Project Members
Sara-Katherine Coxon
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Sara-Katherine is a Bren School master's candidate specializing in Economics & Politics of the Environment and Strategic Environmental Communications. Prior to Bren, she worked over three years at the World Resources Institute, an environmental policy and research institute in Washington, DC, where she managed the budgets, grants, and communications for several climate and energy projects. She is passionate about climate policy and science writing, and hopes to use her career to harness the power of effective, targeted communications in addressing complex environmental challenges. A California transplant by way of Vermont and Ontario, Sara-Katherine loves cooking, climbing, and exploring the mountains and ocean around Santa Barbara (though she wishes it snowed more).
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Micah Eggleton
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Micah Eggleton is a Master’s Candidate at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, specializing in Water Resources Management. Having graduated from UC Davis with a BS in Environmental Science and Management emphasizing in Natural Resource Conservation, and a Minor in Geology, Micah is passionate about water conservation. Before Bren, Micah was an AmeriCorps Member, working for the Sierra Nevada AmeriCorps Partnership at the El Dorado County and Georgetown Divide Resource Conservation Districts. While there he lead watershed education programs, performed water quality analyses, assisted in property erosions consultations, and organized several community outreach volunteer projects. After Bren, Micah hopes to launch his career in Water Resources Management within the public or private sector.
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Catherine Iantosca
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Catherine is a second year master's student at UCSB's Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, where she is part of the Sustainable Water Markets Fellowship program. Catherine plans to specialize in Water Resources Management and would like to explore how various water-planning techniques such as water transfers, conservation, and reuse can be combined to provide a sustainable and reliable supply of water to California’s cities, agriculture, and the environment. Prior to coming to the Bren School, Catherine received a BS in Environmental Studies and Planning with an emphasis in Water Quality Technology from Sonoma State University and gained experience in urban water-use efficiency, stormwater management, and watershed restoration through a variety of internships.
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Jennifer Sajor
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Originally from San Jose, CA, Jen is a second year master’s student pursuing a specializing in water resources management at Bren. She received her bachelor's degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with a minor in Global Sustainability from the University of California, Irvine in 2012. She has experience in different fields of environmental management including corporate sustainability, environmental consulting, and communication. Currently she is interested in exploring the governmental aspect of environmental management and hopes to gain valuable insights about working with local water agencies and municipalities during her time at Bren. Jen’s goal is to find a post grad career in the water management field in which she can work on water supply and conservation planning for urban areas.
Jen is a true California girl at heart who enjoys hiking, snowboarding, going to the beach, and rooting for her home sports teams (Go Warriors!). Her favorite foods include tacos, sushi, and her mom’s home cooking. Her favorite experience thus far was studying abroad in Chile, where she got to do everything from snowboarding down the Andes Mountains to horseback riding in Elqui Valley to exploring the busy streets of Santiago. |
Bren Faculty Advisors
Jeff DozierSnow Hydrology, Earth System Science, Remote Sensing
PhD, MS, Geography, University of Michigan; BA, Geography, California State University, Hayward Jeff Dozier has been on the UCSB faculty since 1974 and was the founding dean of the Bren School. He has led interdisciplinary studies in two areas: one addresses hydrologic science, environmental engineering, and social science in the water environment; the other is in the integration of environmental science and remote sensing with computer science and technology. From 1990-92, he was the senior project scientist for NASA’s Earth Observing System, when the configuration for the system was established. Among Dr. Dozier's honors are the 2009 Jim Gray Award from Microsoft for his achievements in data-intensive science and his selection as the 2010 Nye Lecturer for the Cryosphere group of the American Geophysical Union. A long-time backcountry skier, mountaineer, and rock climber, he helped lead six expeditions to the Hindu Kush range in Afghanistan and has a dozen first ascents there. The story behind the naming of Dozier Dome in the Sierra Nevada can be found in the Super Topo Climbing Forum. Click here for Professor Dozier's Bren Faculty page. |
Naomi TagueAssociate Professor – Hydrology
PhD, Geography; MS, Geography, University of Toronto (Canada); BEng, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo (Canada) Christina Tague's research is focused on the interactions between hydrology and ecosystem processes and, specifically, how eco-hydrologic systems are altered by changes in land use and climate. Much of her work involves developing and using spatial simulation models to integrate data from multiple field-based monitoring studies in order to generalize results to larger watersheds. Reflecting that emphasis, she is one of the principal developers of the Regional Hydro-Ecologic Simulation System (RHESSys), an integrated model of spatially distributed carbon, water, and nitrogen cycling. RHESSys is designed to provide science-based information about spatial patterns of ecosystem health and vulnerability in terms of water quantity and quality. Professor Tague is currently modeling the impacts of climate change on stream-flow patterns in the western United States and examining how urbanization alters drainage patterns and associated biogeochemical cycling in watersheds in Baltimore, Maryland, and Southern California. Click here for Professor Tague's Bren Faculty page. |
Project Client
Ventura WaterVentura Water is dedicated to providing quality water and wastewater services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. They have been delivering drinking water from local sources since 1923, cleaning wastewater for more than a century, and preventing stormwater pollution for the past two decades. Their programs include:
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