Dr Rikki Gumbs
Rikki Gumbs is a Research Fellow at the Zoological Society of London’s Institute of Zoology.
Rikki’s research focuses on the creation and use of new data and methods to implement phylogenetically-informed prioritisations to inform conservation in a rapid and robust manner. Rikki led on the creation of the first EDGE prioritisation for the world’s reptiles and has developed tools for expanding our understanding of extinction risk across the Tree of Life in the face of missing data. He is responsible for maintaining existing, and generating new, ‘EDGE Lists’ to inform applied conservation action, hosted by ZSL’s EDGE of Existence programme. Rikki also works closely with the EDGE of Existence team to train conservationists around the world and oversees projects to conserve some of the world’s most unique and threatened reptiles in Latin America, Africa and Asia.