Lee James Taylor White, Ph.D.

2025 DEHAAN FINALIST

INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL ECOLOGY RESEARCH | UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING 

Working as a field biologist and conservationist for 40 years, Dr. White’s research focuses on the critically endangered African forest elephant and their keystone ecological role in the countries of the Congo Basin. White has directed extensive population assessments, combated habitat loss, created a network of 13 national parks in Gabon and founded new collaborations thus protecting half of the world’s forest elephants.