Kalyar Platt | |
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| Born | 1972 (age 51–52) |
| Education | Yangon University (BSc, MSc) Chulalongkorn University (PhD) |
| Awards | Behler Turtle Conservation Award (2015) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Herpetology |
| Institutions | Wildlife Conservation Society |
Kalyar Platt is a Burmese herpetologist and turtle conservationist. She is the director of the Myanmar Program of the Turtle Survival Alliance and oversees conservation, breeding and reintroduction projects for some of Southeast Asia's rarest turtle species. She formerly worked for Wildlife Conservation Society and earned her PhD from Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University in 2007.