Nick Santos

Nicholas Santos is a Geospatial Applications Researcher at the University of California, Davis, where he specializes in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and environmental analysis. With a diverse background as a GIS specialist, programmer, web developer, and environmentalist, he develops GIS-based software and databases to assess environmental impacts and indicators at the Center for Watershed Sciences.Nicholas founded Environmental Consumer, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing actionable information for consumers aiming to reduce their environmental footprint. He was also a Roosevelt Institute Pipeline Fellow for climate change in 2012. His extensive experience includes consulting for various organizations such as 1Sky (now part of 350.org) and the Sierra Nevada Alliance.