Dr. Alanna L Lecher is an Associate Professor of Environmental Science & Policy at Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL, USA. She also serves on the Board of Directors Member of the Florida Undergraduate Research Association. She received her B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg in 2010, and her Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2015. She joined Lynn University as an Assistant Professor in 2016 and became an Associate Professor in 2021. Dr. Lecher’s area of focus is biogeochemistry, which focuses on how humans, biology, and geology alter the chemical cycles of the earth. She has conducted studies all over the world including the Arctic Ocean, the California coast, the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of Aqaba in Israel, and at Lynn University in and around Florida.