Advisory Council

Alex Pang is a professor of computer science at UC Santa Cruz. His research interests include tensor visualization, scientific visualization, collaboration software for visualization, uncertainty visualization, and virtual reality interfaces.

Anne R. Kapuscinski is a professor of environmental studies and Director of the Coastal Science and Policy Program at UC Santa Cruz. She is an interdisciplinary scholar committed to finding scientifically and socially robust solutions to a major challenge: how to perpetuate healthy aquatic ecosystems while sustaining resource uses that support human well-being. She also pursues ecological aquaculture strategies to close water and nutrient loops and conserve biodiversity. She participates actively in the science-policy interface, presently as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Union of Concerned Scientists and member of the Ocean Protection Council Science Advisory Team.

Eric Palkovacs is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz and director of the Fisheries Collaborative Program. His research addresses basic questions in evolutionary ecology and applied questions in conservation biology and fisheries management, combining surveys of genetic, phenotypic, and ecological variation in nature with field and laboratory experiments to test the mechanisms underlying observed patterns. His work focuses on bi-directional interactions occurring between ecology and evolution in nature and how these ecological changes feed back to shape the trajectory of evolution.

Erika Zavaleta is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz. Her research group studies the drivers and consequences of changing biological diversity and the role of ecology in guiding effective conservation practice. Recent and current projects address the effects of climate variability and change on alpine migratory songbirds, desert communities, and tropical conifer distributions; the effectiveness of stream restoration efforts; and adaptation of conservation practices to climate change and to community needs. Her research works to bridge ecological theory, training, and research to sound conservation and management practice, incorporating collaboration with conservation practitioners and elements of economics, public policy, and anthropology.

Galina Hale is a professor of economics at UC Santa Cruz. Her current research interests focus on attracting mainstream finance to climate solutions, the sustainability of the global food system, and international financial stability, especially with respect to climate risks. She has published over 30 articles in leading economics and finance peer-reviewed journals and currently serves as a co-editor-in-chief of the Review of the World Economies, co-editor of the Russian Journal of Central Banking, associate editor of the Journal of International Economics, and a member of the editorial board of the IMF Economic Review and Pacific Economic Review.

Jennifer Parker is a professor of art at UC Santa Cruz and founding Director of the OpenLab Collaborative Research Center. She is recognized for her innovative work investigating issues of biology and technology, combining art, ecology, and design. Through multi-sensory and interdisciplinary collaborations, she engages scientific and creative practices to explore the sensorial world of humans and the more than human world.

Sikina Jinnah is a professor of environmental studies and associate director of the Center for Reimagining Leadership at UC Santa Cruz. Her research focuses on global environmental governance in the areas of climate change, climate engineering, and the nexus between international trade and environmental politics. She is an Andrew Carnegie Fellow, edits the journal Environmental Politics, and serves on the U.S. National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine Committee on Atmospheric Methane Removal.

Publications:

Do small outdoor geoengineering experiments require governance?

Sikina Jinnah , Shuchi Talati, Louise Bedsworth, Michael Gerrard, Michael Kleeman, Robert Lempert, Katharine Mach, Leonard Nurse, Hosea Olayiwola Patrick, and Masahiro Sugiyama.

Science, 8 Aug 2024, Vol 385, Issue 6709, pp. 600-603.