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The University of Nottingham and National Geographic

are thrilled to invite you to our upcoming virtual Explorer

event as part of the Excel in Science initiative.

Students across the UK and beyond are all welcome to join

us for this insightful and inspiring conversation with four

National Geographic Explorers. Find out more about their

work and their experiences pursuing science and research

careers.

The Excel in Science

programme is an innovative

new educational programme

for students from all

backgrounds and ethnicities,

which aims to enable students

to examine the ethos and

philosophy of science, whilst

being equipped with the

knowledge and skills to forge

a new, inclusive and diverse

generation of scientists.M I C H A E L N I C H O L S

E X C E L I N S C I E N C EYOU WILL BE HEARING FROM:

M A D A L E N A B O T O

KASIM RAFIQ Wildlife biologist, National Geographic

Explorer, and Fulbright Scholar studying

African large predator behaviour and

conservation. Kasim’s work includes

understanding the impacts of climate

change on wildlife behaviour and

developing new tools for species

monitoring and has included extensive

fieldwork in remote bush camps in the

Okavango Delta.

RICARDO ROCHABiologist from Madeira Island, Portugal.

Ricardo conducts interdisciplinary

research at the interface of conservation

science and ecology. His research

has taken him to the tropics and sub-

tropics, working extensively in the

Central Brazilian Amazon, Madagascar,

Kenya and throughout the Madeira

Archipelago.

LYDIA GIBSONAnthropologist and ecologist with a BSc in

Maths and Biology from the University of

Bristol and a MSc and PhD in Anthropology

from UCL. Lydia’s PhD looks at the impact

Jamaica’s growing conservation scene

has on forest-based traditional practices

using interdisciplinary approaches from

anthropology, ecology, geography, and

sociology and includes mapping, oral

histories, social theory, and ecological data.

NATALIE SINCLAIRScottish marine biologist and conservationist.

Her work in conservation policy, with

Scottish Natural Heritage, led to the

implementation of remote time-lapse

photographic monitoring of seabirds in the

Northern Isles of Scotland. Natalie’s passion

for interdisciplinary research has brought

together researchers from biology, music and

philosophy to create collaborative studies of

both human and nonhuman cultures.

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