Dr. Abraham Borker
Assistant Teaching Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
UC Santa Cruz
Crystal Zamora
Flavia Oliveira, PhD
Consultant
World Resources Institute
Justin Cummings: PhD
Founding director of the UCSC Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program
Santa Cruz mayor 2020
Santa Cruz city council member
Paolo Quadri Barba: PhD
Conservation Director, Sky Island Alliance
Research including forest ecology and global environmental change processes in mountain ecosystems, as well as examining the local socioeconomic impacts of protected areas in Mexico.
Bronwen Stanford: PhD
Investigating restoration and mitigation outcomes for people and the environment, and the feasibility of landscape-scale management approaches.
Judy Straub: PhD
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program Coordinator
Clare Aslan: Smith Postdoctoral Fellow of the Society for Conservation Biology
The potential contribution of non-native pollinators and seed dispersers to native plant conservation. Website
Sarah Skikne: PhD
Adaptation of conservation practices in light of range shifts induced by climate change.
Holly Jones: Visiting Scholar 2010-2012
Ecosystem-based Adaptation strategies for climate change to maximize the well-being of both people and ecosystems. Website
Jae Pasari: PhD
Utilizing field-based experiments, large observational studies, and empirically-based modeling to investigate the interactions between global change, invasive species, and native species diversity.
Connor Morozumi: Laboratory Manager
Enhancing research across projects and providing in-house analytical chemistry. Website
Joanna Nelson: PhD
Exploring interacting global changes at the land-sea margin, specifically sea-level rise and nitrogen pollution in central California estuaries, and effects on ecosystem functions and services. Website
Paul Selmants: Post-doc 2008-2011
Investigating the impacts of rising temperature on carbon storage and allocation in Hawaiian tropical wet montane forests. Website
Sara Moore: Specialist, Climate Change Adaptation 2010-2011
Development of ecosystem adaptation strategies for California. Sara’s climate change blog.
Kris Hulvey: PhD
Restoring invaded grasslands with native competitors.
Dena Vallano: Post-doc 2009-2011
Working within the Office of Research and Development’s Innovation Team to promote cross-cutting research that will lead to long-term sustainability of human health and the environment.
Daniel Hernández: Post-doc 2007-08
Serpentine grassland biodiversity losses, grazing and nitrogen pollution interactions. Website
Blake Suttle: Post-doc 2007-08
Managing complex California grasslands under a changing climate.
Getachew Eshete: PhD, Post-doc
Human-environment interactions in Ethiopian southwest ecosystems, with emphasis on ecosystem goods and services vital to agricultural sustainability and livelihoods on the one hand, and deforestation and habitat modification affecting plant biodiversity patterns on the other. Website
Nicole Heller: Post-doc 2006-07
Synthesis of ecological recommendations for conservation under climate change. Website