Gregg Garfin

Associate Professor and Associate Extension Specialist, School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Director, Science Translation and Outreach, Arizona Institute for Resilient Environments and Societies
University Director, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
Director, Water, Society & Policy M.S. Program

Gregg Garfin is a University of Arizona climatologist, with appointments in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment and the Arizona Institutes for Resilience. He serves as University Director of the Southwest Climate Science Center—a partnership between the USGS and a consortium of research institutions in the Southwest. He has worked extensively with water and natural resource managers, planners and concerned citizens in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico to examine resource and community resilience and to improve preparedness for climate change, drought and other climate-related hazards.

Degree(s)

  • Ph.D., Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1998