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Craig Packer (born 1950, Fort Worth, Texas) is an American biologist, zoologist, and ecologist chiefly known for his research on lions in Serengeti National Park. He is the founder and director of both the Lion Research Center and Whole Village Project, as well as the co-founder of Savannahs Forever Tanzania.
Considered the world’s foremost expert on African lions, Dr. Craig Packer is a distinguished McKnight professor of ecology, evolution and behavior at the University of Minnesota. He established the world’s first research center dedicated to the study of lions in 1986.
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. Craig Packer was born in Texas and received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University in 1972. While still at Stanford, Packer went to Tanzania to study baboons with Jane Goodall at the Gombe Stream Research Centre.
Principal investigator. Craig Packer, packer@umn.edu. Craig Packer was born in Texas and received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University in 1972. While still at Stanford, Packer went to Tanzania to study baboons with Jane Goodall at the Gombe Stream Research Centre.
Craig Packer is one of the world’s leading authorities on the African lion and founder of the world’s first research center dedicated to the study of lions, the University of Minnesota Lion Center, established in 1986.
Considered the world’s foremost expert on African lions, Dr. Craig Packer is a Distinguished McKnight Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the University of Minnesota. He established the world’s first research center dedicated to the study of lions in 1986.
Craig Packer is Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the University of Minnesota. He first went to Africa in 1972 as field assistant to Jane Goodall and returned to Gombe in 1974-75 to conduct his PhD research on olive baboons.
