Climate

Nathaniel “Nate” Dolton-Thornton

PhD
Nathaniel (Nate) Dolton-Thornton is a PhD candidate in the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley.

Nabig Chaudhry

MS, PhD
Nabig Chaudhry is an MS/PhD student at UC Berkeley. His research lies at the intersection of climate and data science and focuses on building tech and data-enabled climate adaptation solutions.

Alina Leticia Zárate

MS, PhD
Alina Leticia Zárate is a first year PhD student in the Energy and Resources Group.

Ari Ball-Burack

PhD
Ari Ball-Burack is a third year PhD student in the Energy & Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley, advised by Dr. Dan Kammen.

Alana Ballagh

MS

Alana Ballagh (she/her) is a second year Master’s student at the Energy and Resources Group. Alana is interested in exploring the role of more participatory decision-making in adaptation to infrastructure-related disasters. Her recent work examines the impacts of the renewable energy transition on water in the Great Basin and the impacts of climate and infrastructure development on fisheries in the Greater Mekong subregion.

Alana holds a BA in Environmental Studies and Political Science from Swarthmore College. Prior to joining ERG, she worked as a Fulbright ETA in Vientiane,
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Kelsey Alford-Jones

MA, PhD
Kelsey is a PhD candidate, focusing on qualitative research spanning the fields of global climate and environmental politics, political ecology, critical development studies, human and Indigenous rights, and environmental conflict.

Catherine U. Acosta

MS
Driven by a strong commitment to environmental stewardship, I bring a multidisciplinary background in environmental regulation, chemistry, soil carbon sequestration, and water quality.

John Harte

Professor of the Graduate School
John Harte is a physicist turned ecologist. His research interests span ecological field research, the theory of complex systems, and policy analysis.

Andrew D. Jones

Adjunct Associate Professor
Dr. Jones is an Earth scientist who works at the interface of human and environmental systems. His research uses quantitative models and data analysis to understand climate change and human-Earth system interactions at decision-relevant scales. He also collaborates with social scientists and interacts closely with stakeholders to understand how science can effectively provide actionable insight into strategies for increasing resilience of energy water, food, and urban systems.

Margaret Torn

Adjunct Professor
The focus of my work is carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems and trace-gas flux between soil and atmosphere. I conduct research on soil carbon, global change, and the impacts of human activities on ecosystem processes.