“Ladybeetle community composition is influenced by local scale restoration, but abundance is affected by seasonality“
Entomological Society Annual Meeting 2021
October 2021
“Restoring endangered species: Lessons from Lupinus nipomensis reintroductions five years later“
Conservation and Climate Section. Bio-Diverse Festival 2021 Virtual Symposium
October 2021
“Coastal grassland restoration success: Lessons and pitfalls from plant communities and land managers 3-30 years after planting”
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. ESA2021 Virtual Conference
August 2021
“Coastal prairie plants responses to competition and drought varies by species & invader identity“
Botany 2021 Virtual Conference
July 2021
“Drought responses of coastal California prairie species during non-native competition”
California Botanical Society 28th Graduate Student Symposium
April 2021
“Leaf traits and phylogenetics help explain coastal grassland restoration plant survival and community change during extreme drought”
STEM+ Village Virtual Symposium
August 2020
“Restoring California Grasslands”
UC Santa Cruz Grad Slam 2020
March 2020
“How functional traits can inform coastal prairie restoration?”
CA Society for Ecological Restoration, 26th Annual Conference
April 2019
“Functional traits in grassland restoration”
California Botanical Society, 27th Graduate Student Symposium
April 2019
“Can functional traits inform coastal prairie restoration?”
University of California Santa Cruz, 9th Bienniel Plant Sciences Symposium
Santa Cruz, California - January 2019
“Perceptions of Power and Influence within the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency”
Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency
Monterey, California - May 2018
“Determining the microhabitat requirements for Lupinus nipomensis”
California Botanical Society, 26th Graduate Student Symposium
Santa Barbara, California – April 2016
“Microhabitats and Establishing the Endangered Lupinus nipomensis”
United States of Fish and Wildlife, Ventura – February 2016
“Assessing regional outcomes and drought management strategies for coastal California grassland restoration” (Invited Talk)
November 2021
UC Berkeley Environmental Science and Policy Management: Ecolunch
“Utilizing traditional ecological knowledge to tend geophytes on the Central Coast of California” (Invited Talk)
March 2021
Center for Japanese Studies (CJS) - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Virtual Symposium “Agroecology, Sustainable Food Production and Satoyama:
Contributions of Japanese Case Studies to the Discussion of Traditional
Ecological Knowledge and Environmental Conservation”
“What happens to restored grasslands after planting and seeding efforts?” (Invited Talk)
March 2021
National Park Services: Golden Gate National Recreational Area
“Long-term restoration of Golden Gate National Recreational Area coastal prairies” (Invited Talk)
March 2021
National Park Services: Golden Gate National Recreational Area
“Naturalist Night: Coastal Prairies” (Invited Talk)
November 2020
Santa Cruz Public Library and Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History
“Basic Field Botany” - January 2017
ENVS 95 - Environmental Skills at UC Santa Barbara
“Natural History Collections and Insect Ecology” - July 2018
ENVS 131 - Insect Ecology at UC Santa Cruz
“Photosynthesis and growth of invasive plants exposed to extreme drought in California coastal grassland?”
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2021
Online Conference – August 2021
“Does local-scale grassland restoration affect lady beetle (Coccinellidae) communities?”
Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting 2020
Online Conference – November 2020
“Does drought and non-native competition affect California coastal prairie plants? Awarded Top Three Student Entry
29th California Invasive Plant Council
Online Conference - October 2020
“Leaf traits and phylogenetics help explain coastal grassland restoration plant survival and community change during extreme drought”
Ecological Society Association Annual Meeting
Online Conference - August 2020
“How successful is coastal grassland restoration?” Awarded Top Three Student Entry
10th Northern California Botanists Research Symposium
Chico, California – January 2020
“Local grassland affects insect communities”
26th California Society for Ecological Restoration Conference
Santa Barbara, California – April 2019
“Can Functional Traits Improve Grassland Restoration?”
Chico, California – 9th Annual Northern California Botanists Symposium
January 2019
“Can Functional Traits Improve Grassland Restoration?”
Monterey, California – 27th California Invasive Plant Council Symposium
November 2018