Associate Professor
Dr. John Abatzoglou is an Associate Professor in Management of Complex Systems at UC Merced. John received his bachelor’s degree in Atmospheric Science from UC Davis and doctorate in Earth Systems Science from UC Irvine. John’s academic interests are primarily focused around climate science and impacts in the American West. John’s Climatology Lab works on a diverse set of research questions spanning climate science and meteorology as well as their impacts on systems including water resources, wildfire, and agriculture.