Do you like deserts? Do you like rocks? Do you like REALLY BIG rocks??? Then join us for a vibey 3.7 mile hike through the Vasquez Rocks Nature Center in Santa Clarita! We’ll leave early Sunday morning to beat the heat and spend our day exploring rock formations and discussing sustainability with Professor Kelly Sanders.
PACKING LIST:
Sunscreen
(LOTS of) H2O
Snacks
Waivers
WE WILL PROVIDE:
Smiles
PROFESSOR: KELLY SANDERS
DEPARTMENT: Environmental Engineering
SCHOOL: Viterbi
RATE MY PROFESSOR: “She is at the forefront of environmental and sustainable issues and shares her knowledge and expertise in a great way.”
Dr. Kelly Twomey Sanders is an Associate Professor in the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Her research aims to ease tensions between human and natural systems, with particular emphasis on reducing the environmental impacts of providing energy and water services and anticipating the risks that climate extremes impose on energy systems. She has authored more than two dozen publications and has given dozens of invited talks on topics at the intersection of engineering, science, and policy. Sanders has been recognized in Forbes’ 30 under 30: Today’s disruptors and tomorrow’s brightest stars and MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35 for her contributions to the energy field. In 2019, she was granted an NSF Early CAREER award. Her research and commentary have been featured in media outlets such as Forbes, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and Scientific American. She also has a dog named Joules! (10/10 pun.)
PEAK: VASQUEZ ROCKS
DIFFICULTY: 2/5
SCENERY: Uplifted rocks, desert critters, and some funky vegetation…
FUN FACT: Those sick rock formations were created about 25 million years ago by rapid erosion along the San Andreas fault!
TRIP LEAD: LAUREN
has never been in the desert but is gonna be a good sport about it.
Contact Lauren: laurena4@usc.edu
Read Lauren’s bio here.