David S. Wilcove

DAVID S. WILCOVE is the Henry W. Putnam Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton University. He is also the Vice Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs there. Prior to joining the Princeton faculty, he was senior ecologist at the Environmental Defense Fund in Washington, DC, where he developed science-based strategies to protect endangered species. He is author of numerous scientific papers and popular articles in the fields of conservation biology, ornithology, and endangered species protection. He has also written two books: No Way Home: The Decline of the World’s Great Animal Migrations (2008) and The Condor’s Shadow: The Loss and Recovery of Wildlife in America (1999). He has served on the boards of directors of the Doris Duke Foundation, Society for Conservation Biology, Rare, American Bird Conservancy, Natural Areas Association, and New Jersey Audubon Society, and on the editorial boards of Conservation Biology, Ecological Applications, and BioScience. He received a PhD in biology from Princeton University (1985) and a BS from Yale University (1980).