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Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University


Hall Of Fame

Tobias Otieno (former MSc student, Karatina U)

Tobias Otieno (former MSc student, Karatina U)

Tobias Otieno earned his MSc in Wildlife Management at Moi University in Kenya, coadvised by Paul Webala and Jake, with lots of collaboration with Adam. Toby worked to understand how the perceived risk of predation affects diet selectivity of impala and Guenther's dik-dik, two abundant ungulates throughout Laikipia.

Current position: Research Manager, Ewaso Lions

Toby's website (Ewaso Lions)

Violet Gatonye (former UHURU project manager, Mpala)

Violet Gatonye (former UHURU project manager, Mpala)

Violet Gatonye worked closely with Leo to build and maintain dispersal barriers around South UHURU, testing the hypothesis that abundant, widespread species exhibit self-sustaining populations in the absence of rescue effects.

Current position: Secretariat, Kenya Wetlands Forum, East African Wildlife Society