Dr. Lauren Cox (she/her)


Email: lecox@berkeley.edu 


Education:

B.S. Environmental Science, University of Alabama

M.S. Geography, University of Alabama

Ph.D. Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley


Lauren is a forest ecologist who studies stand dynamics and evaluates silvicultural strategies for a changing future. Previous research has focused on the efficacy of long-term silvicultural experiments in the central Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forest and drought-related tree mortality throughout the Sierra Nevada. Currently, she provides science support to the California Wildfire & Forest Resilience Task Force as one of the Staff Scientists to the Science Advisory Panel.