Course: ER 101 Ecology and Society
Amber Kerr is an agricultural ecologist focusing on climate change impacts and adaptation. She has studied nutrient cycling in California grasslands (Stanford University, Earth Systems, BS/MS 2002), drought resilience of maize-legume agroforestry systems in Malawi (UC Berkeley, Energy and Resources Group, Ph.D. 2012), and climate adaptation options for California specialty crop farmers (UC Davis, postdoctoral scholar, 2014-2016). While an ERG Ph.D. student, Amber also worked on projects including greenhouse gas inventory methods for California, state-level renewable energy innovation strategies, and global comparisons of financial debt with ecological debt. She is currently an adjunct faculty member in the Biology Department at Las Positas College in Livermore.
Amber grew up in Queensland, Australia, but has deep roots in California (including parents who met as UC Berkeley undergraduates). She lives in Mountain View with her husband and three young children. In her not-so-abundant spare time, Amber can be found studying oak regeneration and microclimate in Bay Area rangelands, weeding her backyard vegetable garden, and teaching her kids how to choose the best fruit at the farmer’s market.
