Garrett M. Albistegui Adler is an interdisciplinary environmental social scientist focused on political and social impacts of climate change and variability, especially links between climatic conditions and violent human conflict. Prior to his graduate work on climate impacts, Albistegui Adler was a public school science teacher in the South Bronx. He holds master’s degrees in political science, climate and society, and science teaching from Stanford University, Columbia University, and the City College of New York, respectively, and a bachelor’s in international relations from Brown University. Albistegui Adler received his PhD in environment and resources from Stanford University.