Kelly Levin is a doctoral candidate at Yale's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. She is dedicating her research to enhancing the policy response to the problem of climate impacts to biodiversity. Kelly is examining the current disconnect between scientific knowledge and adaptation policies in an effort to recommend prescriptions to advance biodiversity conservation in a changing climate. Prior to returning to Yale for her PhD, Kelly was a climate policy/technical analyst at a non-profit in Boston, Massachusetts where she devoted her time to developing a regional greenhouse gas registry. Kelly holds a B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Yale College and Master of Environmental Management from Yale's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.