Henry, who is Danish-Indonesian, grew up in Indonesia, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Sri Lanka. Henry completed his PhD at the Durrell Insitute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) , University of Kent in March 2011 on a study of the Selous lions.  He has worked in the Udzungwa and Usambara Mountains of Tanzania for two years where he carried out biodiversity surveys. He has also worked for a year on the Kalahari Meerkat Project before joining the Serengeti Lion Project in June of 2003. Henry spent three years working on the Serengeti Lion Project.

 
Kirsten Skinner
Kirsten, originally from the United Kingdom, studied Zoology at the University of Leeds . Her interest in conservation started when she participated in biodiversity surveys in the Udzungwa Mountains and Kilombero Valley, Tanzania. After returning to Leeds she completed her MSc in Biodiversity and Conservation and went to South Africa to work on yellow mongoose behaviour near Cape Town. Kirsten spent a year working on the Kalahari Meerkat Project before she started working for the Serengeti Lion Project in December 2003.

Henry and Kirsten began the Selous Lion Project in June 2006, and have been monitoring the lions in the Matambwe photographic sector since then. They have also carried out short surveys in the Kingupira, Ilonga, and Msolwa hunting sectors.

Collaborators:  

Dr Goran Spong

Dr Bob Smith