Nina M. Zitani, MSc, PhD
Working for Smithsonian Journeys at Machu Picchu, Peru, 2020.
Nina's Tropical Biodiversity field course (Western University), with their phenomenal Waorani guides Nemonte (centre), Nancamo (far right, orange shirt), Mencai (next to Nancamo), and children at Shiripuno Lodge, Yasuni Biosphere Reserve, Ecuador.
Nina is an accomplished field research biologist with an emphasis on exploring the Amazon rain forest of Ecuador and Peru. Her passion is teaching and guiding, and for over 30 years she has been an educator in the field and in the classroom, enriching her lectures on evolutionary biology, biodiversity and conservation science with media from her travels around the world. Nina is a Fellow International of the Explorers Club.You can learn more about her work here: ninazitani.com