Dr Luke V. Rostant | The Department of Life Sciences

New Wing, Natural Sciences Building, Room 217

Department of Life Sciences

The University of The West Indies

St. Augustine

Trinidad and Tobago

Telephone: 868-662-2002 ext. 83739

• PhD Interdisciplinary Ecology, GIS and Remote Sensing Concentration; The efficacy of community-based monitoring in Namibia, the Event Book System, The University of Florida, U.S.A., 2011
• MPhil Zoology; Growth, maturity and activity patterns of the Manicou Crab, Eudaniela garmani(Rathbun, 1798), The University of the West Indies, Trinidad, 2005
• BSc joint Zoology and Botany, first class honours, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad, 2000

• Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation – Professional training course MCCS 0511 : Estimating Animal Abundance and Occupancy 27 April – 8 May 2015.
• Certificate in University Teaching and Learning
• Cool Tools in Education – 24th March 2016
• Action Research – 20th November 2013
• Writing for Publication – 13th November, 2013
• Student Centred Research Supervision – 5th November, 2013
• Protocol Training Workshop – 17-18th July, 2013
• Blended Learning : Google applications in teaching – 30th October, 2012
• Blended Learning : Preparing your course for online/blended learning – 8th November, 2012

• Lecturer Department of Life Sciences, UWI St. Augustine (2013 - present)
• Instructor III Department of Life Sciences, UWI St. Augustine (2011 - 2013)
• Graduate Assistant School of Natural Resources and Environment, The University of Florida (2011)
• Teaching Assistant Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Florida (2007-2010)
• Lecturer Center for African Studies, The University of Florida (2008)

• October 2015 - 2014/2015 Staff Award for most Outstanding Teacher, The University of the West Indies Faculty of Science and Technology
• Aug 2009-‘10 Doris Lowe and Earl and Verna Lowe Scholarship, University of Florida
• Oct 2006 - Funded by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) grant with Dr. Brian Child to conduct field research on the Monitoring Matters project looking at community based monitoring approaches for natural resource management in Namibia
• Aug 2004 - Recipient of the LASPAU Fulbright Faculty Improvement Programme Scholarship
• Jul 2004 - Received a Thesis Completion Grant, The University of the West Indies.
• Jan 2001 - Received a University of the West Indies Postgraduate Scholarship to pursue a Masters of Philosophy.
• Oct 2000 - Received prize for best year 3 performance in Botany, The University of the West Indies
• Oct 1999 - Received prize for best year 2 performance in both Botany and Zoology, The University of the West Indies.

• Activity Leader, mammal surveys – FAO/GEF baseline biodiversity survey entitled “Development of a methodology to monitor the status of biodiversity in six proposed protected areas in Trinidad and Tobago" 2016- present
• Co-technical advisor/consultant – National Restoration Carbon Sequestration, Wildlife and Livelihood project 2014 - present
• Co-scientific coordinator – Caroni Swamp Research and Development Impact Fund 2012 - 2015
• Researcher, Mammal Surveys – Aripo Savannas Environmentally Sensitive Area (ASESA) Greenfund Project. 2012 -2015
• Research Assistant – Land Use and Environmental Change Institute, The University of Florida. 2007 – 2008. Action Research for Monitoring of Governance, Economy and Biodiversity in North East Caprivi, Namibia

• Campus Research and Publications - The Efficacy of Batbox Use in Trinidad - $35000
• FAO/GEF baseline biodiversity survey - $244094 of $1842099
• National Restoration Carbon Sequestration, Wildlife and Livelihood project - $1276500
• Caroni Swamp Research and Development Impact Fund - $950000
• Aripo Savannas Environmentally Sensitive Area (ASESA) Greenfund Project - $809 599 of $5 336 813