Marie Studer Senior Advisor

Marie Studer is a Senior Advisor for the Planetary Health Alliance and Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health. She is an executive leader with more than 20 years of scientific and education program and operational experience delivering results for mission-oriented non-profit organizations and multi-institutional consortia working at the intersection of community development and environmental advocacy. As a collaborative leader, Marie has worked closely with stakeholders to create strategies, partnerships, and innovative approaches to deliver programs that provide measurable outcomes. 

Her career has focused on mobilizing scientific insights in service of creating a thriving future where all life can flourish, whether through public participatory research, education initiatives, policy engagement, community-building, or a combination of these activities. She is especially interested in creating awareness and action using the Planetary Health framework to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other targets focused on large-scale transformational change to enable a regenerative society for current and future generations. 

Marie held the position of Executive Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health (JHIPH) and the Planetary Health Alliance (PHA) until a recent move to be with family in Canada and currently holds the position of Senior Advisor. Previous roles included Staff Scientist, Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Program; Chief Scientist, Earthwatch Institute; and Director of Learning + Education, Encyclopedia of Life.  

She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts Boston in Environmental Sciences and a B.A. from Wheaton College in Chemistry.