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Paul Webala (PhD) is a National Geographic Explorer, published author (Paul Webala – Google Scholar), and a Senior Lecturer of Wildlife Biology at Maasai Mara University, Kenya. He is an award-winning regional expert on small mammals, particularly bats, with extensive fieldwork experience in Kenya, Rwanda, and Australia, including over 60 months of baseline bat surveys and impact assessments for potential multiple turbine projects.
Collaborating with scientists worldwide, one of his principal interests is the processes that drive the rarity and abundance of mammals in natural and human-dominated environments. His research, which addresses behavioural, ecological, and systematic/taxonomic questions, is central to his work in promoting bat conservation in Africa. He has published extensively in reputable international peer-reviewed journals.
Dr Webala is the Co-Chair of Bat Conservation Africa and a Science Advisor to Bat Conservation International (USA). Alongside colleagues, he has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for science, capacity building, and biodiversity conservation projects in Africa. He is also a member of the Bat Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission.
Dr Paul Webala serves as an Advisory Board Member on conservation, project development, and partnership building. He has a solid reputation as a mentor to students and emerging conservation leaders, with several of his mentees now practising conservation research, education, and development, inspired by his guidance. Paul is also passionate about nature photography.
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