Alexander Basaraba

Bio

Alex Basaraba (he/him) is an interdisciplinary social scientist, practitioner, educator, and science-informed visual storyteller with more than 10 years of experience in the climate adaptation field. His experience includes supporting communities domestically and internationally, as well as organizations and governments at different scales (federal, state, Tribal, city, and county) in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from the impacts of climate change. This includes supporting the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the State of Colorado, USAID, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Shoshone-Paiute Tribes, the United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth Development Organization (FCDO), the District of Columbia, among others. His work has been featured in the New York Times, NBC News, CNN, NPR, Reuters, and more. Basaraba is currently a PhD candidate at Stanford University in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER) at the Doerr School of Sustainability. His current research is focused on transformative climate adaptation using community-engaged research methods in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, California. Beyond publishing dozens of white papers, policy reports, government plans, academic journal articles, and popular media articles, Basaraba has served as a contributing author, chapter graphic design lead, and review editor on multiple National Climate Assessments.