UC Berkeley CESU

Science Communication and Ecology Student Assistant

Project: Salmonid Use of Restored Habitats in Muir Woods

B.S. Conservation and Resource Studies 2026

After Berkeley: Graduate School in Environmental Sustainability at University of Edinburgh, Scotland

clareduganne@berkeley.edu

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

After Berkeley: Graduate School at the University of Washington in Quantitative Ecology & Resource Management

ellington.chen@berkeley.edu

After Berkeley: California Climate Action Corps Fellow at Fire Safe Sonoma. 

Data Science Student Assistant

Projects: 

• Red-Legged Frog Population Trends in the Bay Area

• Larval Survival of Endangered Island Marbled Butterflies in Washington State.

B.A. Integrative Biology & B.S. Conservation and Resource Studies 2024

After Berkeley: PhD program Ecology and Evolutionary Biology  @ UCSC (Starting Fall 2026) 

robinhinks@berkeley.edu

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

After Berkeley: University of Idaho / US Forest Service Fire Behavior Assessment Team 

Science Communication Student Assistant

B.S. Molecular Environmental Biology, Marine Science Minor 2024

Science Communication and Data Science Student Assistant

Project: Endangered Tidewater Goby Population Ecology

B.S. Conservation and Resource Studies 2023

After Berkeley: 

• Master's Degree at the UC Santa Barbara Bren School of Environmental Science & Management

• Enviromental Scientist at McMillian environmental services

Data Science Student Assistant

Projects: Red-Legged Frog Population Trends in the Bay Area

B.S. Molecular Environmental Biology 2025

After Berkeley:  Working in France

dlavitt@berkeley.edu

CESU-Jepson Herbaria Student Assistant

Project:  Describing new species of Jewelflower at Pinnacles National Park.

B.S. Molecular Environmental Biology, Creative Writing Minor 2025

After Berkeley: UCLA PhD program in plant physiological ecology

Data Science Student Assistant

Project: Red-Legged Frog Population Analysis

B.S. Environmental Science 2024

After Berkeley: 

• Research Technician with the University of Florida Game Lab

• PhD Student at Hong Kong University's Tropical Conservation Lab  (Starting Fall 2026) 

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 Student Assistance

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 Student Assistance

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