Dr. Alan Rabinowitz is director of science and manager of the Global Carnivore Program for the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York. He has traveled extensively over the last two decades, concentrating his research efforts in Belize, Borneo, Taiwan, Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar (Burma), where he has studied jaguars, leopards, tigers, and other large mammal species. His work in Belize resulted in the Cockscomb Jaguar Preserve, the world's first jaguar sanctuary. His work in Taiwan led to the establishment of the Tawu Nature Reserve, one of the country's largest and most pristine protected areas. His work in Thailand was the first field research on Indochinese tigers, contributing to the designation of a World Heritage Site; and his work in Myanmar resulted in the creation of Lampi Island National Park, the country's first marine park, and Mt. Hkakaborazi National Park, the country's largest protected area, bordering Tibet. In recent years, Dr. Rabinowitz has conducted survey expeditions to the rugged, unexplored mountain ranges in the Annamite Mountains of Laos, and into the southeastern tip of the Himalayan Mountains of northern Myanmar. In northern Myanmar, Dr. Rabinowitz discovered the leaf deer, a new species, and currently the smallest, most primitive known deer in the world. He also made contact with the Taron, a group of Mongolian pygmies who are near extinction and virtually unknown by the outside world.

Dr. Rabinowitz currently oversees a tiger survey team in Myanmar, and has helped initiate a Jaguar Conservation Program which, he hopes, will ensure this magnificent cat's survival through the millennium.

Dr. Rabinowitz has published more than 50 scientific and popular articles and three books. Two of his books, Jaguar and Chasing the Dragon's Tail, are popular accounts of his adventures in Belize and Thailand, respectively. A third, a field research and conservation training manual, has been translated into seven languages. He is currently working on his fourth book about his adventures and explorations in northern Myanmar.