Cecilia Bitz

Cecilia M. Bitz
BornMarch 4, 1966
Alma materOregon State University (BA)

University of Washington (MA)

University of Washington (PhD)
OccupationProfessor at the University of Washington
AwardsAmerican Geophysical Union Fellow

American Meteorological Society Fellow

Rosenstiel Award in Atmospheric Science and Oceanography

Cecilia M. Bitz is an American climatologist known for her research on sea ice and high-latitude climate change. She is a professor and chair in the Atmospheric Sciences Department, as well as the director of the Program on Climate Change at the University of Washington.[1] She was featured on NPR's All Things Considered segment to speak about factors that lead to sea ice loss in 2007,[2] and testified before the United States Senate committee of Energy and Natural Resources on arctic opportunities in 2015.[3]

  1. ^ "Cecilia Bitz". UW News. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  2. ^ "Mix of Factors Led to Record Arctic Ice Melt in 2007". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  3. ^ DeBonis, Mike (March 5, 2015). "On snowy D.C. day, Senate hearing on the Arctic turns to climate change". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 11, 2018.