Katie Cramer is an Assistant Research Professor  at the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University and an Ocean Science Fellow at the Center for Oceans at Conservation International. Her work focuses on reconstructing the past history of marine ecosystems and predicting their future fates to inform conservation. Other research interests include marine biogeography, fisheries science, and marine policy. She received her Ph.D. from Scripps Institution of Oceanography  in 2011.