Erle C. Ellis

Dr. Erle Ellis is a Professor of Geography and Environmental Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). A global Highly Cited Researcher, his work investigates the ecology of human landscapes to better inform sustainable stewardship of the biosphere. He teaches environmental science and landscape ecology at UMBC and has taught landscape ecology at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. Dr. Ellis is a Lead Author of the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment, member of the Anthropocene Working Group of the ICS, Fellow of the Global Land Programme and Senior Fellow of the Breakthrough Institute. His first book, Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction, was published in 2018.