UCLA

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Isaac Silverman

2010 Fellow
Isaac is an environmental attorney and organizer working with Sierra Watch to fight irresponsible development proposals in the Sierra Nevada, notably a proposal to more than triple the number of condos and build a massive indoor recreation...
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Karleen Boyle Sudol

1994 Fellow
Karleen graduated from UCLA with a BA in English and a PhD in biology with an emphasis in marine ecology. Karleen's research focused on human impacts in the marine environment. Her dissertation investigated nutrient cycling and the effects...
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Nancy Steele

1993 Fellow
Dr. Nancy Steele focuses her work on the protection and conservation of land and water, striving always to have a direct positive impact on nature and humanity. She is a professional executive manager who has founded and led nonprofits and served on boards of directors. Endlessly curious, she applies a scientists mind to answering questions that result in turning data into actionable knowledge resulting in good policies and practices.
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Marijke Bekken

1989 Fellow
Marijke's dissertation developed a market-based control plan for locomotives. She was the lead staff developing the 1998 Memorandum of Understanding wherein southern California railroads committed to using only the cleanest locomotives in...
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Maille Lyons

1993 Fellow
Maille is currently a Patent Examiner in the Biotechnology Tech Center at the US Patent and Trademark Office, in Alexandria, VA. Her specialties include microbiology/molecular biology patents.
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Teresa Michelsen

1989 Fellow
Dr. Michelsen is an environmental scientist specializing in the development of sediment and tissue quality guidelines, geochemistry, sediment cleanup and source control, and the development of regulatory programs. She has provided technical...
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Mark Sudol

1994 Fellow
Mark Sudol is the Director of the Navigation and Civil Works Decision Support Center for the Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources. He manages a staff of research scientists and economists that deal with many of our Nation's most...
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Glenn Yeck

2009 Fellow
After serving as a Naval Intelligence Officer in counterdrug and counterterrorism operations, Glenn’s passion for the environment led him into wildlife law enforcement, intent on interdicting the black market trade in endangered species. As...
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Carol Ojeda-Kimbrough

2000 Fellow
Carol Ojeda Kimbrough is a doctoral student at UCLA's School of Public Policy and Social Research, Department of Urban Planning in the environmental planning track where her research focus is on environmental justice, public participation...
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Christine Lee

2008 Fellow
Christine Lee is a scientist in the terrestrial hydrology group who focuses on applications of remote sensing to water quality, water resources, and ecosystems management. Christine Lee joined JPL in 2014 after working for 2 years at NASA...