About us

Organising committee

Alex Ball

Alex Ball

Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

WildGenes Programme Manager

Aline Finger

Aline Finger

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Molecular Ecologist
Emily Humble

Emily Humble

University of Edinburgh

Research Fellow
Helen Senn

Helen Senn

Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

Head of Conservation and Science Programmes
Kara Dicks

Kara Dicks

Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

Research Scientist
Melissa Marr

Melissa Marr

University of Edinburgh

Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Pete Hollingsworth

Pete Hollingsworth

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Director of Science
Rob Ogden

Rob Ogden

University of Edinburgh

Director of Conservation Science
Sílvia Pérez-Espona

Sílvia Pérez-Espona

University of Edinburgh

Lecturer in Conservation Genetics

Scientific Committee

Alex Ball

Aline Finger

Pete Hollingsworth

Emily Humble

Debbie Leigh

Rob Ogden

Helen Senn

Gernot Segelbacher

Alina von Thaden

Frank Zachos