Chief Climate Scientist

Dr. Kevin Reed is the Chief Climate Scientist at the New York Climate Exchange, leading the strategic direction and co-development of research programs with a diverse set of academic, industry, and community partners. After its initial founding, Dr. Reed, served as the Interim Director of Academic, Research, and Commercialization Programs leading the strategic direction and facilitating the co-development of initial programming. Dr. Reed is also the Associate Provost for Climate and Sustainability Programming at Stony Brook University responsible for facilitating and enabling campus-wide activities and initiatives on climate-related topics as the University advances its leadership in climate, sustainability, and solutions. As a Professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, Dr. Reed founded and leads the Climate Extremes Modeling Group, which focuses on investigating how societally-relevant extreme events, such as hurricanes, may change in the coming decades. This research aids in advancing our scientific understanding of the impacts of climate change, as well as developing new methodologies to better translate state-of-the-art science for climate adaptation applications and policies. Dr. Reed received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Atmospheric Science from the University of Michigan, where he also completed a Graduate Certificate in Science, Technology, and Public Policy and his B.S. in Physics.