Tej Heer is a Senior Research Associate on the Land-Use, Nature, and Agriculture (LUNA) team at the Smart Prosperity Institute. Prior to joining SPI, Tej held a variety of policy and research roles across the academic, public, and non-profit sectors. He has experience working on a range of environmental and policy topics, including the circular economy, scientific integrity, and conservation biology. Tej holds a PhD in Physical and Environmental Sciences from the University of Toronto Scarborough and a M.Sc in Climate Change from the University of College London.