Justin S. Mankin

Justin Mankin is a PhD candidate in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment & Resources (E-IPER) in Stanford’s School of Earth Sciences. He joins CISAC as a Predoctoral Science Fellow for 2014-2015.

Mankin is a climate scientist. His research aims to constrain the uncertainty essential to understanding and responding to climate change’s impacts on people. His work focuses on two of the major sources of uncertainty in climate impacts assessments: the chaos of the climate system and the complexity of how people respond to climate stress. His hope is that his research can help inform the adaptation and risk management decisions people undertake in response to the uncertain threats from climate change. 

Prior to Stanford he served as an intelligence officer. More recently in 2011, he was asked to return to Afghanistan to serve as an anti-corruption advisor to NATO's ISAF. He holds degrees from Columbia University (BA, MPA) and from the London School of Economics (MSc).