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Visiting Fellows and Scholars

  1. Expertise

Collaborations with scholars across the nation and the world in diverse fields related to climate adaptation and global change expand our collective knowledge and make our work more robust.  CCASS is proud to have sponsored the following individuals for visits to the University of Arizona.

Distinguished Visiting Fellows work with UA students, faculty, and staff for an extended period of up to 3 months; Visiting Scholars are here for shorter visits.  The list below is in chronological order of visit, with most recent listed first.

Visiting Fellow

Amber Pairis

Director

Climate Science Alliance

Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation at Scripps Institution of Oceanography

December 2018
Visiting Scholar

Jennifer Pitt

Colorado River Project Director
National Audubon Society

November 2017
Visiting Scholar

Jeff Arnold

Lead Climate Scientist
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

April 2017
Visiting Fellow

Anne Waple

CEO
Studio30K

April 2017
PDF icon Presentation: "Exploring climate resilience"
Visiting Scholar

Kyle Whyte

Associate Professor
Philosophy and Community Sustainability
Michigan State University

March 2017
Visiting Scholar

Dave White

Director
Decision Center for a Desert City
Arizona State University

February 2017
PDF icon Presentation: "Transformational solutions for the Colorado River Basin'
Visiting Scholar

Morgan Rodman

Executive Director
White House Council on Native American Affairs

October 2016
PDF icon Presentation: "A conversation with Morgan Rodman"
Visiting Fellow

John Furlow

Senior Climate Change Specialist
U.S. Agency for International Development

April 2016
PDF icon Presentation: "The Paris Agreement and development assistance"
Visiting Scholar

Michelle Wyman

Executive Director
National Council for Science and the Environment

March 2016
PDF icon Presentation: "U.S. energy policy in transition"
Video of her talk
Visiting Scholar

Glynis Lough

Chief of Staff
National Climate Assessment
U.S. Global Climate Research Program

February 2016
PDF icon Presentation: "Update on building a sustained National Climate Assessment"
Visiting Scholar

Benjamin Preston

Deputy Director
Climate Change Science Institute
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

November 2015
PDF icon Presentation: "Adaptation science: Where to from here?"
Visiting Scholar

Maria Carmen Lemos

Professor
School of Natural Resources and Environment
University of Michigan

November 2015
Visiting Scholar

Sophie Webber

Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California Los Angeles

November 2015
PDF icon Presentation: "Circulating climate services in the Pacific Adaptation Complex"
Visiting Scholar

Lester Snow

Executive Director
California Water Foundation

October 2015
PDF icon Presentation: "The California water system"
Visiting Fellow

Richard Moss

Senior Staff Scientist
PNNL Joint Global Change Research Institute

March 2015
PDF icon Presentation: "Minding the gap: Creating decision-relevant assessments"
Visiting Fellow

Susanne Moser

CEO
Susanne Moser Consulting

January 2015
PDF icon Presentation: "Successful adaptation to climate change"
Visiting Scholar

Cathy Robinson

Senior Research Scientist
CSIRO

November 2014
PDF icon Presentation: "Carbon and indigenous benefits"
Visiting Scholar

Rodney Keenan

University of Melbourne

October 2014
PDF icon Presentation: "Adaptation research informing policy and practice"
Visiting Scholar

Sirkku Juhola

Assistant Professor
Urban Environmental Policy
University of Helsinki

August 2014
Visiting Fellow

Mark Howden

Theme Leader
CSIRO

August 2014
PDF icon Presentation: "Climate adaptation in Australia"

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