Krista Romita Grocholski (she/her) is a physical scientist at RAND, a professor of policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, and lead principal investigator of the NOAA Mid-Atlantic Climate Adaptation Partnership (formerly RISA) program called MARISA. Romita Grocholski's work at RAND has been focused on climate adaptation and resilience, non-lethal weapons and intermediate force capabilities, emerging technologies, commercial space, and building data tools/visualizations. Prior to joining RAND, she completed her Ph.D. in observational astronomy at the University of Florida. Romita Grocholski received her M.S. in astronomy from the University of Florida and her B.A. in astronomy and physics from Vassar College.
PhD in astronomy, University of Florida; M.S. in astronomy, University of Florida; B.A. in astronomy & physics, Vassar College
