Elias Marvinney

Assistant Project Scientist

University of California, Davis

1 Shields Ave
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Davis, CA 95616

(w) (617) 721-9636

About

Dr. Elias Marvinney is a Project Scientist in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of California, Davis. He has worked in the area of climate change, environmental impacts and life cycle assessment modeling of modern agricultural systems, with a primary focus on perennial crops and California orchard production – particularly as relating to carbon storage and nutrient/ energy flows in the agro-industrial landscape. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Ecology and Conservation Biology from Boston University, with a focus on Neotropical Ecosystems, followed by a masters in International Agriculture Development and a
doctorate in Horticulture and Agronomy from UC Davis, including certificates in Industrial Ecology and Development Practice. He has been engaged in agricultural research and development projects in California, Australia, Ecuador, Sri Lanka and Cambodia, and published a number of peer-reviewed articles and white paper reports on environmental impacts and life cycle modeling in the perennial crop and livestock industries.