Randall R. Jiménez
Senior Conservation Scientist, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Costa Rica; Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, Costa Rica; Center for Conservation Genomics, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, USA
Focus regions: Global
Randall Jiménez is a tropical biologist with a master's degree in wildlife conservation and management from ICOMVIS, National University of Costa Rica, and a PhD in biological sciences from Ulm University, Germany. He later held a postdoctoral position at the Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute in the United States.
He currently works as a Senior Conservation Scientist at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and as a professor at Universidad Latina in Costa Rica. His research and conservation experience includes extensive work on amphibians, with a particular focus on microbiome research across tropical and temperate ecosystems. He is currently involved in wildlife and biodiversity conservation initiatives worldwide, working at the interface of science, conservation practice, and applied conservation.