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Rosina Bierbaum
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Rosina Bierbaum
Dean of the School of Natural Resources and Environment
University of Michigan
Area(s) of expertise: Environmental policy and management, especially global climate change
Language(s) spoken: English
Contact Information:
202-326-6440
rbierbau@umich.edu
More Information: www.snre.umich.edu/faculty-staff-directory/
faculty-detail.php?faculty_id=178
PIO Contact: Ginger Pinholster
202-326-6440
gpinhols@aaas.org
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Dr. Rosina Bierbaum is dean of the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) at the University of Michigan. Prior to joining SNRE, Bierbaum was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as associate director at the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). During her tenure at the White House, she provided scientific input and guidance on numerous environmental issues, including ecosystem management, environmental monitoring, natural hazards, endocrine disrupters, global change, air and water quality, endangered species, biodiversity, and energy research and development. Bierbaum worked closely with the President's National Science and Technology Council and co-chaired its Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources, which coordinated the $5 billion federal research and development efforts in this area. She led several U.S. delegations to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and headed the U.S. Delegation for the U.S./China bilateral on Climate Science.
Bierbaum was recently elected to the boards of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Energy Foundation, and the Federation of American Scientists. She serves as the U.S. Scientific Expert, Permanent Court of Arbitration of Disputes Relating to Natural Resources and/or the Environment, in Hague, on the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of the National Research Council of the National Academies; the Executive Committee of the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan; the oversight Committee of the Environmental and Energy Study Institute; the Design Committee for "The State of the Nation's Ecosystems" at the H. John Heinz III Center; and the Advisory Board for Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment, a new journal of the Ecological Society of America. Bierbaum received a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in English from Boston College and a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution from the State University of New York, Stony Brook.
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