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. |
Associate Professor (Conservation Biology) | 2018- | Mahidol University International College, Mahidol University, Thailand. Courses currently taught include Faiths, Ecological Justice & the Tropical Rainforests; Climate Emergency, Biodiversity Crisis & Humanity at Risk; Conservation Biology; Ecotourism; Evolutionary Biology; and Human Evolution, Diversity & Health; Climate Crisis: The Whats and the Whys (Free Online Course) |
Regional Vice-Chair for Southeast Asia | 2012- | IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group |
Member | 2012- | Conservation Committee of the International Primatological Society (IPS) |
Visiting Faculty | 2012- | 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 |
Guest Lecturer | 2008- | Lectures on Culture Shock and Impacts to Host Country in the Graduate Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Program |
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 Committee Member | 2006- | International Primatological Society (IPS) |
Consultant | 1997- | § Biodiversity Conservation & Ecosystem Protection § Protected Area & OECM Planning & Management § Participatory Conservation & Natural Resources Co-Management § Biodiversity, Ecosystem & Climate Mitigation § Training & Capacity Development of Conservation Staff & Rightsholders § Ecotourism, Sustainable, Responsible & Community-based Tourism § Program & Project Monitoring & Evaluation § Crisis Management & Troubleshooting Advisory § Best Practices Guidelines & Policy Development Corporate Social & Environmental Responsibility |
Past Positions
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, SE Asian Ecology, Introduction to Physical Anthropology, Hominid Evolution & Primate Societies, Ecotourism, Heritage Conservation, Systematic Biology, and Evolutionary Biology. |
Senior Lecturer | 2013-2014 | Mahidol University International College, Mahidol University, Thailand. Courses previously taught include SE 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 SE 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. |