C/CHANGE - Key Persons
Dr. Erin Riordan is an applied ecologist working at the intersection of plants, people, and climate. Riordan uses quantitative tools to understand how plants respond to climate with the goal of promoting ecological and human resilience. Her work embraces transdisciplinary approaches to climate change adaptation in food systems and biodiversity conservation. She is a conservation research scientist at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Job Titles:
- Climate Scientist
- Professor and Associate Director for Research at the Appalachian Laboratory
Dr. Matt Fitzpatrick is a Professor and Associate Director for Research at the Appalachian Laboratory in Frostburg, Maryland. A former aerospace engineer, Dr. Fitzpatrick's research focuses on the application of spatial modeling approaches for assessing climate change threats to biodiversity. Dr. Fitzpatrick holds a Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee and was a Distinguished Visiting Researcher at CSIRO in Canberra, Australia. Before moving to his current position, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University.
Louise Sandhaus is a graphic designer, educator, and author of Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires and Riots: California and Graphic Design 1936-1986 (Metropolis, Thames & Hudson, 2014). In 2022, she was awarded the AIGA Medal.