Current Positions
Review Editor | 2022- | Frontiers in Conservation Science: Animal Conservation |
International Advisor | 2020- | Department of Zoology, Gauhati University, Assam, India |
International Advisor | 2020- | Dibrugarh Hanumanbax Surajmall Kanoi College, Assam, India. |
Technical Advisor | 2019- | Creation Justice Commission of Kota Kinabalu Archdiocese, Sabah, Malaysia. |
Regional Vice-Chair | 2012- | IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group |
Member | 2012- | Conservation Committee of the International Primatological Society (IPS) |
Guest Lecturer | 2008- | Lectures on Culture Shock and Impacts to Host Country in the Graduate Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Program, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand. |
Board of Directors | 2007- | Douc Langur Foundation (DLF), San Diego, USA |
Editor-in-Chief | 2006- | Asian Primates Journal (Journal of the Southeast Asia, South Asia and China sections of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group) |
Executive & Conservation Committee Member | 2006- | International Primatological Society (IPS) |
Independent Consultant | 1997- | Program & Project Monitoring & EvaluationCrisis Management & Troubleshooting AdvisoryBest Practices Guidelines & Policy DevelopmentCorporate Social & Environmental Responsibility |
Past Positions
Associate Professor (Conservation Biology) | 2018-2023 | Mahidol University International College, Mahidol University, Thailand. Courses taught include Faiths, Ecological Justice & the Tropical Rainforests; Climate Emergency, Biodiversity Crisis & Humanity at Risk; Conservation Biology; Ecotourism; Evolutionary Biology; Human Evolution, Diversity & Health; Southeast Asian Ecology; Climate Crisis: The Whats and the Whys (Free Online Course http://bitly.ws/AnzN); Biodiversity Crisis: The Whats and the Whys (Free Online Course http://bitly.ws/AnzY) |
Program Director | 2015-2019 | Natural Science Program, Mahidol University International College |
Assistant Professor (Ecology) | 2014-2018 | Mahidol University International College, Mahidol University, Thailand. Courses previously taught include Vertebrate Zoology, Biology, Conservation Biology, Southeast Asian Ecology, Introduction to Physical Anthropology, Hominid Evolution & Primate Societies, Ecotourism, Heritage Conservation, Systematic Biology, and Evolutionary Biology. |
Visiting Faculty | 2012-2014 | Asian Institute of Technology’s School of Environment, Resources & Development. Biennial lectures on Biodiversity and Conservation in the Graduate Program Natural Resources Management Field of Study |
Senior Lecturer | 2013-2014 | Mahidol University International College, Mahidol University, Thailand. Courses previously taught include Southeast Asian Ecology, Introduction to Physical Anthropology, Biology, Conservation Biology, and Ecotourism |
Scientific Advisor | 2012-2019 | Research and Capacity-Development Program of the Bukit Merah Orang Utan Island Foundation (BMOUIF) |
Lecturer | 2006-2012 | Mahidol University International College, Mahidol University, Thailand. Courses previously taught include Southeast Asian Ecology, Introduction to Physical Anthropology, Conservation Biology, Research Methods in Tourism and Hospitality, Ecotourism, and Sustainable Tourism Studies |
Specialist Lecturer | 1997 | Department of Biology, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. Subjects taught included Conservation Biology, Sociobiology, Ethology, Field Zoology, and Bio-monitoring Techniques and Management of Terrestrial Ecosystems. |
SE Asia Representative | 1994-1996 | International Primatological Society (IPS) |
Senior Research Zoologist | 1993-1996 | Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), New York, USA. |
Research Zoologist | 1987-1993 | Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), New York, USA. |