Professor Grace C. WuAssistant Professor, Environmental Studies
University of California Santa Barbara Faculty Affiliate in the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management Faculty member in the UCSB 2035 Initiative Grace Wu (she/her) is an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Studies Program at UC Santa Barbara, which is situated on the unceded lands and waters of the Indigenous Chumash people. Before joining UCSB, Dr. Wu was a Smith Conservation Fellow at The Nature Conservancy and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. She was also a UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the John Muir Institute of the Environment at UC Davis. She was trained in systems thinking and interdisciplinary approaches in the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley.
Dr. Wu is interested in the dynamics and drivers of land use change, climate change mitigation, and advancing our ability to plan for sustainable, multi-use landscapes that protect biodiversity and advance climate goals. She uses spatial science approaches to identify and understand the co-benefits and trade-offs between climate solutions and habitat conservation. Her current main research areas are (1) sustainable spatial planning of low carbon energy systems; and (2) designing policy, management, and technology pathways to sustainable land systems. Ph.D., Energy and Resources, University of California, Berkeley M.S.., Energy and Resources, University of California, Berkeley M.Phil., Zoology, University of Cambridge B.A., Biology, Pomona College |
gracecwu [at] ucsb.edu
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THE TEAM
Alessandra Vidal Meza, MSResearch Assistant
Bren Master of Environmental Data Science (MEDS) graduate Project(s): Retrofitting wind farms with solar PV in the US |
Henry StreckerResearch Assistant
Masters of Environmental Science and Management (MESM) student Project(s): Factors driving wind and solar siting outcomes in the U.S. |
Nikhil MelkoteUndergraduate researcher
Department of Probability and Statistics Project(s): Understanding the sustainability of historic solar PV buildout in the Central Valley, California |
Sidney GathridResearcher/Collaborator
UCSB Environmental Studies graduate Project(s): Barriers and synergies in the phaseout of coal in the U.S. |
Shunsuke YamadaResearch Assistant
Env Studies undergraduate Project(s): Modeling federal GHG emission from climate smart agricultural practices |
Daniela RoblesResearch Assistant
Env Studies undergraduate Project(s): Modeling federal GHG emission from climate smart agricultural practices |