Gretchen Daily
| Gretchen Daily | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 19, 1964 Washington D.C., United States |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Known for |
Natural capital Biogeography |
| Awards |
Volvo Environment Prize (2012) Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow of the American Philosophical Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields |
Biology Conservation biology Ecology Biogeography |
| Institutions |
Stanford University Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment The Nature Conservancy Natural Capital Project |
Gretchen C. Daily (born October 19, 1964 Washington D.C.) is the Bing Professor of Environmental Science in the Department of Biology at Stanford University, the director of the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford, and a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. Her main research interests include biogeography, conservation biology and ecology. Daily is also a co-founder of the Natural Capital Project, a fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. Daily is a board member at the Beijer Institute for Ecological Economics and the Nature Conservancy.
Daily received her B.S. in biological sciences from Stanford University in 1986. She then went on to earn her M.S. in biological sciences at Stanford University in 1987 and received her Ph.D. in biological sciences from Stanford University in 1992.
In 1992 Daily was awarded the Winslow/Heinz Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley's Energy and Resources Group. In 1995 Daily became a Bing Interdisciplinary Research Scientist in the Department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University. During her time as a research scientist, Daily served as the editor for Nature's Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems, which provides examples of the benefits that ecosystems can provide for societies and ideas for how to quantify the value of these services. The Heinz Foundation noted that Nature's Services "has served as a model for ecosystems regulation in several regions of the world and was a catalyst for the U.N.'s Millennium Ecosystem Assessment." After 7 years as a research scientist, Daily was appointed as an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and as a senior fellow at the Institute of International Studies (both at Stanford University) in 2002. In 2002, Daily also co-wrote the book The New Economy of Nature: The Quest to Make Conservation Profitable with Katherine Ellison.
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