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Emile Elias
Director
Area of Expertise: water quantity and quality, hydrologic modeling, climate impacts to agriculture and forestry, climate adaptation and mitigation
Emile.Elias[@]usda.gov
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Skye Aney
Coordinator
Area of Expertise: GIS, soils
Angus.Aney[@]usda.gov
Staff
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Ericha Courtright
Program Specialist
Area of Expertise: data management, website building and maintenance, app testing, IT support
Ericha.Courtright[@]usda.gov
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Helena Deswood
Tribal Coordinator
Area of Expertise: tribal engagement and outreach
Helena.Deswood[@]usda.gov
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Maude Dinan
Climate Adaptation Specialist
Area of Expertise: climate change resilience, public lands management, multi-scale collaboration, relational values of nature
mdinan[@]nmsu.edu
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Katherine Fernald
Research Assistant
Area of Expertise: geology, geomorphology, atmospheric sciences, remote sensing
kfernald[@]nmsu.edu
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Mason Gagliardi
Research Assistant
Area of Expertise: water resources / water scarcity
masonrg[@]nmsu.edu
Christian Giardina
USFS Co-Lead
Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service
Area of Expertise: climate change impacts on forest function and dynamics, the extent that different forestry and agroforestry practices mitigate climate change, climate change impacts on watershed functioning
Christian.p.Giardina[@]usda.gov
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Jennifer Holguin
Postdoctoral Researcher
Area of Expertise: impacts of diverse anthropogenic threats, including invasive plant species, nitrogen deposition, and climate change
jholguin14[@]miners.utep.edu
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Akriti Khadka
Postdoctoral Researcher
Area of Expertise: climate vulnerability and adaptation; human dimension of natural resource management
Akriti.Khadka[@]usda.gov
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Ashley McGuigan
Hawai’i USAPI Coordinator
Area of Expertise: Pacific Island agroforestry, nutritional ecology, functional diversity and resilience, social-ecological resilience, climate adaptation and mitigation, climate resilient food systems
aamcguig[@]hawaii.edu
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Courtney Peterson
Climate Adaptation Specialist
Area of Expertise: climate change adaptation, adaptive forest management, adaptive silviculture for climate change, human dimensions of natural resources.
Courtney.Peterson[@]colostate.edu
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Paige Ramsey
Program Specialist
Area of Expertise: geography and GIS
Paige.Ramsey[@]usda.gov
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Kelly Sayanagi
Education Director, Asombro Institute for Science Education
Area of Expertise: K-12 science education and curriculum
kelly[@]asombro.org
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Noah Silber-Coats
Postdoctoral Researcher
Area of Expertise: Social Science, Human-Environment Geography, Water Policy and Institutions
noahsc[@]nmsu.edu
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Caiti Steele
Associate Director for Science
Area of Expertise: climate impacts on water resources, cropland agriculture, and rangelands, climate adaptation in agroecosystems, remote sensing and spatial analysis
caiti[@]nmsu.edu
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