Dr. Erin Bray is an Assistant Professor in Hydrology and Fluvial Geomorphology in the Department of Earth and Climate Sciences at San Francisco State University. Previously she was an Assistant Professor at California State University, Northridge where she co-led the Water Science Program. Erin was a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley in 2014 where she…
While at UC Berkeley, Chris studied water resources management, fluvial geomorphology, and water law. Her Master’s Thesis focused on the physical and institutional challenges of managing surface water flows for both human and environmental uses in California’s central coast watersheds. As the Principal of Alford Environmental, Chris provides technical support and capacity building assistance to…
Steve Pye recently graduated from the MLAEP program at UC Berkeley. Before coming to Berkeley’s Environmental Planning MLA program, Steve received a BA in Environmental Studies and Planning from Sonoma State University, and began working for Dragonfly Stream Enhancement, a small firm specializing in salmonid habitat restoration, including large woody debris installation, stream bank stabilization,…
Rafael was a visitng scholar at UC Berkeley as he obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the Technical University of Milan. His research focused on network-scale sediment connectivity modeling. During his period as visiting scholar at UC Berkeley, Rafael developed a sediment transport model for large tributaries of the Mekong. He applied that model to…
Ari has years of experience working for environmental non-profits, water and wastewater utilities. He worked on Lake Merced outreach and research with the SFPUC before moving to engaging the public and soliciting their feedback for green infrastructure and flood management with the wastewater department of the SFPUC. During his time at Cal, Ari researched opportunities for…
Mia works as a Conservation Hydrologist for Trout Unlimited. Her work focuses on coastal hydrology, ecological flow thresholds, conservation planning, coho salmon and steelhead trout recovery and translating findings into recovery prioritization actions and regional polices. She specializes in using a combination of field-based data, numerical modeling and geospatial tools to characterize hydrologic process, land-use…
Scott founded walls land+water shortly after completing his graduate degree at UC Berkeley. He provides a broad array of services related to watershed science, planning, and design. His specialties range from hydro/geomorphological data collection and analysis, multi-benefit restoration design, advance remote sensing and GIS, to using drones to collect high-resolution models of fluvial landscapes. His…
Zan Rubin works as Senior Geomorphologist/Hydrologist at Balance Hydrologics in Berkeley where he conducts studies of sediment transport, water quality, channel evolution, and riparian ecosystems, performs watershed assessments, and designs stream and wetland restoration projects. He received his PhD with Professor Kondolf and continues to work in the lab on several projects including the cumulative…
Daniela focuses on Design and Restoration of Natural Ecological Functions at the interface of human and wild space. Daniela works at John Northmore Roberts & Associates in Berkeley, CA, where they plan, design, & manage various-scale projects that integrate human uses into natural areas, and restore natural functions on urban environment. At John Northmore Roberts…
Josh Pollak, AICP, is currently an environmental planner at the Bay Area Air District, where he works on long-term air quality and greenhouse gas planning, environmental compliance, and environmental review guidelines for local jurisdictions. Prior to the Air District, he worked in private consulting evaluating the impact of large-scale and long-term land use plans and…