M D Madhusudan ಮೈಸೂರು ದೊರೆಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಮಧುಸೂದನ | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Yuvaraja College, Mysore |
Known for | Human-wildlife conflict, discovery of Arunachal macaque[1] |
Awards | Whitley Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Wildlife Conservation, Conservation Biology, Ecology |
Institutions | Nature Conservation Foundation |
Doctoral advisor | Anindya Sinha |
Mysore Doreswamy Madhusudan (Kannada: ಮೈಸೂರು ದೊರೆಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಮಧುಸೂದನ) is an Indian wildlife biologist[2] and ecologist.[3] He is the Co-founder and Director of Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore[4] and a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Leeds.[5] He has worked on understanding and mitigating the effects of human-wildlife conflict in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in South India. He has also worked in several other forests in the Himalayas and North-east India. In 2004, he was one among the team of wildlife biologists who described Arunachal macaque, a new species of macaque from Arunachal Pradesh, India.[1]