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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

Selected Grants


Hosting the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2023 - 2028

Model-based Tracking and Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services (MoTIVES) for Military Base Land-Use and Land-Management Decisions

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Strategic Environmental Research & Development Program · 2022 - 2027

Ecosystem Service Conceptual Models in Forest Service Applications

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Forest Service · 2021 - 2026

Designing a National Nature Statistical Bureau

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Inc. · 2024 - 2026

Hosting the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2023 - 2028

Model-based Tracking and Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services (MoTIVES) for Military Base Land-Use and Land-Management Decisions

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Strategic Environmental Research & Development Program · 2022 - 2027

Ecosystem Service Conceptual Models in Forest Service Applications

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Forest Service · 2021 - 2026

Designing a National Nature Statistical Bureau

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Inc. · 2024 - 2026

Department of the Interior Nature-Based Solutions Roadmap Phase 2

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2023 - 2026

IUCRC Planning Grant Duke University: Center for Innovation in Risk-analysis for Climate Adaptation and Decision-making (CIRCAD)

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2024 - 2025

Resilience of the Mangrove Coast: Understanding links between degradation, recovery, and community benefits

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Florida International University · 2020 - 2024

SE CASC Year 6

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2018 - 2024

Integrating nature-based solutions into federal programs

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Inc. · 2022 - 2023

North Carolina blue carbon greenhouse gas inventory

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina Coastal Federation · 2023 - 2023

NOAA RESTORE Science Program 2021

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 2021 - 2023

Identifying Conservation Compatible Activities

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Agriculture · 2022 - 2023

PATH/PACKARD

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by PATH · 2021 - 2022

Ecosystem Service Model Application to the US Forest Service

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Forest Service · 2020 - 2022

ACES/NESP Workshop: Quantifying Conservation on Public and Private Lands

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Agriculture · 2021 - 2022

Ecosystem Service Model Application to U.S. Forest Service Management

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Forest Service · 2018 - 2021

Design and Testing of an Ecosystem Services Conceptual Modeling training module

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 2020 - 2021

MCAS Living Shoreline

ResearchDirector · Awarded by Pew Charitable Trusts · 2020 - 2021

SCI New Evidence Base

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Nature Conservancy · 2021 - 2021

Standard Logical Models and Metrics for Gulf Restoration: Linking Project Outcomes to Economic, Health, and Wellbeing Benefits for People

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine · 2017 - 2021

SCI New Evidence Base_201111

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Nature Conservancy · 2021 - 2021

How External Financing Influences National Commitments to Biodiversity Conservation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Foundations of Success · 2020 - 2020

Institutionalizing interdisciplinarity

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Minnesota · 2018 - 2020

Cultured Proteins

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by PATH · 2019 - 2020

Foundations of Success Course Work

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Foundations of Success · 2019 - 2019

Evidence Based Ecosystem Services Research, Example Applications, and Best Practices

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by U.S. Geological Survey · 2016 - 2019

Mitigation on Public Lands

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Agriculture · 2018 - 2019

Analysis of Defense Related Ecosystem Services

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Oregon State University · 2018 - 2019

Bridge Collaborative Phase III

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Nature Conservancy · 2017 - 2019

How Does 4R Nutrient Stewardship Affect Social, Environmental, and Economic Outcomes?

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Canadian Fertilizer Institute · 2015 - 2018

Water Accounts

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by U.S. Geological Survey · 2017 - 2017

Defining the Relationship- Nitrogen Surplus as an Indicator for Nitrate Losses from Agriculture

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Defense Fund · 2016 - 2017

Meta-analyses on Fertilizer Management - Results and Recommendations

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Foundation for Agronomic Research · 2015 - 2017

TNC Bridge Collaborative

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Nature Conservancy · 2016 - 2017

Using Science to Develop Strong Federal Guidance on Ecosystem Services

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by David & Lucile Packard Foundation · 2016 - 2017

Developing Resources to Support Decision Making in Environmental Markets

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Agriculture · 2015 - 2017

All Lands and Large Ownerships: A Conversation to Advance Engagement

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Forest Service · 2016 - 2016

Evidence Chains to take Ecosystem Service from Popular Concept to Widespread Impact

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Nature Conservancy · 2016 - 2016

South Atlantic LLC-Need1

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · 2014 - 2016

Assessment of Ecosystem Service Value and Program Delivery Options

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Mississippi State University · 2014 - 2016

NASA U Maryland Carbon Measurement

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by University of Maryland · 2013 - 2016

Improving River Basin Restoration Prioritization Products- Task 400

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2015 - 2016

Climate-Smart Agriculture Study

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Vermont · 2015 - 2016

Nitrogen Use Efficiency Assessment

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Defense Fund · 2015 - 2015

Facilitating Environmental Market Development: Legal and Financial Considerations

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Agriculture · 2014 - 2015

Improving River Basin Restoration Prioritization Products- Task 300

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2015 - 2015

Nitrogen Losses: A Meta-analysis of 4R Nutrient Management in U.S. Corn-Based Systems

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Foundation for Agronomic Research · 2014 - 2015

Improving River Basin Restoration Prioritization Products Task 1

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2014 - 2014

Livestock Ecosystem Services Evaluation and Assessment of Existing Water Quality Metrics, Tools and Methods

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Agriculture · 2012 - 2014

Proposal for a Forum on Advancing Ecosystem Services in Federal Agency Planning and Management Processes

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Bureau of Land Management · 2012 - 2012

Forum on Advancing Ecosystem Services in Federal Agency Planning and Management Processes

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Geological Survey · 2012 - 2012

Proposal for a Forum on Advancing Ecosystem Services in Federal Agency Planning and Management Processes

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 2012 - 2012

External Relationships


  • Water Institute of the Gulf
  • White House Council on Environmental Quality

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