Dr. Jane Zelikova is a climate change scientist working at the intersection of climate change science and policy. She holds a bachelor’s degree in ecology from the University of Georgia and a PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of Colorado.

Dr. Jane Zelikova’s work focuses on advancing the science of carbon removal and understanding the impacts of land management on soil carbon sequestration on natural and managed lands.  She is currently the executive director of the Soil Carbon Solutions Center at Colorado State University, where she works with leading scientists to build the tools and approaches needed to accelerate the deployment of credible soil-based climate solutions, measure their impacts, and bring them to scale.