Hello and thanks for your interest! If you would like to join my research group, please take a look below for some useful information.
Master’s degrees: The Bren School offers professional Master’s degrees in Environmental Science & Management that are course-work and group project based. If you are interested in the Master’s program, please see here . If you are currently a Bren MESM interested in doing agriculture/ecology research as an independent study or summer RA, please email me.
Prospective PhD students:
If you are interested in pursuing a PhD at the Bren School, please contact me early (summer, early fall) with a short description of your research interests, professional goals and why this lab is a good fit. Please also attach your CV. My work is mostly computer based, and I am seeking to recruit creative students with strong computational, GIS, or statistics/econometric backgrounds and/or interests.
Funding: I will work diligently to secure funding for PhD research, and I expect students to do the same. With that in mind, to be strong candidate for my lab requires students apply for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (due early October) and/or other funding as relevant to their interests and eligibility (e.g. EPA STAR, NDSEG, NIH, Ford Fellowship). I am happy to work with prospective students to develop a strong proposal so please email me early.
Research Topics: I encourage students to take ownership of their project fully. I embrace diverse disciplinary and interdisciplinary interests in ecology, economics, public health and geography. As noted above, my work is computer based and my ability to support students parallels this focus. If you do not have a strong computational/quantitative background, but are determined to obtain those skills, please email me. I strongly encourage students to pursue skills-based coursework during their PhD studies, particularly if they have sufficient funding and motivation to gain in-depth training. If your interests are primarily field based, I encourage you to contact one of the many fantastic field ecologists in Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology or one of the many fantastic field-based agroecologists at other UCs.
Thanks for your interest and I look forward to hearing from you.
Master’s degrees: The Bren School offers professional Master’s degrees in Environmental Science & Management that are course-work and group project based. If you are interested in the Master’s program, please see here . If you are currently a Bren MESM interested in doing agriculture/ecology research as an independent study or summer RA, please email me.
Prospective PhD students:
If you are interested in pursuing a PhD at the Bren School, please contact me early (summer, early fall) with a short description of your research interests, professional goals and why this lab is a good fit. Please also attach your CV. My work is mostly computer based, and I am seeking to recruit creative students with strong computational, GIS, or statistics/econometric backgrounds and/or interests.
Funding: I will work diligently to secure funding for PhD research, and I expect students to do the same. With that in mind, to be strong candidate for my lab requires students apply for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (due early October) and/or other funding as relevant to their interests and eligibility (e.g. EPA STAR, NDSEG, NIH, Ford Fellowship). I am happy to work with prospective students to develop a strong proposal so please email me early.
Research Topics: I encourage students to take ownership of their project fully. I embrace diverse disciplinary and interdisciplinary interests in ecology, economics, public health and geography. As noted above, my work is computer based and my ability to support students parallels this focus. If you do not have a strong computational/quantitative background, but are determined to obtain those skills, please email me. I strongly encourage students to pursue skills-based coursework during their PhD studies, particularly if they have sufficient funding and motivation to gain in-depth training. If your interests are primarily field based, I encourage you to contact one of the many fantastic field ecologists in Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology or one of the many fantastic field-based agroecologists at other UCs.
Thanks for your interest and I look forward to hearing from you.
