People

Chapter Advisor

Dr. Lauren Hallett – hallett@uoregon.edu

  • Assistant Professor and Lab PI
  • Research Interests: Plant community ecology, Restoration ecology, Global change, and Biodiversity conservation
          • Favorite Organism:

 

 

Student Leadership

Sarah Erskine – 

  • Graduate Co-Chair
  • Third-year PhD student in the Diez Population & Community Ecology lab
  • Research Interests: plant phenology, plant-plant interactions, climate change
  • Favorite organisms: bumblebees!

 

 

 

Lina Aoyama – laoyama@uoregon.edu 

  • Founder
  • PhD student
  • Research Interests: Pre-emptive restoration in rangelands, Population and community ecology
  • Favorite Organism: Popcorn flower (Plagiobothrys nothofulvus)   

 

 

 

   Emma Freedman – efreedm2@uoregon.edu

    • Communications
    • Fourth-year undergraduate majoring in biology
    • Research Interests: Conservation ecology, plant biology, animal behavior, the gut microbiome
    • Favorite Organism: Western trillium (Trillium ovatum)

 

 

 

 

 

Zoey Bailey – zbailey@uoregon.edu

  • Undergraduate Co-Chair
  • Research Interests: Fire ecology, prescribed burning on public lands, and community engagement in ecological restoration projects
  • Favorite Organism: Rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa)

 

 

 

Kyla Schmitt – kschmitt@uoregon.edu

  • Treasurer
  • Third-year undergraduate at the Clark Honors College majoring in Environmental Studies and Economics
  • Recent ecological research projects: Studying characteristics and trends in signal crayfish and human-coyote interactions in the Portland area
  • Beyond academics, Kyla enjoys hiking, exploring (anything from nature parks to new restaurants), and listening to and playing music
  • Current Favorite Organism: the capybara!

 

 

Cal Penkauskas – cpenkaus@uoregon.edu

  • Outreach Event Organizer
  • Masters Student
  • Research Interests: Socio-ecological processes, Conservation ecology, and Agricultural/Urban interfaces
  • Favorite Organism: Oregon white oak (Qurecus garryana)

 

 

Student Members

  • Ari Brown
  • Dylan Blair
  • Hans Elliott
  • Jess Ludwing
  • Maya Johnsen
  • Norman Stolba

 

Past Members

  • Chhaya Werner
  • Gabby Altmire