Stephen Wood

My expertise is in agroecosystems and conservation. Much of my work has focused on soils: both the mechanisms of how soil health is built and quantifying the agronomic and environmental benefits of soil health. In addition to my work on soils, I regularly work on multiple topics related to agriculture, food systems, conservation and human health, including biogeochemical modeling, freshwater impacts, nutrition, remote sensing of agriculture practices, and other topics. 

I was previously the lead on a SNAPP working group to build targets for managing soils for conservation goals. The group developed the AgEvidence data platform showing the impact of conservation agriculture practices in the US Corn Belt. I was also a NatureNet Science Fellow with The Nature Conservancy and the Yale School of the Environment. I have a PhD from the Department of Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology at Columbia University where I studied the impact of agricultural practices promoted by the Millennium Villages Project on soil nutrient cycling and microbial ecology. I also have a masters from the Yale School of the Environment and a bachelors from The George Washington University.