Edward Laurent

Edward Laurent

Email Address edlaurent@connectingconservation.org

Website http://connectingconservation.org

Position or Title Executive Director

Professional Biography Dr. Edward J. Laurent is the Founder and Executive Director of Connecting Conservation and Lead Designer and Administrator of the conservation collaboration website Griffin Groups (https://griffingroups.com). Ed received an MS majoring in Biology at Purdue University with the master’s thesis “A Hierarchical Population Study of the Endangered Copperbelly Water Snake” and a PhD from Michigan State University with the dissertation “Incorporating satellite imagery into analyses of avian distribution patterns across forested landscapes”. His postdoctoral activities were associated with the Southeast Gap Analysis Project, and he was a Science Coordinator for over 5 years with American Bird Conservancy. Ed currently serves on many public-private partnership committees and has been intimately involved with the collaborative design, evaluation, integration, and training of many data sets and tools used for conservation purposes.

Address Line 1 PO Box 17851

City Atlanta

State Georgia

Zip 30316

Phone 404-669-6397

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