Dr. Adrianne Smits is an aquatic ecosystem ecologist at UC Davis. Her research focuses on how climate variation drives ecological processes in freshwaters. Her current research areas include 1) the climate sensitivity of high elevation lakes in California, 2) understanding trends and drivers in nearshore algal growth at Lake Tahoe, 3) impact of increasing wildfire smoke exposure on freshwater ecosystems, and 4) food web dynamics and productivity in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.