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Sky Alibhai, B.Sc. (Hons).  Makerere University, Uganda. 1968.  D.Phil  Zoology, University of Oxford, 1973.

Zoe Jewell, M.Sc. (Hons).  London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (1984).  MA., Vet. M.B., M.R.C.V.S . University of Cambridge. 1990.

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Zoe, Sky and family tracking in Texas

Peter R Law. B. Sc. Hons., Mathematics, University of Sydney, 1978.  D. Phil. Mathematics, University of Oxford, 1983

WildTrack was started in 2004 by Zoe Jewell and Sky Alibhai, a veterinarian and wildlife biologist who had been working for several years in Africa monitoring black and white rhino.  They were joined early in their research career by Peter Law, an Australian mathematician and tracker.  While monitoring black rhino in Zimbabwe in the early 1990's they collected data to show that invasive monitoring techniques were negatively impacting on female fertility, and began to develop a footprint identification technique.

Pete at Sinamatella
Pete Law in the field in Zimbabwe
After much interest from researchers around the world who needed a cost-effective and non-invasive approach to wildlife monitoring, they established WildTrack.  Jewell and Alibhai are currently on academic sabbatical  based at SAS software in Cary, NC, and being jointly hosted with NC State University in Raleigh, NC.  Their remit during this period is to further refine and streamline FIT to facilitate field application.  Law is resident in NY State and undertakes independent mathematical and ecological modelling research.  Pete Law's work with Wildtrack has led to his keen interest in the application of tracking to scientific studies and its practice. Through the affiliation with Wildtrack, he has had the opportunity to engage in field work in southern Africa, Borneo, and the Canadian arctic.  Additionally, he is engaged in applying his mathematical training to analyze problems in biology, particularly through modelling. Current projects include modelling population dynamics and conservation strategies.

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