Conservation Science

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...

Mark Tompkins earned his Ph.D. in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at UC Berkeley, where he investigated the role of floodplains in river restoration efforts. Floodplains provide important aquatic and...

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...

Andi Thode grew up in Los Alamos, New Mexico. It was the high desert and mountain landscapes of northern New Mexico that originally interested Andi in the field of fire ecology, which eventually led to her current research on landscape...

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.

Roland is currently an Assistant Professor in Biology at Rhode Island College in Providence, RI. His research, in partnership with the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, concerns the effect of forest fragmentation on eastern...

Lloyd Gamble recently accepted a fellowship with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) that will place him at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC. There, he will be working on international environmental...

Chris Bowser is the Education Coordinator for the NYSDEC Hudson River Estuary Program and the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, in partnership with the Water Resource Institute of Cornell University. Chris’s current work...

Tenured biology instructor at Evergreen Valley College (SJ,CA). My focus has shifted to improving science curricula and facilitating educational achievement for Chicano/Latino and Native American students. Other areas of focus include...