School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences
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Garrett Albistegui Adler
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsGarrett is interested in better understanding connections between environmental variability (and change) and human security. In particular, he works to explore relationships between climate variability and violent conflict, and hopes to better identify some of the mechanisms that may link these phenomena.
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Anela Arifi
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsAnela researches the nexus between engineering, socio-economic, policy, and environmental components of energy systems. She currently focuses on the characterization of the scale and pace of integrating different energy systems with natural climate solutions.
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Laura Bloomfield
MD Student, expected graduation Winter 2021
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
MSTP StudentCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsLaura studies how land-use changes facilitate interactions between people and wildlife affecting infectious disease emergence. She currently focuses on the spatial dispersion and transmission of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases along and between human and non-human primate networks.
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Nicole Buckley Biggs
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
BioNic Buckley Biggs is a social scientist conducting research at the intersection of climate, conservation and agriculture policy. She researches how ecosystem services provided by California rangelands are mediated by different types of landowners, and is interested in questions like: What are the trade-offs in managing landscapes for specific outcomes, like soil carbon sequestration or renewable energy production? What incentives and messages shape the management decisions of ranchers and farmers? Using both qualitative and quantitative data, Nic’s current projects investigate land use change for intensified agriculture and solar development, carbon markets, and the influence of landowners’ perceptions on land management and program participation.
Before graduate school, Nic worked as Campaign Director for the Northern Sierra Partnership project at The Nature Conservancy and previously as Assistant Director of the Aspen Institute’s Energy & Environment Program.
Areas of expertise: Agriculture & conservation policy, nature based solutions, climate-smart land planning, land use / land cover change, human dimensions of land use management, ranching communities, large landscape conservation, payments for ecosystem services, social-ecological systems
