Professor Gretchen Daily

Stanford University

Gretchen Daily is Bing Professor of Environmental Science at Stanford University, where she also serves as Senior Fellow in the Woods Institute; Director of the Center for Conservation Biology; and co-founder and faculty director of the Natural Capital Project (www.naturalcapitalproject.org), an international partnership whose goal is to improve the well-being of people and the environment by mainstreaming the values of nature into key decisions globally. An ecologist by training, Daily’s research is on harmonizing biodiversity conservation, agriculture, and livelihoods; quantifying the production and value of ecosystem services; and new policy and finance mechanisms for integrating conservation and human development. Her greatest love is in the tropics – and her efforts span fundamental research and policy-oriented demonstrations in over 30 nations worldwide. Daily is a fellow of the US National Academy of Sciences and American Philosophical Society, and has been recognized with the Sophie Prize, International Cosmos Prize, Midori Prize for Biodiversity, the Volvo Environment Prize, and the Heinz Award and Biodiversity Award.