About
Lilian Pintea brings more than thirty years of experience in applying satellite imagery and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to the job of conserving chimpanzees and their vanishing habitats in Africa. As Vice President of Conservation Science at the Jane Goodall Institute USA (JGI), Dr. Pintea and his team oversee science activities and functions at the Institute, supporting all programs and bringing targeted research, analysis, and technological innovation to support JGI’s mission. He works closely with local communities, governments, and other partners to adopt and build capacity for science and technologies to support local decisions and tackle some of the hardest challenges in conservation. Recognized as a pioneer in conservation geospatial technologies, Dr. Pintea has presented invited talks to numerous conferences. Dr. Pintea earned his Ph.D. in Conservation Biology from the University of Minnesota for his research on chimpanzee habitat and human land use change in Gombe, Tanzania. He is a former MacArthur Scholar of the Interdisciplinary Program on Global Change, Sustainability, and Justice at the University of Minnesota and a former Fulbright Scholar at the Center for Remote Sensing at the University of Delaware. With frequent trips to the field in Sub-Saharan Africa, Dr. Pintea lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
