Mrinalini Watsa

Mrinalini (Mini) Watsa is a wildlife biologist studying conservation biology through investigations of tropical disease ecology, animal behavior, and wildlife health, with a focus on utilizing genetics and genomics via portable field laboratories for in situ investigations. Previously, she had been a Visiting Assistant Professor in physical anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis where she managed the Primate Molecular Ecology Laboratory, but now she is a Scientist at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Institute of Conservation Research. Mini is also a co-founder of Field Projects International in 2009, and remains a senior research scientist. She is also an avid science writer (see examples of her work here and here), and a member of the Global Forest Reporting Network. You can visit her professional page here.