Letty Brown, Ph.D.
Director, Forest Science
Forest Ecology and Management + Biodiversity + Environmental Science & Policy
Dr. Letty Brown advises on, contributes to research and manages a team focused on landscape decarbonization in forested ecosystems. Her area of emphasis is on large-scale restoration and reforestation in temperate and tropical ecosystems.
Dr. Brown holds cross-sector expertise in ecosystem restoration, vegetation ecology, conservation planning, carbon measurement, and natural climate solutions. Before joining Carbon Direct, she worked extensively in natural resources management, and led research teams in a variety of capacities, including mapping and helping designate conservation targets in the northern Brazilian Atlantic Forest and developing oak woodland restoration plans in coastal California. She has worked on land-based carbon projects in the forests of Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Cambodia, Indonesia, Kenya, Tanzania and the United States.
Dr. Brown holds a Ph.D. from the Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM) Department at UC Berkeley and conducted post-doctoral work in Brazil. Her graduate work was supported by a 5-year grant from the USDA-Forest Service. Dr. Brown currently teaches at UC Berkeley. She is also a Fulbright Scholar.
Education
PhD, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
UC Berkeley
MS, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
UC Berkeley
BS, Biology
UC San Diego
Awards
Fulbright Scholar
Fulbright Program
UC Berkeley Environmental Science Policy and Management Research Fellowship
Duke University Organization for Tropical Studies Fellowship
National Science Foundation Travel and Workshop Grant
California Native Plant Society Scholarship