Biographical Sketch

Positions Held: 1981 1984 Assistant Professor, Biology, University of Utah 1984 2002 Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution of Washington 1986 1989 Assistant Professor by courtesy, Stanford University 1989 1996 Associate Professor by courtesy, Stanford University 1996 2005 Professor by courtesy, Stanford University 2002 2016 Director, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution 2005 2016 Faculty Director, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve 2005 2016 Senior Fellow by courtesy, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies 2005 present Professor, Department of Biology, Stanford University 2008 present Professor, Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University 2008 present Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University 2009 present Senior Fellow, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University 2012 – present Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Stanford University 2016 – present Perry L. McCarty Director, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment