Environmental Sciences Major, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-2922
Patina Mendez
Jessie Mavorek, Sangcheol Moon & Chelsea Andreozzi
Xingying Ren
Migration Stopover Selection for Hair-Crested Drongos
Samantha Jacobsen
Predicting the Distribution of Pomacea canaliculata in California
Under Current and Future Climate Scenarios
Elisa Yang
Trait Evolution in Estrildidae: Drivers of Variation in Female Song and Dance
Pepe Sales
Investigating Invasive-Invasive Plant Relationships Through Statistical Modeling
Jenna Krugler
Rapid Climate Adaptation in San Francisco Bay Area Songbirds
David Coyle
Analyzing the Impact of Invasive Species on Tripartite Trophic Networks of Sap Suckers in Point Reyes
Claire Bernd
Pharyngeal Jaws: An Explanation to the Rapid Diversification of Seven African Cichlids
Lillian Zhang
Retiring the Diablo Canyon Power Plant: California's regulatory responses to energy shortages
Max Williams
The Potential for Agrivoltaics in Alameda County
Elias Nash
Modeling How Widespread Soft Energy Can Help Avoid Catastrophe: A Texas Hurricane Case Study
Shane Puthuparambil
Digging Deeper: Impacts of Block 43 ITT Oil Development on Yasuní National Park
Jiaqi Meng
New Way to Implement Hydrocarbon degradation in Soil Through Bioremediation
Anjika G. Pai
Beyond Legal Standing: Rights of Nature as a Tool for Indigenous Sovereignty
Ally Zermeno
Ethical Considerations in the Collection, Analysis, and Reporting of Spatial Data
Emily Hernandez
Proximity of Parks and Schools to Highways in Alameda County
Navid Goodarzi
Congress, Climate, and Congress: Green Priorities in the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000-2021
Rachel Jie Min Ng
Impacts of United States Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement
Sophia Ramirez
"Don't Drink The Water": Understanding Water Quality and Availability in Mexico City
Junting Liang
Effectiveness of Asian Clams (Corbicula fluminea) in Mitigation of Freshwater Eutrophication with Microcosm Approach
Julia Dandar
Overlap between Sea Level Rise Projections and Whooping Crane Habitat
Shannon McKillop-Herr
The Diversity and Distribution of Macroinvertebrate Assemblages in Two California Streams
Anders de Wit
Hydroclimate Impacts on sensitive Benthic Macroinvertebrates in the Drought-stressed Streams of Pinnacles National Park
Man Tran
Evaluating the Trophic Level Effects of Sea Star Wasting Disease in California
Ziheng Yun
Tracing Sources of Water Pollutants in Lake Tahoe
Brianna Betts
The Relation of Income Level and Quality Green Space in Contra Costa County
Isabella Ciraulo
Students and Green Space Accessibility: Los Angeles Public Schools &Green Space Access Across Different Demographic Student Groups
Zoe Chan
Barriers to Access Large Green Spaces in Oakland, California
Rezahn Abraha
The Historic Legacy of Redlining on Spatial Outcomes of Superfund Sites Within LA County
Amandine Cornet
Julian Batz
Humans, Dogs, and the Biodiversity of Las Trampas
Pheleep F. Sidhom
Factors affecting Avian Species Diversity and Vocalization Rate in Claremont Canyon, Berkeley, CA
Kayla A. Lin
Urban Forestry: Biodiversity of San Francisco's Street Trees
Brianne Roxbrough
Ground-dwelling Arthropod Community Responses to Extreme Drought
Ashley Cowell
Surf's Up: Green Wave Surfing Resilience to Anthropogenic Disturbance in Wyoming Mule Deer during Spring Migrations
Amanda Nicole Gonzaga
The Effects of School Funding on the Quality of Environmental Education Amongst Seniors in Los Angeles County
Tamlyn Schafer
Basic Needs Access and the Impact of COVID-19 in the Undergraduate Population at the University of California, Berkeley
Ana Bertha Medel
Kyle Hicks
Lessons In Waste: Assessing High School Student Knowledge of Waste Sorting Literacy
Hannah Ramsey
Understanding Environmental Motivation in College Students
David S. Zhong
Transform or Perish: Changes in Leaf Venation in Response to Punctures
Amos Samuels
Resilience to Increased Heat of Host Triticum aestivum with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Rich Soil
Madison Wheeler
Bushwhacking through Claremont Canyon: A Vegetation Composition Analysis
Julianne Oshiro
Identifying Dunaliella's Iron-Starvation Responses for Photosynthetic Maintenance
Ashley Kang
Effect of Prior Herbicide Exposure on Rhizobial Response to Glyphosate
Angela Liu
Exploring Potential Methods for Reducing Paper Napkin Waste in A High School Cafeteria
Melanie Rodriguez Fuentes
Zero Waste by Whom? UC Berkeley's Zero-Waste Initiative and Its Impact on Campus Facility Employees
Zarine Kakalia
Students & Sustainable Fashion: Understanding Motivations of Thrift Shopping in College Communities
Tara Kelly
Understanding the Pipe Dreams of San Francisco Bay Area Recycled Water
Tristan Ruppert
Cut the Bull from off your Plate: Here is how much Water US Beef actually uses
Gwantae Lee
Life Cycle Assessment of a Food Service Operation in Oakland, CA
Sara Kalantar
The Invisible Burden of Food Insecurity in Asian Americans: A Disaggregated Analysis
Catherine Jennifer
An Assessment of the Relationship Between Food Deserts and Green Space: A Case Study in Seattle
Veda Lelchook
Food Deserts in the East Bay: Community Asset Assessment and Policy Solutions
Jieyuan Kan
Remote Sensing Analysis on the Impacts of Wildfires on Snow Cover in Sierra Nevada
Jameson N. P. Christiansen
Shrub Response to Short vs. Long Disturbance Free Interval in Northern California Chaparral: A Fire and Fire Surrogate Study
Michael Xiao
Modeling Efficacy of Prescribed Burning in Reducing Wildfires in California
Oscar Ticas
Detecting Wetland Fire Occurrence in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Through Charcoal in Peat Soils
Miku Nakamura
Using GRACE mascon to Analyse the Behaviour of Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly in 11 months Lead Time of Floods
Tammy J. Lee
Sediment Discharge Rates in the Sacramento River Reservoirs
Isobel Cooper
Tracking Municipal Climate Action Plan Progress in the State of California
Ernesto Bracamonte
Climate Change and the Authoritarian Alternative: Quantifying the effects of Beijing's 2008 Space Rationing Policy on Air Quality
David Ramus
Peyote is in Danger
These studies were undertaken by seniors in the Environmental Sciences Group Major, a program administered by the Department of Enviromental Science, Policy, and Management in the Rausser College of Natural Resources at the University of California at Berkeley. The Environmental Sciences major allows students to concentrate in one of three fields of specialization: biological science, physical science, and social science. In their senior year, students in the major participate in a two-semester Senior Research Seminar, investigating an environmental topic of current concern. This project gives the students experience in field work, general research techniques, and oral and written presentation of research results. This volume is the compilation of research reports from the Fall 2021 to Spring 2022 Senior Research Seminars.