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Thomas Harmon

Director
+1 (209) 386-3222
tharmon@ucmerced.edu

Molly Stephens

Executive Director
+1 (209) 761-1165
mstephens3@ucmerced.edu

Melissa Tatham

Business Officer
+1 (209) 285-9447
mtatham@ucmerced.edu

Kristyn Sackett

HR Analyst
+1 (209) 746-9944
ksackett@ucmerced.edu

Anna Boyanovsky

Research Administrator
+1 (209) 413-9882
aboyanovsky@ucmerced.edu

John Abatzoglou

jabatzoglou@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://climatologylab.org/

Adeyemi Adebiyi

aadebiyi@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
https://www.aadebiyi.com/

David Ardell

+1 (209) 228-2953
dardell@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://davidardell.org/

Maria Ayala Astorga

mayalaastorga@ucmerced.edu

Joy Baccei

Director, Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve, UC Merced Natural Reserve System
jbaccei@ucmerced.edu

Jonathan Baldwin

Information Systems Analyst (Westerling Lab)
wbaldwin@ucmerced.edu

Roger Bales

+1 (209) 658-7148
rbales@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://faculty.ucmerced.edu/rbales

Ryan Bart

Assistant Project Scientist (Khan/FEWS Lab), Air Pollution Specialist-California Air Resources Board
rbart3@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
https://ecohydrology.ucmerced.edu/

Michael Beman

+1 (209) 228-4713
mbeman@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://bemanlab.org/

Asmeret Berhe

+1 (209) 228-4712
aaberhe@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://aaberhe.com/news/

Marc Beutel

+1 (209) 228-2229
mbeutel@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
https://sites.ucmerced.edu/beutellab/people/marc-beutel

Khagendra Bharambe

Postdoctoral Scholar (Pathak)
kbharambe@ucmerced.edu

Jessica Blois

+1 (209) 228-2256
jblois@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://jessicablois.com/

Asa Bradman

abradman@ucmerced.edu

Sarah Brown

sbrown36@ucmerced.edu

John Burkhart

+1 (209) 658-7142
jburkhart@ucmerced.edu

Alyssa Carrell

Andres Casas

Abhishek Chakraborty

Postdoctoral Scholar (Khan/FEWS Lab)
achakraborty8@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
https://ecohydrology.ucmerced.edu/

Jay Chamberlin

Chief, Natural Resources Division, California State Parks
+1 (916) 653-9542
jchamberlin@parks.ca.gov

YangQuan Chen

+1 (209) 228-4672
ychen53@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://mechatronics.ucmerced.edu/news

Min Gon Chung

Postdoctoral Scholar
mchung35@ucmerced.edu

Leticia Classen Rodriguez

Environmental Lead- Socio-Environmental and Education Network (SEEN)
lclassen-rodriguez@ucmerced.edu

Jeanette Cobian

jcobian3@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
https://www.cobianresearch.com/

Martha Conklin

+1 (209) 228-4349
mconklin@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://faculty.ucmerced.edu/mconklin/index.html

Michele Conrad

Meghan Cook

Associate Specialist
mcook24@ucmerced.edu

Guotao Cui

Postdoctoral Scholar
gcui3@ucmerced.edu

Lilian Davila

Assistant Research Professor
+1 (530) 574-7303
ldavila@ucmerced.edu

Michael Dawson

+1 (209) 228-4056
mdawson@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://mnd.ucmerced.edu/

Gerardo Diaz

+1 (209) 228-7858
gdiaz@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://faculty.ucmerced.edu/gdiaz

Sarah DuRoff

Academic Coordinator, Assistant Project Scientist (Kolden Lab)
sduroff@ucmerced.edu

Michael Eaton

Owner of Kingbird Farms
+1 (209) 810-8388
kingbirdfarms@gmail.com

Max Erikkson

Assistant Project Scientist
meriksson2@ucmerced.edu

Angel Fernandez Bou

SNRI Affiliate (SEEN, Harmon Lab), Senior Climate Scientist
afernandezbou@ucmerced.edu

Henry Forman

+1 (209) 228-4370
hforman@ucmerced.edu

Carolin Frank

+1 (209) 228-4153
cfrank3@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
https://acarolinfrank.com/

Teamrat Ghezzehei

+1 (209) 228-4711
taghezzehei@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
https://soilphysics.ucmerced.edu/

Keith Gilless

Dean, College of Natural Resources, and Professor, Forest Economics, UC Berkeley
+1 (510) 642-7171
gilless@berkely.edu

Jan Goggans

+1 (209) 205-8218
jgoggans@ucmerced.edu

Weichao Guo

Postdoctoral Scholar
wguo5@ucmerced.edu

Qinghua Guo

+1 (209) 228-2911
qguo@ucmerced.edu

Qinghua Guo

Spatial Analysis & Remote Sensing Lab
+1 (209) 228-2911
qguo@ucmerced.edu

Han Guo

Postdoctoral Scholar (Bales/McKuin Lab)
hguo6@ucmerced.edu

Tom Harmon

+1 (209) 228-4337
tharmon@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
https://eng.ucmerced.edu/harmon

Caryl Hart

Chair of the California State Park and Recreation Commission

Stephen Hart

+1 (209) 228-4656
shart4@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://faculty.ucmerced.edu/ecosystemecology

Peter Hartsough

Assistant Project Scientist (Khan/FEWS Lab)
phartsough@ucdavis.edu
Lab link:
https://hartsough.lawr.ucdavis.edu/

Katherine Hegewisch

Assistant Project Scientist (Abatzoglou Lab)
khegewisch@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
https://www.climatologylab.org/

Savina Hernandez

Program Specialist
+1 (209) 658-8395
shernandez52@ucmerced.edu

Erin Hestir

ehestir@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
https://eorsblog.wordpress.com/blog/about/

Kathleen Hull

+1 (209) 228-4026
khull3@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://faculty.ucmerced.edu/khull3

Carolyn Hunsaker

chunsaker@ucmerced.edu

Samuel Ikendi

SNRI Affiliate
sikendi@ucmerced.edu

Breeanne Jackson

Director, Yosemite & Sequoia Field Stations
bjackson10@ucmerced.edu

Jeffrey Jenkins

+1 (209) 228-4400
jeff.jenkins@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://faculty.ucmerced.edu/jeff.jenkins/

Prakash Jha

Assistant Project Scientist, UCANR
pjha4@ucmerced.edu

Panmei Jiang

Postdoctoral Scholar (Bales Lab)
pjiang6@ucmerced.edu

Andrea Joyce

+1 (209) 777-5837
ajoyce2@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://faculty.ucmerced.edu/ajoyce2

Dmitri Kalashnikov

Postdoctoral Scholar (Abatzoglou Lab)
dkalashnikov@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
https://www.climatologylab.org/

Catherine Keske

+1 (970) 372-7966
ckeske@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://www.catherinekeske.com/

Safeeq Khan

Associate Professor
+1 (209) 386-3623
msafeeq@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://ecohydrology.ucmerced.edu/

Neil Khapre

Student Assistant
snrirequests@ucmerced.edu

Crystal A. Kolden

ckolden@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://www.pyrogeographer.com/

Lara Kueppers

+1 (510) 486-5813
lmkueppers@lbl.gov

Sarah Kurtz

+1 (303) 881-5085
skurtz@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://faculty.ucmerced.edu/skurtz/index.html

Nicole Lambrou

Assistant Project Scientist (Kolden Lab)
nlambrou2@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://www.pyrogeographer.com/research.html

Valerie Leppert

+1 (209) 228-4365
vleppert@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://www.ucmerced.edu/content/valerie-leppert

Xiaoxuan Li

Postdoctoral Scholar (Ghezzhei Lab)
xli139@ucmerced.edu

Jian Lin

Postdoctoral Scholar
jlin270@ucmerced.edu

Claire Lukens

clukens@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
https://claireelukens.com/

Kaitlin Maguire

kmaguire@ucmerced.edu

Jessica Malisch

Associate Director, UC Merced NRS
jmalisch@ucmerced.edu

Samuel Markolf

smarkolf@ucmerced.edu

Jaymee Marty

Senior Ecologist at Vollmar Natural Lands Consulting
+1 (916) 596-6671
jmarty@tnc.org

Teenie Matlock

+1 (209) 228-2954
tmatlock@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://faculty.ucmerced.edu/tmatlock/index.html

Brandi McKuin

Associate Project Scientist
bmckuin@ucmerced.edu

Josué Medellín-Azuara

+1 (209) 228-3636
jmedellin-azuara@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://wsm.ucmerced.edu/

Xiande Meng

Research Data Analyst
xmeng@ucmerced.edu

Jeanne Milostan

jmilostan@ucmerced.edu

Emily Moran

+1 (209) 228-2423
emoran5@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
https://sites.google.com/site/moranplantlab/

J. Andres Morande Lecaros

Academic Coordinator (Harmon/Medellín-Azuara Labs)
jmorande@ucmerced.edu

Deb Morrison

Academic Coordinator (Osborne Lab)
eddeb@ucmerced.edu

Nick Morrow

Academic Coordinator (Beutel Lab)
nmorrow@ucmerced.edu

Richard Moss

Principal at Provost and Pritchard Consulting Group
+1 (559) 636-1166
rmoss@ppeng.com

Andrew Moyes

amoyes@ucmerced.edu

Holley Moyes

hmoyes@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
https://faculty.ucmerced.edu/hmoyes/

Philip Myint

SNRI Affiliate
myint1@llnl.gov

Aliva Nanda

Postdoctoral Scholar
ananda2@ucmerced.edu

Saswata Nandi

Postdoctoral Scholar (Khan/FEWS Lab)
snandi4@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
https://ecohydrology.ucmerced.edu/

Colleen Naughton

+1 (209) 259-8651
cnaughton2@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://fews-us.org/

Clarissa Nobile

+1 (209) 228-2427
cnobile@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://faculty.ucmerced.edu/nobilelab

Peggy O'Day

+1 (209) 228-4338
poday@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://www.ucmerced.edu/content/peggy-oday

Joshua Olsen

Postdoctoral Scholar
joshuaolsen@ucmerced.edu

Tracey Osborne

tosborne@ucmerced.edu

James Palko

jpalko@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://poroustransport.weebly.com/

Tapan Pathak

Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension
+1 (209) 228-2520
tpathak@ucmerced.edu

Norman Pelak

Postdoctoral Scholar
npelak@ucmerced.edu

Michael Pickard

Mt. Whitney Region Representative, Sierra Nevada Conservancy (2017)
michael.pickard@sierranevada.ca.gov

Michael Pickard

+1 (209) 742-0487
michael.pickard@sierranevada.ca.gov

Nigel Quinn

Earth Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
+1 (510) 486-7152
nquinn@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
https://profiles.lbl.gov/18875-nigel-quinn

Nicole Rangel

Postdoctoral Scholar
nrangel3@ucmerced.edu

David Rheinheimer

drheinheimer@ucmerced.edu

Robert Rice

Associate Teaching Professor
+1 (209) 228-4397
rrice@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://www.ucmerced.edu/faculty/directory/robert-rice

Wolfgang Rogge

+1 (209) 228-4543
wrogge@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://www.ucmerced.edu/content/wolfgang-f-rogge

Erik Rolland

+1 (209) 228-4296
erolland@ucmerced.edu

Rebecca Ryals

+1 (570) 269-4145
rryals@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
https://ryalslab.com/

Blaz Serna

bserna@ucmerced.edu

Jason Sexton

+1 (209) 228-2426
jsexton2@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://sextonlab.ucmerced.edu/

Shankar Sharma

Associate Project Scientist
ssharma3@ucmerced.edu

Edward Smith

Regional Ecologist, Central Valley and Mountains Region, The Nature Conservancy in California
+1 (916) 449-2854

Molly Stephens

Executive Director
+1 (209) 761-1165
mstephens3@ucmerced.edu

Este Stifle

Central California District Manager for the Bureau of Land Management
+1 (916) 978-4626
stifle@blm.gov

Jim Stinecipher

Assistant Specialist
jstinecipher@ucmerced.edu

Samrajya Thapa

Postdoctoral Scholar (Cobian Lab)
sthapa3@ucmerced.edu

Melissa Thaw

SNRI Affiliate
mthaw@ucmerced.edu

Samuel Traina

+1 (209) 228-7964
straina@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://www.ucmerced.edu/content/samuel-j-traina

Joshua Viers

+1 (209) 591-8423
jviers@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://vicelab.ucmerced.edu

LeRoy Westerling

+1 (209) 756-8793
awesterling@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://ulmo.ucmerced.edu/

LeRoy Westerling

+1 (209) 756-8793
awesterling@ucmerced.edu

Emily Williams

Postdoctoral Scholar (Abatzoglou Lab)
emilywilliams@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
https://www.climatologylab.org/

Emily Wilson

Roland Winston

+1 (209) 228-4346
rwinston@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
http://www.ucmerced.edu/content/roland-winston

Yang Yang

Postdoctoral Scholar
yyang103@ucmerced.edu

Cong Yin

Postdoctoral Scholar (Abatzoglou Lab)
congyin@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
https://www.climatologylab.org/

Xuan Zhang

xzhang87@ucmerced.edu
Lab link:
https://sites.ucmerced.edu/xzhang-lab