Clare Fieseler

Clare Fieseler, Ph.D., is an award-winning journalist, ecologist, National Geographic explorer, and alum of the STIA Program. She has written about climate change and oceans for numerous outlets including National Geographic, The Guardian, Slate, Vox, Mother Jones and The Washington Post. She is currently a reporter covering offshore wind for Canary Media, a non-profit news outlet. Prior to that she covered climate and clean energy for POLITICO and was an investigative reporter covering the environment for The Post and Courier. Prior to journalism, Clare completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History and taught in the STIA program. She conducted research on the management of climate-threated marine habitats and co-authored over a dozen scientific publications as well as the book No Boundaries: 25 Women Explorers and Scientists Share Adventures, Inspiration, and Advice. Earlier this year, she co-produced “Nodules,” a short film about deep-sea mining for Scientific American.