Ed Kearns

Edward Kearns is currently the Chief Science Officer at First Street, where Edward leads science activities related to quantifying and communicating climate risks. Edward also serves as an Advisory Committee Member for the Climate-related Financial Risk Advisory Committee at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the NASA Applied Sciences Advisory Committee. Edward previously held positions as the Chief Data Officer at the U.S. Department of Commerce and NOAA. Edward has a Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography from the University of Rhode Island and a BS in Physics and Marine Science from the University of Miami.