Our Lab

Principal Investigator

Adina Merenlender, Ph.D., Principal Investigator
Adjunct Professor, Cooperative Extension Specialist
adinam@berkeley.edu
(707) 744-1720
Website | CV

My primary focus is in the field of conservation biology. In particular, I am interested in the forces that influence loss of biodiversity at all hierarchical levels from genes to ecosystems. My experience spans from single species management to measures of ecosystem health, and most recently to coupling conservation and land use planning. My other interests include ecological monitoring, restoration ecology, cumulative impacts to watersheds, conservation financing, mitigation, and protected area planning.

Current Graduate Students

	Morgan Gray, Ph.D. Student morgan.gray@berkeley.edu Website \| CV Landscape-scale ecology with an emphasis on how habitat disturbance influences mammalian carnivores.

	David Hines, M.S. Student david.hines@berkeley.edu Website \| CV Fish ecology, hydrology, and California water law as they apply to the conservation of Pacific salmon and steelhead
	Mary Matella, Ph.D. Candidate mmatella@berkeley.edu Website \| CV Watershed restoration science with an emphasis on modeling floodplain recovery for fish species recovery and future climate change resilience.

Lab Alumni

	Allison Bidlack, Ph.D. Science Coordinator Ecotrust
	Kristin Byrd, Ph.D. (Post-doc) Physical Scientist United States Geological Survey http://geography.wr.usgs.gov/staff.php
	Juliet Christian-Smith, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate Pacific Institute
	Matt Deitch, Ph.D. (Post-doc) Senior Environmental Scientist Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration
	Ted Grantham, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Scholar Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis CV
	Jodi Hilty, Ph.D. Director of North America Programs Wildlife Conservation Society Website \|CV
	Justin Kitzes, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Scholar Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley Website
	Kathleen Lohse, Ph.D.(Post-doc) Assistant Professor University of Arizona
	David Newburn, Ph.D. (Post-doc) Assistant Professor Texas A&M University Website
	Jeff Opperman, Ph.D. Senior Advisor for Sustainable Hydropower The Nature Conservancy Jeff is blogging at http://blog.nature.org/author/jopperman/
	Sarah Reed, Ph.D. Smith Conservation Research Fellow Colorado State University, Fort Collins Website
	Adena Rissman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin, Madison Website