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RECENT ALUMNI

Alumni: Lab Members
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MOLLY HAYES

Bee City USA coordinator, Xerces Society

Molly was most interested in the intersection between wild bees, forests, and wildfire. She studied the impacts of the fall 2017 wildfires in Napa and Sonoma counties on plant-pollinator networks in oak woodland ecosystems. Molly has also been involved in pollinator research in Marin county with the Marin Municipal Water District, California State Parks, and Marin County Parks. When not studying bees Molly enjoys trail running, drawing, and baking cakes. Learn more about Molly at her website or email her at molly.f.hayes@gmail.com

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ELSA VALENZUELA

M.S. Biology

Elsa graduated from Santa Clara University in 2016 with a B.S. in Biology with an emphasis in Ecology and Evolution. She joined the lab in the fall of 2017. She studied whether the thermo-tolerance of different bee species could be used to predict their distributions in urban environments.  As cities heat up due to urbanization and climate change, this has the potential to change where species are found.  She also led the field work for our research on the trends in pollinators in the Presidio National Park. In her spare time, she volunteered at CuriOdyssesy educating the public of the environment and local wildlife. She loves to go for hikes and runs.

ALUMNI

RICH HATFIELD

Senior Endangered Species Conservation Biologist, Bumble Bee Lead, Xerces Society

SALLY CHESS

CEO of ChessX3

DR. JAIME CHAVES

Assistant Professor
San Francisco State University and Professor
Universidad San Francisco De Quito and
University of the Galapagos

ERICA SWINNEY STALEY

Director of Operations, Manufacturing Renaissance

CYNTHIA FENTER

Project Ecologist, ARCADIS

DR. QUINN MCFREDERICK

Assistant Professor, UC Riverside

DR. JENNIFER KRAUEL

Research Specialist III
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

MARTHA BERTHELSEN

Public Programs Manager, The Watershed Project

MEGAN KEEVER

Botanist, Plant Ecologist, Stillwater Sciences

KEVIN CLARKE

Insect artist, Bugs Under glass

ANDREW POTTER

Conservation Coordinator at Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter

RAE GOODMAN

Teacher, Athenian School

PATRICK FURTADO

Plant, Wildlife, and Restoration Ecologist

AMBER PARMENTER

Puget Sound Stewardship Coordinator at The Nature Conservancy

AMBER NORDBY NICHOLS

GIS coordinator, San Luis Obispo

VASILISSA DERUGIN

Santa Clara Valley Water District

DR. SIMONE WHITECLOUD

Research Ecologist, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

JOAN-KIRSTI BRENNAN

Trainer, Miwok Stables

Alumni: Lab Members
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