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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
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
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
Gail Petersen Operations Advisory Consultant, Global Drylands Center
Strategic Consultant, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
gail@gailpetersen.com
Kelly O'Meara Manager, Global Drylands Center
480-965-7735
Komeara1@asu.edu
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
480-727-3575
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
Center Affiliates
Joni Adamson Senior Sustainability Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Professor, English and Environmental Humanities, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Director, Environmental Humanities Initiative (EHI), Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Director, Environmental Humanities Certificate, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Affiliate, School for the Future Innovation in Society
Affiliate, American Studies Program
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
480-727-3675
joni.adamson@asu.edu
Rimjhim Aggarwal Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Associate Professor, School of Sustainability
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Behavior, Institutions and the Environment, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
480-965-6680
Rimjhim.Aggarwal@asu.edu
Michael Angilletta Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
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
480-965-3500
angilletta@asu.edu
Steven Archer Professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona
sarcher@email.arizona.edu
Ramon Arrowsmith Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University
480-965-3541
ramon.arrowsmith@asu.edu
Becky Ball Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Associate Professor, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
602-543-2010
Becky.Ball@asu.edu
Robert Balling Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Director, Master of Advanced Study in Geographic Information Systems, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning
480-965-7533
robert.balling@asu.edu
Heather Bateman Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
480-727-1131
heather.l.bateman@asu.edu
Jayne Belnap Research Ecologist, Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
jayne_belnap@usgs.gov
Stephanie Bestelmeyer Education Representation and Co-Principal Investigator, Jornada Basin Long-term Ecological Research Project
Executive Director, Asombro Institute for Science Education
stephanie@asombro.org
Renée Brown PhD Candidate, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
Technical Research Scientist, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
rfbrown@unm.edu
Arianne Cease Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability
Director, Global Locust Initiative, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
acease@asu.edu
Chingwen Cheng Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Assistant Professor, The Design School, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Chingwen.Cheng@asu.edu
Grisha Coleman Associate Professor, School of Arts, Media and Engineering, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Grisha.Coleman@asu.edu
James Collins Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and the Environment, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
480-965-4578
jcollins@asu.edu
Scott Collins Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Distinguished Professor of Botany, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
Lorren Potter Chair of Plant Ecology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
Adjunct Faculty, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
scollins@unm.edu
Thomas Day Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
480-965-8165
tadday@asu.edu
Dale DeNardo Chair, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development
Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Affliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
480-965-3325
denardo@asu.edu
Pierre Deviche Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
480-965-0726
pierre.deviche@asu.edu
Uttaran Dutta Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Assistant Professor, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Affiliate Faculty, Global Technology and Development, School of Letters and Sciences
Affiliate Faculty, Center for Asian Research
Affiliate Faculty, Global Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
480-965-5095
Uttaran.Dutta@asu.edu
David Eldridge Professor, Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, University of New South Wales
d.eldridgeunsw.edu.au
Angela Ellsworth Senior Sustainability Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Associate Professor, School of Art, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
480-965-6173
angela.ellsworth@asu.edu
Sabine Feisst Senior Sustainability Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Professor, School of Music, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Honors Faculty, Barrett, The Honors College
480-965-3114
Sabine.Feisst@asu.edu
Scott Ferrenberg Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, New Mexico State University
ferrenb@nmsu.edu
André Franco Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biology, Colorado State University
andre.franco@colostate.edu
Nico Franz Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Curator, Frank F. Hasbrouck Insect Collection, School of Life Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
480-965-2036
Nico.Franz@asu.edu
Nancy Grimm Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Former Director, Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-term Ecological Research Project, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Co-Director, Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
480-965-4735
nbgrimm@asu.edu
Kevin Gurney Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
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
kevin.gurney@asu.edu
Niall Hanan Professor, Plant and Environmental Sciences Department, New Mexico State University
Executive Committee and Co-Principal Investigator, Jornada Basin Long-term Ecological Research Project
nhanan@nmsu.edu
Erika Hanson Assistant Professor, School of Art, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Erika.Hanson@asu.edu
Hilairy Hartnett 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 Molecular Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
480-965-5593
H.Hartnett@asu.edu
Arjun Heimsath 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
480-965-5585
Arjun.Heimsath@asu.edu
David Hondula Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Assistant Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Faculty Affiliate, Epidemiology and Data Services, Maricopa County Department of Public Health
480-965-4794
david.hondula@asu.edu
Adriene Jenik Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Professor, School of Art, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Katherine K Herberger Endowed Chair in Fine Arts, School of Art, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Affiliate Faculty, School for the Future of Innovation in Society
480-965-1696
Adriene.Jenik@asu.edu
Shai Kaplan ASU-BGU Project Manager, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
shaike07@gmail.com
Kristian Kelley Instructor, The Design School, Landscape Architecture, Herber Institute for Design and the Arts
Kristian.Kelley@asu.edu
Ann Kinzig Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Chief Research Strategist and Director of Research Development, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
480-965-6838
Ann.Kinzig@asu.edu
Mark Klett Distinguished Sustainability Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Regents' Professor, School of Art, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
480-965-5367
mklett@asu.edu
Alan Knapp Professor, Department of Biology, Colorado State University
970-491-7010
aknapp@mail.colostate.edu
Marcy Litvak Professor, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
m litvak@unm.edu
Lucas Majure Biologist, New World Succulents, Desert Botanical Garden
480-481-8129
lmajure@dbg.org
Emilia Martins Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
4809-965-0864
Emilia.Martins@asu.edu
Yuval Mazor Assistant Professor, School of Molecular Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
480-965-3221
Yuzal.Mazor@asu.edu
Nate McDowell Scientist, Earth Systems Analysis & Marketing, Pacifici Northwest National Laboratory
nate.mcdowell@pnnl.gov
Kevin McGraw 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
Kevin.McGraw@asu.edu
Rodrigo Mendez-Alonzo Tenured Investigator/Researcher, Plant Biology Laboratory, Department of Conservation Biology, Centro de Investigación Cientifica y de educación Superior de Ensenada
mendezal@cicese.mx
John Meunier Emeritus Professor, The Design School, Architecture, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
480-965-1038
John.Meunier@asu.edu
John Moore Professor and Head, Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University
Director, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University
John.Moore@colostate.edu
Soe Myint Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Affiliate Faculty, GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
480-965-6514
soe.myint@asu.edu
Eduardo Pagan Bob Stump Endowed Professor of History, School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
602-543-6081
Eduardo.Pagan@asu.edu
Garth Paine Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Associate Professor, School of Arts, Media and Engineering and the School of Music, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts/Fulton Schools of Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
480-965-0972
garth.paine@asu.edu
William Parton Senior Research Scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University
970-491-1987
William.Parton@colostate.edu
Martin Pasqualetti Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Co-Director, Energy Policy Innovation Council
480-965-4548
pasqualetti@asu.edu
Charles Perrings Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
480-727-0472
charles.perrings@asu.edu
Debra Peters Ecologist, USDA Agriculural Research Service, Jornada Experimental Range
Lead Principal Investigator, Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological Research Project
Adjunct Faculty, Biology Department, New Mexico State University
debpeters@nmsu.edu
K. David Pijawka Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
480-727-7319
pijawka@asu.edu
Sasha Reed Research Ecologist, Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
screed@usgs.gov
Stephen Reynolds Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
480-965-9049
sreynolds@asu.edu
Jennifer Rudgers Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
505-277-6185
jrudgers@unm.edu
John Sabo Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Director, Future H2O, Knowledge Enterprise Development
Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
480-965-5904
John.L.Sabo@asu.edu
William Schlesinger Professor Emeritus, Science Program, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
schlesingerw@caryinstitute.org
Steven Semken Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
480-965-7965
semken@asu.edu
Melinda Smith Professor, Department of Biology, Colorado State University
203-432-9422
melinda.smith@colostate.edu
Kelly Steele Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Associate Professor, The Polytechnic School, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
480-727-1204
kelly.steele@asu.edu
Juliet Stromberg Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
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
480-965-0864
jstrom@asu.edu
Brian Sullivan Senior Sustainability Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Professor, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
602-543-6022
brian.sullivan@asu.edu
Tai Svoray Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University
tsvoray@bgu.ac.il
Jesse Taylor Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor, Center for Evolution & Medicine, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
480-727-1736
Jesse.E.Taylor@asu.edu
Emma Tebbs Lecturer in Physical Geography, Department of Geography, King's Colllege London
emma.tebbs@kcl.ac.uk
Hava Tirosh-Samuelson Distinguished Sustainability Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Director, Center for Jewish Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Irving and Miriam Lowe Professor of Modern Judaism, Center for Jewish Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
480-965-7767
hava.samuelson@asu.edu
Colin Tucker Research Ecologist, Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
ctucker@usgs.gov
Billie Turner II Distinguished Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Professor, School of Sustainability
Regents' Professor and Gilbert F White Professor of Environment and Society, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
480-965-1535
Billie.L.Turner@asu.edu
Ian Walker Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
480-965-5658
ianjwalker@asu.edu
Diana Wall Professor, Department of Biology, Colorado State University
Senior Research Scientist, Natural Resources Lab, Department of Biology, Colorado State University
Director, School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University
Colorado State University Distinguished Professor, Colorado State University
970-491-2504
Diana.Wall@colostate.edu
Martin Wojciechowski Associate Dean and Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
480-727-7767
Martin.Wojciechowski@asu.edu
Jianguo Wu Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Professor, School of Sustainability
Professor , School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
480-965-1063
Jingle.Wu@asu.edu
Laura Yahdjian Assistant Professor, Ecology Department, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires
yahdjian@agro.uba.ar
