# Lisa Dilling

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{{short description|Climate scientist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Lisa Dilling
| fields = climate change, decision making, science policy
| alma_mater = Ph.D. [University of California, Santa Barbara](/source/University_of_California%2C_Santa_Barbara) <br />
B.A. [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University)
| workplaces = [NOAA](/source/NOAA)<br /> [NCAR](/source/NCAR) <br /> [University of Colorado Boulder](/source/University_of_Colorado_Boulder)
| website = https://www.colorado.edu/envs/lisa-dilling
| awards = [Leverhulme](/source/Leverhulme) Visiting Professorship 2016-2017
}}

'''Lisa Dilling''' is an interdisciplinary scholar who focuses on the energy transition, [climate adaptation](/source/climate_change_adaptation), decision making, the use of information, and science policy. She aims to improve the effectiveness of policies for climate change.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.colorado.edu/envs/lisa-dilling|title=ENVS Lisa Dilling|website=www.colorado.edu/envs|date=18 November 2015 |access-date=2023-03-05}}</ref> Dilling is Associate Chief Scientist at the [Environmental Defense Fund](/source/Environmental_Defense_Fund), an environmental non-profit that works on climate change, clean air and public health, and supporting the ability of people and nature to thrive.

== Early life and education ==
Born in Washington State, Dilling moved between the United States and Europe before college. Dilling graduated from the [Menlo School](/source/Menlo_School) in [Atherton, California](/source/Atherton%2C_California) and went on to receive her [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in Biology from [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University), graduating [magna cum laude](/source/magna_cum_laude).|<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dilling|first=Lisa|date=1989|title=An ontogenetic study of the jaw mechanism and feeding modes in Amphiprion frenatus and A. polymnus|journal=Harvard University}}</ref> Dilling earned her Ph.D. from [University of California, Santa Barbara](/source/University_of_California%2C_Santa_Barbara) in biological sciences, where she worked with [Alice Alldredge](/source/Alice_Alldredge).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dilling|first=Lisa|date=March 1997|title=Consumption and Fragmentation of Marine Snow by Euphausiids and Copepods|journal=University of California, Santa Barbara}}</ref> She went on to work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [(NOAA)](/source/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration) and the National Center for Atmospheric Research [(NCAR)](/source/National_Center_for_Atmospheric_Research).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=29 May 2015 |title=Lisa DillingCIRES {{!}} Lisa Dilling |url=https://cires.colorado.edu/council-fellows/lisa-dilling |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=cires.colorado.edu/council-fellows/lisa-dilling}}</ref> 

== Career and research ==
Lisa Dilling is known for her research on the usability of science in decision making, particularly in regard to managing [climate change](/source/climate_change)s.<ref name=":1"></ref> Specific research topics include: the energy transition, urban and rural water systems, climate resiliency of cities and municipalities, carbon management, [geoengineering](/source/Climate_engineering), and climate adaptation.<ref name=":2"></ref>  Dilling studies how we make policy decisions about climate change, and focuses on the use of science in decision making for climate.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Dilling|first1=L|last2=Daly|first2=M|last3=Travis|first3=W|last4=Ray|first4=A|last5=Wilhelmi|first5=O|date=March 2023|title=The role of adaptive capacity in incremental and transformative adaptation in three large U.S. urban water systems |journal=Global Environmental Change|volume=79|article-number=102649|doi=10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102649|s2cid=256967594|issn=0959-3780|doi-access=free|bibcode=2023GEC....7902649D}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Dilling|first1=L|last2=Morss|first2=R|last3=Wilhelmi|first3=O|date=September 2017|title=Learning to Expect Surprise: Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Beyond|journal=Journal of Extreme Events|volume=04|issue=3|page=1771001|doi=10.1142/s2345737617710014|issn=2345-7376}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Averyt|first1=Kristen|author-link1=Kristen Averyt|last2=Derner|first2=Justin D.|last3=Dilling|first3=Lisa|last4=Guerrero|first4=Rafael|last5=Joyce|first5=Linda|last6=McNeeley|first6=Shannon|last7=McNie|first7=Elizabeth|last8=Morisette|first8=Jeffrey|last9=Ojima|first9=Dennis|date=May 2018|title=Regional Climate Response Collaboratives: Multi-Institutional Support for Climate Resilience|journal=Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society|volume=99|issue=5|pages=891–898|doi=10.1175/bams-d-17-0183.1|bibcode=2018BAMS...99..891A|issn=0003-0007|url=https://scholar.colorado.edu/downloads/cn69m5095 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wibeck|first1=Victoria|last2=Hansson|first2=Anders|last3=Anshelm|first3=Jonas|last4=Asayama|first4=Shinichiro|last5=Dilling|first5=Lisa|last6=Feetham|first6=Pamela M.|last7=Hauser|first7=Rachel|last8=Ishii|first8=Atsushi|last9=Sugiyama|first9=Masahiro|date=2017-09-20|title=Making sense of climate engineering: a focus group study of lay publics in four countries|journal=Climatic Change|volume=145|issue=1–2|pages=1–14|doi=10.1007/s10584-017-2067-0|bibcode=2017ClCh..145....1W|issn=0165-0009|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=2017-09-01|title=Participatory Framework for Assessment and Improvement of Tools (ParFAIT): Increasing the impact and relevance of water management decision support research|journal=Environmental Modelling & Software|volume=95|pages=432–446|doi=10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.05.004|issn=1364-8152|last1=Smith|first1=Rebecca|last2=Kasprzyk|first2=Joseph|last3=Dilling|first3=Lisa|doi-access=free|bibcode=2017EnvMS..95..432S }}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Dilling|first1=Lisa|last2=Lemos|first2=Maria Carmen|date=May 2011|title=Creating usable science: Opportunities and constraints for climate knowledge use and their implications for science policy|journal=Global Environmental Change|volume=21|issue=2|pages=680–689|doi=10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.11.006|bibcode=2011GEC....21..680D |issn=0959-3780}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Dilling|first1=Lisa|last2=Doney|first2=Scott C.|last3=Edmonds|first3=Jae|last4=Gurney|first4=Kevin R.|last5=Harriss|first5=Robert|last6=Schimel|first6=David|last7=Stephens|first7=Britton|last8=Stokes|first8=Gerald|date=November 2003|journal=Annual Review of Environment and Resources|volume=28|issue=1|pages=521–558|doi=10.1146/annurev.energy.28.011503.163443|issn=1543-5938|citeseerx=10.1.1.207.1211|title=The Role of Carbon Cycle Observations and Knowledge in Carbon Management}}</ref>  

From 1995–2002 Dilling worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the [Office of Global Programs](/source/Office_of_Global_Programs), managing a program on carbon cycle science research and collaborating across agencies in the U.S. Global Change Research Program. From 2002–2004 she worked at NCAR, and from 2004-2007 was a visiting fellow with CIRES.<ref name=":2"></ref>  Dilling was co-lead of the first State of the Carbon Cycle Report, also known as Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.2.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/global/pdf/SOCCR.2007.Final.pdf|title=State of the Carbon Cycle Report|website=www.globalcarbonproject.org|access-date=2023-03-05}}</ref>

From 2015 to 2023, Dilling was Professor of Environmental Studies at the [University of Colorado, Boulder](/source/University_of_Colorado_Boulder), a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences [(CIRES)](/source/Cooperative_Institute_for_Research_in_Environmental_Sciences),<ref name=":2" /> and a member of the Center for Socio-Environmental Futures (C-SEF). From 2014 to 2021, she was director of the [https://wwa.colorado.edu/index.html Western Water Assessment], a CU Boulder and NOAA Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessment ([https://cpo.noaa.gov/Meet-the-Divisions/Climate-and-Societal-Interactions/RISA 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.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Combest-Friedman |first1=Chelsea |last2=Nierenberg |first2=Claudia |last3=Simpson |first3=Caitlin |date=2019-08-03 |title=Building a learning network:reflections from the RISA program |journal=Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability |volume=39 |pages=160–166 |doi=10.1016/j.cosust.2019.10.006 |issn=1877-3435 |s2cid=213419634|doi-access=free |bibcode=2019COES...39..160C }}</ref> 

Dilling is Associate Chief Scientist/Vice President at the [Environmental Defense Fund](/source/Environmental_Defense_Fund) where she supports teams of scientists who produce cutting-edge research in service of protecting people and the planet. She is a member of the Board on Environmental Change and Society of the [National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine](/source/National_Academies_of_Sciences%2C_Engineering%2C_and_Medicine). 

== Awards and honors ==

* [National Science Foundation](/source/National_Science_Foundation) Graduate Fellowship in 1991-1993<ref name=":2" />
* Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship in 1995<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Knauss|title=Knauss Fellowship Programs|website=seagrant.noaa.gov|access-date=2018-11-18}}</ref>
* CIRES Visiting Fellowship in 2004-2007
* [Leverhulme](/source/Leverhulme_Trust) Visiting Professorship at the [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford) in 2016-2017

== Publications ==
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 . Her earlier work focused on how various factors like marine snow affected marine life, such as [zooplankton](/source/zooplankton), and can impact the ocean's ability to [cycle carbon](/source/Carbon_cycle).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Dilling|first1=Lisa|last2=Wilson|first2=Jacqueline|last3=Steinberg|first3=Deborah|last4=Alldredge|first4=Alice|date=1998-09-03|title=Feeding by the euphausiid Euphausia pacifica and the copepod Calanus pacificus on marine snow|journal=Marine Ecology Progress Series|volume=170|pages=189–201|doi=10.3354/meps170189|bibcode=1998MEPS..170..189D|issn=0171-8630|doi-access=free}}</ref> In the last two decades, Dilling has published several papers on carbon management,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Dilling|first1=Lisa|last2=Doney|first2=Scott C.|last3=Edmonds|first3=Jae|last4=Gurney|first4=Kevin R.|last5=Harriss|first5=Robert|last6=Schimel|first6=David|last7=Stephens|first7=Britton|last8=Stokes|first8=Gerald|date=November 2003|journal=Annual Review of Environment and Resources|volume=28|issue=1|pages=521–558|doi=10.1146/annurev.energy.28.011503.163443|issn=1543-5938|citeseerx=10.1.1.207.1211|title=The Role of Carbon Cycle Observations and Knowledge in Carbon Management}}</ref> climate adaptation on public lands,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ellenwood|first1=Mikaela S.|last2=Dilling|first2=Lisa|last3=Milford|first3=Jana B.|date=2012-03-22|title=Managing United States Public Lands in Response to Climate Change: A View From the Ground Up|journal=Environmental Management|volume=49|issue=5|pages=954–967|doi=10.1007/s00267-012-9829-2|pmid=22437431|bibcode=2012EnMan..49..954E |s2cid=18647603|issn=0364-152X}}</ref> geoengineering,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Dilling|first1=Lisa|last2=Hauser|first2=Rachel|date=2013-07-16|title=Governing geoengineering research: why, when and how?|journal=Climatic Change|volume=121|issue=3|pages=553–565|doi=10.1007/s10584-013-0835-z|bibcode=2013ClCh..121..553D|s2cid=12862891|issn=0165-0009}}</ref> the use of tools in water management, stakeholder needs and building networks for adaptive capacity, and the dynamics of vulnerability.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=yle55tQAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Lisa Dilling - Google Scholar Citations|website=scholar.google.com|access-date=2018-11-18}}</ref> Listed below are some of Dilling's most cited publications:

* "Creating usable science: Opportunities and constraints for climate knowledge use and their implications for science policy," Global Environmental Change, 2011<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Dilling|first1=Lisa|last2=Lemos|first2=Maria Carmen|date=May 2011|title=Creating usable science: Opportunities and constraints for climate knowledge use and their implications for science policy|journal=Global Environmental Change|volume=21|issue=2|pages=680–689|doi=10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.11.006|bibcode=2011GEC....21..680D |issn=0959-3780}}</ref>
* "Making Climate HOT," Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 2004.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Moser|first1=Susanne C.|last2=Dilling|first2=Lisa|date=December 2004|title=Making Climate HOT|journal=Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development|volume=46|issue=10|pages=32–46|doi=10.1080/00139150409605820|bibcode=2004ESPSD..46j..32M |s2cid=153492974|issn=0013-9157}}</ref>
* "Communicating Climate Change: Closing the Science-Action Gap," chapter in ''The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society'', 2011<ref>{{Cite book|title=Oxford handbook of climate change and society|date=2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|others=Dryzek, John S., 1953-, Norgaard, Richard B., 1943-, Schlosberg, David.|isbn=978-0-19-956660-0|location=Oxford, U.K.|oclc=694395525}}</ref>
* ''Creating a Climate for Change: Communicating Climate Change and Facilitating Social Change'', a book Dilling co-edited and published, 2007<ref>{{Cite book|date=2007|editor-last=Moser|editor-first=Susanne C.|editor2-last=Dilling|editor2-first=Lisa|title=Creating a Climate for Change|doi=10.1017/cbo9780511535871|isbn=978-0-511-53587-1}}</ref>

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