Education
Ph.D. Biology, Arizona State University
Master of Environmental Management, Duke University
B.S. Psychology, Arizona State University
As Executive Vice President, Dr. Penny Langhammer oversees all Re:wild programs across the world. She is responsible for developing and implementing Re:wild’s strategy through both regional and cross-cutting programs. Penny also leads our work in several global partnerships including the Key Biodiversity Areas, Forests for Life, and Red List Partnerships. In her role as EVP, Penny serves as the programmatic conduit to the Executive Team and Board of Directors.
Penny has spent two decades working to identify and protect the most important places on the planet for biodiversity. As co-chair of the IUCN SSC-WCPA Joint Task Force on Biodiversity and Protected Area, Penny led the development of A Global Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA), adopted by IUCN in 2016. She has since served on the KBA Partnership committee and co-chairs its Technical Working Group.
Prior to joining Re:wild, Penny founded and served as the principal of Terra Consilium, a biodiversity consulting firm. She also worked at Conservation International for nearly a decade supporting partners across the globe in defining science-based outcomes and priorities for conservation.
Penny obtained her PhD from Arizona State University, where she studied the role of the fungal disease chytridiomycosis in amphibian declines and extinction on Puerto Rico. She now serves as adjunct professor of biology in the School of Life Sciences at ASU.
Smith, Robert J., Leon Bennun, Thomas M. Brooks, Stuart HM Butchart, Annabelle Cuttelod, Moreno Di Marco, Simon Ferrier, Andrew T Knight, Lincoln DC Fishpool, Lucas Joppa, Diego Juffe-Bignoli, John F Lamoreux, Penny Langhammer, Hugh P Possingham, Carlo Rondinini, Piero Visconti, James EM Watson, Stephen Woodley, Luigi Boitani, Neil D Burgess, Naamal De Silva, Nigel Dudley, Fabien Fivaz, Edward T Game, Craig Groves, Mervyn Lötter, Jennifer McGowan, Andrew J Plumptre, Anthony G Rebelo, Jon Paul Rodriguez, Carlos A de M Scaramuzza (2018) Synergies between the key biodiversity area and systematic conservation planning approaches. Conservation Letters: e12625.
Maxwell, Jessica, Simon Allen, Thomas Brooks, Annabelle Cuttelod, Nigel Dudley, Janet Fisher, Penny Langhammer, Genevieve Patenaude, Stephen Woodley (2018) Engaging end-users to inform the development of the global standard for the identification of key biodiversity areas. Environmental Science & Policy 89: 273-282.
Neugarten, R.A., Langhammer, P.F., Osipova, E., Bagstad, K.J., Bhagabati, N., Butchart, S.H.M., Dudley, N., Elliott, V., Gerber, L.R., Gutierrez Arrellano, C., Ivanić, K.-Z., Kettunen, M., Mandle, L., Merriman, J.C., Mulligan, M., Peh, K.S.-H., Raudsepp-Hearne, C., Semmens, D.J., Stolton, S., Willcock, S. (2018). Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services: Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, Natural World Heritage Sites, and Protected Areas. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. x + 70pp.
Langhammer PF, Brooks TM, Butchart SHM (2018) Key Biodiversity Areas. Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene 3: 341–345.
Mittermeier RA, Rylands AB, Sechrest W, Langhammer PF, Mittermeier JC, Parr MJ, Konstant WR, Mast RB (Eds.) (2017) Back from the Brink: 25 Conservation Success Stories. Mexico City: CEMEX.
Juffe-Bignoli D, Brooks TM, Butchart SHM, Jenkins RB, Boe K, Hoffmann M, Angulo A, Bachman S, Böhm M, Brummitt N, Carpenter KE, Comer PJ, Cox N, Cuttelod A, Darwall WRT, Di Marco M, Fishpool LDC, Goettsch B, Heath M, Hilton-Taylor C, Hutton J, Johnson T, Joolia A, Keith DA, Langhammer PF, Luedtke J, Lughadha EN, Lutz M, May I, Miller RM, Oliveira-Miranda M, Parr M, Pollock CM, Ralph G, Rodríguez JP, Rondinini C, Smarth J, Stuart S, Symes A, Tordoff AW, Woodley S, Young B, Kinston N (2016) Assessing the cost of global biodiversity and conservation knowledge. PLoS One 11: e0160640.
IUCN (2016) A Global Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas. Cambridge, UK and Gland Switzerland: IUCN. (credited as lead editor).
Di Marco M, Brooks T, Cuttelod A, Fishpool L, Rondinini C, Smith R, Bennun L, Butchart S, Ferrier S, Foppen R, Joppa L, Juffe-Bignoli D, Knight A, Lamoreaux J, Langhammer P, May I, Possingham H, Visconti P, Watson J, Woodley S (2016) Quantifying the relative irreplaceability of Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas. Conservation Biology 30:392-402.
Refsnider JM, Poorten TJ, Langhammer PF, Burrowes PA, Rosenblum EB (2015) Genomic correlates of virulence attenuation in the deadly amphibian chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. GS: Genes, Genomes, Genetics: g3.115.021808.
Brooks TM, Cuttelod A, Faith DP, Garcia-Moreno, Langhammer P, Pérez-Espona S (2014) Why and how might genetic and phylogenetic biodiversity be reflected in the identification of key biodiversity areas? Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 370: 20140019.
Dudley N, Boucher J, Cuttelod A, Brooks T, Langhammer P (eds.) (2014) Applications of Key Biodiversity Areas: End-user consultations. Cambridge, UK and Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.
Ellison, AR, Savage AE, DiRenzo, GV, Langhammer P, Lips KR, Zamudio KR (2014) Fighting a losing battle: vigorous immune response countered by pathogen suppression of host defenses in the chytridiomycosis-susceptible frog Atelopus zeteki. G3: Genes Genomes Genetics DOI:10.1534/g3.114.010744.
Langhammer PF, Burrowes PA, Lips KR, Bryant AB, Collins JP (2014) Susceptibility to a fungal pathogen varies with ontogeny in the direct-developing frog Eleutherodactylus coqui. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 50: 438-446.
DiRenzo GV, Langhammer PF, Zamudio KR, Lips KR (2014) Fungal infection intensity and zoospore output of Atelopus zeteki, a potential chytrid supershedder. PLoS One 9: e93356.
Langhammer PF, Lips KR, Burrowes PA, Tunstall T, Palmer CM, Collins JP (2013) A fungal pathogen of amphibians, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, attenuates in pathogenicity with in vitro passages. PLoS One 8: e77630.
Tordoff AW, Baltzer MC, Fellowes JR, Pilgrim JD, Langhammer PF (2012) Key biodiversity areas in the Indo-Burma hotspot: process, progress and future directions. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4: 2779-2787.
Hoffmann M, Brooks TM, da Fonseca GAB, Gascon C, Hawkins AFA, James RE, Langhammer P, Mittermeier RA, Pilgrim JD, Rodrigues ASL & Silva JMC (2008) Conservation planning and the IUCN Red List. Endangered Species Research 6: 113-125.
Edgar GE, Langhammer PF, Allen G, Brooks TM, Brodie J, Crosse W, De Silva N, Fishpool LDC, Foster MN, Knox DH, McCosker JE, McManus R, Millar AJK, Mugo R (2008) Key biodiversity areas as globally significant targets for the conservation of marine biological diversity. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 18: 969-983.
Schipper J, Chanson JS, Chiozza F, Cox NA, Hoffmann M, Katariya V, Lamoreux, Rodrigues ASL, Stuart SN, Temple HJ, Baillie J, Boitani L, Lacher TE, Mittermeier RA, Smith AT, Absolon D, Aguiar JM, Amori G, Bakkour N, Baldi R, Berridge RJ, Bielby J, Black PA, Blanc JJ, Brooks TM, Burton JA, Butynski TM, Catullo G, Chapman R, Cokeliss Z, Collen B, Conroy J, Cooke JG, da Fonseca GAB, Derocher AE, Dublin HT, Duckworth JW, Emmons L, Emslie RH, Festa-Bianchet M, Foster M, Foster S, Garshelis DL, Gates C, Gimenez-Dixon M, Gonzalez S, Gonzalez-Maya JF, Good TC, Hammerson G, Hammond PS, Happold D, Happold M, Hare J, Harris RB, Hawkins CE, Haywood M, Heaney LR, Hedges S, Helgen KM, Hilton-Taylor C, Hussain SA, Ishii N, Jefferson TA, Jenkins RKB, Johnston CH, Keith M, Kingdon J, Knox DH, Kovacs KM, Langhammer P, et al. (2008) The status of the world’s land and marine mammals: diversity, threat, and knowledge. Science 322: 225-230.
Langhammer PF, Bakarr MI, Bennun LA, Brooks TM, Clay RP, Darwall W, De Silva N, Edgar GJ, Eken G, Fishpool LDC, Fonseca GAB da, Foster MN, Knox DH, Matiku P, Radford EA, Rodrigues ASL, Salaman P, Sechrest W, Tordoff AW (2007) Identification and Gap Analysis of Key Biodiversity Areas: Targets for Comprehensive Protected Area Systems. IUCN: Gland, Switzerland.
Brooks T, Andriamaro L, Gereau R, Hawkins F, Howell K, Knox D, Langhammer P, Lamoreux JF, Lowry PP, Luke Q, Matiku P, McKnight MW, Msuya C, Mugo R, Rabarison H, Rakotobe ZL, Randrianasolo H (2007) Objectifs et priorités pour la conservation des oiseaux et de la biodiversité d’Afrique. Ostrich 78: 115–126.
Brooks T, De Silva N, Duya MV, Foster M, Knox D, Langhammer P, Marthy RW, Tabaranza, Jr. B (2007) Delineating Key Biodiversity Areas as targets for protecteding areas. Pp. 20-35 in Sodhi N, Acciaioli G, Erb M, Tan AK-J (eds.) Biodiversity and Human Livelihoods in Protected Areas: Case Studies from the Malay Archipelago. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Brooks T, Abuel M, Co L, Coroza O, Valenzuela Duya L, Duya A, Langhammer P, Mallari A, Morales, Palomar N, Rodriguez R, Tabaranza B, Trono R (2005) Targets and priorities for biodiversity conservation globally, and in the Philippines. Agham Mindanao 2: 1-10.
Eken G, Bennun L, Brooks TM, Darwall W, Fishpool LDC, Foster M, Knox D, Langhammer P, Matiku P, Radford E, Salaman P, Sechrest W, Smith ML, Spector S, Tordoff A (2004) Key Biodiversity Areas as site conservation targets. BioScience 54: 1110-1118.
Fahey C, Langhammer PF (2003) The effects of dams on biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest. In: Galindo-Leal C, Câmara I de G. (eds). The Atlantic Forest of South America: Biodiversity Status, Threats, and Outlook. p. 413-425. Washington DC: Island Press.
Galindo-Leal C, Jacobsen TR, Langhammer PF, Olivieri S (2003) State of the hotspots: The dynamics of biodiversity loss. In: Galindo-Leal C. & Câmara I de G. (eds). The Atlantic Forest of South America: Biodiversity Status, Threats, and Outlook. p.12-23. Washington DC: Island Press.
Brooks TM, Mittermeier RA, Mittermeier CG, Fonseca GAB da, Rylands AB, Konstant WR, Flick P, Pilgrim J, Oldfield S, Magin G, Hilton-Taylor C (2002) Habitat loss and extinction in the hotspots of biodiversity. Conservation Biology 16: 909-923.