The Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) has announced the promotion of Dr. Bryan Leonard to the position of Senior Fellow. PERC is a nonprofit research institute based in Montana that focuses on market-based conservation efforts related to land, water, and wildlife.

Dr. Leonard has been involved with PERC for eleven years, having completed a Graduate Fellowship in 2011 and 2014, followed by Lone Mountain Fellowships in 2018 and 2019. Since 2019, he has served as a Senior Research Fellow at PERC, contributing significantly to its research initiatives. In 2021, he co-authored a notable paper on conservation leasing published in the journal Science.

“Bryan’s intellectual curiosity is driven by his passion for innovative conservation solutions,” said Shawn Regan, Vice President of Research at PERC. “He is nationally recognized for his work on natural resource issues and the role property rights can play in advancing conservation, and his many contributions have proven invaluable to PERC. We’re thrilled to elevate Bryan’s role as he expands his work addressing conservation issues across the West.”

Dr. Leonard holds an associate professorship at Arizona State University where he specializes in environmental and natural resource economics within the School of Sustainability. He is also affiliated with the Economics Department and the Center for Behavior, Institutions, and the Environment at ASU.

His academic background includes a Ph.D. in Economics from UC Santa Barbara and a Master’s degree in Applied Economics from Montana State University.