Stephanie Pfirman

Stephanie Pfirman is Deputy Director and a Foundation Professor in the School of Ocean Futures at Arizona State University, and a senior sustainability scientist in ASU's Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation. Her research centers on the changing Arctic, particularly sea ice origin, drift, and melt patterns, including the Last Ice Area, alongside interdisciplinary education. Before joining ASU in 2018 she spent some 25 years at Barnard College, where she chaired its environmental science department.