Elizabeth Hadly (born 1958) is a professor in the Department of Biology at Stanford University, and holds the Paul S. and Billie Achilles Chair of Environmental Science.[1] Her research interests include links between ecology and evolution, and understanding of the impacts of the Anthropocene.[2]
Hadly studied anthropology at University of Colorado Boulder. She then studied for a masters in quaternary science at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. Her PhD research in integrative biology was awarded by the University of California, Berkeley.[1]
In September 2016, Hadly became faculty director for the Stanford Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve.[1]
Since 2018, she has also been a professor at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.[3]
Hadly has numerous published scholarly papers.[4] With Anthony Barnosky and others, she co-authored a 2012 Nature paper on climatic 'tipping points'[5] and is also co-author, with Barnosky, of Tipping Point for Planet Earth, How Close Are We to the Edge? (2016).[6] She and Barnosky appeared in the 2015 documentary film, Tomorrow.[7]