Conservation Science

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Maile Neel

1996 Fellow
Maile received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Humboldt State University and a Master of Arts in Biology from University of California, Santa Barbara. Professional experience includes work as a naturalist with the National Park...
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Bruce Rinker

2000 Fellow
A 10th-generation Virginian, Bruce is a forest ecologist, science educator, and conservationist who lives in the world-renowned Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. He was elected a National Fellow of The Explorers Club in 1998, a Switzer...
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Brett Amy Thelen

2004 Fellow
Brett Amy Thelen has been directing place-based, conservation-focused community science projects for more than 20 years, with dual emphasis on creating a valuable learning experience for volunteers and producing reliable, reproducible...
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Amber Pairis

2001 Fellow
Dr. Amber Pairis is the Founder and Lead Advisor of the Climate Science Alliance and Associate Research Faculty with the Western Regional Climate Center at the Desert Research Institute. The Climate Science Alliance was created in 2015 out...
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Daniel Orenstein

2004 Fellow
Daniel Orenstein is associate professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and research scientist in socio-ecology with the European Long-Term Ecological Research (eLTER)...
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Kathleen Miller

1998 Fellow
Having worked for more than a decade in environmental policy, program implementation and education, Kate received her Master's degree in Environmental Studies in 1999 with a focus on ecology and conservation biology. She has since taught...
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Meagan Jones

2002 Fellow
Meagan Jones is a doctoral candidate in Environmental Studies at Antioch New England Graduate School. For the last ten years, her career has focused on linking marine science with education programs. As education director for a Hawaii based...
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Alex Racelis

2007 Fellow
Alex is an assistant professor of Agroecology in the School for Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. UTRGV is located in south Texas in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, considered one of the...
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Erika Zavaleta

1999 Fellow
Erika Zavaleta's work focuses on community and ecosystem ecology with emphasis on understanding the drivers and consequences of changing biological diversity. Her work spans ecosystems from boreal forest to temperate grassland to...
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Carina Bracer

2003 Fellow
With her background in ecosystem services market mechanisms and many years in international environmental markets, Carina helps craft and foster private funding partnerships and mechanisms that leverage and celebrate the immense value of...