To inform KneeDeep‘s ongoing coverage of science topics related to climate extremes and adaptation solutions the magazine works with the following science advisors:
Dr. Alexander Gershunov
Research Meteorologist, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Dr. Gurshunov’s research focuses on interrelated aspects of weather, climate and society. His professional interests include understanding the links between regional weather extremes and large-scale climate variability and change, long-range climate prediction, the atmospheric water cycle, precipitation and drought, heat waves, cold snaps, marine layer clouds, atmospheric rivers, Santa Ana winds, extreme weather and climate impacts on wildfire, energy, ecosystems, water resources and public health, climate influence on society and human influence on climate. Gershunov is affiliated with various organizations focused on regionally relevant climate research that is of benefit to society ranging from education to resource management. He enjoys conveying scientific results not only to the scientific community (via peer-reviewed research articles) but also to stakeholders and the public. He enjoys working with colleagues and friends across borders and disciplines.
Gershunov studied mathematics at UC Irvine, and has an MS in Applied Probability and Statistics, as well as PhD in Geography, from UC Santa Barbara. More
Emily Corwin, Engineer
Director of Strategic Initiatives, San Francisco Estuary Institute.
With over 20 years of experience as a water resources engineer, Corwin has led multidisciplinary teams to plan, design, and implement projects like green stormwater infrastructure and living shorelines across the San Francisco Bay Area and internationally. She also founded the Global Green-Gray Community of Practice at Conservation International and leads the Nature-based Solutions Task Force at the American Society of Civil Engineers, championing nature-based engineering approaches.
Corwin studied Hydrology at the University of California, Davis and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. More
Dr. Richelle Tanner
Professor and Co-Director of the Environmental Science & Policy Program, Chapman University
Dr. Tanner’s research group, the Socio-Ecological Adaptation & Climate Resilience Lab, investigates the effects of climate change on nearshore ecological and human communities. She uses techniques from the natural and social sciences to conduct multidisciplinary research in service of society, partnering with community-based organizations and government agencies in every project. In the California Bay-Delta, Dr. Tanner has worked in eelgrass and marsh restoration since 2015. Currently, her work in Suisun Marsh is investigating and implementing changes to regional coordination plans, and their communication strategies, for Phragmites (common reed) invasion control among public and private landholders using social and ecological best practices. Dr. Tanner is also the former Science Director at the National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation (NNOCCI), a non-profit that supplies social science-based strategic communication for climate and ocean advocacy to over 500 aquariums, zoos, museums, and parks in the US.
For her PhD, Tanner studied integrative biology at UC Berkeley. She has undergraduate degrees in Environmental Studies and Jazz Performance from the University of Southern California. More
Dr. Patrick Barnard
Coastal Geologist, US Geological Survey Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz
Dr. Patrick Barnard has been a Research Geologist with the USGS in Santa Cruz since 2003, is the Project Chief for the Coastal Climate Impacts Project, and Co-Developer of the Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS). His research focuses on coastal hazards driven by storms and sea level rise across U.S. beaches and estuaries. Patrick sits on numerous regional, national, and international scientific review panels related to climate change and coastal hazards, He has advised members of the U.S. Congress and Cabinet, Co-Chaired the Federal Inter-agency Working Group on Sea Level Rise, and currently serves as a Co-author on the Coastal Effects Chapter of the 5th National Climate Assessment, and Co-Chair of California’s Ocean Protection Council Sea Level Rise Task Force. More
Barnard received a BA from Williams College, MS from University of South Florida, and PhD from UC Riverside.
Dr. Terry F. Young
Retired Environmental Chemist and Regulator, San Francisco Bay Area
Dr. Young has dedicated her professional life to protecting the environment. From 2006 – 2019, she was a member of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, serving as Chair from 2014 – 2019. For nearly four decades prior to her service on the Board, Dr. Young advised Bay Area environmental organizations and selected corporations on environmental science and policy, primarily in the areas of water pollution, ecological indicators, and the use of economic incentives. Young also was an appointed member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board for twelve years, where she chaired the Ecological Processes and Effects Committee and was a member of the Executive Committee. In addition, Young served on panels of the National Research Council; helped to develop “The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems” in 2002 and 2008 for the H. John Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment; and was a member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences Committee on Puget Sound Indicators.
Young holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.A. in Chemistry from Yale University.