Natural Resource Management

Nicolás is a fire ecologist and fire practitioner who studies the reintroduction of Indigenous cultural burning in two of California’s ecologically and culturally important ecosystems: tule wetlands and oak woodlands. His applied research is driven by a desire to support Indigenous-led restoration and advance tribal sovereignty while broadly addressing the ecological impacts and ongoing history of settler colonialism.

Marina Dewinara Luccioni is a Corsican-Indonesian ecologist and experimental film-maker studying human and environmental health. Her PhD dissertation focuses on using chemical and molecular ecology in support of community-based and Indigenous ecological governance in Corsica, Hawai’i and California.

Chloe Schneider Johnson’s work is guided by the conviction that environmental crises often stem from misplaced priorities and concentrated power that leave social and environmental sacrifice zones in their wake. She aims to leverage policy for community use to defend the universal right to health and connection with local ecosystems. She currently works in the space of wildfire resilience, advancing sustainable rural stewardship economies and supporting Indigenous-led, place-based approaches to land restoration.

Jackson is a master’s in environmental management candidate specializing in ecosystem conservation and management at the Yale School of the Environment. Jackson is particularly interested in private lands conservation, prairie plants, commodity markets, land ownership, ecological restoration, and lots more.

Brook M Thompson is a Yurok and Karuk Native American Ph.D. candidate at UC Santa Cruz ENVS, scientist, civil/ environmental engineer, children's book author, water activist, and artist. Thompson's areas of expertise includes Chinook Salmon on the Klamath, environmental justice, restoration theory, and Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge.