Dr. Kirchhoff is an Associate Professor and Associate Director of Law, Policy, and Engineering and Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Penn State. Dr. Kirchhoff’s research focuses on the production and use of science for policy and decision making, water governance, the human dimensions of resilient infrastructure, and climate adaptation. Her work has informed state, national and international policy and guidance. She has received $17+ million in research funding including a prestigious NSF CAREER award for Humanizing Engineering and Resilience: An Integrated Research and Education Approach to Understand and Enhance Infrastructure Resilience. Dr. Kirchhoff has authored/co-authored over 50 peer reviewed publications. She currently serves as an Associate Editor for the journals Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society and Climate Risk Management. Dr. Kirchhoff is a member of the Chesapeake Bay Science and Technical Advisory Committee and previously served on the Governor of Connecticut’s Climate Change Adaptation Working Group, as Senior Advisor for Actionable Knowledge for the Global Council for Science and the Environment, and as a member of the National Academies Committee for Public Infrastructure for Effective Climate Mitigation and Adaptation. She is a Contributing Author to the IPCC AR6 Chapter 6, a Co-Lead Author of Chapter 8 of the North American Biodiversity and Climate Change Assessment and was Lead Author of the Northeast Chapter of the 6 the US National Climate Assessment before all authors were released from their roles by the current administration. Dr. Kirchhoff received her doctorate from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Her dissertation focused on the use of climate information from regional assessments for management which was awarded best dissertation from the Universities Council on Water Resources.