Abigail (Abby) J. Lynch is a Research Fish Biologist with the USGS National Climate Adaptation Science Center. She is also the coordinator for the international ‘InFish‘ research network, an Associate Editor for Fisheries Management and Ecology, and a member of the IUCN Fisheries Expert Group. Abby has a BS in biology and BA in English literature from the University of Virginia, an MS in marine science from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science on Atlantic menhaden genetics, and a PhD in fisheries and wildlife from Michigan State University on climate impacts to Great Lakes Lake Whitefish