Climate change experts

Mark-Battany
Mark Battany

UC Cooperative Extension water management and biometeorology advisor, San Luis Obispo County
(805) 781-5848
mcbattany@ucanr.edu

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Sonja Brodt

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
Life cycle assessment of GHG emissions of California rice, vegetable, and tree crops production systems; carbon footprints of foods and supply chains
(530) 754-8547
sbbrodt@ucdavis.edu

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Ted Grantham

UC Cooperative Extension climate and water management specialist, UC Berkeley
California water management and policy, river science, impacts of climate change on freshwater ecosystems
(510) 664-4664
tgrantham@berkeley.edu

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Katherine Jarvis-Shean

UC Cooperative Extension orchard systems advisor - Sacramento, Solano and Yolo counties
Impact of warming to tree crops (orchards) and adaptation strategies
(530) 377-9528
kjarvisshean@ucanr.edu

Safeeq Khan
Safeeq Khan

UC Cooperative Extension specialist in water and watershed sciences
Understanding the interaction between climate and ecosystems to inform land and water management; hydrology; watershed systems; data-driven numerial modeling
msafeeq@ucanr.edu

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Susan Kocher

UC ANR Cooperative Extension natural resources advisor in the Central Sierra
Fire adapted communities, fire hazard mitigation in forests, post fire restoration
“Living with Fire in the Tahoe Basin” websitehttp://www.livingwithfire.info/tahoe/
(530) 542-2571
sdkocher@ucanr.edu 

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Adina Merenlender

UC Cooperative Extension specialist Environmental Science, Policy and Management
(707) 744-1324
adinam@berkeley.edu

Sarah-Mae Nelson
Sarah-Mae Nelson

Academic coordinator, UC Climate Stewards
UC Environmental Stewards
Evidence-based climate change communication, education, and interpretation; social-emotional resilience; trauma-aware communication and education practices; general climate science; techniques for addressing information disorder
smanelson@ucanr.edu   

Jaime Ott
Jaime Ott

UC Cooperative Extension orchard systems advisor - Tehama, Glenn and Shasta counties
Walnut, prune, almond and olive; Phytophthora
(530) 527-3101
njott@ucanr.edu

Tapan-Pathak
Tapan Pathak

UC Cooperative Extension specialist in climate adaptation in agriculture
Agroclimate metrics, CalAgroClimate tools
(209) 228-2520
tpathak@ucanr.edu

Clarissa Reyes
Clarissa Reyes

UC Cooperative Extension orchard systems advisor - Sutter, Yuba, Butte and Placer counties
Plant-water relations, drought physiology; walnut, peach, kiwifruit
530-822-7515
clareyes@ucanr.edu

Jhalendra Rijal
Jhalendra Rijal

Area IPM (Integrated Pest Management) advisor
Associate director for Ag IPM, UC Statewide IPM Program
Pest monitoring, insect abundance and spatial distribution, behavioral methods of pest management
(209) 525-6800
jrijal@ucanr.edu

Leslie-Roche
Leslie Roche

UC Cooperative Extension specialist
Agricultural, environmental, economic and social aspects of ranching and livestock production
(530) 752-5583
lmroche@ucdavis.edu

Kosana Suvocarev
Kosana Suvocarev

Biometeorology Specialist in Cooperative Extension
Biometeorology, crop water use, greenhouse gas emissions/mitigation/sequestration
(530) 754-1929
ksuvocarev@ucdavis.edu