Lisa McCauley

Lisa serves as the spatial scientist lead on projects in The Nature Conservancy in Arizona (TNC Arizona). She uses science-based tools, spatial and statistical analyses, and spatial data collection to advance TNC's conservation strategies and demonstrate their impact. Lisa has been with TNC since 2015 and has led multiple studies evaluating the co-benefits of large-scale forest restoration, including carbon and drought mortality under climate change. She works with multiple conservation programs to collect and analyze spatial data and leads the science team on mapping and quantifying our 2030 goals and progress.

Lisa has a PhD in Conservation Biology with experience in spatial and statistical analyses, landscape ecology, GIS, climate modeling and landscape modeling. Her past projects include studying the effects of agriculture on isolated wetlands loss and hydrology, the effect of urbanization on cypress wetlands, and the effects of climate change on grassland bird distributions.