USC Trees Team Members
The USC Urban Trees Initiative brings together multidisciplinary teams of faculty, staff, and student researchers to help the City of Los Angeles and local nonprofits grow an equitable and resilient urban forest.
The Initiative is coordinated by the Climate and Sustainability project management staff at USC’s Dornsife Public Exchange.
Community engagement efforts are supported by USC’s Office of Community and Local Government Partnerships under University Relations.
Faculty Leads
John Wilson
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Esther Margulies
USC School of Architecture
Will Berelson
USC Earth Sciences
Yi Qi
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Research Staff
Beau MacDonald
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Ayda Kianmehr
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Nick Everett Rollins
USC Earth Sciences
Student Researchers
Amber Birdwell
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Dominic Borrelli
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Avery Fratto
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Kavya Gudihal
USC School of Architecture
Laura Messier
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Alyssa Ng
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Thaomy Vo
USC Earth Sciences
Yifan Yang
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Community Partnership Staff
David Galaviz
USC University Relations
Melinda Ramos-Alatorre
USC University Relations
Dulce Acosta
USC University Relations
Steve Wesson
USC University Relations
Coleman Reardon
USC University Relations
Project Management Staff
Monica Dean
Public Exchange
Marianna Babboni
Public Exchange
Katie Vega
Public Exchange
City of L.A. Partners
Rachel Malarich
L.A. Department of Public Works
Amy Schulenberg
L.A. Department of Public Works
Past Team Members
Rachel Ablondi
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Naman Casas
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Eileen Chen
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Charles Curtin
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Jackson Fitzgerald
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Jillian Gorman
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Erik Huisman
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Emma Johnson
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Runzi Kang
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Jinsol Kim
USC Earth Sciences
Carolyn Koh
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Joan Lee
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Yixuan Li
USC School of Architecture
Seher Randhawa
USC Spatial Sciences Institute
Aviva Wolf-Jacobs
USC Spatial Sciences Institute