Max Moritz, Ph.D.

Board Member

Max Moritz, Ph.D., earned his doctorate in biogeography in 1999, has been a statewide wildfire specialist with University of California’s Cooperative Extension since 2004, and is an adjunct professor at the Bren School of Environmental Science and & Management at University of California, Santa Barbara. Much of his research is on the dynamics and effects of fire regimes at relatively broad scales, including drivers of fire hazard, projections of climate change effects, and home loss studies. Through his extension activities, Max aims to apply scientific information for sustainable planning and management decisions on fire-prone landscapes.