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 »
Jeannette Hanby
Jeannette Hanby has been guiding educational safaris in East Africa for more than 30 years. She earned her PhD for behavioural research on Japanese monkeys, and is fascinated by the mechanisms that keep social groups of any species together... 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 »
David Harrison
Anthropologist and linguist David Harrison is a National Geographic Fellow and a co-director of the Society’s Enduring Voices Project, which documents endangered languages and cultures around the world. He has done extensive fieldwork with indigenous communities from Siberia and Mongolia to Peru, India, and Australia... More »
Kim Heacox
Award-winning writer, photographer, and conservationist Kim Heacox has lived in Alaska for 25 years. He has written four books for National Geographic, most recently An American Idea: The Making of the National Parks... More »
Fred Hiebert
Archaeologist and National Geographic Fellow Fred Hiebert has traced ancient trade routes overland and across the seas for more than 20 years. His excavations span the globe, from ancient Silk Road sites in Asia to underwater archaeology projects in the Black Sea and South America... More »
Ralph Lee Hopkins
Ralph Lee Hopkins is a popular photo workshop instructor who also serves as an expedition leader aboard the National Geographic fleet. Ralph served as a photographer on the historic Arctic Expedition for Climate Action in July 2008 and has traveled beyond the Arctic and Antarctic Circles many times during the past 16 years... More »
Tim Jepson
Writer Tim Jepson is a passionate and lifelong devotee of Italy. Since graduating from Oxford he has spent many years living in and writing about the country... More »
Donald Johanson
Paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson is best known as the man who discovered “Lucy,” the 3.2-million-year-old partial skeleton and hominin ancestor to Homo sapiens... More »
Bill Jones
A popular National Geographic Expert, Bill Jones has led more than 100 groups across Asia and Europe to destinations as far-flung as Madagascar and Kazakhstan, but his greatest expertise is in Southeast Asia and the Himalayan Region. He has traveled regularly to Bhutan for more than 25 years and has experienced first-hand the country’s progress and challenges... More »
Dereck and Beverly Joubert
National Geographic Explorers-in-Residence Dereck and Beverly Joubert are the award-winning filmmakers and conservationists who established National Geographic’s Big Cats Initiative, a comprehensive program to protect endangered felines worldwide. The Jouberts have been filming, researching, and exploring in Africa for more than 25 years, and their coverage of unique predator behavior has resulted in 22 films, 10 books, and many articles for National Geographic magazine... More »
Kirt Kempter
Kirt Kempter is a field geologist and teacher based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. A Fulbright Fellow, Kirt has led many geologic expeditions to Bryce, Zion, and Grand Canyon National Parks, and has published numerous maps and articles on the geology of the American Southwest... More »
Bob Krist
National Geographic photographer Bob Krist has shot several articles for National Geographic magazine and more than 30 articles for National Geographic Traveler, where he is a contributing editor. His many assignments have taken him to all seven continents and his images have won awards in the Pictures of the Year, Communication Arts, and World Press Photo competitions... More »
Aydin Kudu
Aydin Kudu—photographer, filmmaker, and native Turk—serves as a consultant to National Geographic magazine photographers and writers on assignment in Turkey, providing invaluable access and interpreting his country's rich culture and history. He has accompanied National Geographic television crews, as well as scientists working on Society-funded archaeological expeditions... More »
Edward J. Larson
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward Larson explored Antarctica extensively for his latest book, An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science. He has held the Fulbright Program's John Adams Chair in American Studies and participated in the National Science Foundation's Antarctica Artists and Writers Program... More »
Louise Leakey
Paleontologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Louise Leakey has continued the historic legacy begun by her grandfather Louis S. B... More »
Meave Leakey
Paleontologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Meave Leakey has received numerous National Geographic research grants to carry on the historic legacy begun by Louis S. B... More »
Greg Marshall
Greg Marshall is a marine biologist, a filmmaker, and an executive producer for National Geographic Television. Greg invented and continues to lead development of Crittercam, a system of animal-borne cameras that capture video showing the world through animals' eyes... More »
Juan Martinez
National Geographic Emerging Explorer and environmental educator Juan Martinez is a national spokesman for the importance of getting youth—especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds—into the outdoors. He spearheads the Natural Leaders Network of the Children & Nature Network, an organization creating links between environmental organizations, corporations, government, education, and individuals to reconnect children with nature... More »
Boyd Matson
As longtime host of the Emmy award-winning National Geographic Explorer TV series and of National Geographic's Wild Chronicles on PBS, Boyd Matson had the envious job of traveling to exotic locations and joining thrilling expeditions. Matson has rappelled into sinkholes, climbed mountains, and been bitten by more snakes than he cares to count... More »
Mireya Mayor
National Geographic Emerging Explorer Mireya Mayor is a primatologist and conservationist reporting on wildlife issues for more than a decade. As a correspondent on National Geographic’s Ultimate Explorer television series, she has gone underwater with six-foot-long Humboldt squids, tracked gorillas in Central Africa, and worked with leopards in Namibia... More »
Alfred McLaren
Captain Alfred McLaren, a retired Navy submariner, has explored beneath the Arctic ice on numerous expeditions, the last as commander of his own sub. After retiring from the Navy in 1981, he earned a Ph... More »
Joe McNally
Joe McNally is an internationally acclaimed photographer whose career has spanned 30 years and included assignments in more than 50 countries. A contributor to National Geographic magazine for more than two decades, Joe has published numerous cover stories, including "The Future of Flying" (December 2003)... More »
