CCSL is led by an interdisciplinary team of climate change mitigation and adaptation scholars who offer complementary expertise from the natural sciences, engineering, and social sciences, befitting the need for wide-ranging expertise and perspectives to inform climate solutions. Our diverse team leverages the breadth of UVic’s climate-solutions expertise.
Our Core Team
Julia K. Baum
CCSL Program Director
Julia Baum holds the Faculty of Science President’s Chair at the University of Victoria where she is also Professor of Ocean Ecology and Global Change in the Department of Biology, a Provost’s Engaged Scholar, and the Director of Coastal Climate Solutions Leaders. Prof. Baum studies the resilience of marine ecosystems in the face of human disturbance. Her research group works to advance understanding of the impacts of climate change in the ocean, and to inform and catalyze climate solutions.
Erica Dolman
CCSL Program Coordinator
Erica oversees all aspects of CCSL’s administration and program delivery. She collaborates with UVic departments, research centres and community partners to develop novel training opportunities, while providing personalized support to CCSL students. Erica received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of British Columbia in 2016. She then spent seven years working in the reforestation and silviculture industry in the summers, while traveling abroad in the fall and winters. She is a recent graduate of the University of Victoria’s Master of Public Administration program. Her research explored how the sharing of priority populations’ lived experiences of extreme heat events in the Capital Regional District (CRD) via podcasting may serve as a climate change communication tool with local policy- and decision-makers to engage in policy listening.
Core Faculty Team
Professor Curran Crawford
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Zuomin Dong
Mechanical Engineering
Professor David Bristow
Civil Engineering
Professor Madeleine McPherson
Civil Engineering
Professor Adam Monahan
School of Earth & Ocean Sciences
Professor Amanda Bates
Biology
Professor Tamara Krawchenko
School of Public Administration
Professor Katya Rhodes
School of Public Administration
Professor Basma Majerbi
Gustavson School of Business