Walter Jetz is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and of the Environment at Yale University where he directs the Yale Center for Biodiversity and Global Change. He is Scientific Chair of the EO Wilson Biodiversity Foundation and co-chairs the Species Population Working Group of GEO BON. For IPBES, he was member and co-manager of the Task Force on Data and Knowledge, chaired the Task Group on Indicators and was Lead Author of the Global Assessment.
Addressing questions in ecology, evolution, and conservation, Professor Jetz has been an ISI Highly Cited Researcher annually since 2014 and has mentored over thirty students and postdocs who are now in tenure-track faculty or tenured research positions.