Pollution in Pristine Places 

Dr. Ulyana Horodyskyj Peña

Head of Science Communication, North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (NC CASC), University of Colorado Boulder

Ulyana Horodyskyj Peña is a geologist/glaciologist/climate change expert with extensive experience in science communication, as well as previous experience as a research associate with the Alaska Climate Research Center (University of Alaska Fairbanks) and visiting assistant professor in the environmental program with Colorado College. Ulyana received her Masters from Brown University, PhD from CU Boulder, and completed a post-doc at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, with funding for field work provided by National Geographic. In 2013/14, she was the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship and lived abroad in Nepal for 10 months, finishing her PhD and launching a program called The Sherpa-Scientist Initiative, which evolved into a public citizen science initiative called Science in the Wild. Ulyana and her husband, Ricardo, are climbing the 7 Summits, 50 US state highpoints, and Colorado’s 100 highest peaks with their Summits, Songs and Science Project, focused on public education and outreach.