Associate Adjunct Professor, UC Berkeley
Associate Adjunct Professor, UC Berkeley
Patrick Gonzalez, Ph.D., is a climate change scientist and forest ecologist at the University of California, Berkeley. He advances science-based action on human-caused climate change to protect nature and people, through research on climate change, ecosystems, and carbon solutions and assistance to resource managers and policymakers. He has conducted field research in Africa, Latin America, and the U.S., published with colleagues in Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and other journals, and assisted local people and field managers in 26 countries and 269 U.S. national parks.
His research revealed previously unreported tree mortality and biome shifts across the African Sahel due to climate change, carbon losses from California forests due to wildfire, and heating due to climate change in U.S. national parks at twice the national rate. These scientific insights prompted new actions of natural regeneration of native trees in West Africa, forest carbon protection in California, and climate change-focused conservation in U.S. national parks.
Dr. Gonzalez previously served as Principal Climate Change Scientist of the U.S. National Park Service and Assistant Director for Climate and Biodiversity of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He has stood publicly for scientific integrity and broadened public understanding of climate change in the New York Times, public radio, and other media. Dr. Gonzalez has served as a lead author for four reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the science panel awarded a share of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
photo by UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources
Recent Work and Highlights
National Climate Assessments
Original pdf files for all U.S. National Climate Assessments, 2001-2023,
publicly available for download, July 1, 2025
National Academy of Sciences
Biodiversity and Climate Change Assessment report, May 5, 2025
A heritage under threat: Climate change and archaeological sites
American Academy in Rome, March 19, 2025
Tree populations show low regeneration of valued species in West Africa
Biological Conservation, December 2, 2024
Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks Award to Patrick Gonzalez
January 2, 2024
The scientists watching their life’s work disappear
Interviews by Catrin Einhorn, Photographs by Thea Traff
New York Times, October 26, 2023 (digital), October 29, 2023 (print) (One of several people featured)
Exploring Ideas for the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) Workshop
Royal Society, London, UK, invited participant, September, 18-19, 2023
Wildfire, climate change, forest resilience, and carbon solutions
Parks Stewardship Forum, September 15, 2023
Patrick Gonzalez on climate change and wildfires
C-SPAN, Washington Journal, June 12, 2023
Human-caused climate change, global biodiversity, and solutions
Earth Day, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison, April 18, 2023
Climate change challenges and science-based optimism
Parks Stewardship Forum, January 15, 2023
Priorities for synthesis research in ecology and environmental science
Ecosphere, Ecological Society of America, January 11, 2023
Patrick Gonzalez to lead Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity
College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley, November 28, 2022
Climate change and wildfire
American Association for the Advancement of Science, SciLine, July 22, 2022
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Climate Change Impacts, Risks, and Vulnerability, Terrestrial Ecosystems
February 28, 2022. Ecosystems (PDF File) Entire Report (HTML)
U.N. climate report underscores urgency of cutting carbon emissions
Interview by Kara Manke, University of California, Berkeley, February 28, 2022
White House continues to grow historic climate and environment team
White House, Washington, DC, October 29, 2021 (one of several people featured)
UC Berkeley scientist Patrick Gonzalez to advise White House on climate change and biodiversity
University of California, Berkeley, August 30, 2021
Ecological integrity and solutions under anthropogenic climate change
Scientific Plenary, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 3, 2021
The Biden administration can’t stop wildfires. But it can make them less destructive
Article by Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, December 22, 2020 (One of several people featured)
Forest and woodland replacement patterns following drought-related mortality
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, November 24, 2020
Stephen T. Mather Award, National Parks Conservation Association, September 29, 2020
Preventing catastrophic wildfire under climate change
Science-based policy proposal, Day One Project, Federation of American Scientists, September 11, 2020 (HTML) (PDF)
A war against climate science, waged by Washington’s rank and file
Article by Lisa Friedman, New York Times, June 15, 2020 (digital) (print)
(One of several people featured)
Science under attack: How Trump is sidelining researchers
and their work
Article by Brad Plumer and Coral Davenport, New York Times,
December 28, 2019 (digital), December 29, 2019 (print)
(One of several people featured)
Speaking to the U.S. Congress on human-caused climate change in national parks
Centennial session, Untold Stories of Science Policy, Fall Meeting,
American Geophysical Union, December 11, 2019
Human-caused climate change in US national parks
Testimony to the US Congress, February 13, 2019
Video Stream (HD) Video (moderate resolution) Hearing report (PDF)
Disproportionate magnitude of climate change in United States national parks
Environmental Research Letters, September 24, 2018
Climate change scientist walks the walk
Article by Elizabeth Shogren, High Country News, August 22, 2016
(PDF) (HTML)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Energy and Resources, University of California, Berkeley, 1997 (Dissertation Chair John P. Holdren)
Master of Science (M.S.), Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 1987
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Natural Resources, Cornell University, 1986
Climate change, forest ecology, ecosystem carbon, wildfire, biome shifts, national parks
The pdf files of publications are publicly available at http://www.patrickgonzalez.net
Refereed Journal Articles
Lykke, A.M., N. Rømer, P. Gonzalez, R.G. Kakaï, H. Rabiou, K.B. Amegnaglo, S. Ganaba, B. Sambou, F. Niang, B. Herault, R.T. Guuroh, P. Ouoba, J.T. Yaméogo, L. Traoré, B. Sinsin, O.I. Amahowe, S.S. Bay, T. D. Houehanou, L.G. Houessou, G.N. Gouwakinnou, M.H. Yetein, B. Tankoano, A. Ouédraogo, I. Ouédraogo, P. Taita, B.H.K. Amani, B. Coulibaly, A.M. Kouyaté, P. van Damme, W. Vanhove, A. Mahamane, C. Bonache, S. Sambou, I. Soumana, A. Amani, I.M. Maârouhi, A.S. Barfod. 2025. Tree populations show low regeneration of valued species in West Africa. Biological Conservation 301: 110891. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110891.
Article pdf Supplementary dataHalpern, B.S., C. Boettiger, M.C. Dietze, J.A. Gephart, P. Gonzalez, N.B. Grimm, P.M. Groffman, J. Gurevitch, S.E. Hobbie, K.J. Komatsu, K.J. Kroeker, H.J. Lahr, D.M. Lodge, C.J. Lortie, J.S.S. Lowndes, F. Micheli, H.P. Possingham, M.H. Ruckelshaus, C. Scarborough, C.L. Wood, G.C. Wu, and 96 co-authors. 2023. Priorities for synthesis research in ecology and environmental science. Ecosphere 14: e4342. doi:10.1002/ecs2.4342.
Article pdfBatllori, E., F. Lloret, T. Aakala, W.R.L. Anderegg, E. Aynekulu, D.P. Bendixsen, A. Bentouati, C. Bigler, C.J. Burk, J.J. Camarero, M. Colangelo, J.D. Coop, R. Fensham, M.L. Floyd, L. Galiano, J. L. Ganey, P. Gonzalez, A.L. Jacobsen, J.M. Kane, T. Kitzberger, J.C. Linares, S.B. Marchetti, G. Matusick, M. Michaelian, R.M. Navarro-Cerrillo, R.B. Pratt, M.D. Redmond, A. Rigling, F. Ripullone, G. Sangüesa-Barreda, Y. Sasal, S. Saura-Mas, M.L. Suarez, T.T. Veblen, A. Vilà-Cabrera, C. Vincke, and B. Zeeman. 2020. Forest and woodland replacement patterns following drought-related mortality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 117: 29 720-29 729.
Article pdf Supplementary information pageGonzalez, P., F. Wang, M. Notaro, D.J. Vimont, and J.W. Williams. 2018. Disproportionate magnitude of climate change in United States national parks. Environmental Research Letters 13: 104001. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aade09.
Article pdf Supplementary information pdf Data distribution pageBarnosky, A.D., E.A. Hadly, P. Gonzalez, J. Head, P.D. Polly, A.M. Lawing, J.T. Eronen, D.D. Ackerly, K. Alex, E. Biber, J. Blois, J. Brashares, G. Ceballos, E. Davis, G.P. Dietl, R. Dirzo, H. Doremus, M. Fortelius, H. Greene, J. Hellmann, T. Hickler, S.T. Jackson, M. Kemp, P.L. Koch, C. Kremen, E.L. Lindsey, C. Looy, C.R. Marshall, C. Mendenhall, A. Mulch, A.M. Mychajliw, C. Nowak, U. Ramakrishnan, J. Schnitzler, K.D. Shrestha, K. Solari, L. Stegner, M.A. Stegner, N.C. Stenseth, M.H. Wake, and Z. Zhang. 2017. Merging paleobiology with conservation biology to guide the future of terrestrial ecosystems. Science 355: 594. doi:10.1126/science.aah4787.
Early, R., B.A. Bradley, J.S. Dukes, J.J. Lawler, J.D. Olden, D.M. Blumenthal, P. Gonzalez, E.D. Grosholz, I. Ibañez, L.P. Miller, C.J.B. Sorte, and A.J. Tatem. 2016. Global threats from invasive alien species in the twenty-first century and national response capacities. Nature Communications 7: 12 485. doi:10.1038/ncomms12485.
Gonzalez, P., J.J. Battles, B.M. Collins, T. Robards, and D.S. Saah. 2015. Aboveground live carbon stock changes of California wildland ecosystems, 2001-2010. Forest Ecology and Management 348: 68-77.
Betts, R.A., N. Golding, P. Gonzalez, J. Gornall, R. Kahana, G. Kay, L. Mitchell, and A. Wiltshire. 2015. Climate and land use change impacts on global terrestrial ecosystems and river flows in the HadGEM2-ES Earth system model using the representative concentration pathways. Biogeosciences 12: 1317-1338.
Eigenbrod, F., P. Gonzalez, J. Dash, and I. Steyl. 2015. Vulnerability of ecosystems to climate change moderated by habitat intactness. Global Change Biology 21: 275-286.
Lydersen, J.M., B.M. Collins, C.M. Ewell, A.L. Reiner, J.A. Fites, C.B. Dow, P. Gonzalez, D.S. Saah, and J.J. Battles. 2014. Using field data to assess model predictions of surface and ground fuel consumption by wildfire in coniferous forests of California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 119: 223–235.
Gonzalez, P., B. Kroll, and C.R. Vargas. 2014. Tropical rainforest biodiversity and aboveground carbon changes and uncertainties in the Selva Central, Peru. Forest Ecology and Management 312: 78-91.
Grimm, N.B., F.S. Chapin, B. Bierwagen, P. Gonzalez, P.M. Groffman, Y. Luo, F. Melton, K. Nadelhoffer, A. Pairis, P.A. Raymond, J. Schimel, and C.E. Williamson. 2013. The impacts of climate change on ecosystem structure and function. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 11: 474-482.
Schwartz, M.W., J.J. Hellmann, J.M. McLachlan, D.F. Sax, J.O. Borevitz, J. Brennan, A.E. Camacho, G. Ceballos, J.R. Clark, H. Doremus, R. Early, J.R. Etterson, D. Fielder, J.L. Gill, P. Gonzalez, N. Green, L. Hannah, D.W. Jamieson, D. Javeline, B.A. Minteer, J. Odenbaugh, S. Polasky, D.M. Richardson, T.L. Root, H.D. Safford, O. Sala, S.H. Schneider, A.R. Thompson, J.W. Williams, M. Vellend, P. Vitt, and S. Zellmer. 2012. Managed relocation: Integrating the scientific, regulatory, and ethical challenges. BioScience 62: 732-743.
Gonzalez, P., C.J. Tucker, and H. Sy. 2012. Tree density and species decline in the African Sahel attributable to climate. Journal of Arid Environments 78: 55-64.
Haugo, R.D., S.A. Hall, E.M. Gray, P. Gonzalez, and J.D. Bakker. 2010. Influences of climate, fire, grazing, and logging on woody species composition along an elevation gradient in the eastern Cascades, Washington. Forest Ecology and Management 260: 2204-2213.
Gonzalez, P., R.P. Neilson, J.M. Lenihan, and R.J. Drapek. 2010. Global patterns in the vulnerability of ecosystems to vegetation shifts due to climate change. Global Ecology and Biogeography 19: 755-768.
Gonzalez, P., G.P. Asner, J.J. Battles, M.A. Lefsky, K.M. Waring, and M. Palace. 2010. Forest carbon densities and uncertainties from Lidar, QuickBird, and field measurements in California. Remote Sensing of Environment 114: 1561-1575.
Baker, D.J., G. Richards, A. Grainger, P. Gonzalez, S. Brown, R. DeFries, A. Held, J. Kellndorfer, P. Ndunda, D. Ojima, P.E. Skrovseth, C. Souza, and F. Stolle. 2010. Achieving forest carbon information with higher certainty: A five-part plan. Environmental Science and Policy 13: 249-260.
Allen, C.D., A.K. Macalady, H. Chenchouni, D. Bachelet, N. McDowell, M. Vennetier, T. Kitzberger, A. Rigling, D.D. Breshears, E.H. Hogg, P. Gonzalez, R. Fensham, Z. Zhang, J. Castro, N. Demidova, J.H. Lim, G. Allard, S.W. Running, A. Semerci, and N. Cobb. 2010. A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests. Forest Ecology and Management 259: 660-684.
Lawler, J.J., T.H Tear, C. Pyke, M.R. Shaw, P. Gonzalez, P. Kareiva, L. Hansen, L. Hannah, K. Klausmeyer, A. Aldous, C. Bienz, and S. Pearsall. 2010. Resource management in a changing and uncertain climate. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8: 35-43.
Griffith, B., J.M. Scott, R. Adamcik, D. Ashe, B. Czech, R. Fischman, P. Gonzalez, J. Lawler, A.D. McGuire, and A. Pidgorna. 2009. Climate change adaptation for the US National Wildlife Refuge System. Environmental Management 44: 1043-1052.
Richardson, D.M., J.J. Hellmann, J.S. McLachlan, D.F. Sax, M.W. Schwartz, P. Gonzalez, E.J. Brennan, A. Camacho, T.L. Root, O.E. Sala, S.H. Schneider, D.M. Ashe, J.R. Clark, R. Early, J.R. Etterson, E.D. Fielder, J.L. Gill, B.A. Minteer, S. Polasky, H.D. Safford, A.R. Thompson, and M. Vellend. 2009. Multidimensional evaluation of managed relocation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 106: 9721-9724.
Gonzalez, P. 2001. Desertification and a shift of forest species in the West African Sahel. Climate Research 17: 217-228.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Reports
Parmesan, C., M. Morecroft, Y. Trisurat, R. Adrian, G.Z. Anshari, A. Arneth, Q. Gao, P. Gonzalez, R. Harris, J. Price, N. Stevens, and G.H. Talukdar. 2022. Terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and their services. In Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Mirzabaev, A., L. Stringer, T.A. Benjaminsen, P. Gonzalez, R. Harris, M. Jafari, N. Stevens, M. Tirado, S. Zakieldeen, and T. Zatari. 2022. Deserts, semi-arid areas, and desertification. In Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Pipatti, R., P. Munishi, P. Gonzalez, and P.M. Wade. 2013. Cross-cutting issues and reporting. In Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands. [Hiraishi, T., T. Krug, K. Tanabe, N. Srivastava, B. Jamsranjav, M. Fukuda, and T. Troxler (eds.)] Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Hayama, Japan.
Aalde, H., P. Gonzalez, M. Gytarsky, T. Krug, W.A. Kurz, S. Ogle, J. Raison, D. Schoene, N.H. Ravindranath, N.G. Elhassan, L.S. Heath, N. Higuchi, S. Kainja, M. Matsumoto, M.J.S. Sánchez, and Z. Somogyi. 2006. Forest Land. In Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Guidelines. [Eggleston H.S., L. Buendia, K. Miwa, T. Ngara, and K. Tanabe (eds).] Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Hayama, Japan.
Aalde, H., P. Gonzalez, M. Gytarsky, T. Krug, W.A. Kurz, R. Lasco, D.L. Martino, B.G. McConkey, S.M. Ogle, K. Paustian, J. Raison, N.H. Ravindranath, D. Schoene, P. Smith, Z. Somogyi, A. van Amstel, and L. Verchot. 2006. Generic methods applicable to multiple land use categories. In Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Guidelines. [Eggleston H.S., L. Buendia, K. Miwa, T. Ngara, and K. Tanabe (eds).] Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Hayama, Japan.
Desanker, P., C. Magadza, A. Allali, C. Basalirwa, M. Boko, G. Dieudonne, T.E. Downing, P.O. Dube, A. Githeko, M. Githendu, P. Gonzalez, D. Gwary, B. Jallow, J. Nwafor, and R. Scholes. 2001. Africa. In Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. [McCarthy, J.J., O.F. Canziani, N.A. Leary, D.J. Dokken, and K.S. White (eds.)] Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
U.S. National Climate Assessment Reports
Gonzalez, P., G.M. Garfin, D.D. Breshears, K.M. Brooks, H.E. Brown, E.H. Elias, A. Gunasekara, N. Huntly, J.K. Maldonado, N.J. Mantua, H.G. Margolis, S. McAfee, B.R. Middleton, and B.H. Udall. 2018. Southwest. In U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II. [Reidmiller, D.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, K.L.M. Lewis, T.K. Maycock, and B.C. Stewart (eds.)] USGCRP, Washington, DC.
Garfin, G., G. Franco, H. Blanco, A. Comrie, P. Gonzalez, T. Piechota, R. Smyth, and R. Waskom. 2014. Southwest. In Melillo, J.M., T.C. Richmond, and G.W. Yohe (Eds.) 2014. Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment. [Melillo, J.M., T.C. Richmond, and G.W. Yohe (eds.)] U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC.
Book Chapters
Gonzalez, P. 2017. Climate change trends, impacts, and vulnerabilities in US national parks. In Beissinger, S.R., D.D. Ackerly, H. Doremus, and G.E. Machlis (eds.) Science, Conservation, and National Parks. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
Gonzalez, P. 2013. Energy use, Human. In Levin, S.A. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity (Second Edition). Academic Press, Waltham, MA.
Gonzalez, P. 2010. Impacts of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems and adaptation measures for natural resource management. In Dodson, J. (Ed.) Changing Climates, Earth Systems, and Society. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands.
Scott, J.M., B. Griffith, R.S. Adamcik, D.M. Ashe, B. Czech, R.L. Fischman, P. Gonzalez, J.J. Lawler, A.D. McGuire, and A. Pidgorna. 2008. National Wildlife Refuges. In U.S. Climate Change Science Program. Preliminary Review of Adaptation Options for Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
Gonzalez, P. 2007. Energy use, human. In Levin, S. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity (Updated Edition). Elsevier Press, Oxford, UK.
Sampson, R.N., N. Bystriakova, S. Brown, P. Gonzalez, L.C. Irland, P. Kauppi, R. Sedjo, and I.D. Thompson. 2006. Timber, Fuel, and Fiber. In Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Current State and Trends. Island Press, Washington, DC.
Shvidenko, A., C.V. Barber, R. Persson, P. Gonzalez, R. Hassan, P. Lakyda, I. McCallum, S. Nilsson, J. Pulhin, B. van Rosenburg, and B. Scholes. 2006. Forest and Woodland Systems. In Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Current State and Trends. Island Press, Washington, DC.
Gonzalez, P. 2001. Energy use, human. In S. Levin (ed.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
George Hartzog Award, Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks, 2023
Stephen T. Mather Award, National Parks Conservation Association, 2019
Research Scientist of the Year, Pacific West Region, US National Park Service, 2017
Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow, National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 2011
Certificate of Contribution to the Nobel Peace Prize to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007
Fulbright Scholar, U.S. Department of State, 1993-1994
Regents Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1987-1988
Environmental Engineering Fellowship, Stanford University, 1986-1987
Cornell National Scholar, Cornell University, 1983
Valedictorian, St. Francis de Sales High School, Toledo, Ohio, 1983
Spring 2025 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 176A - Climate Change, Ecosystems, and Solutions - Instructor - html summary
Spring 2025 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management C22AC - Fire: Past, Present, and Future - Guest Lecture
Spring 2025 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 40 - Insects and Human Society - Guest Lecture
Spring 2024 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management C22AC - Fire: Past, Present, and Future - Guest Lecture
Spring 2024 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 40 - Insects and Human Society - Guest Lecture
Spring 2023 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 150 - Anthropogenic Climate Change and Natural Resource Management - Instructor
Spring 2023 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 40 - Insects and Human Society - Guest Lecture
Fall 2022 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management C22AC - Fire: Past, Present, and Future - Guest Lecture
Spring 2022 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 40 - Insects and Human Society - Guest Lecture
Spring 2022 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 201A - Research Approaches in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management - Guest lecture
Fall 2021 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management C22AC - Fire: Past, Present, and Future - Guest Lecture
Spring 2021 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 201A - Research Approaches in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management - Guest lecture
Spring 2021 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 40 - Insects and Human Society - Guest Lecture
Spring 2021 - Georgetown University - Journalism 405 - Science and Environmental Journalism - Guest Lecture
Fall 2020 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 150 - Anthropogenic Climate Change and Natural Resource Management - Instructor
Fall 2020 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management C22AC - Fire: Past, Present, and Future - Guest Lecture
Spring 2020 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 265 - Seminar on Fire as an Ecological Factor - Guest lecture
Spring 2020 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 198 - Directed Group Studies (Stewardship and Science for Public Land) - Guest Lecture
Spring 2020 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 40 - Insects and Human Society - Guest Lecture
Fall 2019 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management C22AC - Fire: Past, Present, and Future - Guest Lecture
Fall 2019 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 108A - Trees: Taxonomy, Growth, and Structures - Guest Lecture
Fall 2019 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 108B - Environmental Change Genetics - Guest Lecture
Spring 2019 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 15 - Introduction to Environmental Sciences - Guest Lecture
Spring 2019 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 40 - Insects and Human Society - Guest Lecture
Spring 2019 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 201A - Research Approaches in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management - Guest lecture
Spring 2019 - Georgetown University - Journalism 405 - Science and Environmental Journalism - Guest Lecture
Fall 2018 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 108A - Trees: Taxonomy, Growth, and Structures - Guest Lecture
Fall 2018 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 108B - Environmental Change Genetics - Guest Lecture
Fall 2018 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 277 - Advanced Topics in Conservation Biology - Mentor graduate student group
Fall 2018 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 290 - Special Topics in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management - Guest lecture
Summer 2018 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 15 - Introduction to Environmental Sciences - Guest Lecture
Summer 2018 - College of Natural Resources - Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program - Guest Lecture
Spring 2018 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 40 - Insects and Human Society - Guest Lecture
Spring 2018 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 290 - Shaping the Berkeley Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity - Co-Instructor
Spring 2018 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 201A - Research Approaches in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management - Guest lecture
Fall 2017 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 103 - Principles of Conservation Biology - Guest lecture
Fall 2017 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 277 - Advanced Topics in Conservation Biology - Mentor graduate student group
Fall 2017 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 290 - Special Topics in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management - Guest lectures
Fall 2015 - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management 265 - Seminar on Fire as an Ecological Factor - Guest lecture
Keynotes and Other Featured Presentations
U.S. National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites Symposium, keynote “Human-Caused Climate and Solutions for U.S. World Heritage Sites” November 21, 2024
Earth Day, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison, first plenary “Human-Caused Climate Change, Global Biodiversity, and Solutions” April 18, 2023 Video Stream
Rutgers Climate Institute Symposium, Rutgers University, New Jersey, keynote "Human-Caused Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity and Solutions for the Future" November 9, 2022 HTML
National Association of State Park Directors Conference, Sunriver, Oregon, keynote, day 1 "Human-Caused Climate Change in U.S. National and State Parks" September 7, 2022 HTML
International Association of Wildland Fire, Fire and Climate Conference, Pasadena, California, first keynote "Human-Caused Climate Change, Wildfire, and Solutions" May 23, 2022 HTML
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Scientific Plenary "Ecological Integrity and Solutions under Anthropogenic Climate Change" August 3, 2021 Video Stream Abstract
National Park Service, Mojave Desert Network Science Symposium, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada, keynote "Anthropogenic Climate Change in Mojave Desert National Parks" November 6, 2019
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, Featured presentation of the ecosystems results of the U.S. National Climate Assessment, December 11, 2018 Abstract (HTML) Video (stream) Video (MP4)
Bay Area Open Space Conference, Richmond, California, closing plenary "Taking Action on Climate Change" May 10, 2018
National Park Service, Mediterranean Coast Network Annual Science Meeting, Thousand Oaks, California, keynote "Climate Change across Southern California and U.S. National Parks" January 17, 2018
San Francisco Bay Area National Parks Science and Natural Resources Symposium, San Francisco, California, keynote "Climate Change across U.S. and San Francisco Bay Area National Parks" May 11, 2017
Yosemite National Park, California, Yosemite Forum "Climate Change in Yosemite and across U.S. National Parks" June 14, 2016
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Science Conference, Gary, Indiana, keynote "Impacts and Vulnerabilities of Climate Change in U.S. National Parks" November 28, 2012
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Voices in Science "Confronting Impacts of Climate Change on Ecosystems" May 23, 2007
Contact details
Patrick Gonzalez
130 Mulford Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114