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Global Drylands Center Director
- Osvaldo Sala
- Distinguished Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
- Founding Director, Global Drylands Center
- Julie A. Wrigley Chair in Life Sciences and Sustainability
- Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Foundation Professor
- 480-965-4120
- Osvaldo.Sala@asu.edu
Global Drylands Center Administration
- Laureano Gherardi Arbizu
- Senior Manager, Global Drylands Center
- Instructor, School of Sustainability
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- 480-727-3726
- Laureano.Gherardi@asu.edu
- Courtney Currier
- Manager, Global Drylands Center
- Research Specialist, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- 480-965-5575
- Courtney.Currier@asu.edu
- Kay Vasley
- Operations Specialist, Global Drylands Center
- Administrative Specialist, Professional Training and Custom Sustainability Education, School of Sustainability
- 480-965-7735
- Kay.Vasley@asu.edu
- Gail Petersen
- Operations Advisory Consultant, Global Drylands Center
- gail@gailpetersen.com
Global Drylands Center Executive Committee
- Heather Throop
- Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
- Associate Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
- 480-727-2617
- Heather.Throop@asu.edu
- Ferran Garcia-Pichel
- Dean, Division of Natural Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Professor, School of Life Sciences
- Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes
- 480-727-7534
- Ferran@asu.edu
- Sharon Hall
- Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
- Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Director, Environmental Life Sciences PhD Program
- 480-965-5650
- sharonjhall@asu.edu
- Enrique Vivoni
- Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
- Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
- 480-965-5228
- vivoni@asu.edu
- Paul Hirt
- Senior Sustainability Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
- Professor, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- 480-727-9084
- Paul.Hirt@asu.edu
