 Richard Wrangham is the Ruth Moore Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University, where he has worked since 1989. His major interests are the relationship between ape and human behavioral evolution and the conservation of chimpanzees and other apes, which he has studied in Uganda since 1987 as director of the Kibale Chimpanzee Project (he is co-director with Martin Muller). He received his Ph.D. in Zoology from Cambridge University in 1975 and is currently co-chair of the Great Ape World Heritage Species Project with Professor Toshisada Nishida, President of the International Primatological Society (2004–2008), and Patron of the Great Ape Survival Project (GRASP).
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Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, began her landmark study of chimpanzees in Tanzania in June 1960 under the mentorship of anthropologist and paleontologist Dr. Louis Leakey. Her work at what was then called the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve would become the foundation of future primatological research and redefine the relationship between humans and animals. In 1977, Goodall established the Jane Goodall Institute, which continues the Gombe research and is a global leader in the effort to protect chimpanzees and their habitats. The Institute is widely recognized for establishing innovative, community-centered conservation and development programs in Africa, and its Roots & Shoots education program has 8,000 groups in 96 countries.