James A. Danoff-Burg, Ph.D.
James A. Danoff-Burg, Ph.D.
Director of the Conservation Education Division,
San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research
With an energetic team of top-flight educators, James helps enhance the success of the Institute’s conservation projects around the world by ensuring public participation and support, while working with Institute researchers. He and his staff help popularize conservation success stories by the Institute through local and national education and outreach efforts, as well as international online campaigns.
James enjoys training teachers, teaching students of all ages, and otherwise popularizing conservation. His research focuses primarily on the effects of human activities on invertebrate biodiversity in urban environments. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. James was a Research Fellow of the American Museum of Natural History and then a faculty member at Columbia University for 14 years before coming to the Institute.
