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Bright Adu Yeboah is a conservation scientist and anthropologist with strong interdisciplinary expertise spanning wildlife ecology, human–wildlife interactions, and community-based conservation. He serves as a Research Fellow and Project Coordinator at Alliance for Pangolin Conservation Ghana (Pangolin-GH), where he supports research design, project implementation, data analysis, and coordination of field-based conservation initiatives.

Bright is currently pursuing a PhD in Anthropology at the University of Texas at San Antonio (USA). He holds a Master of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Calgary (Canada) and a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources Management from the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), Ghana. His academic research focuses on human–primate spatial interactions, primate ecology, ecotourism, and sustainable community development, with extensive fieldwork experience in Ghana.

He has received multiple prestigious international research awards, including grants from the National Science Foundation (USA), The Leakey Foundation, International Primatological Society, American Society of Primatologists, and departmental fellowships from the University of Texas at San Antonio. These awards reflect his strong research capacity, scientific leadership, and global recognition within the conservation and anthropology fields.

Bright’s research experience includes long-term studies at the Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary, wildlife habitat management and ecotourism field surveys at Mole National Park, primatological field training with the University of Calgary, bat monitoring studies at UENR, and avifaunal research in Ghana’s protected areas. He has contributed to peer-reviewed publications on primate population ecology, bird diversity, and human–wildlife interactions.

At Pangolin-GH, Bright supports interdisciplinary research, coordinates project activities, contributes to monitoring and evaluation, and strengthens the integration of social science and ecological data. His work enhances the organization’s capacity to deliver evidence-based, socially informed conservation solutions for pangolins and other threatened wildlife species.