Teresa M. Stoepler, Ph.D., is executive director of the InterAcademy Partnership for Policy (IAP-Policy), part of a global network of science, medical and engineering academies that provides advice to international organizations and national governments. She is also a senior program officer with the U.S. National Academy of Sciences where she leads the Pakistan-U.S. Science & Technology Cooperation Program and assists with other international scientific programs. As a member of the Global Young Academy, Teresa co-leads an initiative to re-integrate at-risk and refugee scholars into research in their host countries. Previously, she was an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy Fellow at U.S. Geological Survey where she helped the U.S. government build a standing capacity for strategic science following environmental disasters. In this role, Teresa led the formation of academic partnerships to expedite the formation of “crisis science” teams. She holds a B.S. in Biology and Botany from Humboldt State University and a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the George Washington University. Trained as an ecologist, Teresa’s previous research focused on plant-insect interactions, including pollination, parasitism, and disease ecology in both natural and agricultural systems.