About
Dr. Lauren Parker is the research program manager for the USDA California Climate Hub and a project scientist at the Institute of the Environment at the University of California Davis. Lauren's research is in applied climatology at the intersection of natural and working lands. More specifically, she focuses on issues surrounding perennial agriculture and agricultural water resources in a changing climate. Lauren has also published research on biogeography, species distribution modeling, as well a number of translational works for broad audiences, including an adaptation resources workbook for California specialty crops.
Prior to joining the Hub and UC Davis, Lauren was a postdoc in the Climatology Lab, housed in the Department of Geography at the University of Idaho. She previously held positions as an Assistant Professor of Geoscience at Salt Lake Community College in Salt Lake City, Utah; and as a GIS and Natural Resources Specialist at Sperry Ridge in Eugene, Oregon. Lauren holds a PhD from the Department of Geography at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho; an MS from the Department of Geoscience at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon; and an AB from the Department of Earth and Environment at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
Prior to joining the Hub and UC Davis, Lauren was a postdoc in the Climatology Lab, housed in the Department of Geography at the University of Idaho. She previously held positions as an Assistant Professor of Geoscience at Salt Lake Community College in Salt Lake City, Utah; and as a GIS and Natural Resources Specialist at Sperry Ridge in Eugene, Oregon. Lauren holds a PhD from the Department of Geography at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho; an MS from the Department of Geoscience at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon; and an AB from the Department of Earth and Environment at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
