This week, ARE PhD candidate Bruno Pimenta gave an Exit Seminar in the lab, designed to summarize his dissertation research, describe his research journey, and give the lab a preview of his future research agenda.
Bruno entered the ARE PhD program in 2020 and has been a regular member of the lab since 2022. Before coming to Davis, he completed a master's degree at the University of São Paulo. Following graduation, he will join Imperial College London as a postdoctoral researcher, studying the electrification of supply chains with renewable energy.
This week, ARE PhD candidate Kyumin Kim presented his ongoing work, entitled "Balancing multiple interventions for dynamically efficient kelp forest restoration under marine heatwave uncertainty."
This week, Sam Evans presented in the Lab. Sam is a research economist in the Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP) at CAL FIRE. He is part of the agency's risk and hazard mitigation branch and also does work on California's timber and forest products sectors. Sam provided an overview of the program, the use of applied research in the agency, the need for more economics, and opportunities for funding and collaboration.
This week, ARE PhD candidate Will Troske presented his ongoing work on the behavioral response of commercial shipping firms to sulfur emissions regulations.
This week, ARE PhD candidate Kelly Wu presented her ongoing work, entitled "Spatial, temporal, and cross-fishery adaptation in the U.S. West Coast Dungeness Crab Fishery." This work is motivated by the fact that climate shocks increasingly disrupt coastal fisheries. Kelly and coauthors examine how fishermen respond to climate shocks in the U.S. West Coast Dungeness crab fishery, where Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) increasingly trigger fishery closures.
This week, the Lab hosted a two-part seminar. First, Gal Koss presented on best practices for data visualization, graphing, and plotting. Gal discussed Edward Tufte and seminal work The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, the Coolors palette generator tool, and how to avoid "chartjunk." Some data visualization resources from Gal are attached at the end of this post.
This weekend, the Lab took a trip to Nimbus Fish Hatchery in Gold River, CA. We learned about the life cycle of chinook salmon and steelhead trout, and the complicated policy and management regimes which govern water use and ecosystem health in California. It was a great time, and we even fed some trout!
This week, ARE PhD candidate Ignacio Oliva presented his ongoing work with Bruno Pimenta, entitled "Unintended consequences of nature-based climate mitigation: Exotic natural capital and water scarcity."
Nature-based climate mitigation strategies aim to enhance carbon sequestration by protecting or restoring natural habitats. Additionally, these strategies can improve the provision of ecosystem services. However, these strategies can damage local ecosystems if they prioritize monoculture of exotic species.
This week, the Lab hosted Andres de Loera, a PhD candidate in economics at Harvard University. Andres studies environmental and public economics with a focus on the governance of internationally shared ocean resources. He presented his job market paper, entitled "Climate Change and the Common Pool Problem in Fisheries".
Today, the NatuRE Lab hosted a student panel, where upper-year students in the ARE PhD program answered other students' questions about the program, the research process, and the third-year Qualifying Exams. We will be hosting another student panel later this year, focused on the academic job market.
