mickey rogers

Born in Ohio and raised along the Lake Erie coast, Mickey turned her love for water into an actionable science policy career. Mickey Rogers, Ph.D. is an atmospheric chemist and was most recently a Research Fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory where she led novel, nature-based carbon capture research on airborne algae to unravel the complex interactions between ocean and climate. Co-Founder of the Pacific Northwest Hub of Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) and now Co-Chair of the SOA DMV Hub—part of the world’s largest youth-led ocean advocacy network—Mickey has spearheaded outreach initiatives from deep-sea conservation to hands-on science briefings with members of Congress. Mickey is now a Science, Technology, and Policy Fellow with the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is working at the Department of Energy. Passionate about science education, she champions research at the ocean-climate nexus and advocates for the seamless integration of scientific evidence into policy.