Carolyn Enquist, Ph.D.
Currently exercising the authority of the Director of the Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center (SW CASC).
Dr. Carolyn Enquist is the Deputy Director of the SW CASC, one of the nine regional centers that form the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Center network.
Carolyn Enquist is the Deputy Director of the Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, and is a US Geological Survey employee based in Tucson, AZ. Over the past two decades, Carolyn has worked for the National Wildlife Federation, the National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service, The Nature Conservancy, The Wildlife Society, and the USA National Phenology Network. She has largely focused on management implications of climate change for biodiversity conservation. She has both led and contributed to numerous peer-reviewed articles and national reports focused on the biodiversity impacts of climate change, practical guidance for conducting vulnerability assessments, and the practice of climate adaptation planning and implementation. She received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in ecology from the University of New Mexico.
