Explore speakers and facilitators
Meet the world-leading experts at the Explore weekend who have generously shared tales, insights and advice from their deep involvement in expeditions and fieldwork.
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Greg Dickens
Dr Greg Dickens is a vetinary surgeon and pathophysiologist who invents medical technologies for major multinationals. He specialises in setting up a sustainable camp, unorthodox health-and-safety, field repairs, arranging supply lines, and morale.
Holly O'Donnell
Holly is a conservation biologist with a passion for remote places and understudied species.
James Dyer
James is an adventurer, expedition leader, safety advisor and outdoor education practitioner who has participated in and led expeditions all over the globe.
Jimmy McSparron
Jimmy is an experienced expedition leader with a passion for indigenous cultures. He has spent years living in the Peruvian amazon, supporting multiple filming, fieldwork and expedition projects and understands the jungle from both an outside and local perspective.
Leonidas Romanos Davranoglou
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow.
Lucy Shepherd
Lucy is a British explorer. From mountain ranges to tropical rainforests, to the Arctic tundra, she is plotting a thrilling, inimitable path for herself.
Ricardo Rocha
Ricardo is an ecologist and explorer who is an Associate Professor in Conservation Science at Oxford University. His work is rooted in ecological theory and involves biodiversity surveys across large-scale experiments, real world working landscapes and island ecosystems.
Scott Pallett
Scott is an expedition doctor with a specialist interest in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology.
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