About Us
Wild Expeditions Ltd. was founded in 2005 by Dr. Paul Thomas and Dr. Charles Corn-Wallis. It is run by a group of experts in Biology and in the Mexican Ecology with broad experience in the study of wildlife ecosystems.
Founders
Dr. Paul Thomas: In 2004 whilst completing a PhD in the University of Sheffield during 2001-2005 on plant biology, Paul began to develop a method of cultivating the truffle. A chain of events involving business plan competitions and the Dragons Den has culminated with Paul running an international truffle cultivation company (Mycorrhizal Systems Ltd) with sites across the EU, the Americas, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. Paul helped found Wild Expeditions and now plays a key role in shaping the development of the organisation as well as acting as a key scientific advisor on research projects.
Dr. Charles Corn-Wallis: Studied Zoology at Sheffield where he continued to do a PhD on mechanisms of sexual selection, which he obtained in 2004. During this time he also ran field expeditions and worked on projects encompassing a variety of topics from sea bird ecology in Northern Canada to conservation of giant otters in Bolivia. Following his PhD he moved to Oxford as a NERC funded post-doc to continue work on sperm competition and in November 2005 he was appointed Research Fellow in Ornithology.
Key Expert Personnel
Dr. Luis B. Vazquez: is responsible of the expedition site in Mexico.
Omar Baqueiro Espinosa is in charge of the maintainance of the I.T. infraestructure of Wild Expeditions and to sign up and prepare participants for the expeditions. He has an Honours degree in Computational Systems Engineering specialized in advanced software development. He has worked as the lead software developer for a start-up providing web-based applications, and also for the Mexican Oil Institute, implementing intelligent systems. He has wide experience in the design and implementation of software and simulation models. He is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Liverpool, UK.
Edmundo Sánchez Núñez is in charge of the development of the Online courses. Currently serving as vice-President of the Territorios Vivos Mexico NGO, he is a biologist with experience in wildlife management, exploitation and conservation. He has a Master Degree in Rural Development, and a Master degree in Management of Natural Protected Areas. He has worked in different research projects which involve inventories of wild life, breeding of wild vertebrates for conservation and commercialisation, management of vulnerable ecosystems by rural communities, and implementation of productive projects considering a genus equity approach. He is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Liverpool, UK.
