Impacts and Adaptation Research

Understanding the effects of climate change on our world is an integral prerequisite for going forward with any policymaking or technological development. Our research spans across a spectrum of issues, from plant ecology to natural disasters. This expansive research allows us to fully comprehend the current impacts and estimate the future ramifications of climate change.

Adaptations and Impacts Faculty    

Richard Ambrose Professor
Environmental Science and Enginerring
rambrose@ucla.edu
(310) 206-1984
Expertise: Biodiversity, Resource Management, Restoration

Jeanne Arnold Professor
Anthropology
jearnold@ucla.edu
(310) 206-5801
Expertise: Biodiversity, Health/Disease, Agriculture

Paul Barber Associate Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology paulbarber@ucla.edu
Phone: 310-794-5349
Fax: 310-206-3987
Expertise: Biodiversity, tropical marine environments

Wolfgang Buermann Adjunct Assistant Professor
Institute of the Environment
buermann@ucla.edu
(310) 825-1751
Expertise: Biodiversity, Water, Agriculture

Felipe Caro Assistant Professor
Anderson School of Management
fcaro@anderson.ucla.edu
(310) 206-0416
Expertise: Biodiversity, Industrial Engineering, Resource Management

Arthur K. Cho Professor Emeritus
Environmental Health Sciences
acho@mednet.ucla.edu
(310) 825-6567
Expertise: Health/Disease, Air Pollution

Peggy Fong Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
pfong@biology.ucla.edu
(310) 825-5444
Expertise: Biodiversity, Marine Ecology, Coastal Ecosytems

John Froines Professor
Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences
jfroines@ucla.edu
(310) 206-6141
Expertise: Industrial Hygiene, Air Pollution, Risk Factors

Thomas W. Gillespie Associate Professor
Geography
tg@geog.ucla.edu
(310) 825-1818
Expertise: Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing, Biogeography

Hilary Godwin Professor
Environmental Health Sciences
hgodwin@ucla.edu
(310) 794-9112
Expertise: Environmental Chemistry, Heavy Metals

Henry Hespenheide Professor Emeritus
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
hahiii@ucla.edu
(310) 825-3170
Expertise: Biodiversity, Insect Ecosystems

Dave Jacobs Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
djacobs@ucla.edu
(310) 206-7885
Expertise: Evolutionary History Reconstruction

Andre Nel Professor
NanoMedicine
anel@mednet.ucla.edu
(310) 825-6620
Expertise: Air Pollution, Immunology

Park Nobel Professor Emeritus
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
psnobel@biology.ucla.edu
(310) 206-3903
Expertise: Biodiversity, Plant Ecology

Cully Nordby Academic Director
Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
nordby@ucla.edu
(310) 267-5607
Expertise: Biodiversity, Conservation, Behavioral Ecology

Gregory S. Okin Associate Professor
Geography
okain@ucla.edu
(310) 206-5976
Expertise: Geomorphology, Soils, Vegetation, Arid and Semi-arid Regions

Antony R. Orme Professor
Geography
orme@geog.ucla.edu
(310) 825-1516
Expertise: Geomorphology, Tectonism, Environmental Change, Coastal Sciences

Philip Rundel Distinguished Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
rundel@biology.ucla.edu
(310) 825-4072
Expertise: Biodiversity, Ecosystems

Sassan Saatchi Researcher
Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
ssaatchi@ucla.edu
(310) 206-6234
Expertise: Land Use

Laurence C. Smith Professor
Geography
lsmith@geog.ucla.edu
(310) 825-3154
Expertise: Agriculture, Hydrology

Thomas Smith Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biolgoy
tbsmith@ucla.edu
(310) 206-4712
Expertise: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Tropics

Victoria Sork Professor, Dean of Life Sciences
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
vlsork@ucla.edu
(310) 825-7755
Expertise: Biodiversity, Conservation

Keith D. Stolzenbach Professor
Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering
stolzenb@seas.ucla.edu
(310) 206-7624
Expertise: Water, Pollution, Hydrologic Processes

Mel Suffet Professor
Environmental Science and Engineering
msuffet@ucla.edu
(310) 206-8230
Expertise: Organic Compounds, Pollution, Water Treatment Systems

Catherine Sugar Assistant Professor
Biostatistics
csugar@ucla.edu
(310) 794-1078
Expertise: Health/Disease

Aradhna Tripati Assistant Professor
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
ripple@zephyr.ess.ucla.edu
Expertise: Carbon Cycle, Geochemistry, Sedimentary Record

Blaire Van Valkenburgh Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
bvanval@ucla.edu
(310) 794- 9398
Expertise: Biodiversity, Ecology

Richard Vance Professor Emeritus
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
rvance@ucla.edu
(310) 825-2685
Expertise: Biodiversity, Ecology

John Wasson Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry
jtwasson@ucla.edu
(310) 825-1986
Expertise: Natural Resources, Cosmochemistry

William Yeh Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
williamy@seas.ucla.edu
(310) 825-2300
Expertise: Water Use and Resources