Dr. Tamara Jane Zelikova is an ecosystem scientist working at the intersection of climate science and policy. She earned a PhD from the University of Colorado, has published in scientific journals and popular media outlets and written and contributed to climate policy reports. She was most recently the Chief Scientist at Carbon180, where she focused on scaling engineered and natural carbon sequestration and advancing the science of carbon removal. During the Obama administration, she was a AAAS ST&P fellow at the Department of Energy in the Office of Fossil Energy, working on industrial decarbonization and domestic and international climate policy. She is also the co-founder of 500 Women Scientists.