Dr Bibi Linden MSc (Würzburg, Germany), PhD (Venda, South Africa)

I studied at the universities of Mainz and Würzburg in Germany, where I specialised in Tropical Biology and Animal Ecology. In 2006 I began field-based research studying seed dispersal by free-ranging samango monkeys (a forest-dwelling primate) in the Soutpansberg mountains, South Africa. This became the topic of my MSc which I acquired in 2008 with distinction. Residing in South Africa for 18 years, I worked in various educational and academic positions including four years lecturing Conservation Biology at the University of Venda and eight years managing the Academic Programme at a biological field research station, Lajuma Research Centre. In 2020 I received my PhD in Zoology from the University of Venda studying the distribution, population status and conservation of samango monkeys, and subsequently held a three-year Postdoctoral Research position at the university’s Chair for Biodiversity, Value and Change. I joined the Department of Life Sciences at Aberystwyth University as a Lecturer in Applied Conservation Biology in February 2024.