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Featured Scientists

Central Science

Central Science

Sanjayan
Lead Scientist

Argentina’s Patagonian Grasslands

Patagonian Grasslands

Andrea Nogues
Sustainable Grazing Coordinator

Gulf of Mexico Restoration

Gulf of Mexico Restoration

Jonathan Hoekstra
Senior Scientist

Micronesia

Micronesia

Umiich Sengebau
Deputy Director of Conservation

Utah’s Canyonlands Research Center

Utah’s Canyonlands Research Center

Barry Baker
Canyonlands Research Center Director

Australia

Australia

James Fitzsimons
Director of Conservation

Great Lakes

Great Lakes

Michigan Science Team

Chile’s Valdivian Coastal Reserve

Valdivian Coastal Reserve

Carmen Revenga
Senior Scientist, Global Marine Team

Texas

Texas

Jim Bergan
Director of Science and Stewardship

Washington’s Skagit River

Washington’s Skagit River

Julie Morse
Project Ecologist

Indonesia

Indonesia

Sangeeta Mangubhai
Papua Bird’s Head Portfolio Manager

Chesapeake Bay Program

Chesapeake Bay Program

Mark Bryer
Director, Chesapeake Bay Program

New Hampshire

New Hampshire

Joanne Glode
Stewardship Ecologist

Ohio

Ohio

Terry Siedel
Director of Protection

China’s Yangtze River

China’s Yangtze River

Qiaoyu Guo
Yangtze River Project Manager

North Carolina

North Carolina

Brian Boutin
Albermarle Project Director

Florida

Florida

Doria Gordon
Director of Conservation Science

New Hampshire

New Hampshire

Raymond Konisky
Director of Marine Science and Conservation

Florida’s Coral Restoration

Florida’s Coral Restoration

Meaghan Johnson
Marine Program Coordinator

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