Stephen Wood
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Stephen Wood is a Senior Scientist, Agriculture and Food Systems at The Nature Conservancy and Associate Research Scientist at the Yale School of the Environment. He is working to develop cutting-edge science to support soil activities across TNC. He has a highly interdisciplinary background, with degrees in ecology, economics, and philosophy. His specific topical expertise is in soil and ecosystem ecology, sustainable agriculture, sustainability science, and statistical modeling. His past geographical focus was mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, though his work at the Conservancy is global in scope. Before joining The Nature Conservancy, He was a NatureNet Science Fellow mentored by Jon Fisher at TNC and Mark Bradford at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. His fellowship focused on measuring the impact of Conservancy activities on different types of soil carbon in working lands around the world. He specifically worked in row crop agriculture and rangeland systems ranging from the Sacramento River Delta of California to arid rangelands in northern Kenya.