Trond Larsen, Ph.D.
Director, Rapid Assessment Program, Moore Center for Science
Trond was a founding director of the Amazon Conservation Association. As Science Director for the non-profit Friends of the Osa, he established a new center for research, education and conservation of terrestrial and marine biodiversity on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica.
Trond has been a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution since 1998 and was a research fellow with the Encyclopedia of Life. He recently finished a Fuller Fellowship with WWF and Princeton University examining the impacts of climate change, land-use change and infrastructure development on Andean biodiversity. Trond also enjoys nature photography.
Trond was a founding director of the Amazon Conservation Association. As Science Director for the non-profit Friends of the Osa, he established a new center for research, education and conservation of terrestrial and marine biodiversity on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica.
Trond has been a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution since 1998 and was a research fellow with the Encyclopedia of Life. He recently finished a Fuller Fellowship with WWF and Princeton University examining the impacts of climate change, land-use change and infrastructure development on Andean biodiversity. Trond also enjoys nature photography.