving his MSc in Conservation Biology with Distinction, Ben went on to become Senior Scientist, and, more recently, Rhino Coordinator, with the Kenyan Wildlife Service. He has just been appointed a Moran of the Burning Spear (MBS), one of the highest citizen awards in Kenya. ‘It is very gratifying that our dedication to wildlife and rhino conservation, as well as community work, has been recognised by the the Kenyan government. I am forever grateful for the training I received at DICE.’

David Patrick

David studied MSc in Conservation Biology. David now works as Assistant Professor of Fisheries and Wildlife Science and is Executive Director of the Centre for Adirondack Biodiversity in the Adirondack Park in upstate New York, USA.

Gareth Blakesley

Gareth studied MSc in Tourism and Conservation. Gareth is now Natural Resources Manager for Lake Katherine Nature Centre and Botanic Gardens in Palos Heights, Illinois.

Katherine Renton

Katherine studied PhD in Conservation Biology. Katherine is now resident researcher at the Chamela Biological Station of the Instituto de Biología Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Katherine is conducting research on the ecology of parrots and plant-animal interactions of frugivorous and granivorous birds in the tropical dry forest of the Chamela-Cuizmala Biosphere Reserve on the coast of Jalisco, Mexico.

Noelia Myonda

Noelia studied MSc in Conservation Biology. She now works as Chief Park Warden at the Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

Cheryl Mvula

Cheryl studied MSc in Conservation Biology. Cheryl set up and runs Tribal Voice Communications, a social enterprise that uses the profits from its responsible tourism and wildlife conservation consultancy work to fund conservation and community development initiatives in Africa.

Ian Munanura

Ian studied MSc in Tourism and Conservation. Ian is now the director of the Nyungwe Forest Conservation Project, Rwanda.

Catherine Masao

Catherine studied MSc in Conservation Biology. Catherine is funded by NUFU through AFRO-ALP II project.Catherine also works for the University of Dar es salaam, Institute of Resource Assessment as an assistant lecturer and ecologist.

Amirah Hasan

Amirah studied an MSc by Research in Ecology. Amirah is currently Head of Science Department in Sector of Education Research and Curriculum Development in Kuwait and also works for UN-Habitat Kuwait.