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Rebecca Goldburg
Rebecca Goldburg, Ph.D.
Director
Environmental Research and Science
The Pew Charitable Trusts

PROFILE

Rebecca Goldburg, Ph.D., directs Pew’s environmental science work, which largely focuses on research related to conservation and includes the Lenfest Ocean Program and the Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation.

Before joining Pew, Goldburg was a senior scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), a national nonprofit research and advocacy organization, where her work included the scientific and public policy issues of fish farming, antibiotic resistance, and agricultural biotechnology. At EDF, Goldburg also worked to increase market demand for more sustainably produced seafood and poultry through partnerships with several major corporate purchasers of these items. She served on the Marine Aquaculture Task Force established by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Pew. Goldburg also co-wrote the Pew Oceans Commission’s report on marine aquaculture.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in statistics from Princeton University, and a master’s in statistics and a doctorate in ecology from the University of Minnesota.

Recent Work

Opinion

August 13, 2024

Technology Aids Marine Conservation

Technological innovation is critical to advancing marine conservation and sustainable resource management. The development of new high-tech tools can improve ocean monitoring, data collection and...

Podcast

June 28, 2024

Trust in Science: From Lab to Life

In this episode, Pew Research Center’s Alec Tyson analyzes the latest polling on trust in science, while Donna Dang and Rebecca Goldburg from The Pew Charitable Trusts discuss the importance of...

Article

May 17, 2024

Decade-Long Fishing Closure Aims to Restore African Penguin Population

With only about 10,000 breeding pairs left, the endangered African penguin is at risk of extinction by 2035. The loss of this species—a vital part of the marine ecosystem and South Africa’s ecotourism...