Conservation Science

Fellow

Kristen Puryear

2003 Fellow
Kristen Puryear graduated with her masters degree from UVM in 2004, and is currently working for Maine's Department of Conservation as a Community Ecologist. Her work within the Maine Natural Areas Program focuses on inventorying and...
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Jennifer O'Leary

2006 Fellow
I am currently with the Wildlife Conservation Society and leading a program across three nations in East Africa and the Western Indian Ocean to support communities in fisheries management and development of locally managed marine areas and...
Fellow, Fellows Advisory Committee

Lara Hansen

1995 Fellow
Dr. Lara Hansen is the Chief Scientist and Executive Director of EcoAdapt, an organization created to help develop the field of climate change adaptation by creating a network to develop the science of adaptation, build capacity to expand...
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Dana Bauer

2000 Fellow
Dana Bauer is an interdisciplinary researcher with particular interests in conservation and sustainability. She applies economic and ecological theory towards the assessment of ecosystem services and the analysis of policies and programs...
Fellow

Hillary Young

2003 Fellow
Hillary Young is an assistant professor in community ecology at University of California Santa Barbara. Her work focuses on understanding the effects of changes in biodiversity loss on population and community structure and function. Recent...
Fellow

Andrew Kulmatiski

2001 Fellow
Andrew Kulmatiski's Switzer supported dissertation research compared the relationship between native plants and their soils to the relationship between exotic plants and their soils. Andrew found that exotic plants created soils that...
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Emil McCain

2004 Fellow
Emil McCain is a Master’s student in Wildlife Management at Humboldt State University. Large carnivore conservation is Emil’s passion and will be the focus of his career. Emil’s vision is not only to learn more about carnivore ecology, but...
Fellow

Brad Keitt

1997 Fellow
Brad received an MS in Marine Sciences from the University of California, Santa Cruz and is a Switzer Foundation Conservation Fellow. His thesis work focused on the conservation and ecology of the Baja California endemic Black-vented...
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Sal Jorgensen

2002 Fellow
Salvador's graduate work is aimed at using information about fish ecology and movement to improve the conceptual models used to guide marine ecosystem and fisheries management. He is using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to develop...
Fellow

Bridie McGreavy

2006 Fellow
I study relationships between water and communication and how tides, rivers, and oceans shape diverse collaborations for justice, decolonization, and resilience. I use engaged research methodologies to co-create knowledge about water and communication in the context of coastal shellfishing communities, river restoration and freshwater conservation initiatives, and large-scale science-based collaborations.