Meet our staff
Center personnel
Greg Asner
Center Director and Professor
Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science
Nicholas Vaughn
Lead Scientific Software Engineer
Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science
Center faculty
Center research associates
Chris Balzotti
Adjunct Professor
The Nature Conservancy
John Burns
Adjunct Professor
University of Hawaii, Hilo
Rhett Butler
Center Research Scientist
Mongabay.com
Shawna Foo
Adjunct Professor
University of Sydney
Atsuko Fukunaga
Adjunct Professor
University of Hawaii, Manoa
Jamison Gove
Adjunct Professor
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Kelly Hondula
Center Research Scientist
Arizona State University
John Kittinger
Adjunct Professor
Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation and Conservation International
Grace Klinges
Center Research Scientist
Arizona State University
Amy Mainzer
Adjunct Professor
The University of Arizona
Elsa Ordway
Adjunct Professor
University of California-Los Angeles
Jasper Oshun
Center Research Scientist
Arizona State University
Steve Schill
Adjunct Professor
The Nature Conservancy
Miles Silman
Adjunct Professor
Wake Forest University
Robin Smith
Center Associate Research Professor
Arizona State University
David R. Thompson
Adjunct Professor
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Carly Wyman
Center Research Scientist
Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems