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Lydia Olander

Adjunct Professor in the Environmental Sciences and Policy Division
Environmental Sciences and Policy
Box 90335, Durham, NC 27708-0328
2117 Campus Drive, Rm 212, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Lydia Olander is a program director at the Nicholas Institute for Energy Environment & Sustainability at Duke University and adjunct professor at the Nicholas School of the Environment. She works on improving evidence-based policy and accelerating implementation of climate resilience, nature-based solutions, natural capital accounting, and environmental markets. She leads the National Ecosystem Services Partnership and sits on Duke’s Climate Commitment action team. She recently spent two years …

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Adjunct Professor in the Environmental Sciences and Policy Division · 2020 - Present Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment
Area Director of the Ecosystem Services Program in the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability · 2013 - Present Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, University Institutes and Centers

Education, Training & Certifications


Stanford University · 2002 Ph.D.