Nicola Anthony is Professor and endowed Chair in Wildlife Sustainability at the University of New Orleans. Her focus is on the conservation genetics and evolutionary diversification of central African tropical forest vertebrates. She has worked for over 20 years with the Universit\u00e9 des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku (UTSM) in Gabon and in two international partnerships (CAB-Alliance and ECOTROP) engaging in conservation research, education and scientific training. She has delivered professional development workshops and international field schools that partnered students from the US and Gabon on joint research projects. She is committed to developing ways to promote biodiversity capacity building in the Central African region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"