Meet The Team
Dr. Sharmini
President
From working with macaques in Indonesia to founding the Animal Neighbours Project, I want to educate future generations on how to live responsibly alongside our animal neighbours.
Ashwiini Paranjothi
Vice President
Former Project Assistant for ANP and currently working as a Impact Strategist at a sustainability company.
Juliana
Secretary/ Project Manager
She’s passionate about continuing her work in environmental education and conservation, with a special focus on helping people and wildlife live together harmoniously. Being part of ANP gives her the perfect platform to share her knowledge and love for wildlife, especially in raising awareness and protecting the often-misunderstood long-tailed macaques, and hopefully other urban wildlife as well.
Melissa
Assistant Secretary
It is possible to coexist with the wildlife around us, and it is vital that people understand this. I have always been in the background watching ANP cultivate and grow ideas to educate and help societies live through our modern day challenges with wildlife. I am glad to join them and look forward to supporting them in the coming days as we reach out to spread awareness.
Uvakumar Mosiz
Project Assistant
From the oceans to urban wildlife, it is a unique transition but I do know I can make good changes through either my actions or voice.
Dr. Moniza
Committee Member
Being part of the Animal Neighbours Project is an opportunity for me to step outside familiar territory and discover new perspectives. It’s a space where diverse backgrounds come together, reminding us that anyone can contribute meaningfully to coexistence.
Emily
Committee Member
Love nature and all kinds of monkeys and hope to help on conservation projects for all animals and nature.
Dr. Lim Lee-Sim
Member
A senior lecturer and researcher at the School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). With a specialised focus on bats and their coexistence in urban areas, Dr. Lim’s expertise would be invaluable to the Animal Neighbours Project (ANP) Society. By joining the ANP Society, she could play a key role in developing programmes and strategies that raise awareness about human-wildlife coexistence. Her involvement would help bridge the gap between education and environmental conservation, contributing to meaningful change in how communities engage with and protect wildlife in urban settings.
Wong Ee Lynn
Member
The reason I joined ANP is I have been writing newsletter articles and letters to the press on human-wildlife conflict issues for decades and as someone who lives next to a forest reserve, I witness firsthand the adverse impact of wildlife feeding all the time.
Dr. Kamalan
Member
ANP allows me to do my part in developing sustainable approaches to human-animal coexistence that is evidence based.
Dr. Gowri
Treasurer
My reason for joining ANP is that I have always been interested in conservation work and ANP is giving me that opportunity to learn and get involved with such work. I love nature & hiking too , so any opportunity to be in the forest is a bonus.