Miles Silman

Dr. Miles Silman is the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Presidential Chair in Conservation Biology at Wake Forest University.1 He is an ecologist and conservation biologist with over 33 years of experience working in the Western Amazon and Andes of Peru.13

Dr. Silman's research focuses on:

1. Tropical forest ecology
2. Conservation biology
3. Community and population ecology
4. Biodiversity distribution
5. Response of forest ecosystems to climate and land use changes45

Key positions and roles:

• Founding Director of the Andrew Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability at Wake Forest University1
• Board President of the Centro de Innovación Científica Amazónica (CINCIA)1
• Co-founder of the Andes Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Group (ABERG)1

Dr. Silman received his B.A. in Biology from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1989 and his Ph.D. in Zoology from Duke University in 1996.2 His work has contributed significantly to understanding and protecting the Amazon rainforest, including projects on tropical agriculture, soil remediation after illegal mining, and monitoring deforestation.3