Kim Cobb

Kim Cobb is the Lawrence and Barbara Margolis Director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society and Professor of Environment and Society & Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at Brown University. She previously served as Director of Georgia Tech’s Global Change Program and ADVANCE Professor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Her research focuses on tropical Pacific climate, coral reef resilience, coastal climate impacts, and urban heat islands. She holds a B.S. from Yale University (1996) and a Ph.D. in Oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (2002).

• Education: Yale University (B.S., 1996); Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Ph.D., 2002)
• Affiliations: Brown University (since 2022); Adjunct Professor at Georgia Tech

Her research integrates paleoclimate data with modern observations to project future climate extremes. She advocates for diversity in STEM, public climate communication, and policy engagement. Notable honors include the PECASE (2008) and the Hans Oeschger Medal (2019). She serves on President Biden’s Intelligence Advisory Board and was a Lead Author for the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (2021).