Dee Lobo

Diele (Dee) Lobo is the postdoctoral researcher leading the MW CASC’s first synthesis research project based at host University of Minnesota, which aims to assess the current state of climate change adaptation planning in the Midwest region with an emphasis on sectors that relate to natural resource management and conservation. Dee is a conservation scientist with expertise in human dimensions of natural resources management and conservation. She values an actionable and transdisciplinary approach to science.

Jessica Hellmann

Jessica Hellmann is the Consortium Director of the Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center. She is also the Executive Director and Ecolab Chair in Environmental Leadership at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment and Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. Her research examines the impacts of climate change on natural and human systems, greenhouse gas emission reduction, and climate adaptation. She was among the first to propose and study techniques to reduce climate impacts on species and ecosystems through ecosystem management.

Sarah Ramirez

Sarah Ramirez is a MW CASC postdoctoral researcher leading a synthesis project based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The project focuses on incorporating climate resilience into management of fish and wildlife within the context of a changing and variable climate. Specifically, Sarah will lead research on phenotypic variation as it relates to climate adaptation in fish and wildlife, including identifying climate-resilient phenotypes, and building a conceptual framework for incorporating adaptive capacity into fish and wildlife management.