Shadrack holding a camera in the field

Shadrack Kamenya

(Ph.D. Anthropology 1997)

Shadrack has been working with the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) for the past 25 years in research, conservation, and education.  From August 1997 to 2005 was working in managing chimpanzee research at the Gombe Stream Research Centre (GSRC) in Gombe National Park. The period between 2005 and 2018, was contributing more in research and conservation initiatives that took the Institute into the Masito Ugalla Ecosystem in Kigoma and Katavi Regions in Western Tanzania with more chimpanzees than Gombe. The past 5 years have been focusing on conservation awareness to leaders, communities, and young generation on biodiversity conservation and climate related issues.