RODOLFO DIRZO, Bing Professor in Environmental Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University
Dirzo has a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Wales. Formerly at UNAM, Dirzo also directed the Los Tuxtlas Research Station in Montes Azules, Mexico. Dirzo's main field of expertise is tropical ecology and conservation and his primary area of research is ecological interactions. He focuses on the conservation of processes in tropical forests.