Paul Elsen is a Climate Adaptation Scientist at the Wildlife Conservation Society. His work focuses on understanding and addressing threats to wildlife and ecosystems from global change using remote sensing, spatial analysis, and conservation planning. At WCS, he strengthens conservation outcomes by supporting field programs with analytical and technical expertise related to climate change and adaptation, and by conducting independent and collaborative research identifying global priorities for conservation action.

Prior to joining WCS, he received his PhD from Princeton University in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and held postdoctoral appointments at Princeton in Public and International Affairs; at the University of California-Berkeley in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management as a David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow; and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Forest and Wildlife Ecology.