Team Member: Steven Sesnie

Currently, I am a research professor at NAU. I have been a desert rat since 1985 when I led an expedition of several thousand individuals into the Grand Canyon, along the Bright Angel trail. At least, I felt like I was leading thousands of individuals down the trail. Since that time I've been exploring deserts from northern Mexico to Peru as a recreational pursuit. I have primarily been focused on studying tropical and tropical forest ecology since 1992 in the southwestern US and Central and South America. The Sonoran Desert Research Program is a new undertaking with NAU and other research partners, where I hope to deepen my understanding of southwestern desert ecosystems and contribute novel methods and approaches to biodiversity conservation in these systems. I greatly look forward to meeting the many new members of our research team and sharing this tremendous opportunity with all of you!