Californian CESU

The Californian CESU was established at the University of California (Berkeley) in 2003. Originally consisting of four federal agency and eight non-federal partners, the CESU has grown to include a total of 13 federal partners and 27 non-federal partners.

The mission of the Californian CESU is to provide research, technical assistance and education across the biological, physical, social, and cultural sciences to address natural and cultural resource management issues at multiple scales and in an ecosystem context in California and nationally as appropriate.

Host: University of California (Berkeley)


Year Established: 2003
Host CESU Website

Leadership


Dennis Baldocchi
Executive Associate Dean and Professor of Biometeorology
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
University of California (Berkeley)
Phone: (510) 642-2874
Email: baldocchi@berkeley.edu

Nalui Garcia, J.D.
Financial Analyst - Dean's Office
Rausser College of Natural Resources
University of California, Berkeley
Email: naluig@berkeley.edu

Federal Partners


Bureau of Indian Affairs

Technical Representatives

Crystal Keys
Contract Specialist
crystal.keys@bia.gov

Elisha Flores
Pacific Regional Tribal Climate Resilience Coordinator, Branch of Tribal Climate Resilience
elisha.flores@bia.gov


Bureau of Land Management

Technical Representatives

Mike Setlock
jreganvienop@blm.gov
msetlock@blm.gov

Elin Pierce
CA Lead for Landscape Ecology, NRDAR and Soils Programs, California BLM
epierce@blm.gov

Administrative Representative

Ramon (Luis) Burgos-Candelaria
Grants Management Officer
rburgoscandelaria@blm.gov


Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Technical Representatives

Michael Rasser
Marine Biologist
michael.rasser@boem.gov

Abby Ryder
Environmental Studies Coordinator, Pacific OCS Region
Abigail.Ryder@boem.gov


Bureau of Reclamation

Technical Representative

Jabaid Kabir
Chief, Decision Analysis Branch
jkabir@usbr.gov


National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Technical Representative

Nick Murdock
Agency Natural Resources, NEPA, NESS Program Manager
nicholas.a.murdock@nasa.gov

Administrative Representative


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Technical Representatives

Kristen Koch
Deputy Director, Southwest Fisheries Science Center
kristen.c.koch@noaa.gov

Meghan Donahue
Director of Operations, Management and Information, SWFSC
meghan.donahue@noaa.gov

Kadija Baffoe-Harding
CESU Program Director
kadija.baffoeharding@noaa.gov


National Park Service

Technical Representative

Ben Becker
CESU Research Coordinator
ben_becker@nps.gov


Natural Resources Conservation Service

Technical Representative

Charlie Rewa
Wildlife Assessments Leader
Charles.rewa@usda.gov

Administrative Representative

Aileen Anderson
Grants Management Specialist
aileen.anderson@usda.gov


U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Technical Representatives

Kathy Mitchell
CESU Project Manager
Kathy.S.Mitchell@usace.army.mil

Jennifer (Jenn) Seiter-Moser
Technical Director, Environmental Engineering and Sciences
Jennifer.M.Seiter-Moser@usace.army.mil

Administrative Representative

Sherry Whitaker
CESU Program Manager
sherry.l.whitaker@usace.army.mil


U.S. Department of War - Installations and Environment

Technical Representatives

Joshua Friers
Natural and Cultural Resources Programs Manager
joshua.friers.2@us.af.mil

Liz Galli-Noble
Legacy Resource Management Program Director
elizabeth.j.galli-noble.civ@mail.mil

Derrick Golla
Natural Resources Lead Associate
golla_derrick@bah.com

Kimberly O'Connor
Conservation Program Manager, Commander - US Pacific Fleet
kimberly.oconnor@navy.mil


U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Technical Representative

Academic Partners


California Polytechnic State University

Technical Representative

Benjamin Ruttenberg
Professor, Biological Sciences Department
bruttenb@calpoly.edu


California Polytechnic State University, Humboldt

Technical Representative

James Howard
Dean, College of Natural Resources
cnrsdean@humboldt.edu


California Polytechnic State University, Ponoma

Technical Representative

Jayson Smith
Professor, Biological Sciences
jaysonsmith@cpp.edu


California State University, Channel Islands

Technical Representatives

Donald Rodriguez
Associate Professor and Chair, Environmental Science and Resource
Donald.Rodriguez@csuci.edu

Sean Anderson
Professor of Environmental Science and Resource Management
Sean.Anderson@csuci.edu


California State University, Chico

Technical Representative

Richard Tafalla
Professor, Psychology Department
rjtafalla@csuchico.edu


California State University, Fresno

Technical Representatives

Aric Mine
Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences
amine@csufresno.edu

Doug Carey
Director, Research and Sponsored Programs
dcarey@mail.fresnostate.edu


California State University, Fullerton

Technical Representative

Jennifer Burnaford
Associate Profesor, Department of Biological Sciences
jburnaford@fullerton.edu


California State University, Los Angeles

Technical Representative

Andres Aguilar
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
aaguil67@calstatela.edu


California State University, Monterey Bay

Technical Representative

James Lindholm
Professor and Chair, Department of Marine Science
jlindholm@csumb.edu


California State University, Northridge

Technical Representative

Chris Sanford
Associate Vice President, Research and Sponsored Programs
christopher.sanford@csun.edu


California State University, Sacramento

Technical Representative

Susan Crawford
Professor and Chair, Chemistry Department
scrawford@csus.edu


California State University, Stanislaus

Technical Representatives

Patrick Kelly
Professor and Coordinator, Endangered Species Recovery Program
pkelly@esrp.csustan.edu

Joyce Bell
Director, Office of Research & Sponsored Programs
Belljbell6@csustan.edu


Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

Technical Representative

Ivano Aiello
Professor and Chair, Moss Landing Marine Laboratory
ivano.aiello@sjsu.edu


Occidental College

Technical Representatives

Daniel Pondella, II
Associate Professor, Biology Department
pondella@oxy.edu

Chelsea Williams
Assistant Director, Vantuna Research Group
cmunoz@oxy.edu


Pepperdine University

Technical Representatives

Mary Anastasi
Grants Officer
mary.anastasi@pepperdine.edu

Florybeth La Valle
Professor of Biology
florybeth.lavalle@pepperdine.edu


San Diego State University

Technical Representative

Rebecca Lewsion
Associate Professor, Biology Department
rlewison@mail.sdsu.edu


San Francisco State University

Technical Representative

Gretchen LeBuhn
Professor, Department of Biology
lebuhn@sfsu.edu


Sonoma State University

Technical Representative

Matthew Clark
Professor and Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Geospatial Analysis
matthew.clark@sonoma.edu


Southern California Marine Institute

Technical Representative

Adriana Stowell
Budget and Research Coordinator
Adriana.Stowell@csulb.edu


Stanford University Department of Earth System Science

Technical Representative

Robert Jackson
Douglas Provostial Professor and Chair, Department of Earth System Science
rob.jackson@stanford.edu


University of California, Berkeley

Technical Representative

Albert Ruhi
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, Policy, and Managment
albert.ruhi@berkeley.edu


University of California, Davis

Technical Representatives

Daniel Potter
Professor, Department of Plant Sciences
dpotter@ucdavis.edu

Jim Quinn
Professor Emeritus, Director - Information Center for the Environment
jfquinn@ucdavis.edu

Gary Bucciarelli
Director of the Davis Laasen Field Station, Adjunct Professor
garyb@ucdavis.edu


University of California, Irvine

Technical Representative

Travis Huxman
Director, Center for Environmental Biology
thuxman@uci.edu


University of California, Los Angeles

Technical Representatives

H. Bradley Shaffer
Distinguished Professor, Department of Ecology anf Evolutionary Biology
brad.shaffer@ucla.edu

David Blake
Assistant Director for UCLA'S Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Reserve
dblake0405@g.ucla.edu


University of California, Merced

Technical Representative

Jeffrey Jenkins
Assistant Professor, Department of Management of Complex Systems
jjenkins8@ucmerced.edu


University of California, Riverside

Technical Representatives

Lynn Sweet
Asisstant Research Ecologist, Center for Conservation Biology
lynn.sweet@ucr.edu

Emma Aronson
Associate Professor, Environmental Microbiologist, Director of the Microbiology Graduate Program
emma.aronson@ucr.edu


University of California, San Diego

Technical Representative

David Holway
Professor of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution
dholway@ucsd.edu


University of California, Santa Barbara

Technical Representative

Marion Wittman
Executive Director, UC Santa Barbara Natural Reserve System
mwittmann@nrs.ucsb.edu


University of California, Santa Cruz

Technical Representative

Dan Costa
Director, Institute of Marine Science
costa@biology.ucsc.edu


University of Southern California

Technical Representative

Robyn Hejmej
Director of Research Stategy and Development
robyngil@usc.edu

Non-Profit Partners


California Academy of Sciences

Technical Representative

Rebecca Johnson
Co-Director, Center for Biodiversity
rjohnson@calacademy.org


California Association for Resource Conservation Districts

Technical Representative

Nancy Wahl-Scheurich
Executive Director
nancy-wahlscheurich@carcd.org


California Invasive Plant Council

Technical Representative

Doug Johnson
Executive Director
dwjohnson@cal-ipc.org


California Native Plant Society

Technical Representatives

Aaron Sims
Rare Plant Program Director
asims@cnps.org

Brock Wimberley
Sr. Director of Operations
bwimberley@cnps.org


Institute for Bird Populations

Technical Representatives

Rodney Siegel
Executive Director
rsiegel@birdpop.org

Steve Albert
Director for Demographic Monitoring Programs
salbert@birdpop.org


Institute for Wildlife Studies

Technical Representative

David Garcelon
President
garcelon@iws.org


Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research

Technical Representatives

Gregory Schorr
President
gschorr@marecotel.org

Brenda Rone (CA)
Research Scientist
brenda.rone@marecotel.org

Administrative Representative

Gregory Schorr
President
gschorr@marecotel.org


National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers

Technical Representatives

Valerie Grussing
Executive Director
valerie@nathpo.org

Melissa Madrigal
Operations Director
melissa@nathpo.org


Natural Communities Coalition

Technical Representative

James Sulentich
Executive Director of the National Communities Coalition
jsulentich@occonservation.org


Point Blue Conservation Science

Technical Representative

Dan Robinette
Coast Marine Program Leader, Point Blue Vandenberg Field Station
drobinette@pointblue.org


San Diego Natural History Museum

Technical Representative

Kevin Clark
Ecologist
kclark@sdnhm.org


San Diego Zoo

Technical Representative

Ronald Swaisgood
Brown Chair/Director of Applied Animal Ecology, Institute for Conservation Research
rswaisgood@sandiegozoo.org


Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens

Technical Representatives

Steve Windhager
Executive Director
swindhager@sbbg.org

Lang Waters
President, Board of Directors
alltheyearscombine@gmail.com

Heather Schneider
Director of Conservation and Research
hschneider@sbbotanicgarden.org


Sierra Streams Institute

Technical Representative

Jeff Lauder
Interim Executive Director
jeff@sierrastreamsinstitute.org


Smithsonian Institution

Technical Representatives

Pierre Comizzoli (GP, RM)
comizzolip@si.edu

Scott Miller (PSAC)
Chief Scientist
MillerS@si.edu

Javier Mateo Vega (SFC)
Assistant Under Secretary of Research Programs and Partnerships

Administrative Representative

Karen Otiji (CA)
Director
Otijik@si.edu


The Marine Mammal Center

Technical Representatives

Jeff Boehm
Chief External Relations Officer
boehmj@tmmc.org

Dominic Travis
Chief Programs Officer
travisd@tmmc.org

Mariah Tengler
Research Program and Data Manager
tenglerm@tmmc.org

Other Partners


California Conservation Corps

Technical Representative

Zia Schatz
Program Coordinator, Watershed Stewards Program
Zia.Schatz@ccc.ca.gov


California Department of Fish and Wildlife

California Department of Water Resources

Technical Representative

Katherine Brandy
DWR Project Manager
katherine.bandy@water.ca.gov


San Bernadino County Museum

Technical Representative

Melissa Russo
Museum Director
Melissa.Russo@sbcm.sbcounty.gov