Kristy Mualim – 2025 Wonderfest Science Envoy

Kristy Mualim is a PhD student in the Exposito-Alonso Lab at University of California, Berkeley.

Kristy is interested in understanding how plants adapt to changing climates with a specific focus on developing equitable tools and solutions to aid small-holder farmers in the Global South. With a general interest in building climate resilient communities through adaptation, her projects include developing tools to estimate existing global genetic diversity loss in order to inform biodiversity conservation policy, spearheading citizen science campaigns to identify communities most at-risk during extreme heat waves and developing a documentary focussed on highlighting community leaders tackling local conservation issues in the Bay Area.