Emily Pesicka

Dr. Emily Pesicka currently serves as an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) postdoctoral research fellow at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) with an appointment in the Energy Academic Group. Dr. Pesicka is the co-lead of the NPS Climate Security Network. Before her current role, Dr. Pesicka held a teaching position in the Political Science Department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa from 2015 to 2021. Dr. Pesicka's research advances resilience and surprise theories relating to the U.S. military, critical infrastructure systems, and military and civilian communities. Dr. Pesicka's research within the EAG focuses on climate security, energy security, national security, and climate security education.