Robin GROSSINGER

Director of the Urban Nature Lab, San Francisco Estuary Institute

Robin Grossinger is a Senior Scientist at the San Francisco Estuary Institute, where he directs the Urban Nature Lab (sfei.org/rl/unl) -- an innovative team of scientists and designers translating ecological research into practical guidance for cities. Robin works internationally with city staff, NGOs, and corporations such as Google on urban ecological design and climate resilience, work which was recently featured in a UN-Habitat Global Urban Lecture. Recent publications include Making Nature’s City: A Science-based Framework for Building Urban Biodiversity (SFEI 2019) and The Biological Deserts Fallacy: Cities in Their Landscapes Contribute More than We Think to Regional Biodiversity (BioScience 2021).