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Dr. Milena Salgado Lynn will give the last International Primatology Lecutre of this academic year, titled "The life and work of an Ozomahtli in Sabah".

About the speaker: Milena Salgado Lynn is a Mexican biologist with a Master in Biochemistry and a PhD in Biology. Her doctoral research brought her to Sabah, Malaysia, in 2007 to study population genetics and parasites of proboscis monkeys and long-tailed macaques in the Kinabatangan. She has lived in Sabah since 2010, when she became a Scientific Advisor at Danau Girang Field Centre (DGFC). In that capacity, she has participated in population genetics projects on estuarine crocodiles, bantengs, green sea turtles, and orangutans. Milena has also coordinated projects on simian malaria and on rickettsioses in wildlife hosts, and participated in other projects on parasites of primates.

Currently, Dr. Salgado Lynn is the Director of Research and Conservation at DGFC, and coordinates two projects that aim to strengthen Sabah’s enforcement, investigation, and prosecution capacities to tackle crimes against wildlife. Milena is also a member of the management committee of the Sabah Wildlife Department’s Wildlife Health, Genetic and Forensic Laboratory; and a Research Fellow at Cardiff University’s School of Biosciences. In September of 2021, she was recognized as a “Distinguished Mexican” by the Embassy of Mexico in Malaysia and the Institute for Mexicans Abroad, and in November of the same year, she was awarded the Juan Luis Cifuentes Lemus Medal in the category of Public Management Abroad, by Federación Mexicana de Colegios de Biólogos (Mexican Federation of Biology Colleges).

Livestream on CICASP YouTube Channel

Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Time: 17:00 Japan Standard Time (GMT+9)

International Primatology Lectures on Past, Present and Future Perspectives of the Field

In this lecture series, we explore various origin stories as told by famed members of our primatology comunity. Most lectures are live-streamed and archived on our CICASP YouTube Channel.

Unlike most academic lectures, which are usually focused on testing scientific hypotheses, this series is designed to offer a feel for how one becomes a professional in the field of primatology. In a way, we might think of it as a career primer for young primatologists just starting their own journeys into the nether regions of Academia. At the same time, anyone might enjoy the stories told of big dreams, exotic locations and species, and the humanity inherent in forging a new path in life and in work. 

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