Master's Project Directory | UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science & Management

A palm frond biochar for farmers and gardeners who want to improve soil health by repurposing landfill waste (Eco-E)

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2025)

Group Members: Lilli Bennett, Isabelle (Izzy) Coiro, Anna Perko, Michael Roysner

Faculty Advisors: Emily Cotter, Don Fullerton

Woman holding a tablet with statistics data on the screen

A standardized data collection tool for sustainability reporting of Scope 3 emissions (Eco-E)

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2025)

Group Members: Lawrence Angelo (Rence) Balitaan, Jacob (Jake) Cosmo, Jacques Rebibo, Chelsea Sanford

Faculty Advisors: Charles Kolstad, Kyle C. Meng, Emily Cotter

Conservation Gap Analysis and the Business Case for Protecting Surf Ecosystems

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2025)

Group Members: Ryan Anderson, Manuela Díaz, Sofia Gutierrez, Miranda Scalzo, Emma Tao

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Client: Conservation International Indonesia

Health center with solar panels on the roofs

Cost-Benefit Analysis Tools for Federally Qualified Health Centers Considering On-Site Solar Installation: A Healthcare Equity Project

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2025)

Group Members: Ivette Castaneda, Kyle (Reeves) Erickson, Temesgen Gebreyesus, Sabrina Molina Ramos, Henry Strecker

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Client: Collective Energy Company, LLC

Coral reef with different colored corals.

Develop a product/service that accelerates coral bleaching prevention through the diving community, raising awareness and adding value to the diving experience (Eco-E)

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2025)

Group Members: Camille Kaczmar, Samantha Mislinski, Zoe Zhou

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines, Emily Cotter

Evaluating Ecological Conservation Gaps Across a Proposed Sentinel Landscape

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2025)

Group Members: Thuy-Tien Bui, Madison Calbert, Andrew Palacios, Natalie Smith, Priscilla Ta

Faculty Advisors: Ruth Oliver

Client: LegacyWorks Group

Redwood forest with tall trees and lower shrubs

Evaluating the biodiversity implications of nature-based carbon credits

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2025)

Group Members: Sophie Bartley, Dana Cohen-Kaplan, Jackson Hayes, Anissa Stull, Kelsey Warren

Faculty Advisors: Andrew MacDonald

Client: Carbon Direct

Finding Balance in Our Urbanized Watersheds - Policy Recommendations for Alternative Emergency Debris Management Actions in Santa Barbara County

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2025)

Group Members: Letty Aguilar, John (Tali) Cook, Roxana Lagunas, Sophia Lecuona, Janiece Luu

Faculty Advisors: Patricia Holden

Client: Santa Barbara Channelkeeper

Fishing boat on the water with a sunset behind it and birds flying around the boat.

Fishing for change: a bioeconomic analysis comparing policy scenarios to manage distant water fishing in Liberia

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2025)

Group Members: Mara Booth, Taylor Cook, Dustin Duncan, Abigail Kirk, Madeleine (Maddie) Whitman

Faculty Advisors: Anastasia Quintana

Client: Conservation International, Center for Oceans (Liberia)

Mountain with blue sky and yellowing trees and grass in front of it in Colorado.

Integrating Climate Adaptation Strategies into Local Collaborative Forest Management in Northern Colorado

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2025)

Group Members: Olivia (Liv) Hemond, Steven Mitchell, Maxwell Pepperdine, Nicole Rosen, Izzy Sofio

Faculty Advisors: Joan Dudney

Client: The Nature Conservancy

Mountains in the distance with a field of beautiful flowers and shrubs.

Rancho Encinalito: Land & Biodiversity Conservation Through Sustainable Enterprise Advancement in Baja California Sur, Mexico

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2025)

Group Members: Sadie Armstrong, Julia Field, Samson Grunwald, Shivank Jhanji, Tatianna Suriel

Faculty Advisors: Tamma Carleton, Christina (Naomi) Tague

Client: Unión de Conservación Agua de la Sierra (UCAS)

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Roadmap and Recommendations for Sustainability Reporting in Food Manufacturing

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2025)

Group Members: Akshaya Jagannathan, Madison Kilkenny, Wesley Martinez, Daphne Prodis, Brenda Vuong

Faculty Advisors: Matthew Potoski

Client: Albertsons Companies

Safety and Sustainability Assessment of Biochar Produced From Biosolids for Agricultural Applications

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2025)

Group Members: Riley Black, Sam Lance, Lauren Londoño, Jessica Rodriguez

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller

Client: The Santa Ynez Chumash Environmental Office

Understanding and Mitigating Seaweed Forest Losses Caused by Environmental Change in New Zealand/Aotearoa

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2025)

Group Members: Kyle Burt, Jessica Copeland, Caroline Edmonds, Natalie Mayer, Shane O'Brian

Faculty Advisors: Chris Free

Client: Cawthron Institute

Many computer servers in a dark room in a data center

Understanding the tradeoffs of embedded energy and water use associated with Equinix's CA-based data center cooling needs

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2025)

Group Members: Michaela Galarza, Tulsi Mistry, Matilde Saucedo, Vrunda Tol

Faculty Advisors: Eric Masanet

Client: Equinix

Analysis of Pre-Consumer Textile Waste within the Apparel Supply Chain

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2024)

Group Members: Karina Abou-Chakra, Kira Archipov, Simone Berkovitz, Elena Perry, Rachel Spellenberg

Faculty Advisors: Matthew Potoski, David Tilman

Client: Patagonia

Analyzing Life Cycle Emissions of Synthetic Fertilizer and Cyanobacteria Biofertilizer for Lemon Trees

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2024)

Group Members: Merina Addonigio, Betty Cheong, Jenna Leonard, Kelly Perymon, Zoe Rennie

Faculty Advisors: Bruce Kendall

Client: The Limoneira Company

Assessing Marine Debris in the Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2024)

Group Members: Tatiana Bok, Elizabeth Braun, Eleri Griffiths, Heather Luedke, Anne Youngdahl

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Client: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

Assessing Riparian Woodland Response to Shallow Groundwater Availability

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2024)

Group Members: Hector Leal Ibarra, Leah Makler, Vivian Phan , Leslie Serafin, Hannah Vaughn-Hulbert

Faculty Advisors: Scott Jasechko

Client: Restoration Science LLC

Assessing the Impact of Supply-Side Policies on Oil Extraction, Health, and Employment in California

Master of Environmental Data Science (2024)

Group Members: Mariam Garcia, Haejin Kim, Maxwell Patterson

Faculty Advisors: Paasha Mahdavi

Client: The 2035 Initiative, UCSB Environmental Markets Lab (emLab), UCSB Bren School & Environmental Studies Department