Scientific Advisory Panel

Discover Life in America is fortunate to have the support of an impressive panel of scientists from varying specialties. The role of our Science Advisory Panel is to advise DLiA in scientific and research matters and to help oversee our flagship project, the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory.

Dr. Sylvie Earle

National Geographic

Marine biologist, explorer, author, and lecturer
Dr. Peter Raven

Missouri Botanical Garden

Professor Emeritus with interests in botany and conservation
Dr. Dan Janzen

University of Pennsylvania

Professor of biology with interests in ecology, evolution, and biodiversity
Dr. Ron Pulliam

University of Georgia

Professor Emeritus with interests in ecology, biodiversity, and conservation biology

Posthumous Panelists

Dr. Thomas Lovejoy

The Heinz Center

Tropical and conservation biologist and “Godfather of Biodiversity”
Dr. Edward O. Wilson

Harvard University

Distinguished scientist, professor and honorary curator of entomology, author