Edward was born on 19th October 1981. With the onset of epilepsy at the age of 11 school life became challenging with constant changes of medication. Leaving school with only average qualifications but a determination to pursue his passion and interest in the environment, he read Human Biology at Oxford Brookes University graduating in 2005. His unique dissertation on lemur recognition is likely to be presented at the ‘International Primatological Congress, Edinburgh 2008’ and these techniques have been considered for use by Prague Zoo. After this he went on to obtain an MSc in Wildlife Biology and Conservation at Napier University, Edinburgh graduating in 2006. His MSc thesis took him to the Swedish mountain tundra where he studied the dietary shifts made by red foxes in a sub-arctic ecosystem during times of low food availability. Since university Edward has worked at a research station in the Canadian Arctic as well as becoming a member of the APECS council during 2007. He also manages to pursue many of his other interests including wildlife photography, music, sport and bioacoustics.