Paul A. Baker

Member of the Board

Paul is Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences at Duke University. He is Chair of the newly founded Andean Sustainable Development Solutions Network (part of the global SDSN). Paul is also a member of the Committee on Research and Exploration of the National Geographic Society. His research focuses on the geologic and climatic history of tropical South America, asking the question: how does evolution of the physical environment helpa to determine the origin and evolution of the biota?