Bird Migration Tracking in the Santa Monica Mountains at Stunt Ranch Reserve
Awardee: Kelsey Reckling, a second year PhD Student, primarily studies bird migration in the Western United States.
Projects
Effects of Urbanization and Feral Cats on the Psychobiology of LA’s Most Abundant Lizard
Awardee: Colleen De Allaume, a third year Undergraduate Student in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department
Investigating Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis prevalence in a fragile vernal pool ecosystem
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.
Investigating the Transient Effects of Ocular Blood Sampling on Sceloporus Occidentalis
Awardee: May Jiang, a fourth year Biology undergraduate interested in urban animal ecology and plant biology.
Plant performance-dispersal feedbacks in a California annual grassland community
Awardee: Lauren Glevanik, a PhD candidate in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, works with a plant community of annual wildflowers and grasses.
Fostering Community Solar for a Just Energy Transition in Colombia and California
Students: Lara Abad Ribeiro De Almeida, Fiorella Andrea Mairead Hunter, Amy Sehye Jordan, Caroll Norah, Ognida Loupeda, Yessenia Paola Maldonado, Audrey Lynn Sei, Madison Lee Wichert Advisors: Sebastián Solarte and…
Assessing eDNA as a tool to monitor Southern California Estuarine health and invasive species impact
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.
An Assessment of Combined Sewer Overflow Trends and Management Approaches in the Puget Sound
Students: Makaila Caswall Cabrera, Siobhan Maeve Dornfried, Shea Brianne Herndon, Basile Cesar Maiza, Sophia Violet Merish-Rose, Claudia Sophia Rajski, Grace Molly Salvestrin Advisor: Noah Garrison Client: U.S. EPA Final Presentation
ESG Readiness at UCLA Anderson
LiS Leadership Project by Veronica Seng, 2025
Extreme Heat Resilience in the Bay Area
LiS Leadership Project by Sienna Marley, 2025
Greening Urban Freight with River Transport
LiS Leadership Project by Ombline Recordon, 2025
MBA Consulting for Social and Environmental Impact
LiS Leadership Project by Alina Orendain-Calderón, 2025