Where I Work

Mohammed Amar manages conservation of imperilled flora in Socotra, a Yemeni island known as the Galápagos of the Indian Ocean.

Physical oceanographer Melina M. Martinez finds ways to gather ocean data off the coast of Argentina.

Mexican food scientist Raquel Gómez-Pliego works to improve the nutritional value of foods through microbial fermentation.

In Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, Rassina Farassi studies how humans came to walk on two legs.

Buse Tuğba Zaman is developing a way to track tiny amounts of contaminants — and fulfilled a dream to visit Earth’s most remote continent.

Somphouthone Phimmachak studies amphibians and reptiles as one of the country’s few conservation researchers.

By studying caves near his home in Johannesburg, South Africa, geologist Tebogo Makhubela ventures into places people have never been before.

Enkhbayar Erdenetulkhuur works as a field geologist in the Altai mountain range in northwestern Mongolia.

Maria Shrestha works to understand the evolutionary history of crayfish symbionts — and how they might be indicators of trouble.

Neema Mduma is a machine-intelligence researcher building a crop-science app.

Haritakis Papaioannou combines a mountaineer’s know-how with a scientific eye to track the slow recovery of chamois populations in western Greece.

Charlene Yeong works as a veterinarian with animals from zoos and those native to Singapore.

Art conservator and restorer Ludovica Alesse works to safeguard Ancient Roman remains unearthed in the latest excavations to ensure the city’s story will never fade.

Matthew Kim learnt how to conduct research while studying in a small Canadian town for a semester.

Melina Maldonado Sandoval, a member of the Mayo-Yoreme Indigenous community, assists researchers in studying the risks of petrochemical manufacturing in the Sinaloa region.

Environmental-humanities researcher Jenia Mukherjee uncovers the complex relationship between people, canals and wetlands in Kolkata, India.

Despite being jetted by giant clams, Mei Lin Neo remains steadfast in her defence of marine species.

Johannes Huber builds an understanding of logs using medical-imaging technology, to improve future wood-harvesting methods.

Naailah Ali aims to support cacao farmers in the West Indies by improving the bean-fermentation process.

Zoologist Amy MacLeod supports conservation efforts by using drones to survey endangered species.