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Bruce A Thompson

Bruce A Thompson

Jewish Studies Academic Advising Coordinator, Continuing Lecturer

History Department, Literature Department

Areas of expertise: California History, Climate Change, Environmental History, European Studies, Film, History, Jewish Studies and Judaism, Religion and Secularism, War


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D., Stanford University


Areas of expertise: Climate Change, Earth Sciences, Geology, Hydrology, Marine Sciences, Ocean Studies, Oceanography, Water


Biography, Education and Training

B.A., Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara (1965) Ph.D., Oceanography, Oregon State University (1968)


Areas of expertise: Plant Sciences, Ecology, Biology, Climate Change, Plant Biology


Biography, Education and Training

Hon. B. Arts and Science, McMaster University, Canada M.Sc., University of Toronto, Canada Ph.D., University of Utah Post-doctorate, Miller Institute for Basic Research, University of California, Berkeley

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Andrew Fisher

Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences

afisher@ucsc.edu

831-459-5598


Areas of expertise: Climate Change, Law and Policy, Environmental Policy, Energy, Water Policy and Management


Biography, Education and Training

A.B., Human Biology (Energy and Environment: Planning and Policy), Stanford University M.S., Civil Engineering (Infrastructure Planning and Management), Stanford University Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Energy and Environmental Planning), Stanford University J.D., School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California, Berkeley (Environmental Law Certificate)

Eric Palkovacs

Eric Palkovacs

Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives, Director, Fisheries Collaborative Program; Associate Director, Institute of Marine Sciences

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department, IMS-Fisheries Collaborative Program, Office of Research

Areas of expertise: Biology, Climate Change, Coastal Science, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Evolution, Fisheries, Genetics, Water


Biography, Education and Training

B.S. University of Michigan Ph.D. Yale University


Areas of expertise: Climate Change, Atmospheric Science


Biography, Education and Training

B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada M. Sc., Ph. D., Environmental Engineering Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

Jeffrey Bury

Jeffrey Bury

Department Chair and Professor, Faculty Director, Center for Integrated Spatial Research (CISR)

Environmental Studies Department

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Jeffrey Bury

Professor

jbury@ucsc.edu

831-459-3685


Areas of expertise: Climate Change, Political Economy of Development, Geographic Information Systems, Glaciers, Conservation, Environmental Justice, Sustainability


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder M.A., The American University Honors B.A., University of Utah

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Renee Wall

Assistant Director, PBSci Communications

rbwall@ucsc.edu

831-459-5238


Areas of expertise: Paleontology, Geochemistry, Ecology, Earth Sciences, Climate Change


Biography, Education and Training

B.A., University of Rochester M.S., Ph.D., University of Michigan Postdoc., National Museum of National History, Smithsonian Institution Postdoc., Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Science  

Ruth Langridge

Ruth Langridge

Researcher, Continuing Lecturer

Politics Department, Legal Studies

Areas of expertise: Environmental Policy, Legal Studies, Water, Natural Resource Management, Climate Change


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) MS Oregon State University College of Forestry, Department of Forest Resources. MAT Harvard University, Graduate School of Education


Areas of expertise: Statistics, Data Studies, Climate Change, Mathematical Modeling


Biography, Education and Training

Bruno Sansó is Professor of Statistics in the Department of Statistics of the University of California Santa Cruz, where he has been part of the faculty since the Fall of 2001. Sansó was chair of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics from 2009 to 2014. Before coming to Santa Cruz, he was a founding member of the Center for Statistics and Mathematical Software as well as of the Department of Scientific Computing and Statistics of&nb... more »

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Michael Loik

Professor

mloik@ucsc.edu

831-459-5785


Areas of expertise: Climate Change, Climatology, Water, Plant Sciences, Plant Biology, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Hydrology


Biography, Education and Training

Postdoc, ESPM&ERG, UC Berkeley  Ph.D., Biology, Univ California, Los Angeles M.Sc., Botany, University of Toronto B.Sc., Biology, University of Toronto

Michael W. Beck

Michael W. Beck

Director, Center for Coastal Climate Resilience & AXA Chair in Coastal Resilience

Institute of Marine Sciences, Coastal Science & Policy Program, Ocean Sciences Department

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mwbeck@ucsc.edu

831-345-0175


Areas of expertise: Coastal Science, Climate Change


Biography, Education and Training

Professor Michael W. Beck is the Director of the Center on Coastal Climate Resilience and AXA Chair in Coastal Resilience at the University of California Santa Cruz and Co-Lead of the NSF CoPe Strong Coasts project. Mike aims to reduce risks to people, property, and nature in his work across science, policy, and practice. Mike served for 20 years as Lead Marine Scientist at The Nature Conservancy. He has advised government agencies in the US, Germany, UK, EU, Philippines, Jamaica, and Grenada, a... more »


Areas of expertise: Climate Change, Earth Sciences, Geochemistry


Biography, Education and Training

B.S., State University of New York, College at Oneonta M.S., University of South Carolina Ph.D., Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan

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Andrew Szasz

Professor Emeritus

szasz@ucsc.edu

831-332-6521


Areas of expertise: Environmental Studies, Environmental Policy, Environmental Justice, Climate Change, Sociology


Biography, Education and Training

B.A., Harvard University, 1969 M.A., University of Chicago, 1971 Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1982


Areas of expertise: Coastal Science, Climate Change, Earth Sciences


Biography, Education and Training

Dr. Borja G. Reguero works on climate change, socioeconomic impacts of coastal hazards, and climate resilience and adaptation, with a special focus on nature-based solutions. His research is centered on ocean climate and the coastal physical processes that govern flooding and erosion impacts to assess how ecosystems influence risk. Borja also works on climate solutions such as the use of ecosystems in climate adaptation; risk financing innovations like the reef insurance in M... more »

David Gordon

David Gordon

Associate Professor

Politics Department

Areas of expertise: International and Global Affairs, Environmental Policy, Urban studies, Climate Change, Comparative Politics


Biography, Education and Training

PhD University of Toronto, Political Science (2016)                                                                           ... more »

Sikina Jinnah

Sikina Jinnah

Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Graduate Faculty of Politics

Environmental Studies Department

Areas of expertise: Climate Change, International and Global Affairs, Environmental Justice, Endangered Species


Biography, Education and Training

Dr. Sikina Jinnah is a Professor of Environmental Studies and Associate Director of the Center for Reimagining Leadership at UC Santa Cruz. Her research focuses on global environmental governance in the areas of climate change, climate engineering, and the nexus between international trade and environmental politics. She is the author or editor of 6 books and over 50 articles and chapters. Her first book Post-treaty Politics (MIT Press) received the 2016 Harold and Margaret S... more »

J. Elliott Campbell

J. Elliott Campbell

Gliessman Presidential Chair in Water Resources and Food Sustainability, Professor

Environmental Studies Department

Areas of expertise: Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Atmospheric Science, Agroecology and Agriculture


Biography, Education and Training

Dr. Elliott Campbell is Professor and Stephen R. Gliessman Presidential Chair in Water Resources and Food System Sustainability in the Environmental Studies Department at UC Santa Cruz. Dr. Campbell's research emphasizes the use of regional and global computer models to extrapolate from small-scale field measurements to policy-relevant spatial scales, particularly within the context of agroecology and global biogeochemical cycles. This work has led to his CAREER award from the National Science F... more »


Areas of expertise: Activism, African Diaspora, Agroecology and Agriculture, Climate Change, Community Studies, Colonialism, Community-based Research, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Cultural Studies, Environmental Justice, Environmental Studies, Indigenous Peoples, International Development, Latin American and Latino Studies, Marxism, Social Justice, Sustainability, Tropical Forest


Biography, Education and Training

Dr. Juli Hazlewood is an Intercultural Geographer and activist, researcher, writer, and educator from Indiana (USA). She is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Roots & Routes IC, an organization dedicated to facilitating the sharing of cultural ways of knowing and compassion between diverse cultures en route to responsibly stewarding a flourishing living world.  For over two decades she has lived and walked with the Chachi, Awá, and Afro-descendant communities of Ecuador’s Pacific Northwes... more »


Areas of expertise: Climate Change, Oceanography, Statistics


Biography, Education and Training

Associate professor, Ocean Sciences Department, UCSC (since 2022) Assistant professor, Ocean Sciences Department, UCSC (2018-2022) Visiting academic, Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton (since 2018) Lecturer, Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton (2013-2018) Postdoctoral researcher, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University (2009-2013) PhD, Water Sciences, INRS-ETE, University of Quebec, 2009 BSc, Statistics, Université Laval, 2003


Areas of expertise: Geochemistry, Climate Change, Ocean Studies, Earth Sciences


Biography, Education and Training

Professor, Ocean Sciences,  University of California, Santa Cruz Associate Professor, Ocean Sciences,  University of California, Santa Cruz Associate Research Professor, Biology and Paleo Environments, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University Assistant Research Professor, Biology and Paleo Environments, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University Postdoctoral Scholar, Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of California, S... more »


Areas of expertise: Anthropology, Archaeology, Animal-Human Relationships, Climate Change, Fisheries, Subsaharan Africa


Biography, Education and Training

  Eréndira M. Quintana Morales is an archaeologist whose research program integrates various anthropological research themes, including the historical ecology of coastal environments, the role of foodways in social identity and interaction, and the application of archaeology towards the conservation of coastal biodiversity and livelihoods. She combines zooarchaeological and community-based research approaches to investigate the social and ecological impacts of human interactions wit... more »


Areas of expertise: Genomics, Evolution, Molecular Evolution, Population Biology, Genetics, Climate Change


Biography, Education and Training

BA, Mathematics and Biology, Brown University (2003)PhD, Genome Sciences, University of Washington (2008)Postdoc, Human Genetics, University of Chicago (2008-2010) Postdoc, Genetics, Stanford University (2010-2013)

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