Sasha is the Ecoregional Ecologist at The Nature Conservancy for the Central coast of California, a region stretching from the Bay Area to Santa Barbara, and from the ocean to the Central Valley. Sasha obtained her doctorate from the...
Kathleen is an Assistant Specialist and Assistant Professor in the Entomology Dept. at University of Arizona. She studies the ecology of Aedes aegypti, the mosquito vector of dengue fever, in southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico...
Laura is a Professor at the University of Rhode Island in the Department of Natural Resources Science. Laura works with invasive species, ecological restoration, ecosystem services, and environmental indicators. Laura serves as the director...
Dr. Robert Long is a Senior Conservation Scientist at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. He was hired in 2013 to coordinate carnivore research and conservation projects associated with the Zoo’s Living Northwest Program. Prior to joining the zoo...
Rob Moir, PhD, directs the Ocean River Institute. “Ocean river” is a term used by Homer and Rachel Carson to describe the connectedness of the natural world. It symbolizes the folly in attempting to separate ocean, river and watershed...
Ariane de Bremond is Executive Director of the Global Land Programme (www.glp.earth), and Research Associate Professor in Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park. Motivated by her time as a development practitioner...
Melissa was an ecologist working for the Department of Marine Resources on diadromous fish restoration. She served as the Conservation Planner for the Bureau of Sea Run Fisheries and Habitat. In this role she was responsible for leading...
Vickie’s work is geared toward adapting the academic tools of quantitative conservation ecology to the real world problems of conservation practitioners in the management of endangered species. In an approach she refers to as Population...
Leslie is currently a Masters degree student at UC Davis in applied ecology where she is pursuing her passion for aquatic ecology, and stream restoration and conservation. Her thesis research involves studying the effectiveness of stream...
Tierra completed her final year of the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program at Tufts University with an emphasis on zoo and wildlife medicine. While she plans to spend her career treating all species, she has a special interest in the...
