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Prof. Alejandra Echeverri
She/Her/Ella
I am an Assistant Professor of Conservation Science at UC Berkeley. I am an interdisciplinary conservation scientist, science communicator, scholar and advocate. My research explores human-wildlife interactions, cultural values of nature, and the impacts that humans have on wildlife. I am currently investigating biodiversity, tourism, and cultural diversity in Latin America while advising Latin American governments on environmental policies. I'm a tropical ornithologist, a National Geographic Explorer, and a UN Convention on Biological Diversity representative for youth, and a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar.
Prof. Alejandra Echeverri
She/Her/Ella
I am an Assistant Professor of Conservation Science at UC Berkeley. I am an interdisciplinary conservation scientist, science communicator, scholar and advocate. My research explores human-wildlife interactions, cultural values of nature, and the impacts that humans have on wildlife. I am currently investigating biodiversity, tourism, and cultural diversity in Latin America while advising Latin American governments on environmental policies. I have a PhD from the University of British Columbia and a postdoctoral fellowship from Stanford's Natural Capital Project. Besides research, I'm a tropical ornithologist, a National Geographic Explorer, and a UN Convention on Biological Diversity representative for youth.
Eric W. Heisey (He/Him)
PhD Student
]My research focuses on how humans and biodiversity can thrive together. I plan to assess conservation efforts in South America through avian diversity and community composition, exploring human-environment interactions and the role of private sector certification standards in driving positive change for nature and people.
Dr. Chase Niesner (He/Him)
Postdoctoral scholar
I'm interested in conducting research that unsettles the nature-culture dichotomy and invites interdisciplinary collaboration. I mostly work with the tools of multispecies anthropology, but I frequently collaborate with conservation biologists and conduct my own experiments with the moving image and with myth. For my dissertation, I studied urban coyotes in Los Angeles and how their flourishing there is related to the wider political context of the city. While at Berkeley, I hope to undertake a study of "river complexity" on the Trinity River in Northern California.
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Join our dynamic research team and contribute to groundbreaking discoveries at the forefront of biodiversity conservation science.
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Join our dynamic research team and contribute to groundbreaking discoveries at the forefront of biodiversity conservation science.
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Join our dynamic research team and contribute to groundbreaking discoveries at the forefront of biodiversity conservation science.
