Owen Liu is a graduate student in Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara.  He studied all kinds of science at Stanford University, where he also took journalism courses, worked on an organic farm, traveled to South Africa with his a cappella singing group, tutored younger children at a Boys and Girls Club, and led outdoor education for middle school students at Stanford's Jasper Ridge reserve. 

 

After graduating with a master’s degree in Earth Systems, Owen spent two years working on fisheries management with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), where his work took him to Mexico, Cuba, the Philippines and Bali.  EDF’s Fish Forever project collaborates with fishermen in developing countries to help them establish practices that will reduce overfishing so fishing can remain a sustainable way of life. 

 

Owen grew up in Massachusetts and spent his childhood summers in boats on the coast of Maine.  He has gone scuba diving among the sharks in the Galapagos and skied on a glacier in the mountains of Chile.  The Confounding Case of the Climate Crisis is his first book.