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Stuart L. Pimm

Doris Duke Distinguished Professor of Conservation Ecology in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences
Environmental Sciences and Policy
Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708-0328
A301 LSRC, Durham, NC

Selected Grants


Elephant Movement and Dispersal Across Southern Africa

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Pretoria · 2019 - 2022

Consequences of Changing Mangrove Forests in South Asia on the Provision of Global Ecosystem Goods and Services

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2017 - 2021

Big Cats Initiative Assessment Team Completion for Leopard and Cheetah Surveys

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Geographic Society · 2012 - 2016

Sooty Terns Telemetry Research at Dry Tortugas National Park

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Park Service · 2010 - 2016

Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Project

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Park Service · 2003 - 2013

Synthesis of Cape Sable Sparrow Research

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Park Service · 2011 - 2013

Remote Sensing of Essential Drivers of White Sand Ecosystems in the Brazilian Amazon: Implications for Plant and Avian Diversity

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2006 - 2010

Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Modelling Project

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Fish and Wildlife · 2006 - 2008

Biodiversity Characterization and Dynamics of North America Using MODIS 500m Data

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Geological Survey · 2006 - 2007

Analysis of turtle numbers on the Dry Tortugas

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Park Service · 2005 - 2006

Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Project

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Fish and Wildlife · 2005 - 2006

Biodiversity Characterization and Dynamics of North America Using MODIS 500m Data

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Geological Survey · 2004 - 2005

External Relationships


  • Editorial and Advisory Boards for journals and related publications.
  • International Fund for Animal Welfare
  • International Union for the Conservation of Nature; The Netherlands.
  • Saving Nature
  • University of Pretoria, South Africa

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