Sustainability From Farm to Table
Students: Joyce Jie Ling Goh, Jennifer Gonzalez-Diaz, Iris Hong, Anna Kai-Li Neiger, Julia, Rashel Packer, Taylor Brooke Simonich, Alexis Marie Shenkiryk, Quinn Alexander Wynacht Advisors: Dr. Dan Cooper and Dr.…
Projects
Warehouse Related Emissions, PM2.5 Exposure, and Health: An Environmental Justice and Policy Analysis
Students: Samea Derrick, Michael Flores, Soyoun Gwak, Tsz Yu Lau, Qingyang Liu, Colin, Andres Ruiz, Natasha Patricia Tavares, Alex Teichgraeber Faculty Advisor: Pablo Saide Client: California Office of Environmental Health…
Sustainable Product Procurement Guide
Hospitals are incredibly energy-intensive and generate enormous amounts of waste. Thus, addressing inefficiencies in their product procurement is critical. Implementing sustainable products can help hospitals balance cost, sustainability, whilst still…
Bird Migration Tracking in the Santa Monica Mountains at Stunt Ranch Reserve
Awardee: Kelsey Reckling, a second year PhD Student, primarily studies bird migration in the Western United States.
Effects of Urbanization and Feral Cats on the Psychobiology of LA’s Most Abundant Lizard
Awardee: Colleen De Allaume, a third year Undergraduate Student in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department
Investigating Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis prevalence in a fragile vernal pool ecosystem
Awardee: Erica Ro, an undergraduate student pursuing a B.S. in Environmental Science with a concentration in Conservation Biology, is broadly interested in urban ecology and conservation science.
Investigating the Transient Effects of Ocular Blood Sampling on Sceloporus Occidentalis
Awardee: May Jiang, a fourth year Biology undergraduate interested in urban animal ecology and plant biology.
Plant performance-dispersal feedbacks in a California annual grassland community
Awardee: Lauren Glevanik, a PhD candidate in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, works with a plant community of annual wildflowers and grasses.
Scenic Benches at Sage Hill
Last year, over 1700 students made visits to Sage Hill for classes, activities, or just to relax in nature. For years there have been only three benches at Sage Hill…
Fostering Community Solar for a Just Energy Transition in Colombia and California
Students: Lara Abad Ribeiro De Almeida, Fiorella Andrea Mairead Hunter, Amy Sehye Jordan, Caroll Norah, Ognida Loupeda, Yessenia Paola Maldonado, Audrey Lynn Sei, Madison Lee Wichert Advisors: Sebastián Solarte and…
Apartment Energy Tracking
SAR's Apartment Energy Tracking team partnered with UCLA Housing to audit the Boulevard Apartments and uncover ways to cut energy use and advance campus sustainability goals.
Assessing eDNA as a tool to monitor Southern California Estuarine health and invasive species impact
This project evaluates a new eDNA assay targeting the tufA gene to improve early detection of the invasive algae Caulerpa prolifera, which poses a major threat to California’s marine ecosystems.