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Aili Kang
Director, China Strategic Engagement
Dr.Aili Kang completed her Ph.D in Ecology at the East China Normal
University and became interested in ungulate species in west China.
She began to work in the Tibetan Plateau and Pamir region of China
in 2005. From 2006, she start leading the conservation project for
WCS in Changtang Grassland. Her research and projects cover the saiga
antelope, Tibetan Antelope and Marco Polo Sheep. In 2009, she received
SCB's Early Career Conservationist award for her work on conservation
of mammals in the Tibetan steppe of China.
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Dale Miquelle
Director, Russia
Born and raised near Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Dale Miquelle received a BS from Yale University, a MS from the University of Minnesota, and a Ph.D. from the University of Idaho. Dr. Miquelle spent a year working on the Tiger Ecology Project in Chitwan National Park, Nepal, which cemented his interest in both international conservation efforts and large carnivore research. Dr. Miquelle worked for 6 years studying wildlife in Alaska with the US Forest Service (as part of his Ph.D.) and two years training international students in wildlife research with the Smithsonian Institution before joining the Sikhote-Alin State Reserve and Hornocker Wildlife Institute’s Siberian Tiger Project, now part of WCS. Dr. Miquelle is the Country Director for the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Russia Program, and coordinates research and conservation actions to protect large carnivores and the ecosystems upon which they depend, focusing mainly in Northeast Asia.
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Lishu Li
Program Manager
Lishu is the CWT China Director & CWT Temperate Asia Regional Coordinator and started working with WCS China program in 2005. She got her wildlife background at the University of Montana, USA, working in the field on Siberian ibex and Tibetan wild yak. She has rich experiences in leading partnership with government, national and international organizations, project management, and developing new strategies and approaches.
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Yi Ren
Program Manager
Yi joined the WCS China Tiger Program in 2009. Now as the Tiger Program Manager, his main responsibilities include developing detailed implementation workplans for Amur tiger and leopard conservation of WCS China in northeast China, maintaining partnerships between government partners at provincial and regional levels, supervising and ensuring smooth operation of the field office, and managing exiting projects and field work.
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Aimin Wang
Country Director
Aimin is the country director of the WCS China program. Since he joined WCS in 2015, he has led efforts to develop wildlife conservation in China. He has worked in conservation in China and Asia since 1994, focusing on policy support and project implementation for community natural resource management. He has published journal articles on topics ranging from the effectiveness of community conservation mechanisms to forest regeneration following human disturbance.
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Dan Li
Accounts Receivable Manager
Dan Li completed her M.Sc. in Genetics in 2011 and previously her B.Sc. in Biology in 2009 at Northeast Forestry University. After graduation she started engaging with environmental protection by monitoring factories discharging pollutants into steppe and wetlands, and studying migratory birds conservation from anti-poaching in Hulunbeir. Currently, Dan Li is project assistant for the WCS China Tiger Program. She participates in Amur Tiger and Leopard monitoring surveys and other conservation activities such as SMART patrolling and capacity training activities for local law enforcement agencies.
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