Phyllis Lee has a chair in psychology at the University of Stirling, having been for many years a Reader at the University of Cambridge, UK. She has been carrying out field research on animal behaviour since 1975, and has been part of AERP since 1982. She has collaborated with a number of researchers working on forest and Asian elephants as well as primates from around the world. She is the author of one book, five edited volumes, 80+ primary journal publications, 45+ chapters in edited volumes. She works with conservation attitudes and community conservation projects, as well as human-wildlife interactions.