Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory

Event: SOLS Seminar

Please join us for the weekly School of Life Sciences Seminar Series. This week, Leah Gerber will discuss her work with ASU’s Center for Biodiversity Outcomes and the Conservation Innovation Lab.

World Wildlife Fund cover for report: Monitoring, Measuring, and Tracking Progress: Towards Nature Positive for the Ocean. The Image is partly underwater, and you can see sea grass, and the top half of the image can see a beach with trees and a boat.

McGowan and Gerber contribute to Nature Positive Oceans report

Jennifer McGowan and Leah Gerber are contributors on new publication in World Wildlife Fund. Their report: Monitoring, Measuring, and Tracking Progress Towards Nature Positive for the Ocean, offers guidance for companies on how those recommended nature-positive ocean pathways can be measured, monitored and adapted over time.

Image overlooking the ocean, moving in waves. View from a boat with some lines covering the ocean.

Leah Gerber Publishes New Research on Shark Conservation

Leah Gerber, Founding Director of the Center for Biodiversity Outcomes is lead author of a new publication in Conservation and Practice. The paper, Examining the efficiency of a sanctuary to protect sharks in the Galapagos Marine Reserve, examines conservations strategies for sharks in the Galápagos and is co-authored by two recent ASU PhD graduates.

Workshop highlights Indigenous opportunities and challenges for organic

Our team traveled to Shiprock, New Mexico, on the Navajo Nation, to hear from local farmers and community members about organic farming and certification.

Hannah Oyewale: Creating opportunities that transform the lives of young women

Hannah Oyewale - Founder & CEO, Young Ladies Club 2026 WE Empower UN SDG Challenge Finalist, Europe & North America Region For Hannah Oyewale, purpose has shaped every stage of

Sortile: Using technology to redirect waste creating a sustainable future

Constanza Gomez - Co-Founder and Ceo of Sortile 2026 WE Empower UN SDG Challenge Finalist, Latin America and Caribbean Coming from Chile, Constanza Gomez grew up aware of the large

Back: Aija Hokkanen, Joe Bull, Chris Barton, Billy Geary, Benji Stimpson, Anneli Lofstedt, Tom White, Sami El Geneidy, Abby Mitchell Middle: Charlotte Maddinson, EJ Milner-Gulland, Leah Gerber, Jen McGowan, Rachel Martin, Katia Sanchez Ortiz, Qingting Liao, Kailin Kroetz, Ashley Bang Front: Brendan Wintle, Eilish Farrelly

CBO hosts Actionable Science for a Nature Positive Future workshop

The CBO team spent a week at the University of Oxford this June co-hosting the Actionable Science for a Nature Positive Future workshop with the Oxford Martin School.

Meet Chris Neubert, deputy director of the Swette Center

We recently sat down with Christopher Neubert, deputy director of the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, to explore his background, career highlights, and advice for students.

Revitalizing Indigenous gardens at ASU and beyond

"Through my own journey of reconnecting to traditional foods, I am walking the paths of my ancestors who dug, tilled, sowed, and harvested before me."

Divina Stella Maloum: Building Peace

Divina Stella Maloum - Regional Coordinator for Children For Peace 2026 WE Empower UN SDG Awardee, Sub-Saharan Africa Divina Stella Maloum is a passionate, driven entrepreneur based in Cameroon. As

Rudayna Abdo: How Thaki Empowers Children in Conflict Zones

Rudayna Abdo - Thaki Founder 2026 WE Empower UN SDG Awardee, Middle East Thaki is a nonprofit organization founded by Rudayna Abdo, focused on bringing quality education to children living

Meet affiliated faculty Angelia Seyfferth

Read on for an interview with Angelia Seyfferth, Professor in the School of Life Sciences.