Jesse Senko
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Mail code: 7904Campus: Tempe
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Jesse Senko is an Assistant Professor in the School of Ocean Futures and School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University. His research links natural and social science with innovation and governance to address dynamic coastal conservation challenges of the 21st century. Senko works with multiple stakeholders in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans to develop, test, and implement innovative approaches that protect sea turtles and other vulnerable marine megafauna while ensuring coastal livelihoods. His research has been published in leading biology, conservation, fisheries, social science, and policy journals as well as featured in CNN, The New York Times, Reuters, National Geographic, Smithsonian Magazine, The Economist, NPR, The Guardian, BBC News, USA Today, Bloomberg, Forbes, Nature, Science, and other major outlets. A winner of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize, Senko is a member of the IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group and consults internationally on fisheries sustainability and sea turtle conservation. He majored in fisheries and wildlife sciences at the University of Connecticut, received his master's in wildlife ecology and conservation from the University of Florida, and earned his Ph.D. in biology from Arizona State University.
- PhD, Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
- MSc, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- BSc, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
