Graduate Students
Sarah Elizabeth Reed
PhD Student
Email: s_reed@berkeley.edu
Office: 510-643-6910
Website(s): Research Website Personal Website
Research Group(s): Amundson Group
Research Interests
Mima mound-vernal pool ecosystems; bioturbation; geomorphology; GIS
Research Description
Broadly, my research explores the interactions and feedbacks between life and landscape. I am using a combination of remote sensing (LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging)), spatial pattern analysis, geomorphic modeling, and biologic monitoring to explore…[read more]
Chandra Richards
Graduate Student
Email: cmr5064@berkeley.edu
Office: 151 Hilgard Hall
Phone: 510-642-7273
Website(s): Pallud Lab Website
Research Group(s): Pallud Group
Research Interests
Soil biogeochemistry
Research Description
I study the environmental and biogeochemical controls that drive the kinetics of iron and sulfate reduction in littoral aquatic wetland sediments. This research will elucidate the fate, transport, and transformative processes that factor into Fe…[read more]
Avi Ringer
Research Interests
Technological Change, Industrial History, Chemicals, Energy, Food, Environmental Health, Policy Studies
Research Description
Two projects currently underway:
Innovation and Industrial Change
This work looks at the opportunities and challenges in moving from today’s systems of industrial production towards systems with less negative impact on the environment and society. My…[read more]
Christine Rivera
Graduate Student
Email: crivera@berkeley.edu
Office: 5030 VLSB
Website(s): The Elias Lab
Research Group(s): Elias Group
Research Interests
Behavioral Ecology, Evolution, Sexual Selection, Jumping Spiders
Research Description
I’m broadly interested in how selective pressures influence diversification, particularly in the evolution of sexually selected traits and behaviors. My primary research focuses on acoustic, visual, and multi-modal communication channels in jumping spider courtship behavior.
Paul Rogé
Research Interests
Resilience of Rainfed Agroecosystems to Climatic Variability (Mexico)
Research Description
Diversified farming systems and indigenous land management in Latin America. Current research focuses on farmer-led adaptation strategies to climatic variability in the semi-arid, tropical highlands of Southern Mexico. Collaborative research with a the Centro de…[read more]
Lara Roman
PhD Candidate
Email: lararoman@berkeley.edu
Office: 140 Mulford Hall
Research Group(s): McBride Group
Research Description
Urban tree mortality
Why do trees die in cities? Understanding the urban tree mortality process is critical to planning for cycles of tree removal and replacement, modeling tree population changes over time, and accurately predicting ecosystem…[read more]
Amy L. Romanek
Research Description
Applications of Technology to Ecological Study
Broadly, I am interested in the fusion of our ever-evolving technological capabilities with conservation and resource planning objectives. Remote sensing technology provides new types and scales of data collection while…[read more]
Andrew Rominger
Graduate Student
Email: rominger@berkeley.edu
Office: 305 Hilgard Hall
Research Group(s): Gillespie Group Harte Group
Research Interests
Macroecology, ecological theory, evolution on islands
Research Description
My research focuses on understanding the limits and successes of statistical theories of biodiversity, such as the maximum entropy theory of ecology or the unified neutral theory of biodiversity. My ultimate goal is to use…[read more]
Rebecca Ryals
PhD Student
Email: bryals@berkeley.edu
Phone: 510-643-3963
Website(s): Research Website
Research Group(s): Silver Group
Research Interests
Climate Change Impacts on Carbon Storage in Annual Grassland, Nitrogen Deposition Effects on CA Soils
Research Description
Broadly, my research explores global change ecology questions and employs field manipulations, laboratory studies, ecological modeling, and stable isotope and radiocarbon ecological research methods. I am specifically interested biogeochemical mechanisms driving changes in ecosystem carbon…[read more]
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