Rodolfo Dirzo

My scientific work examines the study of species interactions in tropical ecosystems from California, Latin America, and other tropical areas of the world. Recent research highlights the decline of animal life (“defaunation”), and how this affects ecosystem processes/services (e.g. disease regulation). I teach ecology, natural history, conservation biology, and biocultural diversity at undergraduate and graduate levels at Stanford, and conduct science education programs with underserved children in the Bay Area and our study sites. My lab includes undergrads, graduate students, postdocs, and visiting scholars from the US, and many other countries. I have co-authored the new Framework for K-12 Science Education.