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Nyambayar Batbayar

Director and researcher at the Wildlife Science and Conservation Center of Mongolia.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nyambayar-Batbayar
Position and Title:
Director and Research Biologist, Wildlife Science and Conservation Center of Mongolia
Secretary of the Ramsar Convention National Board, Mongolia
Secretary of the Ramsar Convention on Migratory Species, Mongolia
Research Associate, International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, WI, USA
Address:

Wildlife Science and Conservation Center of Mongolia
Union Building, B-1301
Unesco Street
Ulaanbaatar, 14210
Mongolia
Phone: +976-70002473
Web: www.wscc.org.mn

Education:
PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA, 2013
M.Sc. in Raptor Biology, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA. 2004.
B.Sc. in Biology, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 1998.

Employment and work experience:
Director and Research biologist for the Wildlife Science and Conservation Center, since 2005
Research Associate of the International Crane Foundation, Wisconsin, USA, since 2012
Research Assistant, Center for Spatial Analysis, Earth Observation and Modelling Laboratory, University of Oklahoma, USA, 2009-2013
Ornithologist at the Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, since 2007-2009
The Peregrine Fund, USA, Field biologist, 2000-2004
Saiga Antelope Conservation project manager and researcher, WWF Mongolia Office, 1998 –1999.

Other responsibilities
Chief-editor for journal the Toodog – Mongolian Journal of Ornithology, since 2014
Member of Executive Committee of the International Bio-Logging Society
Mongolian government appointed country representative in CMS Raptors MoU and Saker Falcon Task Force
Mongolian government appointed representative in the Northeast Asia Sub-regional programme on Environmental Cooperation
Country representative for the Oriental Bird Club, since 2006
Country representative for the CMS Raptors MOU, since 2016
Chairman, East Asia Dalmatian Pelican Task Force, since 2019