Contacts: Gary Polakovic (323) 527-7770 or polakovi@usc.edu; USC Media Relations (213) 740-2215 or uscnews@usc.edu.
Ed Avol, professor of clinical medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC. He’s an expert in smoke toxicity, respiratory health, air pollution, health impacts and preventive measures.
Contact: avol@usc.edu or (323) 442-1090
George Ban-Weiss, professor of civil and environmental engineering, Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. He’s an expert in climate change, land-use in urban areas, smoke and air pollution and resiliency of the built and natural environments.
Contact: banweiss@usc.edu
Adam Rose, research professor at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy and director of the USC Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE). He’s an expert in the economics of disasters and served as the lead economist on the U.S. Geological Survey disaster scenarios and lead researcher for a report to Congress on the net benefits of the Federal Emergency Management Agency hazard mitigation grants.
Contact: adamzros@price.usc.edu or (814) 777-6789
Julien Emile-Geay, associate professor of Earth sciences at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. He’s an expert in droughts, climate change and El Nino/La Nina cycles.
Contact: julieneg@usc.edu or (310) 429 7701
Seth John, assistant professor of Earth sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. He’s an expert on how fires affect ecosystems, including coastlines and marine environments.
Contact: seth.john@usc.edu or (617) 869-8463
Josh West, associate professor of geology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. He’s an expert in post-fire landslides, floods and debris flows that can occur during winter storms.
Contact: josh.west@usc.edu or (505) 603-5223
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