Researchers

Bernie Tershy is an Adjunct Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology where he co-directs the Coastal Conservation Action Lab. He is a co-founder and the Board Chair of Conservation Metrics, a for-profit social venture dedicated to improving conservation through better monitoring, and serves on the board of several NGOs including OneReef. With Don Croll he co-founded Island Conservation and Conservación de Islas science-based NGOs that have protected over 250 seabird colonies and 250 insular endemics from extinction, and formed over 900,000ha of new marine and island protected areas. Bernie received his B.S. in biology from UC-Santa Cruz, M.S. in marine sciences from Moss Landing Marine Labs, and a Ph.D. in neurobiology and behavior from Cornell University.Specialties: Development of conservation NGOs. Conservation biology, seabirds and island ecosystems.