The UC Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources is home to four academic departments and a graduate group.
Agricultural & Resource Economics
Exploring issues ranging from sustainable agriculture in developing nations to water and energy policies in California, ARE has trained generations of experts and continues to influence opinion and policy from California’s Central Valley to the halls of the World Bank.
Energy & Resources Group
This unique interdisciplinary graduate group attracts the best minds in the world to work on complex issues at the intersection of energy, the environment, policy, and people. Their watchwords are “education and research for a sustainable environment and a just society.”
Environmental Science, Policy & Management
This large multidisciplinary program is engaged in biological, physical, and social research that spans the continuum from basic to applied research. Our ability to produce and distribute food, maintain the planet’s biodiversity, continue the conservation of our “domesticated” landscapes, and stabilize Earth’s climate system will all be shaped by decisions we make now, and ESPM students and faculty are at the forefront.
This program has three divisions:
- Ecosystem Sciences
- Organisms & Environment
- Society & Environment
ESPM Assistant Professor Ben Blonder (right) and members of his lab discuss research at the Oxford Tract greenhouse. Photo by Mathew Burciaga.
Metabolic Biology & Nutrition
(Formerly Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology)
MBN focuses on the metabolic biology of nutrients and toxicants in relation to human health and disease. Their research and curriculum span a breadth of topics, from the delivery of nutrients to mammalian cells and their molecular functions, through the influence of genetics on diet-associated human disease, to programs and policies that address human and environmental health and safety.
Plant & Microbial Biology
Encompassing a wide range of fundamental and applied research areas, PMB spans ecology and evolution; genetics, genomics and computational biology; and host-microbe interactions, physiology, and biochemistry.
