Project leadership
Primary Investigators
Nancy Shackelford
Global Arid Zone Project (GAZP) Coordinator | Restoration of Natural Systems Director & Assistant Professor, University of Victoria
Katharine Suding
Professor, Colorado University at Boulder
Regional Coordinators
If you are in a region not represented below, we are looking for a regional coordinator! Please reach out if you have suggestions.
United States
Daniel Winkler
Research Ecologist, United States Geological Survey
United States
Akasha Faist
Assistant Professor, New Mexico State University
Australia & Middle East
Todd Erickson
Project Manager, Faculty of Science, University of Western Australia
Africa
Kirsty Shaw
Head of Ecological Restoration and Tree Conservation, Botanic Gardens Conservation International
europe
Luis Merino MartÃn
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CNRS, CEFE & INRA, AMAP, Montpellier, France
Steering Committee
GAZP only works because of the amazing effort put in by our leadership team. The Steering Committee crosses regions, ecosystems, and expertise. All committee members are happy to be contacted with questions or suggestions.
Todd E. Erickson, University of Western Australia (todd.erickson@dbca.wa.gov.au)
Daniel Winkler, United States Geologic Survey (dwinkler@usgs.gov)
Gustavo Paterno, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (paternogbc@gmail.com)
Martin Breed, Flinders University (martin.breed@flinders.edu.au)
Peter Harrison, University of Tasmania (p.a.harrison@utas.edu.au)
Akasha Faist, New Mexico University (afaist@nmsu.edu)
Luis Merino Martin, CNRS, CEFE & INRA, AMAP (luismerinomartin@gmail.com)
John Bradford, United States Geologic Survey (jbradford@usgs.gov)
Kirsty Shaw, Botanic Gardens Conservation International (kirsty.shaw@bgci.org)