Ken Brushett
With degrees in biology and education, Ken Brushett has been introducing visitors to the Canadian Rockies for 15 years. Accredited as a Professional National Parks Interpreter by the Interpretive Guides Association of Banff, Alberta, and with more than 75 guided hiking trips under his belt, Ken knows the region intimately and is delighted to share his knowledge of its wildlife, geology, and history... More »
Birgit Buhleier
Filmmaker, producer, and scientist Birgit Buhleier played an integral role in the evolution of National Geographic’s Crittercam, a video camera system that has provided fascinating insights into the daily lives of hundreds of species. Through her work with Crittercam, she has sidled up to seals, sea lions and whales; studied the secret lives of great white and tiger sharks; and dived with hawksbill sea turtles... More »
David Bygott
Biologist and artist David Bygott first came to Tanzania in 1969 to work on Jane Goodall's National Geographic-funded team studying wild chimpanzees. David spent four years as a lion biologist for the Serengeti Lion Project, researching lion behavior in northern Tanzania... More »
Kike Calvo
Award-winning photographer, journalist, and author Kike Calvo was born in Spain, has traveled in more than 85 countries, and transformed his his fascination with Latin America into a career focus. He is a guest lecturer for the Leica Akademie and a freelancer for the New York Times... More »
Malcolm Campbell
Native New Zealander Malcolm Campbell is a professional naturalist and birder who has worked for 20 years on conservation and environmental issues in his country's national parks, forests, and coastal marine environments. He has led many National Geographic Expeditions in New Zealand and will share his in-depth knowledge of his country's people, political history, flora and fauna, and indigenous Maori culture... More »
Constanza Ceruti
A National Geographic Emerging Explorer, high-altitude archaeologist Constanza Ceruti specializes in excavating Inca Empire ceremonial centers on the summits of sacred Andean mountains. Constanza's most impressive find to date took place on a 22,100-foot summit, where the expedition she co-led unearthed the three best-preserved mummies ever discovered... More »
Doug Chadwick
With a master's degree in wildlife biology, Doug Chadwick studied mountain goats among the peaks of the Rockies for seven years. He also carried out surveys of grizzly bears and of the harlequin ducks that breed along the Rockies' fast-moving rivers and streams... More »
Jack Daulton
Jack Daulton is an acclaimed lecturer on the art history of non-Western civilizations and has been a study leader on trips to more than 50 countries throughout the world. His academic work has included extensive study of the art and architecture of Asia and Africa, as well as of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam... More »
Wade Davis
An Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society, Wade Davis holds degrees in anthropology and biology and received his Ph.D... More »
Jay Dickman
Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer Jay Dickman has worked in photojournalism for more than 35 years, covering topics as diverse as the war in El Salvador, the Olympics, national political conventions, six Super Bowl's, and the 40th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. Among his over 25 assignments for the National Geographic Society, Jay has lived for three months in a Stone Age village in Papua New Guinea and spent a week under the Arctic ice in a nuclear attack sub... More »
Amy Dickman
Zoologist Amy Dickman has worked in Africa for more than 13 years. She spent six years at the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia, conducted research on human-carnivore conflict in Tanzania, and holds the Kaplan Senior Research Fellowship in Wild Cat Conservation at Oxford University... More »
David Doubilet
Acclaimed underwater photographer David Doubilet estimates he has spent nearly half his life in the sea since taking his first underwater photograph at the age of 12 with a Brownie Hawkeye camera sealed in a bag. Exploring the world's waters, David has photographed in the depths of such places as the southwest Pacific, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, Tasmania, Scotland, the northwest Atlantic, and Antarctica... More »
Fiona Dunlop
Travel writer Fiona Dunlop has explored northern Spain extensively, writing numerous articles about its culture and gastronomy. She is the author of the National Geographic Traveler guidebooks for Spain and Portugal as well as Spain Chic and the critically acclaimed book New Tapas, which explores Spain’s evolving food culture... More »
Sylvia Earle
Marine biologist Sylvia Earle is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society. Named one of Time magazine's "Heroes for the Planet" in 1998, Sylvia has pioneered research on marine ecosystems... More »
Mona El Nahas
Cairo native Mona El Nahas has introduced many Americans to the wonders of Egypt since she became a licensed guide in 1982. She earned a masters in teaching English as a foreign language, and she enjoys her job for the opportunity it gives her to meet many different types of people and show them the marvels of her country... More »
Macduff Everton
Macduff Everton is a contributing editor at National Geographic Traveler, where he has photographed more than 20 stories from Paris to Beijing to Big Sur. His many editorial clients also include Condé Nast Traveler, Life, LA Times Magazine, NY Times Magazine, Outside, and Smithsonian... More »
Grace Fielder
Historian Grace Fielder is an expert on the history, culture, and languages of the Dalmatian coast. She holds a PhD from UCLA and is a professor of Balkan and south Slavic linguistics at the University of Arizona... More »
Stella Galani
A native of Athens, Stella Galani is a scholar of the history and culture of Greece. She earned a master's degree in cultural anthropology from SUNY Albany and is completing her PhD at University College in London... More »
Sari Gilbert
A native New Yorker, Sari Gilbert wrote her Ph.D thesis on Italian foreign policy and has lived and worked in Italy since then... More »
Mikhail Gorbachev
A Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Cold War reformer, and political visionary, former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev was one of the 20th century's most pivotal leaders. In 1990, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his extraordinary efforts to lead the peace process during the Cold War... More »
Annie Griffiths
Annie Griffiths Belt has produced dozens of magazine and book projects for the National Geographic Society. She has received awards from the White House News Photographers Association and the National Press Photographers Association for her work, which includes landscape, portrait, and documentary photography... More »
Gilbert Grosvenor
Gil Grosvenor has served National Geographic since 1954, first as a writer and photographer, then as the editor of National Geographic magazine, president of the Society, and, until 2010, as chairman of the board. Gil was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004... More »
Elvira Hammond
Elvira Hammond, a professor of Chinese cultural history at New Mexico State University, has been working, traveling, and studying in China since 1983. She studied Chinese language and modern theater in Beijing and worked for many years developing and leading academic and cultural programs for students of all ages visiting China... More »
Ken Hammond
Historian Ken Hammond first traveled to China in 1982 to study the language and stayed for five years. A professor at New Mexico State University, he directs a Chinese-American university exchange program... More »
Camilla Hansen
Based in Stockholm, Camilla Hansen is the Program Officer of National Geographic’s Global Exploration Fund-Northern Europe. She has studied paleoclimatology at both Stockholm and Uppsala University and has conducted fieldwork throughout Northern Europe, the Canary Islands, and Tierra del Fuego... More »
