Responsibilities: 
Kirsten coordinates field research for the West Sacramento office. She works
collaboratively with the rest of the CFS team to collect, analyze and report
fisheries data.
Background: Kirsten holds a Master's degree in Population
Biology from the University of California, Davis and a Bachelor's degree in
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Arizona. Kirsten has
worked in a variety of systems, including the pelagic zone of the Eastern Tropical
Pacific Ocean, sand flats in the Sea of Cortez, the rocky intertidal zone and
floating docks on the northern California coast, vernal pools in the Central
Valley, and at a salmon hatchery in southeastern Alaska. She has an equally
diverse array of research interests, including the effects of nonnative species
on ecological communities, how species and life history diversity affect ecosystem
function, trophic interactions in marine and freshwater systems, environmental
factors driving species distributions, and invertebrate taxonomy.
Personal: Kirsten's favorite activities include hiking, fishing,
growing vegetables and animals, sewing, and building things. "My greatest
pleasure in life is to explore the world with my two daughters. I get to re-live
the excitement of discovering nature for the first time - poking at a sea anemone,
finding eggs in a bird's nest, catching a fish - it's pretty awesome." |
