Dr. Kate Brauman

Dr. Kate Brauman is the Deputy Director at the Global Water Security Center at the University of Alabama. Brauman leads a team translating and interpreting water, climate, and environmental data to improve national security. Prior to this, she was a 2020-21 Water and Climate Resilience Fellow at the US Department of Defense through a AAAS Science Technology Policy Fellowship, where she worked on water resilience at military installations. Brauman’s academic research includes assessment of worldwide trends in water consumption and availability, irrigation and agricultural water use, and the science and implementation of investments in watershed ecosystem services. She was a coordinating lead author for the 2019 Global Assessment of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), a section lead for the 2021 UNEP Global Synthesis Report “Making Peace with Nature”, and a 2018 AAAS Leshner Leadership Fellow for Public Engagement. Brauman received her undergraduate degree from Columbia University and her doctorate from Stanford University’s Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources.