Cynthia Rosenzweig

Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig serves as a Senior Research Scientist at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies and an Adjunct Senior Research Scientist at the Columbia Climate School, while also holding a professorship in Environmental Science at Barnard College. Her groundbreaking work, which earned her the 2022 World Food Prize, focuses on investigating climate change impacts on food systems and urban environments. As head of NASA GISS's Climate Impacts Group and co-founder of the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP), she has built a network of over 1,000 researchers worldwide, developing cutting-edge methods for predicting agricultural performance under climate change. Her leadership extends to co-directing the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) and serving as Coordinating Lead Author for multiple IPCC reports, including the Food Security Chapter for the Special Report on Climate Change and Land. Her pioneering research includes completing the first transdisciplinary model projections of climate change impacts on global food production and establishing methodological breakthroughs in climate change impact assessments. As co-chair of the New York City Panel on Climate Change, she has advised on critical infrastructure adaptation while continuing to advance understanding of climate-food system interactions through innovative use of satellite data and modeling. Her farmer-focused research approach has enhanced adaptation interventions across more than 90 countries, significantly influencing global climate policy and agricultural resilience strategies.