National Geographic Explorer and environmental anthropologist Dr. Kenny Broad has participated in extreme scientific and filmmaking expeditions on every continent to gather information and samples that shed light on little known environmental and cultural subjects. Kenny, along with the late Wes Skiles, received the 2011 National Geographic Explorer of the Year award for their work in underwater caves. He is a professor at the University of Miami where he directs the Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, and is co-director of the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions at Columbia University. He regularly collaborates with ecologists, climatologists, psychologists, and others and has published dozens of scientific articles on topics ranging from risk perception to natural resource management. He was elected a 2009 Fellow National of the Explorers Club.
