Lekelia “Kiki” Jenkins is a senior sustainability scientist and associate professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University. She was previously an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the National Marine Fisheries Service, where she helped implement new regulations to address bycatch and illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing by foreign nations.

Jenkins is an expert in marine conservation, focusing on how people affect and are affected by the ocean. She specializes in fisheries (U.S. and international) and the use of technology for conservation, especially to prevent unintended catch (bycatch) of sea turtles and other species. She can speak about marine habitat protection, tidal energy, and the role of users and stakeholders in technical decision-making. Her research includes field sites along the southeast and west coasts of the United States, along the Gulf of Mexico, in Ecuador and in Costa Rica. Kiki also researches the role of science dance in social change.

In 2006, Jenkins received a Ph.D. in marine conservation from Duke University. She recently published “Fish, finances, and feasibility: Concerns about tidal energy development in the United States” (2019).

Expertise: Marine conservation, marine biology, environmental conservation, sustainability, fisheries and fishing gear, tidal energy, marine renewable energy, marine habitat protection, science dance

Location: Tempe, Ariz.

Email: kiki.jenkins@asu.edu

Phone: (480) 727-4521

Twitter: @Kiki_Jenkins

Speaking at the National Climatic Data Center: Meyerhoff 20th Oral Presentation