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Field Research and Work-Life Integration
By Mary E. Blair, PhD
AWIS Member since 2011
The assistant director for research and strategic planning at the American Museum of Natural History’s Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, Dr. Mary Blair conducts lab- and field-based research on the evolutionary biology of primates to inform their conservation. She wrote about the fieldwork and its unique challenges to scientists seeking to successfully integrate work and life.
