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Victoria Keener

Victoria W. Keener, Ph.D.
Research Professor, Global Institute of Sustainability & Innovation, Arizona State University; Affiliate Faculty, University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program; Adjunct Senior Fellow, Research Program, East-West Center

Victoria Keener is a Research Professor at the ASU Global Institute of Sustainability & Innovation and Affiliate Faculty with the University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program. Victoria is a Co-Lead Principal Investigator of the NOAA-funded Pacific Research on Island Solutions for Adaptation (Pacific RISA) program. She earned a Ph.D. in Agricultural & Biological Engineering from the University of Florida, specializing in hydro-climatological research. Dr. Keener does interdisciplinary and applied research working with Pacific Island communities to transform climate research into resource management policies aiming to reduce climate-induced vulnerabilities. She was the Lead Author of the Hawai‘i and Pacific Islands Chapter of the 4th US-National Climate Assessment (NCA4) and an Author on NCA5 and helps to direct the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA) network and reports.