Research
Take a look at all the fantastic things we do!
Sandy Beach
Microplastic
Drones & ROVs
Coastal Geomorphology
Coastal Zone Management
Ecotoxicology
GIS & Mapping
Island Management
What is esrm?
Today’s environmental problems call for individuals who are educated in more than one discipline, highly trained in technical skills, and aware of the political, economic, and social dimensions of environmental decisions. The Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Resource Management (ESRM) provides solid training in basic physical, biological, and social sciences, and application of management science to reduce adverse impacts of human activity on the environment and to maximize the benefits that accrue from environmental resources. In the narrowest sense, Environmental Science is the study of the impact of human systems on physical and biological systems, and the dependence on natural resources by human systems. In a broader sense, Environmental Science is the study of the interaction and co-evolution of human, physical, and biological systems. Resource Management is concerned with the most effective means of avoiding damage to environmental assets and extracting beneficial uses of environmental resources, within the context of social institutions. Effective Resource Management considers benefits and costs, uncertainties and risks, limits of knowledge, institutional constraints, and social and political forces.
Sandy Beach
Pollution
Santa Rosa Island
mapping
the ESRM team
meet our professors and staff

Sean Anderson
-Couldn’t walk/had casts on his legs for the first 5 years of his life.
-Once had the #1 DJ business in SB.
-Was once erroneously confused with bomber attacking Congressional offices, leading to his being interrogated by the FBI.

Kiki Patsch

Clare Steele
-Grew up in England.
-Has lived in 8 different countries on four different continents.
-Loves to scuba dive coral reefs
-Her spirit animal is a manta ray.

Dan Reineman
– Favorite Food To Cook: Sourdough bread.
– Favorite Place To Be: In the Pacific Ocean.
– Favorite Knot: The Bowline, obviously.
– Fun Fact: Family came to Southern California in 1895 and still likes it here.

Emily Fairfax
Ecohydrologist
Representative Classes:
Environmental Statistics
2. Has clocked 300+ hours playing Civ V and Civ VI… so far.
3. Got married at a hands-on science museum.
4. Strategy board games are a core part of her social life.
5. Almost bumped into a black bear and her cub while running a marathon in the redwoods. All parties involved were startled.

Linda O’hirok
-She hosted the first academic conference at CI when the campus was still part of CSUN in 1999 for California Geographical Society. Everyone wanted a job at CI!

Mary Woo

Don Rodriguez
-Has been a fly fishing guide in CO -Has three kids (2 boys and 1 girl), and they all have jobs! Both sons are fly fishermen
-His wife teaches in the Business program

Cynthia Hartley
Ornithologist
Representative Classes:
GIS
– Worked on shorebird recovery at Ormond Beach for over 16 years.

Brenton Spies
Conservation Ecologist
Representative Classes:
Conservation Biology
– I used to race stock cars as a teenager at Ventura Speedway
– Ask me what the weather was like on the summit of Denali! (The tallest and one of the coldest peaks in North America)
– I have had three of my nature photos in National Geographic
– I’ve caught the largest tidewater goby on record at a whopping 62mm

Brett Hartman

Jean Pan

Ben Kuo
Wilderness First Aid Specialist
Representative Classes:
Field Professionalism
– Has two endangered (IUCN Red List) Bolivian palm trees (Parajubaea torallyi) in his backyard
– Once built an amateur radio out of a toaster, for fun
– Was the only communication link between a small island nation and the US State Department after Hurricane Maria
– Removed his back lawn, and let native milkweed take over, where monarch butterflies now breed

Rachel Cartwright
Marine Mammal Aerial Photogrammetry
Field Class- Hawaii

Alan Jaeger
– A part time Citrus Farmer and previous award winning floriculturist
– Degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Business Management – Has legally flown drones over some of the Nation’s most sensitive and secure locations
– Father of 3 crazy little boys

Emily Gaston
