Camille Pawlak

Ph.D., UCLA Geography · Staff Scientist, Urban Forest Institute

I'm a remote sensing scientist who studies environmental change in California's urban forests, from tree canopy cover to how neighborhoods recover after wildfire. I also study coastal ecosystems, including kelp forests and, in current work, oil slicks off the Santa Barbara coast. Across both, I'm interested in the overlap between biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being and equity, and in building tools that inform decisions made by cities and land managers.

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