Joe Roman is a conservation biologist and marine ecologist. The author of Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act and Whale, he has contributed to The New York Times, Slate, and New Scientist. He is "editor 'n' chef" of eattheinvaders.org, a website dedicated to fighting invasive species one bite at a time, and a fellow and writer in residence at the Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont.