Elizabeth Fly is the coastal climate extension specialist for the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium and the Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments program. She provides science-based information to coastal communities, resource managers, and interest groups in South Carolina and the region, as well as contributes to research motivated by community needs and provides hands-on technical support for coastal climate adaptation issues. She is the lead principal investigator on a NOAA-funded grant investigating the impact of water infrastructure vulnerability from rising sea levels and storm surge on the public health of Charleston, SC, and Morehead City, NC, and is co-chairperson for the Southeast and Caribbean Climate Community of Practice. Liz spent a year in Washington D.C. as a Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, working on ocean and coastal issues for the Third National Climate Assessment. She received her Ph.D. in 2012 in Biological Sciences from the University of South Carolina.