Dr. Rosina Bierbaum is Dean Emerita of the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment and School of Public Health, University of Michigan, and a Research Professor and Roy F. Weston Chair in Natural Economics University of Maryland School of Public Policy. Her experience extends from climate science into foreign relations and international development. She served for two decades in both the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. Government and ran the first Environment Division of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
In addition to serving as Chair to STAP, Dr. Bierbaum serves as an Adviser to the Global Adaptation Commission. She also serves on the board of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Wildlife Conservation Society, the Federation of American Scientists, the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, the Climate Reality Project, the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing, and the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
Dr. Bierbaum is a member of the Philosophical Society and the American National Academy of Sciences, as well a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Ecological Society of America, and Sigma Xi. She received the American Geophysical Union's Waldo Smith award for 'extraordinary service to Geoscience' and the Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Protection Award. In October 2023, she is set to receive the Association for Environmental Health and Science (AEHS) Foundation Achievement Award.
Dr. Bierbaum has authored key reports on climate change – particularly highlighting the importance of adaptation – for the World Bank, the Congress, the White House, and the United Nations. She has lectured on every continent. She earned a BA in English, a BS in Biology, and a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution.
