My research focuses on developing quantitative methods to support climate-ready Ecosystem-Based Management for the North Pacific and Arctic marine ecosystems. I work in multidisciplinary collaborations to provide information, advice, and tools that help resource managers and decision-makers effectively respond to climate change and associated shocks.

Presently, I co-lead the Alaska Climate Integrated Modeling Project, lead the Bering Sea Climate-enhanced multispecies stock assessment, and serve as a regional and national representative for the Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Program and the NOAA Climate Ecosystem and Fisheries Initiative. I also contribute to several national and international climate change strategic initiatives and have co-authored regional, national, and international climate change assessments, including the IPCC WGII 6th Assessment Report and the 5th U.S. National Climate Assessment.

Current projects

• The Alaska Climate Integrated Modeling (ACLIM) Project (co-Lead PI)
• The Alaska Changing Ecosystems & Fisheries Initiative (AK Lead)
• The Alaska Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Program (AK SC lead)
• The CEATTLE Climate-enhanced Multispecies Stock Assessment Model (Lead Author)

• Project overview for ACLIM2 and ACLIM3 : TBD

• The 2023 Multispecies Stock Assessment for the Bering Sea, AK https://github.com/kholsman/2023_Multispp_assessment
• The 2020 CEATTLE ACLIM2 simulations (Holsman et al. 2020) https://github.com/kholsman/ACLIM-CEATTLE
• Repo for ACLIM2 simulations and data wrangling https://github.com/kholsman/ACLIM2
• Repo for the 2023 Tipping Points workshop https://github.com/kholsman/Tipping-Points
• Repo for the ICES workshop for climate aware advice (WKCLIMAD) https://github.com/kholsman/WKCLIMAD