Dr. Ryan Longman serves as the Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center University Consortium Program Director, implementing all programs defined in the university consortium host agreement. He is also an associate climatologist at the Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) and graduate faculty in the Department of Pacific Island Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Dr. Longman completed his MA and PhD degrees in geography at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa with a focus on climate science. He has worked as a lecturer within the University of Hawai‘i system, where he has taught numerous classes on climate, water resources, and the natural environment. He has also conducted research on a wide range of projects related to climate mapping and attribution to observed change. He currently co-leads the development of the Hawai‘i Climate Data Portal and the Pacific Drought Knowledge Exchange.

Ryan has extensive experience working in the field of climate finance and has assisted in the development and delivery of a specialized project preparation training course that has been delivered to hundreds of young professionals from across the Indo-Pacific. He has earned numerous grants to support climate adaptation work around the world.