California

Los Angeles

04469

Climate Scientist

NASA JPL/ Caltech

University of Maine; Virginia Tech

Internationally

Adaptation across sectors

Experience working for NYC OEM

Disaster response and Incident Command

Wilderness first responder and wildfire certified

Wilderness first responder and wildfire certified

Trained in ICS for Hurricane Katrina activation

Variety of topics

Leadership and management communication

Dr. Kimberley R. Miner is a Scientist and Systems Engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab in California, where she researches and forecasts climate risks. Her work has taken her to the most extreme environments in the world- from Antarctica to Mt. Everest- where her team secured a Guinness World Record for identifying the highest altitude pollutants. Dr. Miner’s research has been highlighted by CBS, the New York Times, Washington Post, GQ, and Sports Illustrated. Before coming to NASA, she worked with the Department of Defense in Washington DC, assessing climate risks to national interests.
Dr. Miner is a Fellow at the Center for Climate and Security and Co-chair of the NASA HQ Interagency Forum on Climate Risks, Impacts, and Adaptation. She is a graduate of Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs (MPA) and the University of Maine's Climate Change Institute (Ph.D.), where she was a Fulbright, Switzer, and Department of Defense fellow. She is a Black belt, certified Wilderness Firefighter and First Responder, and mom to a lively cattledog.

Climate scientist focused on risk assessment and impacts
Arctic, Antarctic, High Alpine

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