Director, Ecosystem Services Program, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
Research Scientist, Nicholas School of the Environment

Olander is currently developing the Nicholas Institute and Duke’s expanding initiative on ecosystem services; coordinating Duke’s Ecosystem Services Working Group; coordinating the development of a National Ecosystem Services Partnership; helping to coordinate the Institute’s programs on greenhouse gas offsets; directing the Technical Working Group on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases; and, when time permits, working on the burgeoning multinational effort on reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD).

Ph.D., Biogeochemistry, Stanford University, 2002
MFS, Masters of Forest Science, Yale University, 1995
BA, Environmental Science and Policy (College Scholar Program), Cornell University, 1992

Areas of expertise: ecosystem services, climate mitigation, offsets, REDD, forestry, agriculture, climate policy