La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Fellow, Timo Metz, is curious about how ecosystems respond to disturbances, and the strategies that can foster their resistance and recovery. After decades of fire suppression,…
La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Fellow, Ryan Buck, is concerned about the resilience of oak ecosystems in a rapidly changing climate. Because oak trees provide the structural foundation and habitat for…
Students: Karena Caro, Alex Fu, Prasheetha Shree Karthikeyan, Eden Carmen Kessler, Megan Leah Osawa, Ryan Tomas Shelburne, Kennedy D Smiley, Gianna Re Ana Wright Faculty Advisor: Travis Longcore Client: U.S.…
Students: Ken Matsunaga, Brandon Jair Morquecho, Adeline Grace Schulz, Emma Caterson Searing, Faith Helen Shortridge, Trisha Telywa Taylor, Avery Jane Werner, Elias Woodward Client: UCLA South Bay Faculty Advisor: H.…
Students: Jasmine Contreras, Jessica Nicole Cooper, Nicole Juliet Hernandez, Jordyn, Elizabeth Lee, Grace Marie Miller, Dayna Renee Storaker, Romulo Augustus Williams, Jacob Joseph Fossa Advisor: Dr. Andy Kleinhesselink Client: Anthony…
Awardee: Kelsey Reckling, a second year PhD Student, primarily studies bird migration in the Western United States.
Awardee: Colleen De Allaume, a third year Undergraduate Student in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department
Awardee: Erica Ro, an undergraduate student pursuing a B.S. in Environmental Science with a concentration in Conservation Biology, is broadly interested in urban ecology and conservation science.
Awardee: May Jiang, a fourth year Biology undergraduate interested in urban animal ecology and plant biology.
Awardee: Lauren Glevanik, a PhD candidate in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, works with a plant community of annual wildflowers and grasses.
Last year, over 1700 students made visits to Sage Hill for classes, activities, or just to relax in nature. For years there have been only three benches at Sage Hill…
This project evaluates a new eDNA assay targeting the tufA gene to improve early detection of the invasive algae Caulerpa prolifera, which poses a major threat to California’s marine ecosystems.