The UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science and the UC Natural Reserve System Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve are pleased to announce the 2025 La Kretz Center research awards recipients. These awardees are some of UCLA’s best and brightest undergraduate and graduate students working on a variety of exciting conservation-based projects. Supporting students in their research endeavors is a primary mission for the La Kretz Center and Stunt Ranch, and we are enthusiastic about what this year’s winners will accomplish over the next year!
Congratulations to ( pictured left to right):
Erica Ro: Investigating Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis prevalence in a fragile vernal pool ecosystem
Kelsey Reckling: Bird Migration Tracking in the Santa Monica Mountains at Stunt Ranch Reserve
Lauren Glevanik: Plant performance-dispersal feedbacks in a California annual grassland community
May Jiang: Investigating the Transient Effects of Ocular Blood Sampling on Sceloporus Occidentalis
Colleen De Allaume: Effects of Urbanization and Feral Cats on the Psychobiology of LA’s Most Abundant Lizard