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Founding Director
Global Drylands Center, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
- Osvaldo.Sala@asu.edu
- 480-965-4120
- School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
PO Box 874501
Tempe, AZ 85287-4501
Becky Ball
Professor
School of Life Sciences Interdisciplinary Graduate faculty
- Becky.Ball@asu.edu
- 602/543-2010
- Arizona State University West Campus School of Mathematical & Natural Sciences 4701 W Thunderbird Rd
Ron Broglio
Institute Director and Professor
Humanities Institute
- ron.broglio@asu.edu
- Ross-Blakley Hall Room 178 PO Box 871401
Ferran Garcia-Pichel
Interim Dean, Center Director and Regents’ Professor
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- ferran@asu.edu
- 480/727-7534
- BDI B330A
Heather Throop
Professor
School Of Earth and Space Exploration
- Heather.Throop@asu.edu
- 480/727-2617
- 777 East University Drive
Enrique Vivoni
Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
- vivoni@asu.edu
- WCPH Room 418 777 E. University Dr. Building 79
Jianguo Wu
Professor
School of Life Sciences
- Jingle.Wu@asu.edu
- 602/543-6240
- LSE 705, School of Life Sciences Mail Code: 4501 ASU