Natural Resource Management

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Vickie Bakker

1997 Fellow
Vickie’s work is geared toward adapting the academic tools of quantitative conservation ecology to the real world problems of conservation practitioners in the management of endangered species. In an approach she refers to as Population...
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Lou Thompson

1999 Fellow
Lou Thompson has a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Science from the University of Maine. Currently he is pursuing a Masters Degree in Community Economic Development from the New Hampshire College, Graduate School of Business. Lou is an...
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Becca Quinones

2001 Fellow
With the support that she received from the Switzer Foundation, Becca recieved her Master's of Science degree in Fisheries Biology from Humboldt State University in May of 2003. She worked as a fisheries biologist for the Klamath National...
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Melissa Nelson

1996 Fellow
Melissa graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 1991 with an honors BA in Integrated Ecology and graduated from UC Davis in 2000 with a Ph.D. in Ecology. For the 28 years, she served as the Executive Director and President of The Cultural...
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Jeanne Anderson

2002 Fellow
Jeanne is doing post-doctoral work with the Complex Systems Research Center at the University of New Hampshire. She is interested in applications of remote sensing to questions in conservation biology and ecology. Her research will look at...
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Nicole Gross-Camp

2007 Fellow
Nicole is an interdisciplinary environmental social scientist whose work focuses on the intersections of biodiversity conservation, governance, and human wellbeing. She focuses particularly on East African conservation with an emphasis on...
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Grey Hayes

1999 Fellow
Since 1989, Dr. Grey Hayes has focused on agroecology and natural systems ecology of California’s central coast. His project experience includes work with the Ohlone tiger beetle (Cicindela ohlone) and red-legged frog (Rana draytonii), as...
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Jennifer O'Leary

2006 Fellow
I am currently with the Wildlife Conservation Society and leading a program across three nations in East Africa and the Western Indian Ocean to support communities in fisheries management and development of locally managed marine areas and...
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Matthew Morrison

2001 Fellow
I left the U.S. EPA almost two years ago to take a position with SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries Corporation) in Product Stewardship. My goal in moving to SABIC was to leverage my experience and education with a position in the private sector...
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Mark Tompkins

2004 Fellow
Mark Tompkins earned his Ph.D. in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at UC Berkeley, where he investigated the role of floodplains in river restoration efforts. Floodplains provide important aquatic and...