Organizational Structure

Map of CHG/USGS FEWS NET operations

On-campus CHG Scientists

Principal Investigator, Professor of Geography (Professor Joel Michaelsen)
Co-PI, Assistant Researcher (Chris Funk, Ph.D.)
Regional Scientist for Central America (Diego Pedreros)
Graduate Student Researcher (Greg Husak)
Graduate Student Researcher (Jeremy Freund)

Affiliated Faculty at UCSB Geography

Professor Dar Roberts
Professor Leal Mertes

Off-campus CHG Scientists

Saud Amer, Co-PI, Scientific Advisor at USAID, Washington, D.C.
Alkhalil Addoum, Regional Scientist for the Sahel in Niamey, Niger (, Ph.D.)
Gideon Galu, Regional Scientist for the GHA in Nairobi, Kenya
Regional Scientist for Southern Africa in Harare, Zimbabwe (Tamuka Magadzire)
Regional Hydrologist for the GHA in Nairobi, Kenya (Hussein Gadain, Ph.D.)
Regional Scientist for Central America (Lorena Aguilar)