Faculty Directory


Alivisatos, Paul	Chemistry, Professor	Physical Chemistry of Semiconductor Nanocrystals. Optical, electrical, and thermodynamic properties of a new class of materials, semiconductor nanocrystals, are investigated.
Allen-Diaz, Barbara	ESPM, Professor	Barbara Allen-Diaz studies how rangeland ecosystems respond to herbivory, fire, and management. She asks questions about how rangeland plant community distribution is related to physical site variables such as elevation, slope, aspect, soil type, and climate, as well as to biological and management variables such as grazing and fire history, etc. Then she examines whether the patterns in community response are predictable at various scales. She develops plant community models of ecosystem response which are intended to improve land management decision making.
Almeida, Rodrigo	ESPM, Assistant Professor	Rodrigo Almeida's research focuses on the role of insect vectors in the spread of plant diseases. Approaches range from field work on disease spread and vector ecology to basic molecular interactions between vector and pathogen. The ecology of hemipteran insects and associated bacteria (bacterial symbionts) is another area of interest.
Altieri, Miguel	ESPM, Professor	Miguel Altieri's research group uses the concepts of agroecology to obtain a deep understanding of the nature of agroecosystems and the principles by which they function. Throughout their research and writings they have aided in the emergence of agroecology as the discipline that provides the basic ecological principles for how to study, design, and manage sustainable agroecosystems that are both productive and natural resource conserving, and that are also culturally-sensitive, socially-just and economically viable.
Alvarez-Cohen, Lisa	Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor	Her research interests are on the microbial degradation of environmental contaminants in natural and engineered systems with focuses on emerging contaminants and application of innovative molecular tools.
Amundson, Ron	ESPM, Professor	The thin veneer of soil that mantles the earth's surface is an active participant in the world's geochemical cycles and can, if buried, act as a store of information about the earth's past. Ron Amundson's laboratory studies these processes and problems using stable and radiogenic isotope geochemistry.
Aponte, Greg	Nutritional Science and Toxicology, Associate Professor	Regulation of Intestinal Epithelial Cell Differentiation and Proliferation by Release of Bioactive Peptides from the Central nervous system.
Arens, Edward	Architecture, Professor	Current areas of research activity include thermal comfort; buildings and climate; and building energy conservation.
Auffhammer, Maximilian	Agricultural and Resource Economics, Professor	Maximilian Auffhammer's research interests involve environmental economics and econometrics. He teaches intermediate microeconomic theory in the International Area Studies Program and graduate econometrics in ARE.
Bajcsy, Ruzena	Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Professor	Tele-immersive Environments, Computer Vision, AI, Robotics, Sensor Networks
Baldocchi, Dennis D.	ESPM, Professor	The central focus of Dennis Baldocchi's research is on the physical, biological, and chemical processes that control trace gas and energy exchange between vegetation and the atmosphere. A secondary focus of his research is on micrometeorology of plant canopies.
Baldwin, Bruce	Integrative Biology, Professor	biology, systematics and evolution of vascular plants, floristics, conservation biology, evolutionary processes, historical biogeography, evolutionary ecology
Balmes, John R.	Public Health, Professor	Dr. Balmes' laboratory, the Human Exposure Laboratory (HEL), has been studying the respiratory health effects of various air pollutants for the past 15 years. Recently, the HEL has been focusing on the airway inflammatory effects of ozone and fine particles.
Banfield, Jill	ESPM, Professor	Mineralogy, environmental geochemistry, geomicrobiology, and nanogeoscience. Jill Banfield's research group studies interactions between microorganisms and minerals, especially the impact of microorganisms on mineral weathering and crystal growth, biomineralization, and geochemical cycling.
Barnosky, Anthony D.	Integrative Biology, Professor	Anthony Barnosky studies how changes in the physical environment (such as climate change and mountain building) contribute to the evolution of mammal species and faunas at varying temporal and geographic scales. Field aspects of the work include collecting fossils from long stratigraphic sequences that can be well-dated by biostratigraphic, paleomagnetic, or radioisotopic techniques. Lab analyses utilize database and GIS systems to identify faunal changes through space and time; the faunal patterns are then compared with independently identified changes in the physical environment to test various evolutionary and biogeographic predictions.
Barrett, Reginald	ESPM, Professor	The response of terrestrial vertebrates to forest and range management practices, the ecology and management of introduced species, especially feral animals, and the autecology of economically or politically important wildlife, including, fishers, coyotes, pumas, wolverines, deer, elk, wild pigs and wild turkeys.
Bartolome, James	ESPM, Professor	Rangeland ecosystems form extensive wildland landscapes visually dominated by grassland, shrubland, and savanna vegetation. Two important natural processes that control the structure and function of these ecosystems are herbivory and fire. Successful restoration, conservation, and use of rangelands usually requires the use of fire and herbivory and an understanding of vegetation response.
Battles, John	ESPM, Associate Professor	The goal of John Battles' research program is to know how and why forests change. Specifically, He focuses on the nonequilibrium determinants of forest composition, structure and function.
Bea, Robert	Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor	Floating systems, platforms and pipelines, and human and organizational factors in marine systems.
Beall, Frank	ESPM, Professor	Frank C Beall's research examines performance of wood and wood-based materials in structures. Current focus is on improving durability of structures, including an exploration of how they are affected by decay, fire, and earthquakes. His projects include developing recommendations for reducing fire damage of structures in the urban-wildland interface and evaluating seismic performance of wood shear walls, which are critical to earthquake effects on wood-frame buildings.
Beckman, Sara	Haas School of Business, Professor	Innovation and design management, new product development, operations strategy, environmental supply chain management
Beissinger, Steve	ESPM, Professor	Steve Beissinger's research integrates studies of basic processes in behavioral and population ecology, and applied problems in wildlife and conservation biology. A dominant theme that draws his research in conservation biology and ecology together has been to determine the influence of environmental variation on behavior and life histories, to link these processes to population ecology, and to use this knowledge in the management of endangered or commercially valuable wildlife, and threatened ecosystems through the development of quantitative tools.
Berck, Peter	Agricultural and Resource Economics, Professor	Agricultural & Resource Economics, natural resource economics, agricultural production, environmental economics
Berry, William	Earth and Planetary Science, Professor	Major research interests presently are in global climate change and paleogeographic, oceanographic and life changes in the Ordovician and Silurian. The primary focus of his research at present is on the major developments before, during and after the Late Ordovician glaciation.
Biber, Eric	Boalt School of Law, Assistant Professor	Eric Biber is a specialist in conservation biology, land-use planning and public lands law. His principal research interests include environmental and natural resources law, administrative law and property.
Biging, Greg	ESPM, Professor	Biometrics/ecometrics-forest and ecological measurement and modeling, remote sensing-using satellite and camera imagery to monitor forest ecosystems, and photoecometrics-deriving ecological measurements from high resolution digital imagery acquired with aircraft.
Boering, Kristie	Chemistry, Associate Professor Earth and Planetary Science, Associate Professor	We study through atmospheric observations, computer modeling, and laboratory experiments interesting couplings between atmospheric chemistry and climate and their implications for life on earth – from billions of years ago to the near future. We currently have two main foci: Measurements from NASA U2 spyplanes and high altitude balloons, coupled with modeling and analysis, allow us to better quantify the sources and sinks of important direct or indirect greenhouse gases such as CO2, N2O, CH4, and H2 in today's atmosphere. Laboratory experiments simulating the atmospheres of early Earth and Mars allow us to probe whether or not hydrocarbon ("soot") hazes may have provided an additional greenhouse effect or an "antigreenhouse" effect and thereby affected the surface temperatures and the stability of liquid water in the first 2 billion years of these planets' histories.
Boering, Kristie	Chemistry, Associate Professor Earth and Planetary Science, Associate Professor	We study through atmospheric observations, computer modeling, and laboratory experiments interesting couplings between atmospheric chemistry and climate and their implications for life on earth – from billions of years ago to the near future. We currently have two main foci: Measurements from NASA U2 spyplanes and high altitude balloons, coupled with modeling and analysis, allow us to better quantify the sources and sinks of important direct or indirect greenhouse gases such as CO2, N2O, CH4, and H2 in today's atmosphere. Laboratory experiments simulating the atmospheres of early Earth and Mars allow us to probe whether or not hydrocarbon ("soot") hazes may have provided an additional greenhouse effect or an "antigreenhouse" effect and thereby affected the surface temperatures and the stability of liquid water in the first 2 billion years of these planets' histories.
Borenstein, Severin	Haas School of Business, Professor	Electricity deregulation, market formation and competition, US and international airline competition, oil and gasoline market pricing and competition, efficiency and cost-cutting in firms.
Boyer, Elizabeth W.	ESPM, Assistant Professor	Watershed biogeochemistry, eco-hydrology, watershed management, water quality modeling. Research focuses on coupled hydrological and ecological processes that affect water quality (e.g., nutrients, sediments) and water quantity (e.g., streamflow and water yield) issuing from watersheds. Understanding factors affecting conditions and trends in surface waters is increasingly important, providing a scientific basis for design and implementation of policies and land management programs to mitigate the effects of pollution, and to protect, conserve, and restore surface waters.
Brager, Gail	Architecture, Professor	Thermal comfort and adaptation in naturally-ventilated buildings, mixed-mode buildings, indoor envirironmental quality in commercial buildings, web-based surveys, and post-occupancy evaluation of LEED buildings.
Brashares, Justin	ESPM, Assistant Professor	Justin Brashares' research focuses broadly on the ecology, management and conservation of larger vertebrates, particularly mammals.
Bruns, Thomas	Plant and Microbial Biology, Professor	Most of the current and recent work in Thomas Bruns' lab has focused on the ecology and evolution of mycorrhizal fungi. These fungi form symbiotic associations with plant roots, and this interaction represents one of the most widespread and important mutualisms in terrestrial ecosystems.
Caldwell, Roy	Integrative Biology, Professor	Roy Caldwell's research interests lie in invertebrate behavior and ecology with much of my work centering on the behavioral ecology of stomatopod crustaceans, a group of tropical marine predators.
Canny, John	Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Professor	Artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, control, robotics, and biosystems.
Caron, David	Boalt School of Law, Professor	law of the sea, transnational pollution
Carr, Claudia	ESPM, Associate Professor	Claudia Carr is primarily involved in research concerning alternative types of rural development policies in terrestrial (especially drylands and river basin environments) and coastal and offshore resources in the ‘Third World.’
Carson, Cathryn	History, Associate Professor	History of science in Germany and the U.S.; science and politics, including science advising; nuclear waste management.
Casida, John	ESPM, Professor	Environmental chemistry and toxicology; metabolism and mode of action of organic toxicants; mechanisms of pesticide toxicology; insect biochemistry
Castells, Emanuel	City and Regional Planning, Professor Emeritus	Manuel Castells' current research focuses on the social and economic implications of Internet. He is also currently interested in the debate on new development strategies appropriate for the Information Age.
Castells, Emanuel	Sociology, Professor Emeritus	Manuel Castells' current research focuses on the social and economic implications of Internet. He is also currently interested in the debate on new development strategies appropriate for the Information Age.
Cervero, Robert	City and Regional Planning, Professor	Evaluation of San Francisco City CarShare program, Built environments, obesity and fitness in Bogota, Columbia, Jobs-housing and housing-retail balance, impacts of freeway deconstruction on land development and road safety, and accessibility, mobility and sustainability in China.
Chapela, Ignacio	ESPM, Associate Professor	Ignacio Chapela's research delves into the realm of fungi to explore questions such as: Where are fungal individuals in nature? How do they relate to each other? How do they relate to other organisms, particularly plants and arthropods? Epic tales of battle, companionship and long-lasting relationships are common fare in this field.
Chiang, John	Geography, Professor	Tropical climate dynamics, ocean-atmosphere interactions, paleoclimate, climate change, and applications of climate studies to society.
Cohen, Ronald	Chemistry, Associate Professor	Atmospheric Chemistry -- A detailed mechanistic understanding of the potential for human activity to cause global change is being developed. Experiments in Professor Cohen's group address the connection between molecular reactions and regional or global scale atmospheric phenomena.
Cohen, Ronald	Earth and Planetary Science, Associate Professor	Atmospheric Chemistry -- A detailed mechanistic understanding of the potential for human activity to cause global change is being developed. Experiments in Professor Cohen's group address the connection between molecular reactions and regional or global scale atmospheric phenomena.
Collignon, Frederick	City and Regional Planning, Associate Professor	Frederick Collignon's most recent research has included the following: analyses documenting a huge shortage of urban recreational space in most U.S. cities due to increasing recreational activity of women and the loss of active recreational space to development and passive recreational parkland; a comparative study of the metropolitan planning activity by states in Australia; analysis via comparative study of cities in Europe, Australia and the U.S. of the use of hallmark events (such as the Olympics or Worlds' Fairs) for urban redevelopment; and an examination of the reasons behind the increasing financial dependence on public assistance of those with disability, especially the young.
Cuffey, Kurt	Earth and Planetary Science, Professor	Kurt Cuffey's research efforts emphasize environmental change of polar regions, with a focus on glaciologic problems. The choice of polar glaciology reflects the unique and powerful contributions that this subdiscipline makes to environmental change research.
Cuffey, Kurt	Geography, Professor	Kurt Cuffey's research efforts emphasize environmental change of polar regions, with a focus on glaciologic problems. The choice of polar glaciology reflects the unique and powerful contributions that this subdiscipline makes to environmental change research.
Daganzo, Carlos	Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor	Logistics and supply chains, future urban transport, traffic flow theory and control, networks and mathematics.
Daniel T. McGrath	Berkeley Institute of the Environment	Applied econometric analysis of urban economic issues related to the environment; Social value of government investment in ecosystem restoration.
Dawson, Todd	ESPM, Professor	Research in Todd Dawson's laboratory focuses on the interface between plants and their environment. The tools of physiological and evolutionary plant ecology and stable isotope biogeochemistry are currently being applied towards the study and interpretation of this interface.
Dawson, Todd	Integrative Biology, Professor	Research in Todd Dawson's laboratory focuses on the interface between plants and their environment. The tools of physiological and evolutionary plant ecology and stable isotope biogeochemistry are currently being applied towards the study and interpretation of this interface.
De Janvry, Alain	Agricultural and Resource Economics, Professor	Poverty analysis, rural development, quantitative analysis of development policies, impact analysis of social programs, technological innovations in agriculture, and management of common property resources.
De Janvry, Alain	Goldman School of Public Policy, Adjunct Professor	Poverty analysis, rural development, quantitative analysis of development policies, impact analysis of social programs, technological innovations in agriculture, and management of common property resources.
De Valpine, Perry	ESPM, Assistant Professor	Perry De Valpine's research group develops, evaluates, and applies quantitative analysis methods for complex ecological data, with a primary focus on population dynamics.
Deakin, Elizabeth	City and Regional Planning, Professor	Transportation policy, planning and analysis; land use policy and planning; legal and regulatory issues; institutions and organizations; energy and the environment, information technologies.
Depaolo, Don	Earth and Planetary Science, Professor	Don Depaolo's research involves the application of mass spectrometry, radiogenic isotope geochemistry, and principles of physics and chemistry to fundamental problems in geology.
Dietrich, William	Earth and Planetary Science, Professor	William Dietrich's research projects are seeking mechanistic, quantitative understanding of the form and evolution of landscapes. In addition, they are seeking linkages between ecological and geomorphic processes, and building tools to tackle pressing environmental problems.
Dodd, Richard	ESPM, Professor	Richard Dodd's research focus is in two areas: the population and evolutionary genetics of woody plants using molecular and biochemical markers, with particular emphasis on tree species in need of conservation, and genetic adapation in cuticular lipid composition in species under environmental stress.
Doremus, Holly	Boalt School of Law, Faculty Affiliate	Interface of science and law in environmental policy
Dowall, David	City and Regional Planning, Professor	David Dowall's research has focused on both domestic and international land management, housing policy, economic development strategy and infrastructure planning and finance.
Doyle, Fiona	Materials Science and Engineering, Professor	Fiona Doyle's research focuses on solution chemistry in the processing and behavior of minerals, materials, wastes and effluents. The applications range in scale from the templated precipitation of nanoscaled structures, through chemical mechanical planarization in the electronics industry to the remediation of contamination at abandoned and inactive mine sites.
Dracup, John	Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor	Hydroclimatology, surface water hydrology, analysis of large scale water resource systems, analysis of hydrologic and environmental systems, and engineering economics of water resources systems.
Duane, Tim	City and Regional Planning, Associate Professor	Land use and natural resources law, landscape-scale conservation strategies and the relationship between public land and resource management efforts and private land conservation in western North America, growth management and rural land use planning, methods for incorporating environmental factors into infrastructure systems planning, and improving the economic efficiency of environmental law and regulation.
Duane, Tim	Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Associate Professor	Land use and natural resources law, landscape-scale conservation strategies and the relationship between public land and resource management efforts and private land conservation in western North America, growth management and rural land use planning, methods for incorporating environmental factors into infrastructure systems planning, and improving the economic efficiency of environmental law and regulation.
Dwyer, John	Boalt School of Law, Professor Emeritus	the role of risk assessment in environmental policy, the environmental regulation of the mining industry, federalism and environmental law, comparative environmental law, and the implementation of air toxic policy and federal court jurisdiction.
Evans, Peter	Sociology, Professor	The comparative political economy of national development in the Global South (a.k.a. “developing countries"). Currently, he is trying to understand how changes in the way in which the global political economy itself is organized and controlled might better promote the well-being of ordinary citizens (especially in the Global South). This interest is reflected in his ongoing research on the global labor movement.
Fairfax, Sally	ESPM, Professor	Sally Fairfax's research has always focused on public resources, principally those managed by the United States Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Within that broad topic, her interests include legal aspects of resource administration, agency history and culture as it affects management decisions, and the relationship between federal and state governments.
Farber, Daniel	Boalt School of Law, Professor	Environmental and constitutional law as well as contracts, jurisprudence and legislation.
Feldman, Lewis	Plant and Microbial Biology, Professor	Lewis Feldman's lab's interests are in the area of plant development, with an emphasis on meristems, particularly those of roots. They are investigating how the various populations of cells which comprise or surround the meristem interact to control root development, especially patterning.
Firestone, Mary	ESPM, Professor	Interactions of bacteria with the soil environment, microbial community ecology of N and C cycling, and mechanisms of interaction between plant roots and soil microorganisms
Fisher, Anthony	Agricultural and Resource Economics, Professor	Anthony Fisher's current research projects focus on various aspects of the economics of global climate change. Decisions on control of greenhouse gas emissions need to be made today, under uncertainty about potential future damages from warming, and subject to rigidities or irreversibilities in both natural and economic systems. One set of studies looks at the implications of relevant uncertainties and irreversibilities for the timing of climate policy, i.e., how soon and how stringently should we cut back on emissions of greenhouse gases? Further, what general principles for environmental and other decisions under uncertainty emerge from this application to climate policy?
Fleming, Graham	Chemistry, Professor	Chemical and Biological Dynamics in the Condensed Phase -- Ultrafast Spectroscopy combined with theory and simulation is used to investigate many-body dynamics in liquids, solutions, glasses, and proteins, especially photosynthetic proteins.
Fortmann, Louise	ESPM, Professor	Louise Fortmann studies the outcomes of natural resource use and management for individuals and for communities. Her research focuses on addressing questions of gender, property, poverty, community control of natural resources, and knowledge production.
Fraker, Harrison	Architecture, Professor	affordable manufactured housing, urban design, sustainable development and ecological design
Frank, Rick	Boalt School of Law, Lecturer in Residence	environmental law, land use, energy issues and property rights.
Frankie, Gordon	ESPM, Professor	The research focus in Gordon Frankie's lab is on the behavioral ecology and community organization of solitary bee species in selected environments in California and Costa Rica.
Fung, Inez	Earth and Planetary Science, Professor	Climate and biogeochemical cycles. Geophysical fluid dynamics. Large scale numerical modeling. Remote sensing of earth systems. Atmosphere-ocean interactions, and atmosphere-biosphere interactions.
Fung, Inez	ESPM, Professor	Climate and biogeochemical cycles. Geophysical fluid dynamics. Large scale numerical modeling. Remote sensing of earth systems. Atmosphere-ocean interactions, and atmosphere-biosphere interactions.
Gadgil, Ashok	Energy and Resources Group, Adjunct Professor	Ashok Gadgil has active research in energy use and airflows in buildings. He also has long and active research in analysis, research, development and implementation of technologies for improved energy-efficiency and environmental performance in the developing countries, in a range of sectors.
Garbelotto, Matteo	ESPM, Adjunct Assistant Professor	The main interest of Matteo Garbelotto's research is the study of microorganisms, and in particular fungi, in forest systems. One emphasis of his research program has been to elucidate the effects of ecological modifications, whether man-made or natural, in the ecology and the evolution of fungi.
Getz, Wayne	ESPM, Professor	The spread of bovine tuberculosis in the African Buffalo in Kruger National Park, forecasting HIV evolution, ecological function and resilience of acid mine drainage microbial communities, merging dynamical systems modeling and analysis at different levels of biological organization, analysis and modeling of the HIV epidemic in South Africa, and merging the layers of life.
Gillespie, Rosemary	ESPM, Professor	Rosemary Gillespie's research focuses on understanding evolutionary patterns and processes among populations and species. Her primary focus is on islands, particularly remote hotspot islands of the Pacific.
Gilless, Keith	ESPM, Professor	Keith Gilless' research interests are in the application of economics and systems analysis to forest resource management problems.
Glazer, Alexander	Molecular and Cell Biology, Professor	Alexander Glazer's longstanding interests have been in protein chemistry and structure-function relationships, enzymology, and biophysical chemistry.
Goldstein, Allen	ESPM, Professor	Allen Goldstein's research interests focus on the interactions between atmospheric chemistry and terrestrial biogeochemistry, and how these interactions influence biosphere-atmosphere exchange and determine atmospheric composition.
Gong, Peng	ESPM, Professor	Remote sensing image processing, analysis and application, GIS theory, techniques and application, and global change studies.
Gronsky, Ronald	Materials Science and Engineering, Professor	Biomaterials, electrochromics, nano-phovoltaics, nanowires, and novel control of phase transformations.
Gutierrez, Andrew	ESPM, Professor	Biological control/population ecology/ecosystems analysis/GIS: Andrew Guitierrez's research group investigates plant - herbivore-natural enemy interactions as driven by edaphic and weather factors using physiologically based tritrophic models.
Hammond, Katherine S.	Public Health, Professor	Dr. Hammond's early work focused on the pulmonary effects of exposures to silicon carbide in manufacturing, the carcinogenic potential of diesel exhaust exposures in railroad workers, the effects of exposure to solvents among boat builders, and the effect of exposure to machining fluids in the automobile industry. One of her continuing interests has been that of quantifying exposures to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).
Hanemann, Michael	Agricultural and Resources Economics, Professor	Dr. Hanemann’s research interests include non-market valuation, environmental economics and policy, water pricing and management, demand modeling for market research and policy design, the economics of irreversibility and adaptive management, and welfare economics.
Hanemann, Michael	Goldman School of Public Policy, Professor	Dr. Hanemann’s research interests include non-market valuation, environmental economics and policy, water pricing and management, demand modeling for market research and policy design, the economics of irreversibility and adaptive management, and welfare economics.
Harley, Robert	Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor	Robert Harley's research group uses mathematical models and data from field experiments to help understand air pollution problems and related issues in atmospheric chemistry, climate change, and emission source characterization and control.
Hart, Gillian	Geography, Professor	Political economy, social theory, critical development studies, gender, agrarian and regional studies, labor, Southern Africa, Southeast Asia.
Harte, John	Energy and Resources Group, Professor	Harte’s research focuses on the effects of human actions on, and the linkages among, biodiversity, ecosystem structure and function, and climate. His work spans a range of scales, from plot to landscape to global, and utilizes field manipulation experiments, the study of patterns in nature, and mathematical modeling.
Hass, Robert	English, Professor	20th-Century American Literature. Creative Writing. Poetry. Professor Hass works on contemporary American poetry and translation; he has also been interested recently in environmental history and literature.
Hermanowicz, Slawomir	Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor	New sources of water, development of a quantitative measure of sustainability, water reuse, submerged membrane bioreactor performance and solids processing, biodegradation of estrogens in membrane bioreactors, evaluation of biostability of drinking water, and development of biofilm structure.
Holland, Nina T.	Public Health, Associate Adjunct Professor	The main focus of her research in the last several years is on biomarker studies in Children's Environmental Health. Dr. Holland organized scientific sessions on Children's Environmental Health at the International Conference on Mutagens in Human Populations in Brazil, 2003 at the EMS meeting in Miami, 2003, and at 9h ICEM meeting in San Francisco, 2005.
Horne, Alex	Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor Emeritus	Alex Horne's research emphasizes quantification of environmental and ecological problems to define engineered solutions. Some of the problems tackled have been the in site measurement of toxic and biostimulatory effects of highly-treated wastewaters in estuaries, rivers, wetlands, lakes, reservoirs, and oceans. Effects of heavy metals, oil spills, chlorinated wastewaters, and selenium have been studied recently.
Horvath, Arpad	Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor	Environmental analysis of civil infrastructure systems, life-cycle assessment, environmentally-conscious construction and infrastructure management
Hsing, You-Tien	Geography, Assistant Professor	You-tien Hsing's research and teaching has been focused on political economy of development in East Asia and China. She has published works on cultural-historical processes of capital flows in East Asia. She is now working on the territorial politics of land and state-society dynamism in Chinese cities and rural towns
Huisman, Oenes	ESPM, Associate Professor	Insect Biology, Fungal Ecology, fungi, V. dahliae, Pathogen Physiology, biological control of plant pathogens. A principal focus of Oenes Huisman's research program is the study of the colonization of plant roots by soilborne fungi.
Hunt, James	Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor	Professor Hunt's research emphasizes quantification of contaminant transport processes in natural and altered environments including groundwater, surface and subsurface soils, and estuarine sediments.
Huntsinger, Lynn	ESPM, Professor	Lynn Huntsinger's research addresses resource management as a shaper of landscapes, with consequences for ecosystems and people. A second major area of her research is rooted in the idea that ecological change brought about by resource management can influence social relationships and cultural practice.
Infelise, Robert	Boalt School of Law, Adjunct Faculty	soil and groundwater pollution, insurance for envrironmental claims
Innes, Judith	City and Regional Planning, Professor	Judith Innes' recent interests have focused on collaborative policy making and action at the state and regional levels, particularly in environmental and growth policy. She also maintains a continuing interest in the use of information in planning and public policy and in how to improve this.
Isaacs, Andrew	Haas School of Business, Adjunct Professor	Technology company strategy, high tech entrepreneurial enterprises, international marketing, and US-Asia business strategies.
Jackson, Andrew	Plant and Microbial Biology, Professor	Plant viruses and disease control in transgenic plants, plant rhabdoviruses, and biological properties of the hordeiviruses.
Jackson, Richard	Public Health, Adjunct Professor	Health policy as it is shaped by housing, transportation, agricultural, environmental, economic policy. Specific effects of toxic chemicals on health, especially that of children. Biomonitoring of chemical body burdens and health. Pesticides and human health.
Jerret, Michael	Public Health, Associate Professor	Spatial analysis of disease-exposure associations using Geographic Information Science; geographic exposure modeling, land use characterization.
Kagan, Robert	Boalt School of Law, Professor	legal institutions, environmental law and administration, courts and politics, government regulation of business
Kagan, Robert	Political Science, Professor	legal institutions, environmental law and administration, courts and politics, government regulation of business
Kammen, Daniel	Energy and Resources Group, Professor	Dr. Kammen's research interests include: the science, engineering, management, and dissemination of renewable energy systems; health and environmental impacts of energy generation and use; rural resource management, including issues of gender and ethnicity; international R&D policy, climate change; and energy forecasting and risk analysis.
Kammen, Daniel	Goldman School of Public Policy, Professor	Dr. Kammen's research interests include: the science, engineering, management, and dissemination of renewable energy systems; health and environmental impacts of energy generation and use; rural resource management, including issues of gender and ethnicity; international R&D policy, climate change; and energy forecasting and risk analysis.
Kanafani, Adib	Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor	Transportation Planning, transportation systems analysis, and air transportation.
Karp, Larry	Agricultural and Resource Economics, Professor	environmental and resource economics, internatioanl trade, industrial organization
Kastenberg, William	Nuclear Engineering, Professor	Ethical issues in emerging technologies, risk assessment and risk management for technological and natural complex systems, nuclear reactor safety, environmental risk analysis, environmental conflict resolution.
Keasling, Jay D.	Chemical Engineering, Professor	The research in the Keasling Laboratory focuses on the metabolic engineering of microorganisms for degradation of environmental contaminants or for environmentally friendly synthesis. To that end, we have developed a number of new genetic and mathematical tools to allow more precise and reproducible control of metabolism. These tools are being used in such applications as synthesis of biodegradable polymers, accumulation of phosphate and heavy metals, and degradation of chlorinated and aromatic hydrocarbons, biodesulfurization of fossil fuels, and complete mineralization of organophosphate nerve agents and pesticides.
Keller, Ann	Public Health, Assistant Professor	The role of scientific expertise in environmental health policy, regulation of complex and emerging technologies, and government-community interactions in pursuit of public health and safety.
Kelly, Maggi	ESPM, Professor	Linking ecological pattern with process in spatially heterogeneous and dynamic landscapes, evaluation of new technologies and development of best practices for ecological monitoring and landscape quantification using integrated geospatial technologies and participatory and community-based research in natural resource research and management.
Kirchner, James	Earth and Planetary Science, Professor	Watershed hydrology & geochemistry, geomorphology and earth surface processes, evolutionary ecology, and analysis of environmental data.
Kirsch, Jack	Chemistry, Professor	Understanding quantitatively the effects of single and multiple amino acid substitutions on: 1. enzyme activity, 2. protein stability and 3. protein-protein complexes.
Kirsch, Jack	Molecular and Cell Biology, Professor	Understanding quantitatively the effects of single and multiple amino acid substitutions on: 1. enzyme activity, 2. protein stability and 3. protein-protein complexes.
Kondolf, Matt	Geography, Associate Professor	Matt Kondolf's research and teaching focuses on rivers, their transformations by humans, their resilience and their active restoration
Kondolf, Matt	Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Associate Professor	Matt Kondolf's research and teaching focuses on rivers, their transformations by humans, their resilience and their active restoration
Koshland, Catherine	Energy and Resources Group, Professor	Professor Koshland's research is at the intersection of energy, air pollution and environmental (human) health. It is conducted at multiple scales, from mechanistic analyses of combustion products in flow reactors to control strategies in urban airsheds
Koshland, Catherine	Engineering, Professor	Professor Koshland's research is at the intersection of energy, air pollution and environmental (human) health. It is conducted at multiple scales, from mechanistic analyses of combustion products in flow reactors to control strategies in urban airsheds
Koshland, Catherine	Public Health, Professor	Professor Koshland's research is at the intersection of energy, air pollution and environmental (human) health. It is conducted at multiple scales, from mechanistic analyses of combustion products in flow reactors to control strategies in urban airsheds
Kremen, Claire	ESPM, Assistant Professor	Claire Kremen seeks mechanisms for slowing or preventing the loss of biodiversity, which is one of the greatest environmental challenges facing humanity in the 21st century.
Kubo, Isao	ESPM, Professor	Isao Kubo's group has been searching for ecologically sound pest control agents based on natural products (including biopolymers such as enzymes) that fundamentally regulate nature.
LaFrance, Jeffrey	Agricultural and Resource Economics, Professor	Consumer economics and demand analysis, econometrics, agricultural policy, environmental and natural resource economics.
Lane, Robert	ESPM, Professor	Robert Lane has been studying the ecology, epidemiology and prevention of tick-borne diseases, particularly the spirochete (bacterium) that causes Lyme disease (LD).
LaPorte, Todd	Political Science, Professor Emeritus	Theories of Public Organization and Administration, Science, Technology and Politics, and high reliability organizations and the relationship of large scale technical systems to political legitimacy.
Liang, Xu	Civil and Environmental Engineering, Assistant Professor	Dr. Liang's research interests include land-atmosphere interactions on regional and global climate and water resources; hydrologic impact of climate change; land surface modeling; surface water and groundwater interactions; data assimilation; applications of remote sensing; GIS-based modeling for non-point source pollution transport and its impacts on hydrologic and ecological systems at watershed scales; hydro-informatics; and hydrologic forecasts for gauged and ungauged watersheds.
Lindberg, David	Integrative Biology, Professor	David Lindberg's systematic work features the Patellogastropoda, a basal group of gastropod molluscs that figure prominently in ecological studies of rocky shores around the world. They use phylogenetic hypotheses to understand adaptation and evolution in patellacean faunas around the world and through time. He also remains interested in the role of substrates in determining and augmenting community composition. Some effort in his lab is also directed at understanding the evolutionary history of California land snail taxa as well. He also investigate relationships amongst higher molluscan taxa including subclades within the Gastropoda, the "conchiferian" groups, and the phyletic position of the Mollusca on the Tree of Life.
Lindow, Steven	ESPM, Professor	Steven Lindow's group studies a number of different bacteria, known as epiphytes, that live on the surface of plants. Their research emphasizes both molecular genetic and ecological approaches to the study of the interactions of epiphytic bacteria with other microorganisms on plants and of the interactions of these organisms with the plants on which they live.
Lindow, Steven	Plant and Microbial Biology, Professor	Steven Lindow's group studies a number of different bacteria, known as epiphytes, that live on the surface of plants. Their research emphasizes both molecular genetic and ecological approaches to the study of the interactions of epiphytic bacteria with other microorganisms on plants and of the interactions of these organisms with the plants on which they live.
Lyons, Richard	Haas School of Business, Professor	Exchange rate economics, microstructure finance, international finance.
Madanat, Samer	Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor	Transportation infrastructure management, transportation system analysis, statistics and econometrics, and operations research.
McBride, Joe	ESPM, Professor	Joe McBride's research has focused on the influence of land use on patterns of forest succession.
McBride, Joe	Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Professor	Joe McBride's research has focused on the influence of land use on patterns of forest succession.
McKone, Thomas E.	Public Health, Adjunct Professor	Dr. McKone's research interests include the use of multimedia compartment models in health-risk assessments; chemical transport and transformation in the environment; and measuring and modeling the biophysics of contaminant transport from the environment into the microenvironments with which humans have contact and across the human/environment exchange boundaries--skin, lungs, and gut.
Menell, Peter	Boalt School of Law, Professor	environmental law & policy, entertainment law, intellectual property, property law
Merchant, Carolyn	ESPM, Professor	As Professor of Environmental History, Philosophy, and Ethics, Carolyn Merchant conducts research on these three topics and their interrelationships. She focuses on American environmental and cultural history in the overall context of Western history, philosophy, and the history of science.
Merenlender, Adina	ESPM, Adjunct Associate Professor	Adina Merenlender's primary focus is in the field of conservation biology. In particular, She is interested in the forces that influence loss of biodiversity at all hierarchical levels from genes to ecosystems.
Mills, Nicholas	ESPM, Professor	The focus of Nicholas Mills' research group is the biological control of insect pests and the ecology of insect parasitism and predation.
Milton, Katharine	ESPM, Professor	Katharine Milton is broadly interested in the dietary ecology of Primates, including human ancestors and modern humans.
Mishler, Brent	Integrative Biology, Professor	Green plants, bryophytes, mosses, systematics, evolutionary biology, ecology, reproductive biology, development, phylogeny, phylogenetics, chloroplast DNA, comparative genomics, classification, species concepts
Moore, Donald	Anthropology