SCIENCE ADVISORY PANEL
The Science Advisory Panel provides support to Task Force leadership and work groups for science-based decision making to inform stewardship now and in the future, including translating scientific findings related to agency programs and identifying research gaps.
Products and Resources
Work Group Facilitator
Jennifer Smith, USDA California Climate Hub
Staff Scientist
MV Eitzel, UC Berkeley
Work Group Staff Scientists
John Battles, UC Berkeley
Steve Ostoja, USDA California Climate Hub
Members
- Adam Moreno, California Air Resources Board: Landscape Ecology and climate science
- Alexandra Syphard, Conservation Biology Institute
- Andrew Latimer, UC Davis
- Becky Estes, U.S. Forest Service Region 5
- Brandon Collins, U.S. Forest Service Region 5
- Chris Fettig, U.S. Forest Service PSW Research Station
- Chris Keithley, CAL FIRE FRAP: Forestry and vegetation management
- Derek Young, UC Davis
- Emily Schlickman, UC Davis
- Francisco Escobedo, U.S. Forest Service PSW Research Station: Urban and community forestry, ecosystem services
- Juliann Aukema, U.S. Forest Service PSW Research Station: Landscape ecology and conservation biology
- Lara Kuppers, UC Berkeley: Climate-ecosystem interactions
- Lenya Quinn-Davidson, UC Cooperative Extension – Fire Advisor: Fire ecology and management
- Malcolm North, U.S. Forest Service PSW Research Station: Forest ecosystems
- Megan Jennings, San Diego State University
- Natalie van Doorn, U.S. Forest Service PSW Research Station
Research Station: Urban and community forestry, forest ecosystems - Nicole Molinari, U.S. Forest Service Region 5: Vegetation ecology and chaparral ecosystems
- Ramona Butz, U.S. Forest Service Region 5: Vegetation and fire ecology
- Roger Bales, UC Merced
- Safeeq Khan, UC Cooperative Extension & UC Merced: Forest hydrology
- Scott Stephens, UC Berkeley: Fire science
- Tirtha Banerjee, UC Irvine: Atmospheric science and wildfire modeling
- Yana Valachovic, UC Cooperative Extension – Forest Advisor: Forestry and vegetation management
- Yufang Jin, UC Davis: Remote sensing and spatial informatics