Leadership Grant

An Environmental Assessment of the Los Angeles Basin, Year 1

30,000 awarded to UCLA Institute of the Environment in
Fellow(s): Rafe Sagarin
Topic(s): Water Resources

To hire Rafe Sagarin as Research Coordinator for UCLA's Scientific Environmental Assessment of the LA Basin and Bay (SEA-LABB) to bridge the gap between the scientific research being conducted at UCLA's Institute of the Environment on LA Basin and Bay, and the stakeholders involved in restoration efforts in the area. UCLA's Institute of the Environment has proposed to start the SEA-LABB project to provide access to UCLA's scientific resources for the benefit of the agencies, NGOs and citizen groups working towards restoration of the Bay and to create interdisciplinary collaborations that demonstrate to regional stakeholders the power of partnerships with the University. Rafe will develop and communicate applied research that will help inform environmental decisions concerning the resources of the Los Angeles Bay and Basin and its communities.

Meet the Fellows on this Project

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Rafe Sagarin

2000 Fellow
Rafe Sagarin was a research scientist with the Institute of the Environment at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ and the Program Manager for Oceans at Biosphere 2, where he was working to transform Biosphere 2's ocean biome into a...