nationality birth_date known_for image article_title education name occupation alma_mater
indian 23 may 1943 wildlife film-making , herpetology , rolex award mr. _ romulus_whitaker . jpg romulus whitaker
 bsc -lrb- wildlife management -rrb- romulus whitaker herpetologist , conservationist pacific western university
romulus whitaker

in 2008 , whitaker was selected as an associate laureate in the 2008 rolex awards for enterprise , for his efforts to create a network of rainforest research stations throughout india .
in 2005 he was a winner of a whitley award for outstanding leadership in nature conservation .
he used this award to found the agumbe rainforest research station in karnataka , for the study of king cobras and their habitat .
