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Abby Knight

Abby Knight

Abby is working towards identifying materials for selective metal binding that can be applied to water remediation and the improvement of metal separation procedures. As selective metal chelation is relatively unexplored area, she is using a combinatorial library...
Jennifer Hofmeister

Jennifer Hofmeister

Jennifer’s research interests focus on understanding the behavioral response of highly phenotypically plastic animals to ecosystem change. Octopuses play an important predatory role in almost every coastal environment, yet we know little about their behavioral...
Lauren Hallett

Lauren Hallett

Lauren’s thesis research centers on the relationships between climate, biodiversity and ecosystem services in California rangelands. She uses long-term data analysis and field experiments to test how functional relationships between plant species may moderate the...
Kathryn Fiorella

Kathryn Fiorella

Kathryn’s research combines elements of public health, community ecology and socioeconomics to address critical issues surrounding the dynamics of environmental degradation and biodiversity loss in rural Kenya. Her approach combines extensive ecological surveys...