 To do this, the Safina Center’s Staff and Fellows produce creative science-based works including books, photography, films, visual art, sound art, and spoken-word works, which are distributed through major publishers, major talk venues, popular media, radio, television, events, and publication in professional journals.The Safina Center was founded in 2003 by Dr. Carl Safina, (PhD in Ecology from Rutgers University), a MacArthur fellow and inaugural holder of the Endowed Chair for Nature and Humanity at Stony Brook University.The Safina Center's board members have backgrounds in publishing, science, art, and other fields.