Dr. Barbara Martinez
Barbara is the Director, Science and Innovation Programs, Land, on the Science and Innovation Programs team at the National Geographic Society. She currently oversees research and conservation grants and programs in the Land focus area and adaptively manages the focus area’s scientific portfolio. Prior to joining the National Geographic Society, she designed and directed funding opportunities to support innovative conservation solutions, researched several scientific topics in the context of informing science policy at the US EPA, and conducted field work in terrestrial and freshwater systems. Barbara has a PhD in Conservation Biology from the University of Minnesota where she studied lemur seed dispersal and forest regeneration in Madagascar.
National Geographic Society
Director, Science and Innovation Programs, Land
USA
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