Assistant Professor

University of Alaska Fairbanks

College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences

straiger@alaska.edu

(she/her)

I am an assistant professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. My research centers on coastal marine macroalgal and benthic invertebrate communities. My aim is to understand how multiple stressors and disturbances affect abundance and distribution of species and their interactions. I am particularly focused on strongly interacting species such as sea otters and sea stars, habitats including kelp forests and mussel beds, and taxa that are important for Alaskan communities such as clams.