Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Linda Mearns

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In memoriam

Linda Mearns, who passed away in January 2025, was director of the Regional Climate Uncertainty Program (RCUP) and served as director of the Weather and Climate Impacts Assessment Science Program (WCIASP) for 15 years. She was also head of the Regional Integrated Sciences Collective (RISC) within the Information Systems Division (ISD) of the Computational and Information Systems Lab, and senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado.

She served as director of the Institute for the Study of Society and Environment (ISSE) for three years ending in April 2008. Linda was an active Nelson Institute Board of Visitors member from 2018 to 2024 and will be deeply missed.