Business professor’s 1998 study redefined conservation strategies, earns top award

Jeff Camm, Inmar Presidential Chair in Analytics, has received a top award for research that reshaped strategies used in environmental economics and conservation science. Published over 25 years ago in Science, “Species Distributions, Land Values, and Efficient Conservation” remains one of the most highly cited papers in the respective disciplines.

The Association of Environmental and Resource Economists presented its Publication of Enduring Quality Award, an annual recognition of pioneering work with lasting value, to Camm and his co-authors Amy Ando, Stephen Polasky, and Andrew Solow. The interdisciplinary collaboration introduced more systematic approaches to species protection. Camm, whose scholarship focuses on optimization, modeling, and algorithms, has dedicated his career to applying these concepts to real-world problems.

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