Ph.D. Candidate

Adrienne is a PhD student in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning. Her research is focused on just planning in disaster management. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Southwestern University in Environmental Studies and her Master of Science from National Cheng Kung University in Disaster Mitigation and Management. She has worked at the Water Sustainability Lab in Taiwan since 2017, where she utilizes science based participatory environmental planning methods in projects focused on sustainable community planning, wise use of coastal wetlands, as well as least conflict renewable energy planning.

Contact email: adrienne_dodd AT berkeley.edu

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Connie Zhang is an undergraduate student studying Environmental Sciences, with a focus on sustainable agriculture and watershed restoration. She is currently monitoring the groundwater and geomorphic impacts of a beaver dam analog project in the Scott River Valley. In the past, she has worked as a field technician on a stage-zero river restoration project on the Southern Oregon coast, as well as multiple process-based projects in the Scott River Valley. As an undergraduate research assistant at the Berkeley Agroecology Lab, Connie studies the soil hydrology of cover crop farms on the Central Coast. She is passionate about low-tech ecosystem restoration that engages community stakeholders and allows space for natural processes to alter the landscape. Connie is also minoring in Chinese and loves rock climbing and snowboarding in her free time.

Contact email: [email protected]

Ph.D. Candidate

Jen's research explores interactions of sediment, water, and vegetation in montane meadows of California's Sierra Nevada.  Through field observation, remote sensing and numerical models, she works to improve our understanding of the geomorphic and hydrologic processes that influence the ecological function of meadows. By understanding driving factors of ecosystem resilience, we can better prioritize restoration investments and apply techniques to sustain meadow ecosystems and understand their role as hydrologic refugia with climate shifts. Jen earned a B.A. from Smith College. After working as a software engineer for ten years, Jen sought an M.L.A. from UC Berkeley and now works toward a Ph.D. that will inform management of watershed, river and ecosystem functions.

Contact Email: jennifer.natali AT gmail.com

Masters Student

Maddie Page is a current masters student in the Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning program at UC Berkeley. Her background and interest in ecology and geomorphology and passion for expanding access to the outdoors sparked her interest in restoration design. Prior to graduate school, Maddie worked at River Partners as a restoration biologist and worked on riparian forest and floodplain habitat restoration projects in California's Central Valley and Delta. She holds a bachelors from Oberlin College in environmental studies and sociology.

Contact Email: [email protected]

Graduate Student 

Titli Thind is a Development Engineering graduate student from Goa, India. Her concentration is sustainable design where her research has spanned participatory urban planning, regenerative food systems, and river restoration. Her current research focuses on dam removals in the Global North vs large-scale displacement caused by mega dams in the Global South where she hopes to influence policy. Prior to graduate school, Titli was an airline pilot and permaculture designer. She went on to study Environmental Law and Policy concentrating on conservation of Goa’s ancient food ecology - the Khazans. She then completed a Masters in Sustainable Air Transport Management where she integrated permaculture design to sustainably masterplan airports. 

Contact email: titlithind AT berkeley.edu

Ph.D. Candidate

Vicente’s research addresses water infrastructure and environment: sustainable reservoir sediment management, flood management, and river restoration. His research is focused on strategic planning for sustainable sediment management in Andean River Basins in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, where several new dams are proposed or under construction, some in areas of high natural hazard and high sediment yield. During his professional experience, Vicente has conducted physical and mathematical models for evaluating river diversion structures, and developed a model for reservoir’s water management. He was lecturer at the Department of Civil Engineering, U Cuenca, from 2014 until 2016. Vicente received his BS in Civil Engineering at Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador (2011), and his MSc. In Water Resources Engineering at KULeuven and VUB Universities in Belgium (2014). He was granted a VLIR Scholarship (2012), from the Flemish Government, for his Master studies, a SENESCYT Scholarship (2013), from the Ecuadorian Government, for conducting his Master thesis research, and a Fulbright Scholarship for his PhD studies. While earning his undergraduate degree, he served as Volunteer Firefighter in Cuenca, Ecuador for four years, and one year as Catechist.

Contact email:  vicente.tinoco AT berkeley.edu