Title: Regional Pathologist
Gorilla Doctor Since: 2009
Memorable Moment: The time I was offered the opportunity to train in veterinary pathology at the University of California, Davis and Johns Hopkins University.
Vision for the Future of Eastern Gorilla Conservation: Should the world respond adequately to climate change and join hands for the protection and preservation of wildlife and wild places, I see a self-sustained population of eastern gorillas in the year 2050.
Favorite Animal/s (besides gorillas of course): Penguin. I met this bird for the first time at the Baltimore Zoo in 2011 and I immediately fell in love.
Recent Blog Posts
- Gorilla Doctors + The Intrepid Foundation: Marching for Conservation
- Dr. Noel Returns to Rwanda as Gorilla Doctors’ New Regional Pathologist
- Q & A: Dr. Noel Training in the USA
Select Publications
- Simian homologues of human herpesviruses and implications for novel viral introduction to free-living mountain gorillas, American Journal of Primatology, 2023.
- Great Ape Health Watch: enhancing surveillance for emerging infectious diseases in great apes, American Journal of Primatology, 2022.
- Ecological drivers of helminth infection patterns in the Virunga Massif mountain gorilla population, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022.
