Full Name
Shane Campbell-Staton, PhD
Company
Princeton University
Speaker Bio
Shane Campbell-Staton is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. His research focuses on how humans drive rapid evolutionary change in other species globally. Towards this end, his research spans many species and human actions – including lizards adapting to cities, wolves enduring radiation in Chernobyl, and the evolution of tusk loss in elephants in response to poaching, among other subjects. Additionally, he is a two-time Emmy-nominated science communicator. His most recent work includes hosting the science/travel series Human Footprint and narrating the nature documentary series Evolution Earth, both on PBS.
