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Dr. Kevin Olival holds a Ph.D. in ecology, evolution, and environmental biology and an M.A. in conservation biology from Columbia University. He is currently a senior research fellow at EcoHealth Alliance (formerly known as Wildlife Trust), a non-profit organization based in New York City that focuses on international work bridging the gap between wildlife and human health. Before joining EcoHealth Aliance, Dr. Olival worked as a post-doctoral research scientist at the American Museum of Natural History. Dr. Olival has taught graduate-, undergraduate-, and high school-level conservation biology courses over the past eight years. He has thirteen years of on-the-ground and academic experience in the field of biological conservation. Some of his relevant research includes conservation of endangered Hawaiian tree snails, global analysis of freshwater and terrestrial protected areas, fruit bat conservation, malarial parasites in non-human species, and the ecology and evolution of emerging diseases – with a focus on tropical bats and viruses shared with humans. Dr. Olival is deeply committed to integrating science with public policy and he strives to make the complex material of biological science accessible and fun for students of all ages.