Professor Kareiva is The Nature Conservancy’s senior science advisor to the president and the Director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA).

At TNC, he works closely with President and CEO Mark Tercek, and serves as Chairman of its Science Cabinet, working with world-class science talent to advance the organization’s conservation mission. He is also a member of The Conservancy’s Science Council and as a member of the Board for its Science for Nature and People (SNAP) collaboration with other conservation organizations.