Leighton Reid
Faculty Associate
University of Missouri-St. Louis
As a restoration ecologist, Leighton Reid, Ph.D., aims to improve ecological restoration outcomes through applied research, capacity building and public engagement. Since 2014, he has been in the Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development at the Missouri Botanical Garden, where he collaborates with botanists, reintroduction biologists, and conservation ecologists to address biodiversity conservation issues regionally and globally. He co-directs the Restoration Ecology program with James Aronson.
