Gregg M Garfin

Biography

Gregg Garfin is Professor and Specialist in Climate, Natural Resources and Policy, in the University of Arizona’s School of Natural Resources and the Environment, and Deputy Director for Science Translation and Outreach in the Arizona Institute for Resilience. His training is in geography, climatology, and paleoclimatology. He has worked for over two decades to bridge the science-society interface, through dialogues and collaborative projects between scientists and decision-makers. His research focuses on adaptation to a changing climate. He directs the Water, Society, and Policy M.S. Degree Program, in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment. For more information and a recent CV, see: https://air.arizona.edu/person/gregg-garfin

Degrees

• Ph.D. Geosciences
• University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
• Sierra Nevada Tree Rings and Atmospheric Circulation
• M.S. Geology and Geography
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
• Interannual Variability of the Asian Monsoon During the Period of Instrumental Records
• B.S. Geology and Geography
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts

Awards

• Recognition from UArizona President Robbins for being named as a AAAS Fellow.
• American Association for the Advancement of Science, Winter 2021
• Fellow - SECTION ON SOCIETAL IMPACTS OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Fall 2020
• University of Arizona 2020 Annual Service Award - Twenty Years
• University of Arizona, Summer 2020
• Global Initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN) Visiting Fellow
• Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, via National Institute of Technology, Patna, Bihar, India, Winter 2018
• Letter of Commendation
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Climate Program Office, Spring 2017
• Selected as Chapter Lead for Fourth National Climate Assessment
• U.S. Global Change Research Program, Fall 2016
• Media Engagement: Record-setting warm year in Tucson seems "consistent with" climate change projections, UA scientist says
• Arizona Daily Star. Interview by Tony Davis., Winter 2015
• AAAS Leshner Leadership Institute for Public Engagement
• American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fall 2015 (Award Nominee)
• Media Engagement: Interdisciplinary Group Addresses Climate Change Through Art
• UA News, Fall 2015
• Media Engagement: SCIENCE STUDIO: Climate and the Warming of the Southwest
• KTEP radio, El Paso, Texas. Interview by Keith Pannell, Fall 2015
• Media Engagement: Southwest's water crisis hitting Navajo people first – and hardest
• Arizona Republic. Interview by Brandon Loomis., Fall 2015
• Media Engagement: Stretching the canvas: UA museum mixes art, science
• Arizona Daily Star. Interview by Tom Beal., Fall 2015
• Media Engagement: Tucson Festival of Books announces literacy donation author lineup
• Arizona Daily Star. Ann Brown., Fall 2015
• Media Engagement: Wildfires are on the rise. What’s fanning the flames?
• Science World. Interview by Stephanie Warren Drimmer., Fall 2015
• Media Engagement: A Country Divided by Seasons and Warming
• Climate Central. Brian Kahn., Spring 2015
• Media Engagement: Arizonans agree: It's getting warmer
• Arizona Daily Star. Interview by Tom Beal., Spring 2015
• Media Engagement: Beyond the Mirage
• Interview by Cody Sheehy. (Release - 2016), Spring 2015
• Media Engagement: Climate Change Survey Shows Much Agreement
• Arizona Public Media, Spring 2015
• Media Engagement: Earth Day Screening of 'Planetary'
• UA News, Spring 2015
• Media Engagement: Energy Partnership Climate Solution for Tucson
• UA News, Spring 2015
• Media Engagement: The City of Tucson Isn't Sweating a Hotter, Drier Future: It's Planning Ahead
• Desert Leaf, The Catalina Foothills Magazine. Interview by Karen Peterson. v. 29, n. 4, p. 31-33, Spring 2015
• Media Engagement: UA Poll: Arizonans Concerned About Global Warming
• UA News, Spring 2015
• Service Award - Fifteen Years
• University of Arizona, Spring 2015
• Media Engagement - Arizona en riesgo de cambio clámatico
• Arizona Daily Star. Interview by Luis Carrasco., Fall 2014
• Media Engagement - Megadroughts a Threat to Civilization
• USA Today. Interview by Doyle Rice., Fall 2014
• Media Engagement - Panel: Southern Arizona vulnerable to climate change
• Arizona Daily Star. Interview by Luis Carrasco., Fall 2014
• Media Engagement - Climate report spells bad news for the Southwest
• Buckmaster Show. KVOI AM 1030, Tucson. Interview by Bill Buckmaster., Summer 2014
• Media Engagement - Global climate Changing, Tucsonans Working Outdoors Feel Heat
• Arizona Spotlight - NPR - Arizona Public Media. Interview by Luis Carrion., Summer 2014
• Media Engagement - Southwest US: Ground Zero for Climate Change
• Beacon/Bracing for Impact. Interview with Amanda Mascarelli., Summer 2014
• Media Engagement - Study: Rising AZ temperatures make for hostile environment
• Arizona Daily Star. Interview by Tony Davis., Summer 2014
• Media Engagement - The prospect of longer and hotter Tucson summers
• Buckmaster Show. KVOI AM 1030, Tucson. Interview by Bill Buckmaster., Summer 2014
• Media Engagement - Tips for Preventing Wildfires
• UA News Blog, Summer 2014
• Media Engagement - Vanishing Water
• The Desert Sun. Interview with Ian James., Summer 2014
• Media Engagement - 'Ask Me Anything' with Kathy Jacobs and Gregg Garfin
• UA News Blog, Spring 2014
• Media Engagement - As Population Surges, Harsh Climate of Southwest Will Only get Harsher
• Climate Progress. Interview by Ari Phillips., Spring 2014
• Media Engagement - KABC 790/McIntyre in the Morning
• KABC 790, Los Angeles. Interview by Doug McIntyre, Spring 2014
• Media Engagement - National Climate Assessment Report: Warming Here…and Now
• Yale Climate Connections. Interview by Bruce Lieberman., Spring 2014
• Media Engagement - Report: NM to be hotter, drier
• Albuquerque Journal. Interview by John Fleck., Spring 2014
• Media Engagement - Report: climate change already impacting Southwest
• Arizona Daily Sun. Interview by Eric Betz., Spring 2014
• 2012-2013 Public Service Award
• School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Spring 2013
• 2012 CALS Outstanding Team Award, CALS Environment and Sustainability Extension Signature Program Team
• UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Fall 2012
• 2012 Innovative Program Gold Award, for Climate and Natural Resource Extension
• Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals, Spring 2012
• 2012 Letter of Thanks for Technical Input to the National Climate Assessment
• John Holdren, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President, Spring 2012