Woods Hole Research Center at COP17

Public Policy & Economics

WHRC COP17 Delegation

	Eric A. Davidson, Ph.D Executive Director & President Ecologist, soil scientist, and biogeochemist interested in the role of soil microorganisms as processors of carbon and nitrogen.
	Scott Goetz, Ph.D Deputy Director Biologist and ecologist with research interests in ecosystem responses to climate, land use change and disturbance.
	Alessandro Baccini, Ph.D Assistant Scientist Remote sensing; use of satellite data for the monitoring of forest carbon, land cover, land cover change and the effects of environmental change on the terrestrial carbon cycle at the regional and global scale.
	Glenn K. Bush, Ph.D. Assistant Scientist Environmental economist who specializes in welfare economics, resource valuation, and environmental cost-benefit analysis.
	Andrea Cattaneo, Ph.D. Distinguished Visiting Scientist Economist whose research focuses on the economics of tropical deforestation, in particular linking economy-wide models of drivers of deforestation to geographic information systems.
	Lisa Cavanaugh, B.A. Director of Development and Communications Responsible for leading the Center's development office.
	Nora Greenglass, M.E.M. Research Associate Policy analyst focused on interactions between land use and land-use change, climate change, and sustainable development.
	Josef Kellndorfer, Ph.D. Senior Scientist Remote sensing scientist focused on monitoring and assessment of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and the dissemination of Earth observation findings to policy makers through education and capacity building.
	Nadine T. Laporte, Ph.D. Associate Scientist Tropical biogeographer; Integrated forest & carbon monitoring systems; Africa specialist.
	Chloe Starr, B.S. Research Assistant Research Assistant with the Pantropical Mapping project; coordinating on-the-ground efforts in Durban.
	Wayne S. Walker, Ph.D. Assistant Scientist Ecologist and remote sensing scientist; applications of satellite imagery to the monitoring of forest ecosystems; capacity building in forest monitoring tools and techniques.