Outreach & Service
UCR Student Research Gear Closet
In partnership with my peers in the Center for Conservation Biology, faculty mentors, and undergraduate students in the Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity, and Sustainability, we have developed the Student Research Gear Closet. Check out the website below to learn more!
Annika and her labmate Chris Cosma share information about the diurnal and nocturnal pollinators that they study, as well as living bee and moth individuals. Photo by Andrea Keeler.
Outreach
Saint Catherine of Alexandria Science Fair, 2023
Riverside Insect Fair, 2019, 2021, and 2022
On-Campus Raking Project Assistance, 2020-2022
Riverside Unified School District Science Fair Judge, 2020 and 2022
Interactive talks for the Cottonwood Institute’s Explore Outside course, June & July 2020
Interactive talk for Science Discovery students at CU Boulder, June 2020
Pollinator Festival: California Native Plant Society Booth, November 2019
Fall Harvest Fest: Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology Booth, October 2019
Science Discovery camp at Niwot Ridge, July 2019
7th Annual Plant Discovery Day: Pollination game, May 2019
Upward Bound STEM talk series, November 2018
Science Olympiad mentor: 2 hours/month, 2018-2019
Trunk or Treat: Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology Booth, October 2018
The recent SEEDS & CCB Seed Bomb Mixer was a great success! Graduate and undergraduate students made a total of 150 seed bombs filled with seeds local to the Riverside area.
Annika and her labmates Chris Cosma and Elijah Hall share about pollinators at the Riverside Insect Fair in 2019. Photo by Andrea Keeler.
Pollinator collections by students in the 2019 Science Discovery Camp at Niwot Ridge.
Students learn the costs and benefits of pollination in the Rafferty lab's activity in the 2019 Plant Discovery Day.
Outreach Videos
This short video, made in collaboration with members of the Rafferty lab, was made for the 2021 virtual insect fair and highlights what research our lab does! Video Link
This video was made for a virtual course. It shares information about the life history timing of plants and pollinators, and how we study these dynamics. Video Link
This stop-motion video was created as a component of CU Boulder's 2020 Science Ambassador Course, and explores above and belowground connections between species. Video Link
Media
Across the Cline Podcast: Concerning Conservation, December 2022
Student Research Gear Closet in UC Riverside News, November 2022
Beyond the Bench Podcast: Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology from a Ph.D. Student Perspective ; February 2021
Examples of the expensive but necessary items that the CCB & SEEDS Gear Closet aims to provide students with
Service
2023 ESA Annual Meeting: Contributed Abstract Reviewer, March 2023
Organized GradFest Research Symposium for graduate student recruitment event for the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, 2023
Treasurer, Graduate Student Association, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, 2022-2023
Center for Conservation Biology, Graduate Student Group, President, May 2019-December 2022
Graduate Student Representative, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, 2020-2021
Member, Niwot Ridge LTER DEI Committee, 2020-current