Vikas Nairi has been a dive instructor since 2003, and has loved every moment of being in the water till date. Photography was only to make that last out of water too.

Aditi Patil is a Political Economy Analyst-Illegal Wildlife Trade at Wildlife Conservation Society. She often wonders if she was born into the wrong species.

Romulus Whitaker is an Indian of American origin who has a lifelong obsession with reptiles

Bharti Dharapuram is a researcher studying marine biogeography at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Ari Drummond is a conservationist, Wildlife Rescue Technician and an applicant for a PhD in Ecology.

Shreyasi Sharma is a postgraduate in Literary Art Creative Writing from Ambedkar University Delhi.

Dina Rasquinha is a social ecologist and a communicator, currently pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Georgia. She enjoys a good cup of tea and a story

Sonia Holmstrom who recently received her graduate degree from the University of Miami, Ohio, is an animal keeper in Alaska, and is a Red Panda Conservation Liaison for the Katie Adamson Conservation Fund.

Vikram Aditya currently works as a postdoctoral research associate at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the
Environment, Bengaluru, on a project focused on developing models for assessing the contribution of biodiversity to
agricultural productivity, food and nutritional security and livelihoods.

Dincy Mariyam is a doctoral student at CWS, Bengaluru. Her weekdays pass in a blur of research in the concrete jungle, she tries to spend her weekends escaping to the real jungles with her trusty binoculars.

Amiya Hisham is an architect and writer based in Trivandrum, Kerala with interests in design, language, and nature. At the moment she is gardening her way through life, literally and figuratively.

Andras Abonyi is a postdoctoral aquatic ecologist, working currently to better understand the quantitative importance of chytrids in lake pelagic food webs at WasserCluster Lunz, Lunz am See, Austria, funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF Project “FungUp”: P 30419-B29).

Robert Czerniawski is a river ecologist working in the Department of Hydrobiology at the University of Szczecin, Poland.

Agathe Colléony is a conservation scientist exploring the links between biodiversity, nature interactions, individual well-being and biodiversity conservation behaviors.

Melissa Marselle is an environmental psychologist at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research investigating the pro-environmental behavior change, and the influence of biodiversity on human health.

Celina Baker is a student at Miami University of Ohio’s Advanced Inquiry Program pursuing a master’s degree in conservation biology.

Munib Khanyari is a Research Associate at Nature Conservation Foundation’s High Altitude Program. He studies factors that affect mountain ungulate populations at a landscape level. 

Shreyasi Sharma is a postgraduate in Literary Art Creative Writing from Ambedkar University Delhi.

Juno Negi has completed her education in Zoology and Anthropology, and is currently a research fellow at the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. When not working, she loves to revel in the company of her pen and diary.

Zoya Tyabji has been fascinated with all things marine, and has studied sea kraits, coral reefs and elasmobranchs in India. She is currently the Project Associate of the marine team of Wildlife Conservation Society-India.

Kartik is Faculty at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore where he indulges his fascination for ecology and evolution, working with students on frogs, reptiles, birds, plants, reef fish and other marine fauna. Kartik has worked on the biology and conservation of sea turtles for the last 25 years, and is the author of the book From Soup to Superstar, a historical account of sea turtle conservation in India. He is a Founding Trustee of Dakshin Foundation which works largely with coastal communities on natural resource conservation and management.  In his spare time, he seeks to distract young minds from more serious pursuits with books such as Lori’s Magical Mystery, Turtle Story, The Adventures of Philautus Frog and Moonlight in the Sea. As the Founding Editor of CC, he believes that art and science must meet more often, in creative and engaging ways.

Ghazala Shahabuddin is an ecologist and author who has worked on issues such as land-use change impacts, community-based conservation, and protected area management in India. Currently, she is involved in long term research on the avian communities in Kumaon Himalayas and a related outreach programme.