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Richard F. Ambrose is director of the Environmental Science and Engineering Program and a professor of environmental health sciences at the UCLA School of Public Health. He is an expert on the ecological impacts of contaminants and human activity in coastal and marine environments and the restoration of degraded habitats, especially wetlands. His research includes evaluating the effectiveness of wetland mitigation programs, monitoring change in rocky intertidal habitats using a network of monitoring sites along the California coastline, and evaluating alternatives for managing watershed-level ecological problems resulting from urbanization, including runoff. More specifically, Ambrose has established a network of monitoring stations at intertidal sites from Orange County to San Luis Obispo County to help detect the ecological effects of oil spills, global climate change and other incidents and circumstances. He also is assessing the impacts of runoff, which includes excess nutrients and metals, on the health of coastal wetlands. This research has included the Malibu Creek watershed and Mugu Lagoon in Ventura County. Ambrose emphasizes the intersection between environmental biology and resource management policy.

A member of the UCLA Institute of the Environment, Ambrose is chair of the Scientific Advisory Panel of the California Coastal Commission overseeing a large coastal mitigation project. He also serves on technical advisory panels for the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission and the Southern California Wetland Recovery Project, and is a member of the Environmental Advisory Board of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Website: http://www.ph.ucla.edu/ese/faculty/ambrose.html

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