{"id":208,"date":"2022-03-06T20:31:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T20:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bondiv.org\/?page_id=208"},"modified":"2025-10-20T10:45:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T10:45:36","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bondiv.org\/index.php\/about\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"208\" class=\"elementor elementor-208\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-951c7b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"951c7b1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94151e8\" data-id=\"94151e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e594c9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e594c9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/bondiv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5783-1-scaled-e1692874979637-2048x668.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-1234\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bondiv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5783-1-scaled-e1692874979637-2048x668.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/bondiv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5783-1-scaled-e1692874979637-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bondiv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5783-1-scaled-e1692874979637-1024x334.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bondiv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5783-1-scaled-e1692874979637-768x251.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bondiv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_5783-1-scaled-e1692874979637-1536x501.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8845b6d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8845b6d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-105de2e\" data-id=\"105de2e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f96a9f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f96a9f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Core Team<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4f342d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4f342d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b16a3bc\" data-id=\"b16a3bc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55ac348 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55ac348\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\" href=\"https:\/\/erinwessling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Erin Wessling<\/a><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-2); font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-c696dce );\">, co-director, Research Scientist at the German Primate Center and the University of Goettingen<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-c696dce );\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.senckenberg.de\/de\/institute\/senckenberg-museum-fuer-naturkunde-goerlitz\/abt-zoologie\/sekt-mammalogie\/mammalogie-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof. Hjalmar K\u00fchl<\/a>, co-director, Head of the Zoology Department and Head of the Mammalogy Section at the Senckenberg Museum of Natural History in G\u00f6rlitz \/\u00a0<\/span>Professor of Mammalian Biodiversity at the TU Dresden.<\/li><li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\" href=\"https:\/\/heb.fas.harvard.edu\/people\/martin-surbeck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof. Martin Surbeck<\/a><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-2); font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-c696dce );\">, co-director, Assistant Professor, Harvard University<\/span><\/li><li>Paula Dieguez<span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-2); font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-c696dce );\">, project coordinator, Senckenberg Society of Nature Research<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c09ad5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1c09ad5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b8019f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b8019f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4772c16\" data-id=\"4772c16\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e1ac06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e1ac06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Partners<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce67376 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ce67376\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79111b8\" data-id=\"79111b8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc84746 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc84746\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\" href=\"https:\/\/bondiv.org\/index.php\/mbou-mon-tour\/\">Mbou Mon Tour (MMT)<\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-2); font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-c696dce );\">Centre de Recherche en Ecologie et Foresterie (CREF) &amp; World Wildlife Fund &#8211; DRC (WWF-DRC)<\/span><\/li><li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\" href=\"https:\/\/bondiv.org\/index.php\/gacebb\/\">Groupe d\u2019Appui \u00e0 la Conservation des Ecosyst\u00e8mes de Basankusu et de Bolomba (GACEBB)<\/a><\/li><li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform );\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antwerpzoofoundation.com\/fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antwerp Zoo Foundation (AZF)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwfdrc.org\/en\/about_us\/where_we_work\/salonga_landscape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Wildlife Fund &#8211; DRC (WWF-DRC)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonobo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bonobo Conservation Initiative<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salongaconservation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salonga Conservation Initiative<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iccnrdc.org\/presentation.html#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-934a7ce elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"934a7ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c43d44e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c43d44e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1cfb7cd\" data-id=\"1cfb7cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1c9719 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d1c9719\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Research Collaborators<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e3fa0a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e3fa0a8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f01785b\" data-id=\"f01785b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ab5267 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ab5267\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-2); font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-c696dce );\">Dr Tomas Marques-Bonet, Coordinator of Genomes and Systems, Departament de Ci\u00e8ncies Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF): study bonobo within-species genetic variability and connectivity, reconstruct bonobo speciation and ancestry, and create a reference database for tracing bonobo wildlife by genetic profiling using bonobo fecal samples.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-2); font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-c696dce );\">Prof. Martin Reinhardt Nielsen, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen: perform social interviews focused on bushmeat consumption and trade to evaluate how food security, health, and socioeconomic characteristics are related to hunting and bushmeat consumption and attitudes towards bonobos.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-2); font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-c696dce );\">Prof Nicole Van Dam, Henriette Uthe and Stefanie D\u00f6ll, Molecular Interaction Ecology (MIE) research group &amp; EcoMetEoR: analysis of metabolomic plant data to understand mechanisms underlying species interactions and biodiversity functions.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-2); font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-c696dce );\">Dr. Julie Koch Sheard, Ecosystem Services, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity <\/span>Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig<span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-2); font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-c696dce );\">: understand the local variability of terrestrial arthropods present at each of the BonDiv sites using pitfall traps.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><span style=\"color: var(--ast-global-color-2); font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-c696dce );\">Poulsen Research Group in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan and the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oregon: analysis of isotopes of rainwater samples to understand hydrological cycling and environmental change, and its relation with the bonobos&#8217; habitat and populations.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Prof. Fabian Leendertz \/ Helmholtz Center for Infection Research\/ Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HZI\/HIOH):<p>better understand the relationship between animal, human and environmental health, by analyzing bonobo fecal samples, bonobo bones\/carcasses,\u00a0 and blowflies.\u00a0Provide a general metric of biodiversity\/ecosystem health by performing eDNA analysis of water, soil, and leaf swab samples.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-466d064 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"466d064\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e05a73\" data-id=\"4e05a73\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f26f665 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f26f665\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c7e6ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c7e6ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Field Researchers<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-443d17a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"443d17a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a594d9f\" data-id=\"a594d9f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1c6b66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1c6b66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Alexander HOGAN<\/li><li>Joseph LISINGO<\/li><li>Louis Junior BENI<\/li><li>Steven MUHINDO<\/li><li>Martin BESAKWE BOFEKO<\/li><li>Freddy MAKENGO<\/li><li>Maisie ETTINGER<\/li><li>Magloire KAMBALE<\/li><li>Donat BARUBIYO<\/li><li><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); letter-spacing: 0px; background-color: var( --e-global-color-c696dce );\">Dieu Merci MPONGO<\/span><\/li><li>Johnson Y. 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