Dr. Jasquelin Peña, PhD

Jasquelin Peña

Associate Member, Environmental Health Sciences Center

Dr. Jasquelin Peña is an associate professor in the UC Davis Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Peña’s research has significant relevance to contaminant cycling, the biogeochemical pathways by which metals and metalloids are transformed and moved through various states by geological and biological processes.

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Positions at UC Davis

  • Principal Investigator, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • PI, Peña Lab

Areas of Expertise

  • Natural, managed, and engineered ecosystems

Major Research Papers

Rowley, M.C., Nico, P.S., Bone, S.E. et al. Association between soil organic carbon and calcium in acidic grassland soils from Point Reyes National Seashore, CA. Biogeochemistry 165, 91–111 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-023-01059-2

Newcomer, M. E., Underwood, J., Murphy, S. F., Ulrich, C., Schram, T., Maples, S. R., et al. (2023). Prolonged drought in a Northern California coastal region suppresses wildfire impacts on hydrology. Water Resources Research, 59, e2022WR034206. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR034206

Education and Degree(s)
  • BSc, Chemical Engineering, Yale University
  • MSc, Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley,
  • PhD, Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley,