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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Laura Bloomfield
MD Student, expected graduation Spring 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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Nina Brooks
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsNina’s research interests lie at the intersection of environmental, health, and development economics and she is broadly interested in the social and environmental determinants of population health. Her dissertation looks at the health and environmental externalities of brick manufacturing in Bangladesh. Her other work is focused on reproductive health access and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Israel.
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Nicole Buckley Biggs
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
BioNic Buckley Biggs is a conservation and agriculture social scientist trained in rangelands management, environmental governance, anthropology, and geography. She conducts interdisciplinary research into the human dimensions of natural resources governance and rural land use change in the context of California rangelands. Her work focuses on biodiversity and soil conservation, sustainable food systems, and working lands policy. Using both qualitative and quantitative data, Nic’s current projects investigate the interplay of public and private sector conservation tools from the local to the international level, the economics of payments for ecosystem services, and the influence of landowners’ perceptions on their conservation practices 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, human dimensions of global land use management, ranching communities, large landscape conservation, payments for ecosystem services, social-ecological systems -
Rachel Ragnhild Carlson
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
BioRachel Carlson researches the spatial ecology of coral reefs and variables impacting coral response to anthropogenic stress. Her work aims to support evidence-based marine planning linking conservation and sustainable livelihoods under climate change. She applies geospatial technology like high-resolution remote sensing as well as field-based methods to understand patterns of reef resilience and implications for ocean governance.
Prior to joining Stanford, Rachel worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where she led mapping and outreach programs to protect drinking water and coastal ecosystems. She has also worked for numerous environmental initiatives in Senegal, Ireland, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Rachel graduated from Rice University in 2011 with a Master's in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Bachelor's in English, and from Trinity College, Dublin in 2013 with a Master's in International Politics. She is a Stanford Graduate Fellow in Science and Engineering and a 2018 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow in Ecology.
