Dr. Victoria Herrmann

Georgetown University

National Geographic Explorer Victoria Herrmann works with communities across the world on adapting cultural heritage to climate change impacts. Victoria is an Assistant Research Professor at Georgetown University and a Senior Fellow at The Arctic Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to inform policy for a just, sustainable, and secure Arctic. For six years, Victoria served as the Managing Director of The Arctic Institute, where she directed strategic planning and oversaw the implementation of global research partnerships by a 45-person team. As a recognized expert in the field, Victoria has testified before the House and Senate, served as the Alaska Review Editor for the National Climate Assessment, and contributed to national and international media. At Georgetown, she serves as the Principal Investigator of a National Science Foundation-funded Research Coordination Network on Arctic migrations. The three-year initiative aims to build a lasting, policy-oriented network of Arctic scientists to strengthen communication between nations and scientific disciplines. Victoria recently completed a year-long White House Fellowship and was a Junior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Fulbright Awardee to Canada, and a Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellow at the National Academies of Sciences. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge as a Gates Scholar.