Zackery Thill , Ph.D., M.S.

Program Integration Specialist Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative

Zack’s professional mission is to help researchers, communities, and decision-makers address complex societal and environmental problems by co-producing knowledge that will contribute to a more equitable and resilient future.

Areas of Expertise

Environmental Justice Science-policy Co-production

Bio

Zack is the climate justice research program integration specialist for the Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative (NCRC), which is a NOAA-funded Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) Program. Zack received his master’s degree from Lund University, Sweden in Human Ecology, where he studied the socio-economic impacts of wetland disappearance on rural communities in Jordan. He received his PhD in Human Geography from the University of Oregon. His research examined the barriers to and possibilities for groups including governmental agencies, Indigenous communities, academics, and NGOs to meaningfully co-produce knowledge on environmental change.