Joseph KIESECKER

Joseph Kiesecker is Lead Scientist for The Nature Conservancy, the world’s largest environmental organization. He is a recognized scientific leader in energy siting and mitigation and his work has changed the way governments and industry respond to environmental impacts from development. He has also been at the forefront of recognizing that as we transition to renewable energy, we must advance smarter approaches for development and the environment, so that meeting climate goals does not come at the expense of human development or healthy lands and waters. He documents these approaches in a recent book “Energy Sprawl Solutions: Balancing Global Development and Conservation”. He has published over 200 articles, on topics ranging from climate change to the effectiveness of conservation strategies; examples of his work have been published in Nature, Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Conservation Biology, Ecology and American Scientist. Prior to joining the Conservancy, he was a professor at Penn State University and has also held faculty appointments at Yale University and the University of Wyoming.