Advancing excellence through faculty diversity

Janin Guzman-Morales

Education:

B.S., Chemistry, National Autonomous University of Mexico; Ph.D., Earth Sciences, University of California, San Diego

Dissertation:

Santa Ana Winds of Southern California: Historical Variability and Future Climate Projections

Thesis Advisor:

Alexander Gershunov, Researcher of Climate, Atmospheric Science & Physical Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

Research Topic:

Regional Precipitation on the Dry Corridor of Central America and Southern Mexico: Connections with Forced Migration to the US

Mentor:

Leila Carvalho, Professor of Geography, and Summer Gray, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Current Position:

President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara