Ben Becker, Ph.D.
CA-CESU, National Park Service, Adjunct Professor
133 Mulford Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
UCB CESU Science Advisor Research Programs
Student Researcher
Project: Exploring the Use of Disturbance-Based Treatments to Improve Habitat for the Mission Blue Butterfly
B.S. Environmental Science & B.S Ecosystem Management and Forestry 2025
M.S. of Forestry 2026
Data Science Intern
Project: Diet Overlap in California Salmonids
B.S. Molecular Environmental Biology 2026
mmcg@berkeley.edu
Data Science Intern
Project: Diet Overlap in California Salmonids
B.S. Integrative Biology and Marine Science 2026
ellington.chen@berkeley.edu
Data Science Student Assistant
B.A. Integrative Biology & B.S. Conservation and Resource Studies 2024
Projects: Red-Legged Frog Population Models, Endangered Island Marbled Butterfly Larval Survival Modeling.
After Berkeley: PhD program in disease ecology
Data Science Student Assistant
B.S. Molecular Environmental Biology 2025.
Projects: Red-Legged Frog Population Models
After Berkeley: Working in France
Jepson Herbaria Student Assistant
B.S. Molecular Environmental Biology, Creative Writing Minor 2025.
Project: Describing new species of Jewelflower at Pinnacles National Park.
After Berkeley: PhD program in plant physiological ecology
maia.supple@berkeley.edu
Science Communication Student Assistant
B.S. Molecular Environmental Biology, Marine Science Minor 2024
choraeadolfo@berkeley.edu
Science Communication and Data Science Intern
B.S. Conservation and Resource Studies 2023.
Project Endangered Tidewater Goby Population Ecology
After Berkeley: Master's student at the UC Santa Barbara Bren School of Environmental Science & Management
Data Science Student Assistant
B.S. Environmental Science 2024.
Project: Red-Legged Frog Population Models
After Berkeley: Research Technician with the University of Florida Game Lab
Data Science Assistant and Honors Thesis
Honors Thesis: Using Convolutional Neural Nets to Monitor Seals from Aerial Imagery
M.S. Data Science 2023
After Berkeley: Course Software and Infrastructure Engineer for UCB Data Science Undergraduate Studies
Data Science Intern
Project: Prairie Falcon Occupancy Analysis, River Flow Analysis at Yosemite & Sequoia Kings Canyon National Parks
B.S. Data Science 2023
After Berkeley: M.S. Student in Data Science at Columbia University
Data Science Intern
Project: Prairie Falcon Occupancy Modeling
B.S. Data Science 2023
After Berkeley: MSc Student in satellite technology for Earth observation at Technical University of Berlin
CESU Student Assistant
Project: Endemic Jewelflower surveys at Pinnacles National Monument
B.S. Conservation and Resource Studies 2023
After Berkeley: Director at Via Verde's Summer Leadership Project, Substitue teaching with Oakland Unified School Distict
2022 Science Communication Intern
B.S. Integrative Biology & B.A. English 2024
adrianfontao@berkeley.edu
2022 Data Science Intern
Project: Analysis of River Flows at Yosemite & Sequoia Kings Canyon National Parks
B.S. Data Science & Computer Science 2023
After Berkeley: Software Intern at Google
Science Communication Intern
B.S. Environmental Sciences 2023
After Berkeley: Nursery Team Lead/Shrub Specialist for Our City Forest
2022-2021 Data Science Intern
Project: Water Quality of Yosemite & Sequoia Kings Canyon National Parks
B.S. Data Science 2022
After Berkeley: Sr. Associate at Gallagher Insurance, Risk Management and Consulting
2021 Data Intern
B.S. Computer Science 2022
After Berkeley: M.S. Student in Computer Science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2021 Data Science Intern
Project: Water Quality of Yosemite & Sequoia Kings Canyon National Parks
B.S. Data Science & Applied Math 2022
After Berkeley: Software Engineer at the Bank of America