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