UCLA MacDonald Research Group and Lab

09/10/2026

Congratulations to recent doctoral student, Dr Ben Nauman, who has taken up a position as a researcher in wildland fire at Oregon State University. Good luck Ben!

07/09/2026

Congratulations to Lisa Martinez who was just appointed to a post-doctoral position at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum - La Brea Tar Pits.

05/19/2026

Well - after years of work on California coastal marshes, from Tijuanna Marsh in the south to Humboldt Bay in the far north, we have published our results and huge data set on California marsh sediment accretion rates and carbon storage. Thanks to all who worked on this and James Holmquist who got the paper over the finish line!

Carbon stock and carbon accumulation rate data are vital to multiple aspects of tidal wetland conservation and restoration policy. In California, USA tidal soil data are rare outside of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Delta regions, despite the differing conditions experienced by the outer coas...

05/06/2026

Glen is one of the Panel 1 speakers at 9:00 AM on Friday May 8th for this virtual symposium on the water crisis in the West -

Join expert researchers and water managers for this virtual mini-symposium as we examine dire conditions and the escalating crisis in the Colorado River Basin.