Sustainability and Conservation Science Postdoctoral Fellowship

Sustainability and Conservation Science Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania in partnership with The Nature Conservancy

The application deadline for 2025 was Friday, February 14, 2025

This postdoctoral fellowship program aims to bridge the excellence in academic research at the University of Pennsylvania and in conservation practice at The Nature Conservancy to confront climate change, while creating a new generation of sustainability and conservation leaders who combine the rigor of academic science with real-world application.

The application deadline for 2025 was Friday, February 14, 2025.

 

For general questions, contact:

Dr. Nadine Gruhn, ngruhn@sas.upenn.edu
Dr. Kara Walker, kara.walker@tnc.org

 

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2024 Postdoctoral Fellow

Sam Willard Sam Willard received a B.S. in Plant and Microbial Biology from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in Biogeochemistry from Imperial College London under the supervision of Dr. Bonnie Waring (a Penn alum). His postdoctoral research is aimed at understanding the chemical cycling of soil organic carbon under different grazing management techniques. Through a collaboration with The Nature Conservancy, this research will be applied to optimize soil carbon retention and sequestration across TNC North America’s managed grazelands. Sam is collaborating with Prof. Alain Plante (Penn), Dr. Stephen Wood and Dr. Clare Kazanski (both at The Nature Conservancy).