Eric Sanderson , PhD

VICE PRESIDENT, URBAN CONSERVATION STRATEGY, NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN

Eric Sanderson, PhD, is a resident of City Island and has a PhD in ecology from the University of California, Davis. He was the Senior Conservation Ecologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society for several years and is now the first Vice President for Urban Conservation Strategy at the New York Botanical Garden. He was Ecology Director for the Bronx River Restoration Project and is now co-chair of the ecology team at the Bronx River Alliance. He is currently focused on the historical and contemporary ecology of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and surrounding waters. As author of the best-selling book Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City, he is now leading a team to create an on-line forum to help the public envision climate-resilient designs for Manhattan (and eventually other cities) over the next 400 years.