Our science experts


  • Alvarez, Ramon Associate Chief Scientist

    Areas of expertise: Air quality, oil and natural gas, methane emissions

    Office: Austin, Texas

  • Battista, Willow Senior Manager, Climate Resilient Food Systems

    Areas of expertise: Food systems; Aquatic foods; Climate-resilient fisheries; Data-limited scientific assessment (stocks and ecosystems) and adaptive management; Designing equitable management systems; Effective governance for sustainable management; Principles for scaling successful solutions; Designing behavioral science-based interventions for marine conservation problems

    Office: San Francisco

  • Boné, Eduardo Senior Manager, Cuba Fisheries & Oceans

    Areas of expertise: Fisheries bio-economic modelling, Latin America & the Caribbean, Community-based Resource Management, Learning Networks.

    Office: Austin, Texas

  • Collins, Jamie Marine Biogeochemical Scientist

    Areas of expertise: Carbon and nutrient cycles in ocean ecosystems, carbon dioxide removal, natural climate solutions, blue carbon, climate change, Antarctic research, science and policy of oil spill and hazardous materials remediation

    Office: Remote

  • Craft, Elena Associate Vice President, Climate and Health

    Areas of expertise: Climate change, air quality, ports, transportation

    Office: Austin, Texas

  • Cunningham, Erica AVP, Latin American Fisheries & Oceans

    Areas of expertise: International and economic development, ecosystem based co-management, marine conservation and fisheries management, community development

    Office: Remote

  • Cusack, Christopher Director, Oceans Technology Solutions

    Areas of expertise: Fisheries Economics, Technologies for Fisheries Management, The Blue Economy, Fisheries Science

    Office: Remote

  • Danforth, Cloelle Scientist

    Areas of expertise: Environmental site investigation and remediation, water and wastewater quality and treatment, risk

    Office: Boulder, Colorado

  • Doa, Maria Senior Director, Chemicals Policy

    Areas of expertise: Chemical safety, science policy, risk policy, lead, nanotechnology

    Office: Washington, D.C.

  • Eagle, Alison Senior Scientist, Climate-Smart Agriculture

    Areas of expertise: Nutrient cycling, crop production, soil science, ecosystem services, agricultural sustainability, climate change, land use, and natural resource economics.

    Office: Raleigh, North Carolina

  • Ellis, Lauren Research Analyst, Environmental Health

    Areas of expertise: Environmental health, federal policy and regulation, chemical risk analysis, systematic review, data analysis

    Office: Washington, D.C.

  • Fujita, Rod Associate Vice President, Research & Development, Lead Senior Scientist II

    Areas of expertise: Oceans Program, marine ecology, aquaculture, fisheries science, fisheries management, catch shares, marine protected areas, resilience, climate change

    Office: San Francisco

  • Gao, Ji Director, Energy & Nature

    Areas of expertise: China Energy Modeling Forum, oil and gas

    Office: Beijing, China

  • Gautam, Ritesh Lead Senior Scientist

    Areas of expertise: Satellite remote sensing, atmospheric aerosols, climatology, radiative forcing

    Office: Washington, D.C.

  • Gordon, Doria Senior Director, Lead Senior Scientist

    Areas of expertise: Natural climate solutions, invasive species risk assessment, biodiversity conservation, fire ecology, restoration ecology

    Office: Washington, D.C.

  • Grimm, Robyn Director, Climate Resilient Water Systems

    Areas of expertise: Water management and policy; floodplain management and planning; interdisciplinary and multi-benefit decision support and analysis; operations and systems research; trade-off analysis; public finance mechanisms for water management

    Office: Sacramento, California

  • Hall, Maurice Senior Advisor, Climate Resilient Water Systems

    Areas of expertise: Water management, water policy, hydrology, water resources engineering, aquatic ecosystems, sustainable agriculture, irrigated agriculture, water quality, natural infrastructure, civil engineering

    Office: Boulder, Colorado

  • Hamburg, Steven Senior Vice President, Chief Scientist

    Areas of expertise: Climate change, Methane emissions, Systems ecology, Biogeochemistry, Climate change impacts, Forest ecology, Soils, C cycle

    Office: Boston

  • Harris, Maria Environmental Epidemiologist

    Areas of expertise: Air quality, children's health, neurodevelopment

    Office: San Francisco

  • Haukebo, Sepp Senior Manager, Global Fisheries Initiatives

    Areas of expertise: Fisheries management, marine science policy, marine conservation, environmental education

    Office: Remote