People

Faculty

Dr. Leah Gerber

Conservation Science & Policy

Professor, School of Life Sciences

Director, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes

Dr. Gwen Iacona

Biodiversity Decision Making

Assistant Research Professor, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes  

Dr. Candace Carr Kelman

Actionable Science 

Assistant Research Professor, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes  

Dr. Katie Cramer

Marine Ecology & Conservation

Associate Research Professor, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes  

Postdoctoral Scholars

Dr. Erin Murphy

Marine Conservation & Plastic Pollution


PhD Associate, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes

Dr. Chris Barton 

Knowledge Generation and Complex Sustainability Problems



Dr. Olivia Davis

Endangered Species Recovery Planning



Graduate Students 

Paola Sangolqui

Science-based Management in Galapagos

Biology and Society PhD Program

Rebecca Snyder 

Mangrove Conservation and Ecosystem Services


Environmental Life Sciences PhD Program

Camila Guerrero Pineda 

Conservation Decision Making


Biology and Society PhD Program 

Caitlin Hawley

Conservation Education and Primate Conservation


Environmental Social Sciences PhD Program 

Alice Sansonetti

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Conservation 


Biology and Society PhD Program  

Lisley Gomes

Collaborative Conservation 


Biology and Society PhD Program

(Starting Fall 2024) 

Meredith Grady 

Conservation and Rural Development 


Environmental Life Sciences PhD Program 

(Starting Fall 2024)

Affiliated graduate students 

Martha Arízaga 

Science-Political Interface in Sustainable Development 


Innovation in Global Development PhD Program

Lívia Cruz

Brazilian Amazon, Common Resource Use, Local Ecological Knowledge


Biology and Society PhD Program

Jessica Beaudette

Bridging Science and Culture in Community-Based Conservation  


Anthropology of Religion PhD Program

Wenxin Yang

Conservation Geography 


Geography PhD Program

Rachel Layko

Marine social-ecological systems


Geography PhD Program

Nana Sakyiwa Brown-Wood

Resilience of Biocultural Communities  


Sustainability PhD Program 

Undergraduate students 

Amanda Bell

Biology and Conservation Education

Earth and Environmental Studies BA Program

Amelie Clark

Sustainability

Civil Engineering BS Program

Jared Clements

Conservation, Ecology, and Endangered Species

Biology BS Program

Sydney Knight

Biological Anthropology and Conservation

Anthropology BS and Forensic Science BS Programs

Taylor Fisher

Sustainable agriculture, Agroforestry, Decision science

Computer Science, BS Program

Catelyn Chang

Marine Conservation

Conservation Biology & Ecology BS Program

Neha Karanjia

Economic Sustainability, ESG Business Advisory

Economics, Supply Chain Management, Business (Sustainability) BS Program

Kianna Lee

Sustainable Food Systems

Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies BS Program