John Radke
Professor of city and regional planning and of landscape architecture and environmental planning; director of UC Berkeley's geographic information science center
- (510) 643-5995
- ratt@berkeley.edu
Areas of expertise: Geographic Information Systems (GIS), pattern recognition; metrics and methods for characterizing spatial structure, association and relationships between objects embedded in the landscape; designing hazard models to predict and assess risk.
Thomas A. Scott
Cooperative extension specialist
- (951) 827-5115
- thomas.scott@ucr.edu
Area of expertise: fire, conservation of wildlife, wildlife management at the urban-wildland interface, response of wildlife to human disturbances.
John Shelly
UC Cooperative Extension adviser
- (510) 665-3491
- jshelly@berkeley.edu
Area of expertise: forest products, wood manufacturing methods, the conversion of woody biomass into energy, liquid fuels and other products.
Scott L. Stephens
Professor of fire science in the Department of Environmental Science
- (510) 642-7304
- sstephens@berkeley.edu
Expertise: wildfire, prescribed burning, fire history, urban fires, fire behavior and fire prevention.
Disaster recovery
Earthquakes
Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl
Professor of structural engineering, mechanics and materials
- (510) 642-4528
- astaneh@berkeley.edu
Area of expertise: response of steel and composite structure to earthquakes, bombs and fire.
Jonathan Bray
Faculty chair in earthquake engineering excellence
- (510) 642-9843
- jonbray@berkeley.edu
Areas of expertise: Earthquake engineering, geotechnical engineering, ground motion, liquefaction, seismic impact on structures such as dams, landfills and embankment.
Jack Moehle
Ed and Diane Wilson Presidential Professor of Structural Engineering
- (510) 407-6124
- moehle@berkeley.edu
Areas of expertise: reinforced concrete structures, bridge and building design, seismic testing of structures.
Fires
Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl
Professor of structural engineering, mechanics and materials
- (510) 642-4528
- astaneh@berkeley.edu
Area of expertise: response of steel and composite structure to earthquakes, bombs and fire.
J. Keith Gilless
Professor of forest economics
- (510) 642-7171
- gilless@berkeley.edu
Expertise: forest economics and management, wildland fire protection planning.
Max Moritz
Wildfire specialist
- (805) 893-8747
- mmoritz@ucanr.edu
Areas of expertise: fire modeling, weather and climate effects versus fuel related characteristics, chaparral scrubland ecosystems and spatial patterns of fire disturbance.
John Radke
Professor of city and regional planning and of landscape architecture and environmental planning; director of UC Berkeley's geographic information science center
- (510) 643-5995
- ratt@berkeley.edu
Areas of expertise: Geographic Information Systems (GIS), pattern recognition; metrics and methods for characterizing spatial structure, association and relationships between objects embedded in the landscape; designing hazard models to predict and assess risk.
Thomas A. Scott
Cooperative extension specialist
- (951) 827-5115
- thomas.scott@ucr.edu
Area of expertise: fire, conservation of wildlife, wildlife management at the urban-wildland interface, response of wildlife to human disturbances.
John Shelly
UC Cooperative Extension adviser
- (510) 665-3491
- jshelly@berkeley.edu
Area of expertise: forest products, wood manufacturing methods, the conversion of woody biomass into energy, liquid fuels and other products.
Kirk Smith
Professor of Global Environmental Health
- (510) 643-0793
- krksmith@berkeley.edu
Expertise: Environmental health, health effects of pollution exposure, air pollution, clean air policy.
Scott L. Stephens
Professor of fire science in the Department of Environmental Science
- (510) 642-7304
- sstephens@berkeley.edu
Expertise: wildfire, prescribed burning, fire history, urban fires, fire behavior and fire prevention.
Steven Weissman
Lecturer emeritus in law and in public policy
- (510) 717-2422
- sweissman@law.berkeley.edu
Expertise: Public utilities, environment and climate change, energy and air quality and solid waste management policies,