Peter Alagona
Associate Professor & Director of IPEES
Environmental History, History of Science, Wildlife and Endangered Species, and California
People
Faculty
Liz Carlisle
Assistant Professor
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, Regenerative and Organic Agriculture, Food and Agricultural Policy
Jordan Clark
Professor
Geochemistry, Hydrologic Sciences, Tracer Hydrology and Environmental Geology
Carla D'Antonio
Schuyler Professor
Plant and Ecosystem Ecology, Invasive Species, Species Affects on Ecosystem Processes, and Restoration Ecology
Ranjit Deshmukh
Assistant Professor
Energy systems and policy analysis; electricity sector planning, operations, and markets; geospatial analysis of energy resources; energy access in developing regions
Halley Froehlich
Assistant Professor
Marine Ecology, Aquaculture, Fisheries, Climate Change, Ecological Modeling, Data Science, Environmental Physiology and Behavior, Social science
Helene Gardner
(LPSOE) - Lecturer with Potential Security of Employment
Environmental Toxicology, Environmental Chemistry, Air Quality and Pollution
Summer Gray
Assistant Professor
Environment and Society, Infrastructure and Adaptation, Climate Justice Studies
Robert Heilmayr
Assistant Professor
Environmental Economics, Ecological Economics, Land Systems Science
Edward Keller
Professor
Environmental and Engineering Geology, and Geomorphology
Jennifer Martin
(LPSOE) - Lecturer with Potential Security of Employment
Environmental History, Oceans, History of Science
David Pellow
Program Chair and Dehlsen Professor
Environmental Justice Studies, Race and Ethnic Studies, Social Change, and Social Movements
Debra Perrone
Assistant Professor
Water Resources Engineering, Groundwater Science and Policy
Simone Pulver
Associate Professor
Business and the Environment; Global Environmental Politics; Socio-Environmental Systems; Environmental Sociology
Joshua Schimel
Professor, Associate Dean of MLPS
Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology, Microbial Ecology, and Organismal Ecology
Lecturers
Rita Bright
Lecturer
Sea-level Rise and Vulnerability, Coastal and Land Use Policy, Environmental Planning, Rural Resource Management, Urban Planning
Michael Brown
Lecturer
Sustainability Strategy, Goals, and Metrics, Technical Evaluation of Materials and Products, Program Development, and Sustainability Data Development
Jolie Colby
Teaching Associate
Environmental Literacy, Human Wildlife Coexistence, Conservation Education
Thea Cremers
Continuing Lecturer
Gender and the Environment, Anthropology, Tourism, Environmental Justice and Human Environmental Rights
Jonathan Dickstein
Teaching Associate
Hindu Studies, Yoga Studies, Animals and Religion, Comparative Ethics
Matt Fore
Lecturer
Waste Management, Conversion Technology, and Waste Characterization
Matt Guilliams
Lecturer
Botany, Plant Curation & Conservation, California Flora
Jeremy Jacobs
Lecturer
Journalism, Communications, Legal Issues
Shithi Kamal-Heikman
Lecturer
Physical Geography, Remote Sensing of the Environment, Snowmelt Modeling, Flood Hydrology, Rivers, Transboundary Water Sharing, Water Policy
Linda Krop
Continuing Lecturer
Environmental Law, Environmental Policy and Litigation
Manny Kundu
Lecturer
Anthropology, Global Environment and Population Studies
Bridget Lewin
Continuing Lecturer
Environmental Education, Learning Styles, and Instructional Methodologies
Roland Lewin
Lecturer
Environmental Economics, Environmental Policy, Economic Theory
Julie Maldonado
Lecturer
Climate Change and Adaptation; Migration, Displacement, and Resettlement; Disaster Recovery and Risk Reduction
Stephanie Moret
Lecturer
Land Use Impacts on Water Resources, Ecological Connectivity and Sustainable Systems
Lori Pye
Lecturer
Environmental Conservation, Environmental Ethics, and Ecopsychology
Wagner Quiros
Lecturer
Governance, Marine Conservation, Sea Turtle Research, Sustainable Fisheries, Community Base Conservation
Katja Seltmann
Lecturer
Biocollections, Entomology and Hyemenopterology
Daniela Soleri
Lecturer
Food Crop Diversity, Knowledge Systems in Agriculture, "Citizen" and Community Science/Participatory Research, and Food Gardens
Chris Stephens
Lecturer
The Build Environment, Environmental Planning
David Stone
Senior Continuing Lecturer
Urban and Environmental Planning, Environmental Impact Statements, NEPA, and CEQA
Lisa Stratton
Lecturer
Ecological Restoration, Plant Physiology, Water Quality and Ecosystem Management
Kelly Thomasson
Teaching Associate
Sympatric Speciation, Experimental Evolution, Genetics of Adaptation, Yeast Sporulation
Claudia Tyler
Lecturer
Plant Ecology, Ecological Disturbance, and Grassland and Shrublands
Greg Wahlert
Lecturer
Flora of California, Arctostaphylos (Ericaceae), Violaceae, Malvaceae, Flora of Madagascar
Staff
Boris Palencia
Business Officer
Program Management and Budget
Katie Feuerstine
Financial Administrator
Payroll & Kronos Administrator, Financial Administration, Gateway Department Buyer, UC Path Initiator
Robert Guzman
Academic Advisor
General advising for all ES majors, Change of Major petitions
Erinn Magann
Academic Personnel Coordinator
UC Recruit Coordinator - Temporary Lecturers, TA/Associate-In appointment coordinator, Lecturer (non-senate) appointments
Juan Mendoza-Martínez
Student Web Developer
Website Building and Planning, Website Design
Martin Rodriguez
Program Assistant & IPEES Coordinator
Environment and Society PhD Emphasis coordinator, Faculty Instructional Support, Website Management
Vivian Stopple
Financial Analyst
Payroll & Kronos Administration, Financial Administration
Eric Zimmerman
Student Affairs Manager and Internship Director
Internship Program Coordination, Course Scheduling, Alumni/Community Relations, Curriculum Plan, Curriculum Committee Advisor
Research Staff & Postdoctorates
Jason J Benedict
Assistant Research Specialist
Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Remote sensing, Data Analysis & Visualization
Ian Carrillo
NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Environmental Sociology, Race and ethnicity, Economic sociology, Environmental justice, Comparative–Historical, Work and Organizations, Ethnography, Inequality
AFM Kamal Chowdhury
Postdoctoral Researcher
Water-energy Nexus, Power System Simulation, Hydropower, Hydrological Modeling, Stochastic Hydro-climatology
Veronica Jacome
UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow
Critical Geographies, Electric Power Systems, Renewable Energy, Resource Geography, Rural Energy Access, Sustainable Energy Integration
Alex McInturff
Postdoctoral Researcher
Human-wildlife interactions, large carnivore conservation, risk perceptions, social tolerance, environmental justice, geospatial analysis
Dena Montague
Research Associate
Environmental Justice, Food Sustainability, Development and Human Rights, Africa
Emeriti & Retired Faculty
Daniel Botkin
Emeritus Professor
Environmental biology and global ecology
Oliver Chadwick
Emeritus Professor
Soil Sciences, Soil Genesis and Classification, and Advanced Pedology and Geomorphology
David Cleveland
Emeritus Professor
Sustainable, Small-scale Agrifood Systems, Plant Breeding, Local and Scientific Knowledge, Climate Change, Nutrition, and Food Sovereignty
Robert Deacon
Emeritus Professor
Environmental and Resource Economics and Public Economics
Gregory Graves
Continuing Lecturer
Environmental History, California History
Charles Kolstad
Emeritus Professor
Environmental Economics, Environmental Regulation, Climate
Mel Manalis
Professor Emeritus
Wind and Solar Energy Conversion and Assessment, Global Warming, Nuclear Energy, Planning and Economic Evaluation of Renewable Energy
Marc McGinnes
Emeritus
Environmental Law, Policy, and Dispute Resolution
Roderick Nash
Emeritus Professor
Environmental History
Jo-Ann Shelton
Emeritus Professor
Ethical Issues, Human-Animal Relationships
Susan Stonich
Professor Emeritus
Ecological Anthropology, Economic Globalization, Human-Environment Systems, Shrimp Farming, Tourism and Conservation
Paul Wack
Senior Continuing Lecturer
Planning, Agricultural Land Preservation, Environmental Assessment, and Sustainable Communities
Bob Wilkinson
Senior Lecturer Emeritus
Environmental Policy, Water and Watershed Policy, Energy, Climate Change, and Urban Environment
Affiliated Faculty
Mona Damluji
Assistant Professor
Energy Humanities, Film, Middle East Studies, Media History
Darby Feldwinn
Lecturer with Security of Employment
Math and Science Education, and Green Technology
John Foran
Professor
Climate Crisis, Global Climate Justice Movement, and Sustainable Development, and “Building Better Futures”
Ken Hiltner
Professor
Literature, the Medieval Period, and Environmental Initiatives
Jeffrey Hoelle
Associate Professor
Sociocultural Anthropology, Environmental Anthropology, Ethnography, Land Change, Latin America, and the Brazilian Amazon
Hugo Loaiciga
Professor
Planning, Design and Analysis of Water Resources Systems, and Theory and Computational Aspects of Surface and Ground Water Hydrology
Doug McCauley
Assistant Professor
Behavior, Ecosystem Ecology, Marine Biology, Population and Community Ecology
Matto Mildenberger
Assistant Professor
Comparative Politics, Environmental Politics, Public Opinion, Methodology
Russell Schmitt
Professor
Population and Community Ecology, Applied Ecology, Consumer-resource Interactions, Marine Invertebrates and Reef Fishes
Eric R.A.N. Smith
Professor
American Politics, Environmental Politics, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior, Congress, Political Parties
Leah Stokes
Assistant Professor
American Politics, Energy and Environmental Politics, Public Policy, Methodology
Casey Walsh
Professor
Sociocultural Antropology, Political Economy, Mexico-United States Borderlines, Water, Commodities, History and Materialism