ROM Sri Lanka

Summary

In 2015 I was hired by the Royal Ontario Museum as a communications co-lead for a research expedition in Sri Lanka, joining an international team of bat scientists who were conducting the first survey of the country’s bat diversity. We spent over two weeks circumnavigating the country, and created social media, blog posts, videos, and a magazine article for the expedition.

TEAM

Project Lead: Burton Lim

Communications co-leads: Deirdre Leowinata and Vincent Luk

Research Team: Dr. Burton Lim, Dr. Signe Brinklov, Dr. Sarath Kotagama, Dr. Brock Fenton

Expedition Team: Priyantha and Amarasingha

Affiliations: Royal Ontario Museum, University of Colombo, National Geographic

PRODUCTS:

• 3 videos

• 3 blog posts

• 1 magazine article

• Social Media materials

• National Geographic Images