Who We Are
 Robert Wilder, J.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Wilder is Founder of Wildershares, LLC; he is Chair, Index Committee, for WilderHill Clean Energy Index. He holds a Ph.D. from University of California at Santa Barbara and a Law Degree from University of San Diego School of Law. In addition Dr. Wilder has been a Visiting Lecturer at University of California, San Diego.
Rob is author of the 1998 Book, 'Listening to the Sea,' that links marine biodiversity to smart and cost-effective energy technologies that prevent pollution in the first place. His book chapters and articles have appeared in Nature, National Academy of Sciences Press, Engineering News-Record, UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, University of Chicago Press, the Journal of Alternative Investments, and elsewhere.
His awards include Fulbright Fellowship, American Assn. for Advancement of Science (AAAS)/EPA Fellowship in Environmental Science & Technology, and National Academy of Sciences Young Investigator Award (twice). He serves as a Trustee for the Society for Conservation Biology, serves on the Director's Cabinet at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) at UC San Diego, and sits on other Boards. He previously was on the faculty at University of California at Santa Barbara, the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, and coordinated a national program for The Nature Conservancy.
While a Fellow at the EPA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., he focused on innovative technologies that prevent harm to ecosystems while being profitable to boot. His work has highlighted smart policy solutions that avoid harm- in place of older 'end-of-pipe' controls and waste remediation.
Rob enjoys doing public education about solutions that make both economic and ecological sense. And ECO Index and an independent tracker have received accolades. In 2008 the tracker was named by Lipper® as #1 Ranked 2007 Small Cap Core Fund for performance; in 2007 the ECO Index was called “the Dow Jones industrial average of global warming” by USA Today; the tracker was called “Best ETF for 2007”; Dr. Wilder’s work was recognized in 2006 with an “Outstanding Individual Achievement” Award from California Center for Sustainable Energy, and shortly after launching the tracker was named “Most Innovative New ETF Product in 2005”.
Rob is originally from Baltimore, Maryland. He and his family now reside in lovely Encinitas north of San Diego, California on a 1-acre site that is solar-powered with a display of practical and innovative ecological solutions.
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