Kimberley R. Miner is a scientist, professor, author, and motivational speaker who has traveled to the Earth's most extreme environments to understand how the planet is changing. Her team's work has reached audiences globally through BBC News, The New York Times, GQ, The Today Show, and a Guinness World Record. She is a fellow with the National Institutes of Health and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and works at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.