Dr. Katy Gonder joined the TAMU Ecology & Conservation Biology Department and EEB program Fall of 2023. Her vision as the ECCB Department Head is focused on evidence-based conservation action. When Dr. Gonder is not representing the department or working in her genetics lab at Texas A&M, she is at the Ganga Research Station at Mbam and Dijerem National Park in Cameroon. The park is one of the last strongholds of the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee. Her research focuses on understanding how ecology impacts and influences the cultural and genetic history of chimpanzees.

Read more about her path as department head and her interests in conservation biology in this article in Agrilife Today.