Director, School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Professor of Biology and Senior Research Scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Lab, Colorado State University, United States
A soil ecologist and environmental scientist, Diana Wall is actively engaged in research exploring how life in soil (microbial and invertebrate diversity) contributes to healthy, fertile and productive soils and thus to society, and the consequences of human activities on soil globally. Her research extends from agroecosystems to 17 seasons in the Antarctic Dry Valleys examining how global changes impact soil biodiversity, ecosystem processes and ecosystem services. She chaired the SCOPE Committee on Soil and Sediment Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning and edited “Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Soils and Sediments (Island Press, 2004). Diana chaired the DIVERSITAS-International Biodiversity Observation Year-2001- 2002 and the Global Litter Decomposition Experiment; and co-chaired the Millennium Development Goals Committee of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. A Board Member of the World Resources Institute and Island Press, she has served also as President of the Ecological Society of America, American Institute of Biological Sciences, Association of Ecosystem Research Centers, the Society of Nematologists and Chair, and the Council of Scientific Society Presidents. She holds an Honorary Doctorate from Utrecht University, The Netherlands and received a B.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Kentucky, Lexington.
