Academician O.SHAGDARSUREN. He finished his doctor thesis on "Biology, ecology of birds of prey in Mongolia" in Russia. In 1984, he wrote "Raptors of Mongolia" brochure and described  aspects of taxonomy, biology and ecology  of all species of raptors in Mongolia. His ideas, recommendations, conclusions and 30 years bird research experience are invaluable and realistic to get successful results for the Laboratory members. He has led many domestic and International ornithological projects since 1970 and supervised bachelor, master and PhD  thesis at the University in Mongolia.  

Prof. D.SUMIYA. More than 20 years experience to study birds of Khuvsgul Nuur with Russian colleagues. His famous monograph is the "Birds of Kuvsgul lake and its surrounding territories". His academic level can be shown by number of bachelor and master thesis linked to   .   He is one of the founders of the Ornithological Laboratory at the NUM and worked at the University more than 30 years. The main topic of his bird research is ecology of Gulls and rare bird conservation in Mongolia. Recent years, he is working on breeding biology and conservation of steppe raptors with Gomboo. Prof. Sumiya is a famous lecturer of the Ornithology in Mongolia  and has been training new generations of Mongolian ornithologists for 40 years. Published scientific papers in Mongolian, Russian, and German are under the translation into English. You can see his co-authors publications from Gomboo's publication list.

Ch.UUGANBAYAR, MSc. Lecturer of Biology-Ecotourism Department, School of Nature Science Mongolian State University of Agriculture.  He finished his MSc thesis on Diet studies of Saker falcon in Central Mongolia under Gomboo and D.Sumiya's supervision at the Laboratory in 2003. He collected his MSc thesis data during the Saker falcon field surveys between 1998-2002 and analyzed at the Laboratory. He is a lecturer of the State Agriculture University.    

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

D.USUKHJARGAL, MSc. Wildlife Biologist of Hustai National Park. When he was undergraduate student of Faculty of Biology of the NUM in 2000, he joined Mongolian steppe raptor field surveys as  one of Mongolian field team members. His bachelor thesis was titled "Results of bird migration studies of Mongolia (Saker falcon, Steppe Eagle and Demoiselle Crane) and finished his thesis at the NUM in 2005.  His primary interest is birds at the Hustai nuruu National Park. He has a great experience to organize field trips with Mongolian and foreign researchers and participated following projects as field biologist;

• 2001-2003. «Saker falcon in Mongolia: Research and Conservation.

International Project with the National Avian Research Institute, UK.

• 2003-2004. « Usage of Nest Platforms for Reducing Brandt’s Vole Number by Supporting Steppe Raptors Breeding Success.  Domestic Project UNDP/GEF.

• 2003. Satellite Tracking of Black Stork in Mongolia. Joint project between Czech and Mongolia.

B.MUNKHZAYA (Master student). She is studying MSc course of the NUM. She took in part of several ornithological field researches namely «Saker Falcon in Mongolia: Research and Conservation as field researcher in 2001-2006, Meadow Bunting survey in Mongolia as assistant biologist in 2003. Her main interest is breeding biology of Saker falcon and misnetting.  She is going to finish her MSc thesis at the NUM in 2006.

R.TUNGALAG, MSc, Botanist.  She is one of the active members of the Laboratory and Society. She is responsible for botanical research of the society for complex study such as forest, steppe and Gobi desert ecosystems. She has more experienced to the field works of botany and Ornithology as well.

D.LKHAGVASUREN, MSc, mammalogist and taxidermist. He finished his MSc in 2003 at the University. He is responsible for mammalogical research for the Laboratory and Society. He works at the Zoological museum of the NUM and collections and specimens of the Laboratory. He is one of young and more experienced field biologists for the Laboratory.   

B.ODKHUU (Master Student). He participated in several field surveys: Black Stork migration in Mongolia, Saker falcon in Mongolia: research and conservation, Wintering waterbirds in Mongolia, Nest platforms for steppe raptors. He is one of the intelligent students and the best young field biologist. In 2005, he got second place for the Scientific Conference of students of the NUM. The presentation title was "Nest platforms and breeding success of steppe raptors.  

Dr. Eugene R.POTAPOV. Since 1998, he has worked on breeding biology, ecology and migration of Saker falcons in the  Mongolian steppe with Gomboo and his colleagues. He used to work as a coordinator of the Saker falcon project in Mongolia. They traveled more than 100 000 km over Mongolia  together. They have  very good personal friendship and scientific colleague for raptor research and conservation in the country. He is one of foreign members of the  Society. They published several papers on Saker falcon in the newsletter, bulletin  and journals in Mongolian and English. If you want to get detail information about his research in Mongolia you will send mail to  E-mail: eugene_potapov@gmail.com.

UTE BRADTER, MSc. On the photo: Ute, Uuganbayar and Gomboo during White- naped crane survey in Ulz river. August, 2000. Ornithologist from Germany. She started new project in Mongolia in 1999 with Gomboo and his colleagues. They studied habitat use, breeding ecology and disturbance factors of the  White-naped crane in the Ulz river valley, North Eastern Mongolia in 1999-2002. They are excellent friends for personal and scientific levels. Two scientific paper were published in the journal and a abstract of the proceeding of Biodiversity of Mongolia International Conference held in Ulaanbaatar in 2002. She and her colleagues donated several scopes, binoculars, and other equipments which are very important for education, training and research of birds of the Laboratory and Society. Our members has been using these equipments in the field surveys. She also trained Mongolian young ornithologists for collecting and analyzing data during the field trips. With her good coordination, scientific data on Mongolian rare species of crane were obtained and analyzed. We are very appreciated her help and hard work of the field trip for crane conservation and training. Detail information available to     E-mail: verandering@gmx.de

Dr. Sundev GOMBOBAATAR. Short name is GOMBOO.  Since 1993, he has worked at the Ornithological Laboratory of the NUM as a lecturer. He is one of the founders of the Mongolian Ornithological Society. He is also a national representative of Swan Goose and Baikal Teal Task Force of East Asia, a member of Asian Raptor Research Network Center and a honor member of the Oriental Bird Club, UK. He has worked several domestic and the International research projects as biologist, co-leader and field team leader.    

  EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND