CCASS brings together a wealth of expertise at the University of Arizona to support sound management choices in the context of climate change, linking science, information needs of managers, and decision-making. CCASS Associates are individuals from the University of Arizona who are currently engaged in climate adaptation activities or projects, generally as the principal investigators for such efforts. CCASS Affiliates also work in related areas and are included in the searchable expertise database.
Kevin Anchukaitis
Associate Professor - Dept. of Geography and Development
Chair - Global Change Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Joint Faculty - Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
Joint Faculty - Department of Geosciences
Diane Austin
Professor and Director - School of Anthropology
Research Anthropologist - Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology
Laura Bakkensen
Assistant Professor School of Government and Public Policy
Greg Barron-Gafford
Assistant Professor - School of Geography & Development
Michael Bogan
Assistant Professor - School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Kevin Bonine
Director of Education and Outreach - Biosphere 2
Director of Outreach Initiatives - College of Science
Adjunct Faculty - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Julie Brugger
Research Scientist - School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Climate Assessment for the Southwest
Stephanie Buechler
Assistant Research Professor of Environmental Policy - Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, School of Geography and Development
Christopher Castro
Associate Professor - Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences
Kirsten H. Engel
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Charles E. Area Professor of Law - James E. Rogers College of Law
Daniel Ferguson
Program Director - Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS)
Timonthy Finan
Research Anthropologist - Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology
Larry Fisher
Research Professor - School of Natural Resources and the Environment
George Frisvold
Professor and Extension Specialist - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics
Elise Gornish
Cooperative Extension Specialist in Ecological Restoration - School of Natural Resources
Zack Guido
Director - International Resilience Lab, Arizona Institute for Resilience (AIR)
Assistant Research Professor - School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Gökçe Gunel
Assistant Professor - School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Sabrina Helm
Associate Professor - Retailing & Consumer Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Katherine Hirschboeck
Associate Professor Emerita of Climatology - Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
Christopher Jones
Extension Agent - Agriculture & Life Sciences, CALS Cooperative Extension
John Koprowski
Professor - Wildlife Conservation & Management, School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Margaret Livingston
Professor, CAPLA - School of Landscape Architecture and Planning
Laura López Hoffman
Associate Research Professor of Environmental Policy - Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
Associate Professor of Natural Resource Science - School of Natural Resources and Environment
Mitch McClaran
Professor - School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Sharon Megdal
Director - Water Resources Research Center
Professor - Soil, Water and Environmental Science
Director - Water, Environmental, and Energy Solutions (WEES) Program
Tanya Quist
Associate Professor of Practice - School of Plant Sciences
Director - University of Arizona Campus Arboretum
Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta
Assistant Professor - Soil, Water and Environmental Science
Director - Integrated Environmental Science and Health Risk Laboratory
Edella Schlager
Professor - School of Government and Public Policy
Thomas Swetnam
Regents' Professor - Dendrochronology
Director - Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
Professor (joint appointments) - School of Environment and Natural Resources; School of Geography and Development; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Trent Teegerstrom
Associate Director - Tribal Extension Programs College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Robert Varady
Director of Environmental Policy Programs, Research Professor of Environmental Policy - Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
Jeremy Weiss
Climate and Geospatial Extension Scientist - School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Margaret Wilder
Professor - School of Geography, Development & Environment (SGDE) and Center for Latin American Studies (LAS)
Associate Director - SGDE
Affiliated Faculty - Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
Connie Woodhouse
Professor - School of Geography and Development
Professor - Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
Professor - Geosciences
Claire Zucker
Associate Director - Water Resources Research Center (WRRC)
Program Director - Water, Environmental, and Energy Solutions Initiative (WEES)
Adriana Zuniga Teran
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
Adjunct Lecturer - Sustainable Built Environments degree program, UA College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture