Dr. Grieman received her B.A. in Public Policy Analysis with an emphasis in Chemistry from Pomona College in 2009. She completed her M.S. and PhD in Earth System System at the University of California, Irvine in 2016, specializing in ice core science. She continued this research as a Postdoc at UC Irvine from 2016-2017. She then worked as a standardized test developer in science education at the American Institutes for Research from 2017-2018. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate, working on the WACSWAIN ice core project.