Eric W. Sanderson

Eric W. Sanderson, a landscape ecologist and [https://www.nybg.org/planttalk/nybg-expands-science-team-with-drs-mauricio-diazgranados-and-eric-sanderson/ Vice President for Urban Conservation Strategy] at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, director of the Mannahatta Project and the author of ''Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City''. In 2013 Sanderson's book ''Terra Nova: The New World After Oil, Cars, and Suburbs'' was published.

Sanderson earned his B.A.S. and Ph.D. in ecology from the University of California, Davis. He was Senior Conservation Ecologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) where he worked from 1998 to 2023 when he joined the New York Botanical Garden. As part of his work at WCS, Sanderson was the chief author, researcher, and director of the Mannahatta Project. Provided by Wikipedia