Researcher profile
Daniel Coffee
Project Manager of Plastics and Climate Research · UCLA
Plastics / policy
Cross-media / General
Research focus
Presence / Occurrence
Directory record
- Institution type
- Academic / Research Institution
- Department or center
- Luskin Center for Innovation
- Geography / service area
- Los Angeles
- Watershed / region
- Los Angeles / Southern California
- Research topics
- Plastic pollution; plastics-burdened communities; environmental policy; environmental justice
- Support roles
- Research Partner, Technical Assistance
- SB 54 / technical assistance
- High
- Current status
- Current / Publicly listed
- Evidence
- Published study; Existing baseline data; Active monitoring
- Verification confidence
- High
- Verified / accessed
- 2026-09-11
Linked projects and studies
5 verified linksPublished report / geospatial analysis
2024
Public report and interactive map
What Defines a Plastic-Burdened Community? Part I
UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
Statewide California
Review evidencePublished report / geospatial analysis
2025
Public report / geospatial analysis
What Defines a Plastic-Burdened Community? Part II: Plastic, Fossil Fuels, and Inequitable Site-Based Exposure Risks
UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
Statewide California oil and gas wells and refineries
Review evidencePolicy brief
2025
Public policy brief
Aligning California’s Plastic Mitigation Fund Investments With Fossil Fuel and Health Realities
UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
Statewide California
Review evidenceActive geospatial research project
2026
Tool / analysis in development
What Defines a Plastic-Burdened Community? Part III
UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
Statewide California plastic manufacturing sites
Review evidencePublic geospatial data tool
2024–2025
Public interactive map
Impacts from Plastic Disposal Sites in California – interactive map
UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
Statewide California
Review evidence