Alex Dehgan — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Conservation X Labs since 2015.
Conservation X Labs has raised over $40 million and supported more than 145 innovative conservation solutions from over 70 countries.
Former Chief Scientist for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Author of 'The Snow Leopard Project & Other Adventures in Warzone Conservation' (2019).
Professor of the Practice of Sustainability and Global Futures Fellow at Arizona State University since 2019.
Holds a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology from the University of Chicago and a J.D. in International Law.

Biography

Alex Dehgan is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Conservation X Labs, a role he has held since 2015. At Conservation X Labs, he leads a team dedicated to using innovation and technology to prevent the Sixth Mass Extinction. The organization's mission involves building new technologies to address the drivers of extinction and leveraging open innovation to attract new solutions.