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Personnel Directory

Welcome to the personnel directory for the Climate Impacts Group.

Mailing address

Climate Impacts Group
University of Washington
Box 355674
Seattle, WA 98195-5674

Director and Deputy Director

Name	Areas of Expertise	Affiliation(s)
Snover, Amy Director, Climate Impacts Group Assistant Dean for Applied Research, College of the Environment Affiliate Associate Professor, School of Marine & Environmental Affairs (206) 221-0222 aksnover@uw.edu View Bio \| View CV	Climate Adaptation and Decision Making Climate Impacts Vulnerability Assessment Stakeholder Engagement	Climate Impacts Group UW College of the Environment School of Marine & Environmental Affairs
Casola, Joe Deputy Director, Climate Impacts Group (206) 616-5347 jcasola@uw.edu View Bio \| View CV	Climate Adaptation and Decision Making Climate Dynamics Vulnerability Assessment	Climate Impacts Group UW College of the Environment

Administrative Staff

Name	Areas of Expertise	Affiliation(s)
Karpov, Adrienne Administrator (206) 616-5350 karpov@uw.edu		Climate Impacts Group UW College of the Environment
Fisk, Julie Assistant to the Director (206) 616-4304 juliedf@uw.edu		Climate Impacts Group UW College of the Environment
Moreland, Jenifer Grants and Contracts Manager (206) 616-5348 morelj@uw.edu		Climate Impacts Group UW College of the Environment

CIG Research Scientists and Technical Staff

Name	Areas of Expertise	Affiliation(s)
Krosby, Meade Research Scientist (206) 579-8023 mkrosby@uw.edu View Bio	Vulnerability Assessment Adaptation Planning Conservation Biology	Climate Impacts Group UW Dept. of Biology
Lee, Se-Yeun Research Scientist (206) 543-6720 leesy@uw.edu View Bio	Hydrologic Modeling Water Resources Systems Ecosystems	Climate Impacts Group
Mauger, Guillaume Research Scientist (206) 685-0317 gmauger@uw.edu View Bio	Climate Dynamics Climate Modeling Hydrologic Modeling	Climate Impacts Group
Morgan, Harriet Researcher (206) 543-6720 hmorg@uw.edu	Terrestrial Ecosystems	Climate Impacts Group
Norheim, Robert GIS Analyst (206) 616-6865 norheim@uw.edu View Bio	Integrated Assessment	Climate Impacts Group Fire and Mountain Ecology Lab UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
Salathé, Eric Research Scientist Associate Professor (UW Bothell) Adjunct Professor (UW Seattle) UW Director Northwest Climate Science Center (206) 616-5351 salathe@uw.edu View Bio	Climate Dynamics Dynamical Downscaling	Climate Impacts Group UW Bothell STEM School UW Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences NW Climate Science Center
Shirk, Andrew Research Scientist shirk@uw.edu View Bio	Biodiversity Ecosystem Restoration	Climate Impacts Group
Whitely Binder, Lara Senior Strategist (206) 616-5349 lwb123@uw.edu View Bio	Adaptation Planning Stakeholder Engagement Facilitation	Climate Impacts Group

CIG Affiliates

Name	Areas of Expertise	Affiliation(s)
Bostrom, Ann Professor (206) 685-8198 abostrom@uw.edu View Bio	Environmental Risk Assessment Risk Management Public Policy	UW Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
Cullen, Alison Professor (206) 616-1654 alison@uw.edu View Bio	Environmental Risk Assessment Risk Management Public Policy	UW Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
Ebi, Kristie Professor (206) 543-8440 krisebi@uw.edu View Bio	Public Health	Department of Global Health Department of Environmental Occupational Health Sciences
Essington, Tim Associate Professor (206) 616-3698 essing@uw.edu View Bio	Aquatic Ecosystems	UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Evans, Laura Associate Professor (206) 543-4900 evansle@u.washington.edu View Bio	Public Policy Tribal Governance	UW Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
Fenske, Richard Professor (206) 543-0916 rfenske@uw.edu View Bio	Air Quality Public Health Children’s Health	UW School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Freitag, Bob Senior Instructor and Director of the UW’s Institute for Hazards Mitigation Planning and Research (IHMP) Director of the UW’s Master of Infrastructure Planning and Management (MIPM) Floodplain Track(206) 818-1175 bcfreitag@outlook.com View Bio	Hazards Mitigation and Floodplain Management	UW College of Built Environments
Frumkin, Howard Dean, School of Public Health Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences(206) 543-1144 frumkin@uw.edu View Bio	Climate Change and Health Energy Policy and Health Built Environment and Health	UW School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Grover, Himanshu Assistant Professor, Urban Design and Planning(206) 685-6855 groverh@uw.edu View Bio	Community Resilience Hazard Mitigation Climate Change Adaptation
Hagerman, Shannon Assistant Professor Shannon.Hagerman@ubc.ca View Bio	Adaptation Planning Forests Societal Dimensions	University of British Columbia, School of Forestry
Hamlet, Alan F. Assistant Professor (574) 631-7409 alan.hamlet.1@nd.edu View Bio	Hydrologic Modeling Climate Change Water Resources and Adaption	Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame
Hamman, Joe Graduate Student jhamman1@uw.edu	Hydrology	UW Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Istanbulluoglu, Erkan Associate Professor (206) 543-7923 erkani@u.washington.edu View Bio	Hydrology Geomorphology	UW Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Lawler, Josh Associate Professor (206) 685-4367 jlawler@uw.edu View Bio	Conservation Biology Landscape Ecology	UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
Leung, Ruby Research Scientist (509) 372-6182 ruby.leung@pnl.gov View Bio	Climate Dynamics	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Lundquist, Jessica Associate Professor (206) 685-7594 jdlund@u.washington.edu View Bio	Hydrology	UW Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Lynch, Cary Postdoctoral Fellow cary.lynch@pnnl.gov	Climate Dynamics Climate Modeling	Joint Global Change Research Institute
Mantua, Nate Landscape Ecology Team Leader for NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center (831) 420-3923 nate.mantua@noaa.gov View Bio	Aquatic Ecosystems Climate Dynamics	NOAA Fisheries UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
McKenzie, Don Affiliate Assistant Professor (206) 732-7824 dmck@uw.edu View Bio	Forests	USFS, Fire and Environmental Research Applic. UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
Mitchell, Todd Research Meteorologist (206) 685-3786 mitchell@atmos.washington.edu View Bio	Climate Dynamics	Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO)
Neumann, Rebecca Assistant Professor (206) 221-2298 rbneum@uw.edu View Bio	Hydrology Groundwater	UW Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Peterson, Dave Research Biologist (206) 732-7812 peterson@fs.fed.us View Bio	Forests	USFS, Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Lab
Saperstein, Alison Graduate Student alison@saperstein.com	Public Policy	UW Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
Sarachik, Ed Professor Emeritus sarachik@uw.edu View Bio	Climate Dynamics	UW Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences
Spector, June Assistant Professor (206) 897-1979 spectj@uw.edu View Bio	Public Health	UW School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences UW School of Medicine
Steed, Rick Research Meteorologist steed@uw.edu	Climate Dynamics Climate Modeling	UW Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences
Strauch, Ronda Graduate Student (206) 543-7940 rstrauch@uw.edu View Bio	Forests Geomorphology Transportation	UW Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Northwest Climate Science Center
Thompson, Sarah Ann Staff Scientist and Data Manager (707) 981-8033 sathompson@faralloninstitute.org View Bio	Integrated Ecosystem Assessments California Current	Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research
Warner, Michael Research Scientist (206) 543-1646 mdwarner@uw.edu	Dynamical Downscaling	UW Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences
Yost, Michael Associate Chair and Professor (206) 685-7243 airion@u.washington.edu View Bio	Air Quality Public Health Exposure Assessment	UW School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

Former CIG Researchers and Graduate Students

The following are just a few of the many former Climate Impacts Group students and research scientists whose experience with the Climate Impacts Group helped advance their careers (listed in alphabetical order):

Joe Casola – Climate Impacts Group Deputy Director. Former Climate Impacts Group graduate student (2008-2009)
Marketa McGuire Elsner – Civil Engineer at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver. Former Climate Impacts Group graduate student and Research Scientist (2007-2012)
Ze’ev Gedalof – Associate Professor, University of Guelph. Former Climate Impacts Group graduate student (PhD awarded in 2003)
Alan Hamlet – Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, University of Notre Dame. Former Climate Impacts Group graduate student and Research Scientist (1996-2012)
Jeremy Littell – Lead Research Scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey and the Alaska Climate Science Center. Former Climate Impacts Group graduate student and Research Scientist (2005-2011)
Cary Lynch – Postdoctoral Fellow at the Joint Global Change Research Institute. Former Climate Impacts Group Postdoctoral Fellow (2014-2015)
Nate Mantua – Landscape Ecology Team Leader for NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center. Former Climate Impacts Group Research Scientist (1995-2010) and co-Director (2010-2012)
Philip Mote – Director, Oregon Climate Change Research Institute Professor, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences Oregon State University. Former Climate Impacts Group Research Scientist (1998-2009)
Alexander (Sascha) Peterson – Senior Program Officer for the American Society of Adaptation Professionals and President of Adaptation International. Former graduate student (2006-2008)
Crystal Raymond – Climate Research and Adaptation Strategic Advisor, Seattle City Light. Former Climate Impacts Group graduate student (2006-2010, PhD awarded in 2010)
Julie Vano – Postdoctoral Fellow at the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute. Former Climate Impacts Group graduate student (2007-2010, PhD awarded in 2010)

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