Luigi Boitani
Prof. Boitani is Head of the Department of Animal and Human
Biology (Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell'Uomo),
University of Rome, "La Sapienza", Italy. Additional
positions held are: Full Professor of Vertebrate Zoology and
Animal Ecology; Affiliated Professor at the Department of Natural
Resources, Idaho University, Moscow and member of the College of
Graduate Studies (since May 2000). Prof. Boitani is President
Elect of the Society for Conservation Biology and member of the
Ecological Society of America, The Wildlife Society; American
Society of Mammalogy; Unione Zoologica Italiana; Istituto
Ecologia Applicata, Rome (President).
Prof. Boitani has been in charge of an extended series of
research and conservation projects on the wolf population in
Italy: responsibilities included managing both the research on
the ecology and behaviour of wolves and the conservation program
through the field work of students, researchers, helpers, and the
participation of colleagues from USA (US Fish and Wildlife
Service, University of Minnesota), Germany (Max-Planck Institute
fur Verhaltenphysiologie, University of Saarbrucken), and UK
(Oxford University).
Prof. Boitani had various professional appointments. He is
founder and President of the Institute of Applied Ecology, IEA,
Rome, 1987. IEA is a highly qualified non-profit organization for
research and teaching environmental issues. He has been
associated with the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of
IUCN-World Conservation Union (Gland, Switzerland) since 1973 and
has been member of the Steering Committee for the past 15 years..
Prof. Boitani authored more than 200 peer reviewed scientific
publications, 75 Technical Reports, and 8 books of which a list
is available on request. His papers reflect his interests that
reach over the ecology, management and conservation of various
species of vertebrates. Prof. Boitani is a world leading
authority on wolves, and many papers and books are centered on
wolf biology, wolf management and human attitudes towards wolves
(example, Mech, L. David and Luigi Boitani. Wolves: Behavior,
Ecology and Conservation. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago
Press, November 2003).