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The Californian CESU was established at the University of California (Berkeley) in 2003. Originally consisting of four federal agency and eight non-federal partners, the CESU has grown to include a total of 13 federal partners and 27 non-federal partners.
The mission of the Californian CESU is to provide research, technical assistance and education across the biological, physical, social, and cultural sciences to address natural and cultural resource management issues at multiple scales and in an ecosystem context in California and nationally as appropriate.
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University of California (Berkeley) |
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| ESTABLISHED | 2003 | |
| WEBSITE | https://cesu.cnr.berkeley.edu/ | |
| CO-DIRECTORS | Dennis Baldocchi Executive Associate Dean and Professor of Biometeorology Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management University of California, Berkeley 130 Mulford Hall, #3114 Berkeley, CA 94720 PHONE: (510) 642-2874 EMAIL: baldocchi@berkeley.edu Nalui Garcia, J.D. Financial Analyst - Dean's Office Rausser College of Natural Resources University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-3100 EMAIL: naluig@berkeley.edu |
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| ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS | ||
Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2003) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2008) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2013) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2018) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2023) |
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| UNIT PARTNERS | ||
| TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE | ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVE | |
| FEDERAL PARTNERS | ||
| U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works | Jennifer Seiter-Moser Technical Director Civil Engineering Programs Engineer Research and Development Center jennifer.m.seiter-moser@usace.army.mil |
Sherry Whitaker CESU Program Manager sherry.l.whitaker@usace.army.mil Davita Baloue Grants Officer Davita.S.Baloue@usace.army.mil |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | John Mosley Branch Chief, Tribal Climate Resilience Office of Trust Services john.mosley@bia.gov |
Jo Ann Metcalfe Grants Management Specialist jo.metcalfe@bia.gov |
| Bureau of Land Management | Michael Westphal Ecologist Central Coast Field Office mwestpha@blm.gov |
Thelma Mosley Grants Management Officer tmosley@blm.gov |
| Bureau of Ocean Energey Management | Cathie Dunkel Environmental Studies Coordinator Pacific OCS Region catherine.dunkel@boem.gov |
Briana Robinson Budget Analyst Office of Environmental Programs briana.robinson@boem.gov Jennifer Ewald Science Communication Outreach Liaison Division of Environmental Sciences jennifer.ewald@boem.gov |
| Bureau of Reclamation | Jobaid Kabir Chief, Decision Analysis Branch jkabir@usbr.gov |
Brenda Davis Deputy Manager, Acquisition Services Mid-Pacific Region brendadavis@usbr.gov |
| Department of Defense | Kimberly O’Connor Conservation Program Manager Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet U.S. Department of the Navy kimberly.a.oconnor16.civ@us.navy.mil Forrest Cobb Natural Infrastructure Coordinator Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Environmental Management and Restoration) forrest.h.cobb2.civ@mail.mil |
Lori Kruse-Johnson SWD CESU Program Manager Lori.M.Kruse-Johnson@usace.army.mil |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Cesar Blanco Regional Aquatic Invasive Species Program Coordinator cesar_blanco@fws.gov Matthew Dekar Assistant Regional Director, Science Applications (Acting) California Science Coordinator matthew_dekar@fws.gov |
Sonja Scott Administrative Officer Science Applications sonja_scott@fws.gov |
| U.S. Forest Service | Juliann Aukema, Ph.D. Assistant Station Director – Research Pacific Southwest Research Station juliann.aukema@usda.gov Stephanie Coppeto Regional Monitoring Coordinator Pacific Southwest Region stephanie.coppeto@usda.gov |
Jennifer Jones Grants and Agreements Specialist Pacific Southwest Research Station jennifer.jones2@usda.gov Constance Zipperer Grants and Agreements Specialist Pacific Southwest Region constance.zipperer@usda.gov |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Hugo Hoffman NEPA Compliance and Natural Resources Environmental Management Division Ames Research Center hugo.a.hoffman@nasa.gov Tina Norwood Program Manager NEPA and Natural Resources NASA Headquarters tina.norwood@nasa.gov |
Beatrice Morales bmorales@mail.arc.nasa.gov |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Kristen Koch Deputy Director Southwest Fisheries Science Center kristen.c.koch@noaa.gov |
Meghan Donahue Director, Operations, Management and Information Southwest Fisheries Science Center meghan.donahue@noaa.gov Julie Whitaker Chief, Acquisitions and Grants Division Management and Budget Office National Ocean Service julie.whitaker@noaa.gov |
| National Park Service | Benjamin Becker Science Advisor NPS Regions 8, 9, 10, and 12 NPS Research Coordinator, Californian CESU University of California, Berkeley ben_becker@nps.gov |
Erica Cordeiro Branch Chief CESU Financial Assistance West erica_cordeiro@nps.gov |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service | Charles Rewa Wildlife Assessments Leader Resource Inventory and Assessment Division Charles.rewa@usda.gov |
Aileen Anderson Senior Grants Management Specialist Grants and Agreements Division | NHQ Branch aileen.anderson@usda.gov |
| U.S. Geological Survey | Paul Selmants Research Ecologist Western Geographic Science Center pselmants@usgs.gov |
Sherri Ly Bredesen Chief, National Grants Branch Office of Acquisition and Grants sbredesen@usgs.gov |
| UNIVERSITY PARTNERS | ||
| California State University, Channel Islands | Sean Anderson Chair, Environmental Science and Resource Management Program Sean.Anderson@csuci.edu |
Scott Perez Director, Research and Sponsored Programs scott.perez@csuci.edu |
| California State University, Chico | Kevin M. Kelley Associate Vice President, Research and Sponsored Programs kmkelley@csuchico.edu |
John Miner Office of Research and Sponsored Programs jminer@csuchico.edu |
| California State University, Fresno | Steve Blumenshire Director of Research and Education CA Water Institute sblumens@mail.fresnostate.edu |
Maral Kistmenian Grants and Research Administrator mkismetian@csufresno.edu |
| California State University, Fullerton | Jennifer Burnaford Department of Biological Science College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics jburnaford@fullerton.edu |
Denise Bell Office of Sponsored Programs CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation dbell@fullerton.edu |
| California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt | Eric Riggs Dean, College of Natural Resources and Sciences eric.riggs@humboldt.edu |
Kacie Flynn Executive Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs kacie.flynn@humboldt.edu |
| California State University, Los Angeles | Andres Aguilar Department of Biological Sciences aaguil67@calstatela.edu |
Alma Sahagun Director of Contracts and Grants asahag@cslanet.calstatela.edu |
| California State University, Monterey Bay | Marsha Moroh Dean, College of Science, Media Arts and Technology mmoroh@csumb.edu |
Cindy Lopez Director, Sponsored Programs Office clopez@csumb.edu |
| California State University, Northridge | Amalie Jo Orme Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies amalie.orme@csun.edu |
Sheree Schrager Managing Director Research and Sponsored Programs sheree.schrager@csun.edu |
| California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | Jayson Smith Assistant Professor Biological Sciences jaysonsmith@cpp.edu |
Sadiq Shah Associate Vice President Research, Innovation, and Economic Development sayedshah@cpp.edu David Prenovost CFO, Foundation Financial Services Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc. dfprenovost@cpp.edu |
| California Polytechnic State University | Benjamin Ruttenberg Assistant Professor Biological Sciences Department bruttenb@calpoly.edu |
Melissa Mullen Director, Sponsored Programs mrmullen@calpoly.edu |
| California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State) | Susan Crawford Professor and Chair, Chemistry Department scrawford@csus.edu |
Mariappan “Jawa” Jawaharlal Associate Vice President (Interim) Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development m.jawaharlal@csus.edu |
| San Diego State University | Rebecca Lewsion Associate Professor, Biology Department rlewison@mail.sdsu.edu |
Barry Janov Director, Sponsored Research Project Management bjanov@foundation.sdsu.edu |
| San Francisco State University | Gretchen LeBuhn Assistant Professor, Department of Biology lebuhn@sfsu.edu |
Alison Sanders Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs asanders@sfsu.edu |
| Sonoma State University | Thomas Whitley Professor and Director, Anthropological Studies Center whitley@sonoma.edu |
Gabrielle Utarid Senior Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs gabrielle.utarid@sonoma.edu |
| California State University, Stanislaus | Patrick A. Kelly Professor of Zoology and Coordinator, Endangered Species Recovery Program pkelly@esrp.csustan.edu |
Heidi Britt Lead Grant and Contract Specialist Office of Research and Sponsored Programs HBritt@csustan.edu |
| Moss Landing Marine Laboratories | Jim Harvey Director jharvey@mlml.calstate.edu |
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| Occidental College | Daniel J. Pondella, II Associate Professor, Biology Department Director, Vantuna Research Group pondella@oxy.edu |
Kerry Thompson Interim Dean of the College and Vice President for Academic Affairs kthompson@oxy.edu |
| Pepperdine University | Florybeth La Valle Assistant Professor of Biology Natural Science Division florybeth.lavalle@pepperdine.edu |
Miyun Choe Director, Grants Administration and Compliance Office of Research, Grants, and Foundation Relations miyun.choe@pepperdine.edu |
| Smithsonian Institution | Scott Miller Chief Scientist, Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Research MillerS@si.edu |
Karen Otiji Associate Director, Office of Sponsored Projects OtijiK@si.edu |
| Stanford University Department of Earth System Science | Robert Jackson Douglas Provostial Professor and Chair Department of Earth System Science rob.jackson@stanford.edu |
Jennifer Scerri Contract and Grant Officer Office of Sponsored Research jscerri@stanford.edu |
| University of California, Berkeley | Steve Beissinger A. Starker Leopold Chair in Wildlife Biology and Professor of Conservation Biology beis@berkeley.edu |
Pam Miller Interim Executive Director, Sponsored Projects Office plfmiller@berkeley.edu |
| University of California, Davis | James F. Quinn Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy jfquinn@ucdavis.edu |
Ahmad Hakim-Elahi Executive Director, Sponsored Programs ahakimelahi@ucdavis.edu |
| University of California, Irvine | Travis Huxman Director, Center for Environmental Biology thuxman@uci.edu |
Nancy Lewis Executive Director, Sponsored Projects nrlewis@uci.edu |
| University of California, Los Angeles | H. Bradley Shaffer Distinguished Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Director of Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve brad.shaffer@ucla.edu |
Kathy Kawamura Assistant Director, Grants and Cooperative Agreements Office of Contract and Grant Administration kathy.kawamura@research.ucla.edu |
| University of California, Merced | Qinghua Guo School of Engineering and Sierra Nevada Research Institute qguo@ucmerced.edu |
Thea Vicari Contract and Grant Officer tvicari@ucmerced.edu |
| University of California, Riverside | Emma L. Aronson Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology emma.aronson@ucr.edu |
Teeny Ellis Senior Contract and Grant Officer teeny.ellis@ucr.edu |
| University of California, San Diego | Johnathan Shurin Professor, Division of Biological Sciences jshurin@ucsd.edu |
Linda Collins Assistant Vice Chancellor and Director, Office of Contract and Grant Administration lcollins@ucsd.edu |
| University of California, Santa Barbara | Susan Warbrick Associate Director, Marine Science Institute, Natural Reserve System swarbric@lifesci.ucsb.edu |
Cora Diaz Director, Sponsored Projects diaz@research.ucsb.edu |
| University of California, Santa Cruz | Dan Costa Center for Ocean Health costa@biology.ucsc.edu |
Larry Castro Director, Office of Sponsored Projects lcastro@ucsc.edu |
| University of Southern California | James Murday Director of Physical Sciences Office of Research and Development murday@usc.edu |
Jeri Muniz Executive Director Department of Contracts and Grants jeri.muniz@usc.edu |
| OTHER PARTNERS | ||
| California Conservation Corps | Zia Schatz Program Manager Watershed Stewards Program zia.schatz@ccc.ca.gov |
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| California Department of Fish and Wildlife | Christina Sloop Science Advisor and Science Institute Lead christina.sloop@wildlife.ca.gov |
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| California Academy of Sciences | Rebecca Johnson Co-Director, Center for Biodiversity and Community rjohnson@calacademy.org |
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| California Association for Resource Conservation Districts | Karen Buhr Executive Director karen-buhr@carcd.org |
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| California Invasive Plant Council | Doug Johnson Executive Director dwjohnson@cal-ipc.org |
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| California Native Plant Society | Aaron Sims Rare Plant Program Director asims@cnps.org |
Brock Wimberley Senior Operations Director bwimberley@cnps.org |
| Institute for Bird Populations | Rodney Siegel Executive Director rsiegel@birdpop.org |
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| Institute for Wildlife Studies | David Garcelon President garcelon@iws.org |
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| Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research | Gregory Schorr President gschorr@marecotel.org |
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| The Marine Mammal Center | Jeff Boehm Chief External Relations Officer boehmj@tmmc.org Shelbi Stoudt Permit and Data Compliance Manager stoudts@tmmc.org |
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| National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers | Valerie Grussing Executive Director valerie@nathpo.org |
Melissa Madrigal Operations Director melissa@nathpo.org |
| Natural Communities Coalition | Danny Fry Science Coordinator/Wildland Fire Lead dfry@occonservation.org |
James Sulentich Executive Director jsulentich@occonservation.org |
| Point Blue Conservation Science | Dan Robinette Coastal Marine Program Leader Point Blue Vandenberg Field Station drobinette@pointblue.org |
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| San Bernardino County Museum | David Myers Director David.Myers@sbcm.sbcounty.gov Tamara Serrao-Leiva Curator of Anthropology Tamara.Serrao-Leiva@sbcm.sbcounty.gov |
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| San Diego Natural History Museum | Kevin Clark Ecologist kclark@sdnhm.org |
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| San Diego Zoo | Ronald Swaisgood Brown Chair/Director of Applied Animal Ecology Institute for Conservation Research San Diego Zoo Global rswaisgood@sandiegozoo.org |
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| Santa Barbara Botanic Garden | Steve Windhager Executive Director swindhager@sbbg.org |
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| Sierra Streams Institute | Joanne Hild Executive Director joanne@sierrastreams.org |
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| Southern California Marine Institute | Daniel Pondella Director pondella@oxy.edu |
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