Dr Joseph KIESECKER

Lead Scientist, The Nature Conservancy

Joseph Kiesecker is a Lead Scientist for The Nature Conservancy where he has spent the last decade developing guidance to balance energy and infrastructure demands with environmental conservation. He pioneered the Conservancy’s Development by Design approach, an initiative that seeks to improve development planning through the incorporation of predictive modeling to provide solutions that benefits conservation goals and development objectives and directs its implementation in over a dozen countries around the world. Joe has published over 150 articles, on topics ranging from climate change to the effectiveness of conservation strategies; prior to joining TNC he was a professor at Penn State University and has also held faculty appointments at Yale University and the University of Wyoming.