Adjunct Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
I am a fire ecologist investigating historical fire patterns and their relationship to climate and urban development. Other research focuses on the impact of perturbations in fire regimes on invasive plants in Mediterranean climate ecosystems.
The UCLA La Kretz Center 10th Annual Public Lecture examined the impacts of wild fire on California conservation. Featuring preeminent ecologists Carla D’Antonio (UC Santa Barbara), Jon Keeley (US Geological…
On November 8th, 2018 the Woolsey fire swept across the Santa Monica Mountains. It claimed 96,949 acres of undeveloped land in the mountains, making it the most extensive fire ever…
