Rod Schoonover

Rod Schoonover is the head of the Ecological Security Program at the Council on Strategic Risks. He is also the founder and CEO of the Ecological Futures Group, which examines the natural security and societal dimensions of global ecological change. He previously served as director of environment and natural resources and director of global health at the National Intelligence Council in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and as senior scientist and senior analyst in the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Prior to joining government as an American Association for the Advancement of Science diplomacy fellow in 2009, he was a tenured professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and a visiting research professor in the Department of Microbiology at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California.
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Experts React: What Else Is Needed to Address Global Water Insecurity?
Commentary by Caitlin Welsh, Franck Gbaguidi, Tanvi Nagpal, Rod Schoonover , and Sera Young — July 26, 2023
Ocean Security Forum 2023
Event — January 18, 2023
New National Intelligence Estimate on Climate Change Underplays the Role of Food Security
Critical Questions by Rod Schoonover and Eilish Zembilci — October 26, 2021
Plant Diseases and Pests Are Oft-Ignored Climate-Linked National Security Risks
Commentary by Rod Schoonover — April 21, 2021