Principal Investigators

The SW CASC university consortium is composed of six universities: University of Arizona which is the host; Desert Research Institute; University of California, Davis; University of California, Los Angeles; Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego; and University of Colorado, Boulder. The Consortium Principal Investigators hail from these universities. This university consortium has conducted scientific research, expanded partnerships, and supported the next generation of climate scientists through the core hosting agreement.

Richard Ambrose

University of California, Los Angeles

Michelle Baker

Utah State University

Tim Brown

Desert Research Institute

Dan Cayan

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego

Michael Dettinger

USGS & Desert Research Institute

Erica Fleishman

Colorado State University & University of California, Davis

Gregg Garfin

University of Arizona

Alexander (Sasha) Gershunov

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego

Nancy Huntly

Utah State University

Glen MacDonald

University of California, Los Angeles

Alison Meadow

University of Arizona

Beth Rose Middleton

University of California, Davis

Mark Schwartz

University of California, Davis

Brad Udall

Colorado State University

Tamara Wall

Desert Research Institute