Megan Shrum - Director USA

Megan Shrum has a BSc in Zoology from North Carolina State University and an MSc in Primate Conservation from Oxford Brookes University.  Her love of lemurs came from her experiences volunteering and working at the Duke Lemur Center in Durham, NC.  Megan travelled to remote areas in Northwest Madagascar within the range of the mongoose lemur in order to better determine the distribution and conservation status of the species.  She is devoted to the region and planning conservation education programs and more research in the area to better understand all of the lemurs in the new Mahavavy-Kinkony Wetland Complex, where the last remaining tract of mongoose lemur habitat is found.

Travis Steffens - Director Canada

Travis Steffens has a BSc in Primatology and MA in Anthropology from the University of Calgary and is currently a PhD student in Biological Anthropology at the University of Toronto.  Travis has been involved in primate research since 2002.  He has conducted many research projects on endangered primates in both Belize, Central America, and Madagascar.  In 2007/2008 Travis spent fourteen months with his wife Keriann McGoogan studying the impact of edge effects on coquerels sifaka’s in Ankarafantsika Madagascar.  Outside of research Travis combines his love for travel and nature by leading active travel trips throughout Canada, Belize, Costa Rica, South Africa and Botswana. 

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Megan Shrum and Travis Steffens in Antananarivo with LFL’s first Lamba

David Meyer -

David Meyer has a degree in Computer Information Systems and a background in graphic design and photography.  He has always been interested in conservation and scientific research.  He worked in NW Madagascar with Megan in 2008 on lemur surveys and botanical sampling and returned in 2010 with the first Lambas For Lemurs project.  His technological background has been integral in everything from designing the lamba to fixing problems in the field.  David has an interest in GIS and is currently determining the estimated population size and distribution of the lemurs in the Mahavavy-Kinkony Wetland Complex.