Curt Meine

Curt Meine is a conservation biologist and historian with an interdisciplinary academic background in environmental science and the humanities, having earned his MS and PhD in land resources through UW-Madison’s Nelson Institute. He serves as senior fellow with the Aldo Leopold Foundation and the Center for Humans and Nature; as research associate with the International Crane Foundation; and as adjunct associate professor at the UW-Madison.

His research and professional conservation work have focused on the evolution of conservation ideas, science, policy, and practice, grounded in his studies of the life and work of Aldo Leopold. He has authored and edited several books and served on the editorial boards of the journals Conservation Biology and Environmental Ethics.

At UW-Madison he is an advisor to the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, the Global Health Institute, the Indigenous Arts and Sciences Earth Partnership, and the NSF-IGERT Novel Ecosystems Program.