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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ANNOUNCES ITS EMERGING EXPLORERS FOR 2009 (National Geographic)
WASHINGTON (Feb. 3, 2009)—Ten visionary, young trailblazers from around the
world — including an epidemiologist, an aquatic ecologist, a geo-
archaeologist, an ethnobotanist and an urban planner — have been named to the
2009 class of National Geographic Emerging Explorers.
National Geographic's Emerging Explorers Program recognizes and supports
uniquely gifted and inspiring adventurers, scientists, photographers and
storytellers making a significant contribution to world knowledge through
exploration while still early in their careers. The Emerging Explorers each
receive a $10,000 award to assist with research and to aid further
exploration. PNY Technologies is a presenting sponsor of the Emerging
Explorers Program and a National Geographic Mission Partner for Exploration &
Adventure. The program is made possible in part by the Catherine B. Reynolds
Foundation, which has supported the program since its inception in 2004.
The 2009 Emerging Explorers are urban planner **Thomas Taha Rassam Culhane**,
currently a UCLA Ph.D. student living between Essen, Germany, and Cairo,
Egypt; ethnobotanist **Grace Gobbo** of Tanzania; geo-archaeologist **Beverly
Goodman**, currently of Hebrew University of Jerusalem; zoologist **Kristofer
Helgen** of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History;
conservationist **Shafqat Hussain** of Pakistan; wildlife biologist and
conservationist **Malik Marjan** of Sudan, currently a Ph.D. candidate ...
Wildlife Photographer, Will Burrard-Lucas: How'd They Do That?
