About Us
Juliette Finzi Hart, Ph.D.
Founder & Director of Research
Juliette Finzi Hart is a nationally recognized sea level rise expert, having co-authored the Coastal Effects Chapter of the Fourth (2018) and Fifth National Climate Assessments (2023) and contributed to California’s Fourth (2018) and Fifth Climate Assessments (2026). She consults with local governments on the use of climate science in local planning. Juliette received her Ph.D. in Ocean Sciences from the University of Southern California, where she then worked as an Assistant Professor of Research and Marine and Climate Science Specialist for USC Sea Grant. She has worked in public service, having previously served as the Director of Outreach for the Coastal Impacts Team at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center and the Program Manager of the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program at the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (formerly Office of Planning and Research). She has also worked in the private sector as the Director of Science Policy and Engagement at Pathways Climate Institute. She launched Thalassa Research Institute in 2024 to continue consulting with and supporting coastal communities in their coastal climate adaptation planning, while pursuing a law degree at the University of San Francisco School of Law.
Charlotte Stevenson, M.S., M.A.
Senior Science Writer & Editor
Charlotte is a science writer and editor with a graduate-level foundation in research science and writing with a strong background in environmental policy and politics. She has a broad portfolio, ranging from programmatic writing, strategic planning, and state- and regional-level technical reports to more creative articles, essays, documentary scripts, and children’s books. Over the last fifteen years, she has written for NOAA, USC Sea Grant, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California Ocean Science Trust, and the Wood River Land Trust. She has published freelance pieces in The Center for Humans and Nature, The Institute for Science and Policy, American Literary Review, UNDARK, The Chestnut Review, Under the Gum Tree, Oceanography Magazine, and The New York Times Online. Charlotte has an M.S. and B.S. in Biology from Stanford University and an M.A. in Science Writing from Johns Hopkins University, where she won the David Everett Award. She was also a 2006 National John A. Knauss Legislative Marine Policy Fellow in Washington, D.C. More of her work is available at: CharlotteStevenson.com