Associates
CCASS brings together a wealth of expertise at the University of Arizona to support sound management choices in the context of climate change, linking science, information needs of managers, and decision-making. CCASS Associates are individuals from the University of Arizona who are currently engaged in climate adaptation activities or projects, generally as the principal investigators for such efforts. CCASS Affiliates also work in related areas and are included in the searchable expertise database.
Associate

Kevin Anchukaitis
Associate Professor - Dept. of Geography and Development
Chair - Global Change Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Joint Faculty - Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
Joint Faculty - Department of Geosciences

Diane Austin
Professor and Director - School of Anthropology
Research Anthropologist - Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology

Kevin Bonine
Director of Education and Outreach - Biosphere 2
Director of Outreach Initiatives - College of Science
Adjunct Faculty - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Julie Brugger
Research Scientist - School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Climate Assessment for the Southwest

Stephanie Buechler
Assistant Research Professor of Environmental Policy - Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, School of Geography and Development

Kirsten H. Engel
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Charles E. Area Professor of Law - James E. Rogers College of Law

George Frisvold
Professor and Extension Specialist - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics

Elise Gornish
Cooperative Extension Specialist in Ecological Restoration - School of Natural Resources

Zack Guido
Program Manager - International Research and Application Program (IRAP), Institute of the Environment
Associate Staff Scientist - Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS), Institute of the Environment

Sabrina Helm
Associate Professor - Retailing & Consumer Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

John Koprowski
Professor - Wildlife Conservation & Management, School of Natural Resources and the Environment

Laura López Hoffman
Associate Research Professor of Environmental Policy - Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
Associate Professor of Natural Resource Science - School of Natural Resources and Environment

Sharon Megdal
Director - Water Resources Research Center
Professor - Soil, Water and Environmental Science
Director - Water, Environmental, and Energy Solutions (WEES) Program

Tanya Quist
Associate Professor of Practice - School of Plant Sciences
Director - University of Arizona Campus Arboretum

Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta
Assistant Professor - Soil, Water and Environmental Science
Director - Integrated Environmental Science and Health Risk Laboratory

Thomas Swetnam
Regents' Professor - Dendrochronology
Director - Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
Professor (joint appointments) - School of Environment and Natural Resources; School of Geography and Development; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Trent Teegerstrom
Associate Director - Tribal Extension Programs College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Adriana Zuniga Teran
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
Adjunct Lecturer - Sustainable Built Environments degree program, UA College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture

Robert Varady
Director of Environmental Policy Programs, Research Professor of Environmental Policy - Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy

Jeremy Weiss
Climate and Geospatial Extension Scientist - School of Natural Resources and the Environment

Connie Woodhouse
Professor - School of Geography and Development
Professor - Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
Professor - Geosciences

Claire Zucker
Associate Director - Water Resources Research Center (WRRC)
Program Director - Water, Environmental, and Energy Solutions Initiative (WEES)