Professor Kyle Whyte
(Citizen Potawatomi Nation)
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), George Willis Pack Professor
Whyte is an internationally recognized scholar and leader in climate adaptation and transformation pathways based in Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences (IESS).
His work informs national and global efforts, including:
2025 - Acting Principal Investigator, Global Center for Climate Change & Transboundary Waters (NSF)
2022 - Lead, Secretariat for the Pathways Alliance for Change and Transformation initiative
Member of the Department of the Interior’s Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Natural Resource Science
Lead author, Status of Tribes and Climate Change report
For more information see Whyte’s: Faculty Profile • ResearchGate
Whyte's leadership is changing how climate scientsist understand problems and consider integrated solutions.