Jonathan Haskett, PhD
Associate Director Jonathan Haskett is a climate change scientist whose work focuses on the nexus of land use climate change mitigation, adaptation and poverty reduction in the developing world. His work spans the creation of land use carbon projects, the development of landscape carbon measurement methodologies, and climate change policy at the domestic and international levels. Dr. Haskett holds a Ph.D. and a Masters in soil science from the University of Minnesota and has done post-doctoral research on the effect of climate change on agriculture with USDA-ARS. He received his Bachelors from the University of Chicago. He helped in the development of the long-term acquisition plan for the Landsat-7 satellite while at the University of Maryland. As a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador (2002-2005) Dr. Haskett worked with indigenous communities on soil conservation, agroforestry and mapping of the landscape carbon resource. During the period 2007-2011 he worked with the World Wildlife Fund, the World Agroforestry Centre, and other development and conservation organizations. | 
