Fall Researchers

Sam Amick – Biophilic Design for Waterfront Planning
Ryan Arreola – 10 Recommendations for Chapala’s Waterfront Development
Armon Ashoubi – West Eugene Wetlands
Sofia Bajenaru – Birds of a Feather Flock Together at Lake Chapala
Siri Brakstad – Prague Riverfront Revitalization Project
Thomas Brugnara – Environmental Management: Lake Chapala
Alyssa Cano – Worldwide Flood Prevention
Molly Carney – Riparian Restoration – the ecological restoration of the boundary between land and bodies of water
Charlie Chapman – The Potential of Green Roofs in Eugene, Oregon
Kayla Coyne – Developing Lake Chapala’s Waterfront
Mason Czabaranek – Waterfront Micromobility
Juno Dabney – Green and Blue Roofs
Becca Daugherty – Community Gardens – An alternative way of fostering wellness and community
Maggie Delaney – Lake Chapala – The place to retire
Kenna Dinsdale – Restoring Lake Chapala with Citizen Science
Sarah Dougherty – Recommendations for Improving Public Art and Culture in Waterfront Communities
Amber Due – Riparian Restoration – Lake Chapala
Taj Falconer – Astoria Waterfront Park Idea
Ashley Fenner – The Built Environment and Its Role in Community Development
Janice French – Water Quality and Management: Pollution Mitigation in Lake Chapala
Mya Ganzer – Native Plant Use in Waterfront Design and Restoration
Amaya Gomez – Waterfront Recreation and Its Contributions to River Health
Caroline Graham – Promoting Ecology Through Waterfront Design
Zoe Green – Reimagining Waterfront Brownfields
Kate Henehan – Report on Europe’s Largest Coastal Restoration Project
Jenny Ho – Ecotourism: Maintaining and Preserving Nature Through Indigenous Knowledge
Riley Hodges – Ecotourism Policy Recommendations for Lake Chapala
Annabelle Hurley – Improving Watershed Health Through Multispecies Design
Hailey Jenkins – Waterfront Park Seattle
Hailey Jensen – Waterfront Planning and Design
Kundai Kapurura
Harper Kiger Eaton – Sustainable Urban Development
Mimi Kohnstamm – Willamette Falls, Oregon City
Rose Kranwinkle – Beautiful Thoughts in Relation to Environment and Society
Orion Lawrenz – Restructuring the Eugene Waterfront
Alex Lindbloom – Riparian Restoration
Payton Lommers – Living Shorelines in 10 Easy Steps
Cuyler Lush – Water Quality, Management, and Recreation
Jack Mattison – Micromobility and Multiuse in Waterfront Design
Cyrus McDowell – Planning for Climate Resiliency and Sustainability through Water in the Pacific Northwest
Miranda Mell – Sense of Place
Owen Morgan – Planning and Designing the Millrace in Eugene, Oregon
Sydney Natt – Blue Tourism
Maya Noonan – Waterbourne Transit Systems: An overshadowed form of Urban Transportation
Eloise Parish Mueller – Improving Water Quality and Quality of Life Around Lake Chapala
Macy Patel – Native Plants in Cities
Makayla Payne – Waterfront Development – Vancouver, BC, Canada
Alli Powell – The Future of Chapala as a Waterfront Attraction
Lura Price – Designing Urban Rivers
Kyle Prince –  How Bike Lanes Create Micrmobile Pathways for Urban and Waterfront Areas
Jared Proctor – River Restoration
Tatum Reiter – What is Blue Tourism?
Katie Roles – Connecting Towns Around Lake Chapala
Jayne Schmitt – Urban Agriculture in a Waterfront City
Nika Seydel – The Essential Role of City Comforts in Waterfront Design
Shelly Seymour – Plastic Pollution: Policies for Prevention and Clean Up
Max Shaw – Waterfront Design: Saint Helens, Oregon
Talia Simon – What is an Ecovillage?
Isaac Slye – Old Town Florence
Tony Soltero – Lake Chapala Music Festival
Katie Stevermer – Riparian Zone Restoration
Caroline Taylor – Rain Gardens and Marshland Restoration in Lake Chapala, Mexico
Johan Temianka – Urban Farm Expansion to Willamette River Waterfront
Rachel Van Horn – See the Environment
Zach Velasco – Riparian Restoration: Colorado River
Josie Weisert – Micro-mobility in the Pacific NorthWest
Eli Wiles – Promenades!

Summer Researchers

Camille Best – Damn those Dams
Jenna Burns – Ribera de Chapala: Chinampas Floating Wetlands
Sarygh Dalton – Urban Spaces
Angie Kline – Diving into Aquatecture
Carson Kunigisky – Waterfront Climate Adaptation
Erik Lichtenberger – Pacific Northwest Salmon
Uma McGuire – Lake Chapala: Wastewater Treatment
Jason O’Tey – San Francisco: Waterfront Sports Done Right
Lucero Perez-Trancozo – Biophilic Design Actions
Sophia Sartorio – Returning to our Roots: Floating Wetland Boardwalks and Parks
Karsyn Wheeler – Making Lake Chapala Non-Motorized

Advisors

• Megan Banks, Director, Sustainable City Year Program (SCYP)
• Amanda D’Souza, Business Development Analyst, City of Eugene
• Luis Marquez, Professor, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superior de Monterrey Campus Guadalajara
• Francisco “Paco” Perez, Lake Chapala Urban Planning Advisory Team (UPAT) Local Coordinator, International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP)
• Monica Solorzano Gil, Academica, Departamento del Habitat y Desarrollo Urbano, ITESO, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara
• Rolf Schuett, Lake Chapala Urban Planning Advisory Team (UPAT) Leader, International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP)
• Ric Stephens, Instructor, University of Oregon School of Planning, Public Policy and Management
• Donaji “Mave” Fiallo Zurita, Researcher