Staff and Experts
PPIC senior fellow Ellen Hanak is director of the PPIC Water Policy Center. The center’s research network is a dynamic group of top researchers with expertise in a range of disciplines—including biology, economics, engineering, geology, and law.
Water Center Staff
Caitrin ChappelleSee More
Associate Center Director and Research Fellow
415-291-4435
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Public policy
Research Network
Newsha AjamiSee More
Director of Urban Water Policy, Stanford University, Water in the West
650-724-8162
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Water resource hydrologyMaura AllaireSee More
Assistant Professor, Water Economics and Policy, University of California, Irvine
949-824-5797
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Environmental economicsKarrigan S. Bork, JD, PhDSee More
Acting Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law
202-271-9392
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Environmental law, ecologyTimothy BradleySee More
Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine
949-824-8483
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Aquatic ecologyEllen BrunoSee More
Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics- University of California, Berkeley
510-642-3345
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Agricultural economics, environmental economicsVan ButsicSee More
ADJUNCT FELLOW, PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA
ASSISTANT COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SPECIALIST & ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE POLICY AND MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
510-666-5400
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Land use planningDaniel CayanSee More
Research Meteorologist, University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
858-534-4507
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Climate scienceJames CloernSee More
ADJUNCT FELLOW, PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA
Senior Research Scientist, United States Geological Survey
650-329-4594
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Aquatic ecologyBonnie ColbySee More
Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona
520-621-4775
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Water and energy economicsHelen E. DahlkeSee More
Associate Professor, Integrated Hydrologic Sciences, University of California, Davis
530-302-5358
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Surface water, groundwaterFrank DavisSee More
Distinguished Professor, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management and Director, La Kretz Center for Research at Sedgwick Reserve
University of California, Santa Barbara
805-893-3438
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Landscape ecologyMichael DettingerSee More
Visiting Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Michael Dettinger Climate Science, LLC
Retired, Research Hydrologist, United States Geological Survey
619-368-2896
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HydroclimatologyJohn R. DurandSee More
Research Scientist, University of California, Davis
530-601-3001
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Estuarine ecology and restorationAndrew T. FisherSee More
Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz
831-459-5598
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GroundwaterJohn FleckSee More
Director, University of New Mexico Water Resources Program
505-277-0124
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Colorado River Basin governanceWilliam FleenorSee More
Senior Researcher, University of California, Davis
530-752-5669
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Water resource engineeringGraham FoggSee More
Professor Emeritus of Hydrogeology, Departments of Land, Air & Water Resources, and Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis
530-304-9370
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GroundwaterRichard FrankSee More
Director, University of California, Davis, School of Law, California Environmental Law and Policy Center
530-752-7422
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Environmental and water law
Greg GartrellSee More
Adjunct Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California
Independent Consultant
925-260-7424
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Water resource engineeringTed GranthamSee More
ADJUNCT FELLOW, PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SPECIALIST, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
510-664-4664
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River scienceSarge GreenSee More
Project Director, Fresno State University, California Water Institute
559-278-8653
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Water resource management
Letitia Grenier, Ph.D.See More
Adjunct and PPIC Caltrout Ecosystem Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California
Program Director, Senior Scientist
San Francisco Estuary Institute, Resilient Landscapes Program
510-746-7342
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Landscape ecology, conservation biologyJennifer L. HarderSee More
Associate Professor, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
916-739-7189
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Water law, environmental lawThomas HarterSee More
Hagan Endowed Chair in Water Management and Policy, University of California, Davis, Land, Air, and Water Resources
530-400-1784
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Groundwater hydrologyDavid JassbySee More
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of California, Los Angeles
310-825-1346
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Water and wastewater treatment, membrane separations, electrochemistryKatrina JessoeSee More
Associate Professor, University of California, Davis, Agricultural and Resource Economics
530-752-6977
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EconomicsYufang JinSee More
Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis, Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Change
530-219-4429
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Ecosystem changeDouglas KenneySee More
Director, Western Water Policy Program
Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment; University of Colorado
303-492-1296
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Colorado River policyWim KimmererSee More
Research Professor, San Francisco State University, Romberg Tiburon Center
415-338-3515
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Aquatic ecologySusie KocherSee More
Forestry Advisor
University of California Cooperative Extension
530-542-2571
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Forestry and fire ecology, extension educationMatt KondolfSee More
Professor, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning
510 664-7804
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River managementCarolyn KouskySee More
Executive Director, Wharton Risk Center, University of Pennsylvania
215-573-0515
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EconomicsYusuke KuwayamaSee More
Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
Fellow, Resources for the Future
202-328-5190
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Water resource economics
Josué Medellín-AzuaraSee More
Adjunct Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Merced
209-228-3636
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Economics
David MitchellSee More
Adjunct Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California
Principal, M.Cubed
510-547-4369
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EconomicsPeter MoyleSee More
Associate Director, University of California, Davis, Center for Watershed Sciences
530-752-6355
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Fish biologyDoug ParkerSee More
Director, University of California, California Institute for Water Resources
510-987-0036
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EconomicsDebra PerroneSee More
Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies Program, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Water policy, groundwater systems, water-food-energy tradeoffsCaitlin A. PetersonSee More
Adjunct Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California
Consulting Agroecologist
530-760-7029
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Agroecology, cropping systems, sustainable agriculture, climate resilience, ecological intensificationNicholas PinterSee More
Professor, University of California Davis, Center for Watershed Sciences
530-754-1041
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River managementBrett SandersSee More
Professor, University of California, Irvine, School of Engineering
949-824-4327
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Water resource engineeringKelly T. SandersSee More
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California
213-821-0095
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Energy-water nexus
Kurt SchwabeSee More
Adjunct Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California
Professor, University of California, Riverside, School of Public Policy
951-827-2361
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EconomicsDavid SedlakSee More
Co-Director, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley Water Center
510-643-0256
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Water quality engineeringEdward S. SpangSee More
Assistant Professor, Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis
530-754-5447
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Food-water-energy nexusEric SteinSee More
Department Head, Biology Department
Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
714-755-3233
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Ecohydrology, environmental assessment, stormwater monitoring and assessmentScott StephensSee More
Henry Vaux Special Professor of Forest Policy,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE POLICY AND MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
510-642-7304
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Fire ecology and managementDaniel SumnerSee More
Frank H. Buck, Jr. Distinguished Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis
Director, University of California Agricultural Issues Center
530-752-1668
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EconomicsDaniel L. SwainSee More
Researcher, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA Research Fellow, National Center for Atmospheric Research
California Climate Fellow, The Nature Conservancy
303-497-1117
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Regional climate change and extremesLeon SzeptyckiSee More
Professor of Law, University of Virginia
434-924-8956
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Environmental lawBarton "Buzz” ThompsonSee More
Director, Stanford University, Woods Institute for the Environment
650-723-2518
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Environmental lawPaul UllrichSee More
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, REGIONAL AND GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELING, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, DEPARTMENT OF LAND, AIR, AND WATER RESOURCES
530-400-9817
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Regional climate changeJoshua ViersSee More
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Director, Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society, Associate Dean for Research, School of Engineering
University of California, Merced
209-591-8423
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Watershed science and managementRobert WilkinsonSee More
Adjunct Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, Bren School of the Environment
805-893-8768
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Public policySarah YarnellSee More
Senior Researcher, University of California, Davis, Center for Watershed Sciences
530-752-9367
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