About Lucy
About Lucy
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•Brought up in Somalia, Lesotho and Kenya
•Primary education at MEMPS, Maseru, Lesotho
•Secondary education at Downe House School, Berkshire
•Gap year in Kenya, India and Nepal (1995-96)
•First Class Degree in BSc Zoology from Bristol University (1999)
•Volunteer in reafforestation project in Costa Rica (1999)
•Africa Operations Manager & Expedition Leader for Quest Overseas (2000-03) www.questoverseas.com
•Managing Director & Africa Operations Director for Quest Overseas (2003-05)
•Master of Science in Biology (Integrative Bioscience), Balliol College, Oxford University (2005-06)
•DPhil Researcher, Animal Behaviour Research Group, Dept of Zoology, Oxford University (2006-present)
•Represented Save the Elephants at CITES CoP14 (The Hague) and CITES CoP15 (Doha, Qatar) working against opening of the ivory trade
•Number of countries travelled to so far: 53 and working on more....
Email me: lucy.king@zoo.ox.ac.uk
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A Quick CV
Who?
name Lucy King, MSc
Profession Zoologist
job DPhil Researcher
LIves In a tent in the Kenyan bush