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 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, 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".
This week, ARE PhD candidate Bruno Pimenta presented his job market paper, entitled "The Differential Responses of Farmers on Private and Public Lands to Droughts in the Brazilian Amazon."
This week, we had a busy lab seminar. First, three PhD students - Tom Cromsjo and Kevin Cao in ARE, and Wantong Yuan in ESP - presented 5 minute egg-timer style presentations detailing their in-progress work. These short talks were a resounding success, and we will continue this new Lab format with another egg timer session later in the quarter.
ARE PhD students Will Troske and Ignacio Oliva each presented ongoing work, titled "Global warming, inequality, and dependence on the environment" and "The Behavioral Impact of Sulfur Fuel Content Regulations in Maritime Shipping" respectively.
ARE PhD candidate Bruno Pimenta presented his work on how deforestation in the Amazon responds to drought, and how this response differs between private and public land. Climate change has made drought events in the Amazon more frequent. Manmade deforestation can further deteriorate the region's climate, and weather conditions may also influence a farmer's decision to deforest. The Brazilian Amazon is a mosaic of public and private lands, and farmers in public lands may not have incentives to manage their lands sustainably.
ARE PhD students Stuart Morrison and Ignacio Oliva each presented ongoing work as a part of the 3rd Year Prospectus Brown Bag series, which allows ARE students to workshop the ideas that will (or may) make up their prospectus.
