Cassandra Brooks

  • Associate Professor
  • ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Marine science • Environmental governance • Antarctica

Working at the intersection of marine science, environmental policy, and public outreach, Cassandra Brooks draws on a diversity of disciplines to study and seek solutions to pressing environmental problems. Her efforts helped drive the adoption of the world's largest marine protected area in the Ross Sea, Antarctica.

Her Brooks lab is a diverse community of engaged interdisciplinary scholars who work towards environmental conservation solutions. Their work cross-cuts the natural and social sciences and includes the realms of Antarctic krill modeling, fish ecology, seabirds, climate change, blue carbon, and marine conservation (including protected areas) from local to global scale.

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Education

  • PhD (Environment and Resources): Stanford University, 2017
  • Grad Cert. (Science Communication): University of California Santa Cruz, 2009
  • MS (Marine Science): Moss Landing Marine Labs, California State University, 2008
  • BS (Biology): Bates College, 2001

Teaching

Through her teaching at CU Boulder, which is largely focused on environmental governance and conservation solutions, Brooks seeks to empower the next generations of environmental leaders. She advises a diverse interdisciplinary lab group.  

Current postdoc

Current students

  • Sarah Becker
  • Brooke Chase (co-advised with Tyler Jones)
  • Vasco Chavez-Molina
  • Hayley Kwasniewski
  • Rose Leeger
  • Zephyr Sylvester 

Publications​