Kate Harris

KATE HARRIS Diverging from her original plan of becoming a scientist and going to Mars, writer and adventurer Kate Harris explores desolate trails in pursuit of nature. Driven by wanderlust, […]

Nina Jablonski

nina jablonski Inspired to study natural history by her upbringing on a farm in upstate New York, Nina Jablonski is a biological anthropologist and paleobiologist studying primate and human evolution, […]

Rosemarie Keough

Born: 1959 Hometown: Salt Spring Island, Canada Education: H.B.A. in Business Administration Occupation: Photographer and publisher Expeditions: Antarctica and Arctic, sub-Arctic, and unique Canadian wilderness Favorite Place: In the wilderness […]

Aimee Morgana

aimee morgana Aimee Morgana is an artist and scientific researcher best known for her work on communication with animals, which she describes as exploring the “inner terrain of the animal […]

Naomi Pierce

Born: 1954 Hometown: Denver, CO Education: Ph.D. in Biology Occupation: Entomologist, evolutionary biologist Expeditions: Australia, Borneo, Southeast Asia, Africa Favorite Place: In the mountains Best Discoveries: The evolution of symbioses […]

Rosaly Lopes

Rasaly M. C. Lopes Dr. Rosaly M. C. Lopes is a Principal Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where she is also Lead Scientist for Geophysics and Planetary Geosciences. Dr. […]

Maya Tolstoy

Born: 1967 Hometown: New York, NY Education: Ph.D. in Earth Sciences/Marine Geophysics Occupation: Marine geophysicist Expeditions: 27 research cruises in the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean […]

Bolortestseg Minjin

Born: 1973 Hometown: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Education: Ph.D in Earth & Environmental Sciences Occupation: Director, Institute for the Study of Mongolian Dinosaurs Expeditions: Gobi Desert (Mongolia), Malta and Rudyard (Montana) to […]

Leela Hazzah

Leela Hazzah Dr Leela Hazzah: Executive Director and Cofounder of Lion Guardians, Leela obtained her PhD and MSc from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on understanding the predictors […]

Jane Poynter

jane poynter Jane Poynter is one of only eight people ever in history to live sealed in an artificial world for two years. Jane’s preparation for Biosphere 2 involved training […]