Eleanor is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of York on invertebrate behaviour.  She led her first scientific expedition in 2013 to the Amazon rainforest comparing the impacts of different agroforestry schemes to traditional farming practices. Since then she has worked in  in Honduras, Bermuda and Australia, investigating questions from how magpies perceive insects to how humans are disrupting dung beetle distributions.  @E_Drinkwater

Laura is an Ecologist for a global engineering and development consultancy. She is experienced in assessing the potential effects of large infrastructure projects on wildlife and providing recommendations for mitigation and enhancement. This involves work at the interface of social and ecological systems to conduct field surveys, assess historic data, engage with stakeholders and write comprehensive reports. She is passionate about working with people and wildlife to address key issues in biodiversity conservation.

Laura holds a BSc in Biology and MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London. She has a strong background in research, focusing on conservation and entomology. This includes investigating ecosystem services in European agriculture, modelling rainforest degradation in Borneo, studying beetle communities in Honduras, and investigating saiga antelope conservation in Uzbekistan.

Chris is an experienced biologist and filmmaker who has conducted multiple projects in Africa. For his MSc in Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology, he spent three months in South Africa studying the social network of giraffes.  During this project Chris took the opportunity to make a short documentary about the resident de-horned Southern white rhinos and the role that the local anti-poaching team plays in their protection. This film was nominated for the 2017 Limelight Film Awards Best Short Documentary, and has lead to further wildlife filmmaking opportunities.

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In 2017, through his start-up filmmaking company Farsight Conservation, Chris won a grant to produce a series of short films about the threats facing the survival of forest elephants in Nigeria. Alongside drone work and filmmaking Chris works as a bee technician at the University of Exeter.