Following a PhD in forest ecology and silviculture in 1984 at UTas, Professor Bowman took a post as a wildlife biologist with the Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission where he undertook pioneering field research in this tropical savanna frontier…

Dr. Dicus, our resident fire guru, comes to Cal Poly from down on the bayou in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he received a Ph.D. in Forestry at Louisiana State University.

JOHN NIELSEN-GAMMON has been on the faculty at Texas A&M University since 1991. He is currently a Regents Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and also serves as the Texas State Climatologist.

James H. Diaz, MD, DrPH, is a Professor in the LSU School of Public Health and is Program Director, Environmental / Occupational Health Sciences MPH.

Dr. Renee A. McPherson is Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Sustainability at the University of Oklahoma (OU) and University Director of the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (formerly South Central Climate Science Center)…

Dr. Jay Lund is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a member of the US National Academy of Engineering…

Dr. Laalitha Surapaneni, MBBS, MPH is an assistant professor in the general internal medicine department at the University of Minnesota Medical School with a public health degree from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health…

Bob is a meteorologist and journalist based in Boulder, Colorado. He has written on weather and climate for the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Weather Underground, and many freelance venues…