Benjamin Rifkin
Professional School Student
Ben Rifkin is a second-year Master’s student of Forest Science at the Yale School of the Environment. His master’s research brought him to the tropical dry forests of Southern Madagascar where he is studying the impact of human disturbance on diversity and regeneration of tropical forests. Before, Ben earned his bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies and International & Global Studies from Brandeis University. He then contributed to a variety of research projects with the US Forest Service in Southeastern Alaska, Northern California, and with the Harvard Forest near Boston.