Dr. Kasey Pregler is a new postdoc in the #BerkeleyFreshwater group, supported by a Chancellor’s Fellowship. Kasey will be co-advised by Dr. J. Carlos Garza at NOAA-Fisheries, and will explore the potential for assisted gene flow to contribute to genetic rescue in an endangered salmon population. Welcome, Kasey!
Lab News
Welcome to Emily Chen!
Emily Chen is a new grad student in the #BerkeleyFreshwater group. Emily completed her master’s thesis in the Dept. of Fisheries at Humboldt State, where she explored how Chinook salmon use the Redwood Creek lagoon, using a combination of mark-recapture and otolith microstructural analyses. For her dissertation research, Emily plans to shift her attention inland to focus on winter-run Chinook and, in particular, asking if hatchery fish are good surrogates for wild fish in management models.
Carlson Lab moves to Wellman Hall!
The group moved from Mulford Hall to Wellman Hall during Fall 2018. Everyone chipped in and helped pack up, clean up, and then unpack in the new space. This was a multi-step (multi-month?) effort, and one big step towards our goal of creating a freshwater science cluster in Wellman Hall!
Welcome to Rachael Ryan!
Rachael Ryan is a new grad student in the #BerkeleyFreshwater group, and will be co-advised by Stephanie and Ted. Rachael plans to explore the influence of climatic variation and habitat mosaics on distribution, abundance, and diversity of coho salmon in the Lagunitas Watershed, in west Marin. Stay tuned for updates!
Great weekend of CZO science at the Eel River
The Eel River Critical Zone Observatory hosted an all-CZO site visit this past weekend. It was a great opportunity to showcase the important science emerging from the Eel River CZO and to make connections with researchers from the other CZOs. Our piece involves exploring how flow magnitude, timing, and temperature influence fish performance. Hosting 53 people involved a lot of coordination and logistical cartwheels, but the visit was a resounding success! So proud to be associated with this amazing group!
Welcome to Hana Moidu!
Hana Moidu is a new grad student in the lab and will be co-advised by Ted Grantham. Hana is now taking classes and developing her research ideas, so stay tuned for updates!
Carlson Lab attends American Fisheries Society meeting in Tampa, Florida
The Carlson Lab traveled to Tampa this week for the national meeting of American Fisheries Society. Six of us presented new research results and received great feedback from the AFS community. Stephanie co-organized a session with Mike Kinnison on “Darwinian Fisheries Science”. All in all, it was a great week with a lot of interesting science and opportunities to connect with the fisheries community. And we even took a break to enjoy the eclipse!
Two students receive travel grants to attend American Fisheries Society meeting!
Graduate students Suzanne Kelson and Jordan Wingenroth both received travel grants from the California-Nevada Chapter of the American Fisheries Society to attend the national AFS meeting in Tampa! Congratulations, Suzanne and Jordan!
Former student starts position as Asst Prof at UW!
Former student Cleo Woelfle-Erksine, co-advised by Isha Ray in ERG, has officially started as an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington. You can learn about what Cleo is up to in his new position here. Congratulations, Cleo!
Winter-run Chinook tour!
Together with new Delta Science Postdoc Fellow, Pedro Morais, and his Practitioner Mentor, Dr. Rachel Johnson, we spent two days touring winter-run Chinook habitat and meeting the agency scientists tasked with monitoring the trends of this endangered population and operating the associated conservation hatchery program at the Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery. Thank you, Rachel Johnson, for organizing the tour!