Lisa Dilling is an interdisciplinary scholar who focuses on the energy transition, climate adaptation, decision making, the use of information, and science policy.
Dilling graduated from the Menlo School in Atherton, California and went on to receive her Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Harvard University, graduating magna cum laude.|[2] Dilling earned her Ph.D. from University of California, Santa Barbara in biological sciences, where she worked with Alice Alldredge.
From 2014 to 2021, she was director of the Western Water Assessment, a CU Boulder and NOAA Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessment (RISA) program that works with decision makers to improve the use of science in managing the impacts of climate variability and climate change on water resources.
[13] Dilling is Associate Chief Scientist/Vice President at the Environmental Defense Fund where she supports teams of scientists who produce cutting-edge research in service of protecting people and the planet.
Lisa Dilling has published numerous articles and a book in her years of work, the majority of which focuses on the use of science and decision making for climate risk .