Stephanie Morris, Ph.D.

She works with colleagues across USDA to integrate climate adaptation into their planning, programs, and operations to ensure USDA is equipped to serve and support its stakeholders in a changing climate. Stephanie came to OEEP from USDA’s Office of the Chief Scientist, where she was a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow working on climate, natural resources, international affairs, and agricultural science policy issues. Prior to joining USDA, she worked as a research scientist at the Environment Laboratories of the International Atomic Energy Agency and served as a NOAA John A. Knauss Legislative Fellow in the U.S. House of Representatives. Dr. Morris has a B.S. in Chemistry from Sewanee: The University of the South and a Ph.D. in Chemical Oceanography from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program.