Marissa Brenner

Bio

Marissa is a fourth-year Physical Geography major at UC Santa Barbara. She studies coastal dunes and ocean science and enjoys doing fieldwork. Most of her research and volunteer work revolves around wildlife conservation and restoration efforts. This summer, Marissa is an Arnhold Environmental Fellow with the emLab, working on the SPARCLE Project, where she is researching how climate change, connectivity, and wildlife corridors affect human-wildlife conflict in the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area in Africa. Marissa is excited to delve more into spatial planning and modeling. Outside of work, she reads for fun and likes to try new restaurants.