• Cathy Whitlock

    "Awakening to Endless Change"

    Cathy Whitlock

    Dr. Cathy Whitlock is a Regents Professor in Earth Sciences at Montana State University and a Fellow of the Montana Institute on Ecosystems. She fell in love with Yellowstone in the 1980s and, since then, has been doing research there as well as seeking comparisons in other parts of the world.

    Cathy is nationally and internationally recognized for her research and leadership activities in the field of climate and environmental change. She served as lead author of the 2017 Montana Climate Assessment, which has inspired climate-change discussions across the state. In 2018, Cathy became the first person ever from a Montana university to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences.