2400 Bren Hall
Telephone: (805) 893-7611
Website: www.bren.ucsb.edu
Dean: Steven D. Gaines
Overview
UC Santa Barbara’s Bren School of Environmental Science & Management offers interdisciplinary graduate programs in environmental problem solving. The Bren School offers two professional degree programs, Master of Environmental Science and Management (MESM), and Master of Environmental Data Science (MEDS), as well as the research-oriented Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Management.
The Bren School faculty comprises natural and social scientists, as well as experts in business, law, data science, and policy. Because environmental problems are by their nature multi-disciplinary, the programs place unique emphasis on collaboration and working across and between diverse fields to deliver action-oriented solutions.
Whether Bren students are working toward a MESM, MEDS, or Ph.D. degree, they are trained in a variety of disciplines, while developing technical and analytical skills essential to real-world application.
Faculty
Sarah Anderson, PhD, Stanford University, Professor |
Mark Buntaine, PhD, Duke University, Professor |
Kelly Caylor, PhD, University of Virginia, Professor |
Jayajit Chakraborty, PhD, University of Iowa, Professor |
Christopher Costello, PhD, UC Berkeley, Professor |
Max Czapanskiy, PhD, Stanford, Assistant Teaching Professor |
Ranjit Deshmukh, PhD, UC Berkeley, Associate Professor |
Joan Dudney, PhD, University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor |
Carmen Galaz-Garcia, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara, Assistant Teaching Professor |
Roland Geyer, PhD, University of Surry, Professor |
Ben Halpern, PhD, UC Santa Barbara, Professor |
Robert Heilmayr, PhD, Stanford University, Associate Professor |
Patricia Holden, PhD, UC Berkeley, Professor |
Scott Jasechko, PhD, University of New Mexico, Professor |
Arturo Keller, PhD, Stanford University, Professor |
Bruce Kendall, PhD, University of Arizona, Professor |
Ashley Larsen, PhD, UC Santa Barbara, Associate Professor |
Hunter Lenihan, PhD, University of North Carolina, Professor |
Andy Macdonald, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara, Assistant Professor |
Eric Masanet, PhD, UC Berkeley, Professor |
Kyle Meng, PhD, Columbia University, Associate Professor |
Ruth Oliver, PhD, Columbia University, Assistant Professor |
Alexandra Phillips, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara, Assistant Teaching Professor |
Andrew Plantinga, PhD, UC Berkeley, Professor |
Matthew Potoski, PhD, University of Indiana, Professor |
James Salzman, JD cum laude, Harvard University, Professor |
Samantha Stevenson-Karl, PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder, Associate Professor |
Naomi Tague, PhD, University of Toronto, Professor |
David Tilman, PhD, University of Michigan, Professor |
Emeriti Faculty
Frank Davis, PhD, Johns Hopkins University |
Jeffrey Dozier, PhD, University of Michigan |
Thomas Dunne, PhD, Johns Hopkins University |
James Frew, PhD, UC Santa Barbara |
Charles Kolstad, PhD, Stanford University |
Gary Libecap, PhD, University of Pennsylvania |
John Melack, PhD, Duke University |
Oran Young, PhD, Yale University |
Affiliated Faculty
Peter Alagona, PhD |
Kathy Baylis, PhD |
Olivier Deschenes, PhD |
Ranjit Deshmukh, PhD |
Steve Gaines, PhD |
Sally Macintyre, PhD |
Paasha Mahdavi, PhD |
Cesar Martinez Alvarez |
Wendy Meiring, PhD |
Matto Mildenberger, PhD |
Antony Millner |
David Pellow, PhD |
Debra Perrone, PhD |
Ronald E. Rice, PhD |
Dar Roberts, PhD |
Grace Wu |
Peter Alagona, PhD |