Metabolism of Cities Living Lab: Strengthening Diversity and Deliberation in Climate Adaptation Planning

List of Team Members and Affiliations:

The Metabolism of Cities Living Lab (MOCLL) working group is composed of faculty members across campus whose research and scholarship centers around sustainability, resilience, and justice for San Diego and Imperial Counties’ local and natural communities.

SDSU Big Ideas Metabolism of Cities Living Lab Team*

#Faculty and StaffAffiliationResearch & Creative Areas
1 Gabriela Fernandez, Ph.D.

(PI)

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Geography, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age (HDMA), San Diego, California, gfernandez2@sdsu.edu. Urban metabolism, civic engagement, urban planning, design, & policy, vulnerable populations, US-Mexico border studies.
2 Ming Hsian-Tsou, Ph.D. (Co-PI) Professor, Department of Geography, Director, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age (HDMA), San Diego, California, mtsou@sdsu.edu. Modeling data impacts across social networks visual data analytics, and social media.
3. Carol Maione Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy carol.maione@polimi.it Material flow modeling, urban metabolism, societal transformations, industrial transitions.
4 Carlos R. Herrera, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of History, Borderlands Institute (BI), Imperial Valley, California, cherrer@mail.sdsu.edu. US-Mexico border issues (energy, water and environment) and local scholars program.
5* Araceli Saucedo, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Economics, Sustainable Energy Center, Brawley, California, asaucedo@sdsu.edu. Workforce development, energy education and training.
6 Barbara Romero, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology, Imperial Valley University Partnership, Imperial Valley, California, bromero@mail.sdsu.edu. Students from Imperial Valley College (IVC)
7 Estralita Martin, Ph.D. Director, Center for the Advancement of Students in Academia (CASA); Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, College of Sciences, San Diego, California, esmartin@sdsu.edu. Minorities and first generation
8 Eric Young City of San Diego, Community Engagement, City Mayor's Office, San Diego, California, ecyoung@sandiego.gov. Community Engagement -Local government
9 Shirley Bonillas City of Brawley Personnel and Risk Management Administrator, California, sbonillas@brawley-ca.gov. Community Engagement -Local government
10 Alexis Brown City of Imperial Valley/County (7 cities), Assistant City Manager, California, abrown@cityofimperial.org. Community Engagement -Local government
11 Sharon Gill United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), Paris, France, sharon.gil@unep.org. United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, urban metabolism, resource efficiency
12 Penelope Quintana, Ph.D., M.P.H. Professor, Division of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, San Diego, California, jquintan@sdsu.edu. U.S.-Mexico border environmental justice issues, air pollution, biological monitoring of human populations for measurement of exposure, exposure assessment for vulnerable populations.
13 Bruce Appleyard, Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, City Planning Program, San Diego, California, bappleyard@sdsu.edu. City planning studies, smart growth, quality of life, walkability, bicycling, climate action planning.
14 Heather Corliss, Ph.D. Professor, Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, Co-Director of the Joint Doctoral Program in Health Behavior, San Diego, California, hcorliss@sdsu.edu. Epidemiology, LGBTI health, health disparities.
15 Eunjeong Ko, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Graduate Advisor, John A. Hartford Faculty Scholar, School of Social Work, San Diego, California, eko@sdsu.edu. Aging, racial and ethnic disparities in accessing and utilizing health services
16 Cathy Gin Vision Lab, San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), San Diego, California., cgi@sandag.org. Transportation, smarth growth, housing, civic engagement, regional transportation plan
17 Lidiia Tereshchenko Ph.D. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Hydromechanics, Kiev, Ukraine Hydrogeology, experimental physics, mathematical modeling, materials, computational fluid dynamics, and oceanography.

*Keely Bamberg, SDSU Senior Director of Development Key Contact for the Metabolism of Cities Living Lab (MOC-LLAB)

Keywords: civic engagement, environmental justice, climate adaptation, climate justice, community based research, citizen participation, sustainability, interdisciplinary collaborations