Senior Research Fellow
Dr. Nell Green Nylen is a Senior Research Fellow with the Wheeler Water Institute at the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE) at UC Berkeley School of Law. Nell’s research seeks to improve water governance by engaging law, science, and policy to inform decision-making about critical water issues. Nell’s recent work at CLEE has focused on developing guidance for implementing California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, improving California water rights administration and oversight during droughts, examining the relationships between regulation and innovation in the U.S. wastewater sector, and improving policy options for expanding safe drinking water access and affordability in California. Nell holds a Ph.D. in Geological and Environmental Sciences from Stanford University.