Alan Murray (BS, MA, PhD UC Santa Barbara) is a Professor in the Department of Geography at University of California at Santa Barbara. He previously held academic appointments at Drexel University, Arizona State University and Ohio State University. He is editor of International Regional Science Review, associate editor for Socio-Economic Planning Sciences and Annals of the Association of American Geographers. His research and teaching interests include: geographic information science; spatial optimization; health informatics; urban growth and development; land use planning; urban, regional, and natural resource planning and development; and, infrastructure and transportation systems. He is the author of two books and over 200 research articles, book chapters and proceedings papers.

Grants, Awards and Distinctions:

Yardi Foundation. 2023-2026 Wildfire Resilience Initiative. Murray, A., L. Carvalho, C. Jones, D. Roberts, S. Sweeney and M. Moritz. $3,700,000.

Yardi Foundation. 2022-2023 Wildfire Resilience Initiative. Murray, A., L. Carvalho, C. Jones, D. Roberts and M. Moritz., $1,000,000.

National Science Foundation. 2017-2022. PREEVENTS Track 2: Understanding Extreme Fire Weather Hazards and Improving Resilience in Coastal Santa Barbara. Carvalho, L., A. Murray, C. Jones, D. Roberts and R. Church.  $1,508,987.

USDA Forest Service / Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 2020-2021. The development of spatial optimization tools to support efforts to transition to fire resilient forest landscapes. Church, R. and A. Murray. $94,901.

National Institutes of Health. 2020-2022. Activity Spaces for HIV Risk and Prevention Among Diverse Men Who Have Sex with Men in Los Angeles. Cassels, S., A. Murray P. Gorbach and A. Vaughan. $401,769.