Population Ecology

BIOGRAPHY

Peter Kareiva was previously a Faculty Member of the Conservation & Restoration Ecology Section from October 2004 to April 2011.

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Chief Scientist & Director, Science

EDUCATION:
Peter received a master’s of science degree in environmental biology from the University of California, Irvine, and his PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology from Cornell University.

BACKGROUND:
Peter Kareiva joined The Nature Conservancy’s staff in 2002 after more than 20 years in academia and work at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where he directed the Northwest Fisheries Science Center Conservation Biology Division.

AWARDS AND MEMBERSHIPS:
In 2007, Peter was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship and is a member of the Ecological Society of America and the Society for Conservation Biology. Peter Kareiva has also been named a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Peter also cofounded (with Gretchen Daily and Taylor Ricketts) the Natural Capital Project, a pioneering partnership among The Nature Conservancy, Stanford University and WWF to develop credible tools that allow routine consideration of nature’s assets (or ecosystem services) in a way that informs the choices we make everyday at the scale of local communities and regions, all the way up to nations and global agreements.

PUBLICATIONS:
Peter publishes prolifically, having authored over 100 scientific articles in such diverse fields as mathematical biology, fisheries science, insect ecology, risk analysis, genetically engineered organisms, agricultural ecology, population viability analysis, behavioral ecology, landscape ecology and global climate change.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
In addition to his duties as the Conservancy’s chief scientist, his current projects emphasize the interplay of human land-use and biodiversity, resilience in the face of global change, and marine conservation.