Dr Alex Dehgan
Alex Dehgan is the CEO of Conservation X Labs and Professor of the Practice at Arizona State University. CXL builds novel technologies through its labs, and harnesses open innovation, to create transformative solutions to prevent the sixth mass extinction. Alex previously served as the Chief Scientist of USAID, with rank of Assistant Administrator, and worked in multiple positions in the Office of the Secretary at the State Department. Alex was also the founding country director of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Afghanistan Program and helped create Afghanistan’s first national park.