Brandon Fong

Brandon is a PhD candidate interested in understanding the controls on postfire sediment transport in steep landscapes of Southern California. Prior to Penn State, Brandon worked at the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project where he was in charge of the installation and calibration of stormwater bioretention weirs. He received his B.S. in Environmental Sciences at the University of California Riverside in 2020 researching sediment and microplastic transport in concrete rivers. He enjoys mountain biking, hiking, and reading about the late Roman Republic, and supporting Duck's Donuts #41.