Wolfgang Wuster

Wolfgang Wüster is a Senior Lecturer in Herpetology at Bangor University, UK. He has broad interests in the systematics  ecology, evolution and biogeography of venomous snakes, and in the evolution of snake venoms. He has  described a number of new species of snakes, with a special focus on cobras, and contributed to unravelling the question of the origin of snake venoms, and the factors affecting the evolution of venom composition. He has a particular interest in relating the findings of this world to the problems of snakebite and its prevention and treatment.