Stephen W. Pacala is the Frederick D. Petrie Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University.
[1] He has worked on climate change, population ecology, and global interactions between the biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere.
He also serves on the boards of the non-profits, Environmental Defense Fund and Climate Central.
[4] He was a lead author on the climate stabilization wedge project with Robert Socolow.
[7] Pacala received the Robert H. MacArthur Award from the Ecological Society of America in 2010.