Lisa Palmer is the National Geographic Research Professor of Science Communication at the School of Media and Public Affairs. She is also an award-winning environmental and science journalist, author of HOT, HUNGRY PLANET: The Fight to Stop a Global Food

Lisa Palmer is the National Geographic Research Professor of Science Communication at the School of Media and Public Affairs. She is also an award-winning environmental and science journalist, author of HOT, HUNGRY PLANET: The Fight to Stop a Global Food Crisis in the Face of Climate Change (St. Martin’s Press; 2017), and senior editor and education lead at Planet Forward. Palmer actively participates in the national and international discourse on science, sustainability and the environment through writing and publishing, speaking, developing and leading seminars, and providing analysis.