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Matthew Potts - Professor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
Status: Current Term Now Closed Weekly Hours: to be negotiated Location: On Campus
Addressing climate change will require more than reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It will require removing carbon from the atmosphere and durably storing it. Natural pathways for carbon removal, e.g. storing carbon in soils, forests, and wetlands, are likely to be the only way to achieve large scale carbon removal in...
Social Sciences Environmental Issues Biological & Health SciencesMatthew Potts - Professor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
Status: Current Term Now Closed Weekly Hours: 3-5 hrs Location: Off Campus
Forest restoration is an increasingly relevant topic across the globe, hailed as a key component to solutions for climate change, biodiversity crises, and sustainable development. Despite a growing awareness of the importance of forests and the need for ecosystem restoration, crucial information on forest resilience and natural regeneration is often...
Social Sciences Environmental Issues Biological & Health SciencesRobert Rhew - Professor, Geography
Status: Current Term Now Closed Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs Location: On Campus
We are will accept 1-2 spring URAP students to join the Atmospheric Biogeochemistry Laboratory for projects involving the terrestrial sources and sinks of trace gases in the atmosphere, including methane, methyl halides, hydrogen, and hydrocarbons. Students will gain laboratory skills and experience, including: prepping air sampling equipment, conducting laboratory chamber...
Environmental Issues Mathematical and Physical SciencesGeorge Roderick - Professor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
Status: Full- no new appr needed Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs Location: Off Campus
This project is focused on the residential urban gardens of the East Bay and how those gardens impact butterfly communities with a focus on the Western Monarch butterfly. The project covers topics of native and non-native plants, invasive arthropods, urban gardens, and changes in species interactions. This project is...
Environmental Issues Biological & Health SciencesGeorge Roderick - Professor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
Status: Current Term Now Closed Weekly Hours: to be negotiated Location: On Campus
In our lab, we are interested in the ecology and evolutionary history of arthropod (insect and spider) species. We mostly study arthropods from Hawaii and other islands in the Pacific, but also species in California and elsewhere. Some are native species, some are recent invasive species, and some are introduced...
Environmental Issues Biological & Health SciencesGeorge Roderick - Professor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
Status: Current Term Now Closed Weekly Hours: to be negotiated Location: On Campus
Are you interested in science news and social media? In our lab, we study the ecological and evolutionary history of arthropod (insect and spider) species--the "little things that run the earth." We mostly study arthropods from Hawaii and other islands in the Pacific. Our current project aims...
Environmental Issues Biological & Health SciencesGeorge Roderick - Professor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
Status: Current Term Now Closed Weekly Hours: to be negotiated Location: On Campus
Biodiversity surveys often accumulate many many insect and spider specimens, but it is usually hard to figure out what the species actually are. Many species are not yet described and many are found in an area for the first time, or the species are not yet in DNA databases. In...
Environmental Issues Biological & Health SciencesAlbert Ruhi Vidal - Professor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
Status: Current Term Now Closed Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs Location: On Campus
Intermittent streams, or those that temporarily cease to flow or dry completely, are subject to summer droughts which can vary in timing and intensity from year to year. Fish and invertebrates in these ecosystems posses drought-response mechanisms that are broadly categorized into resistance and resilience strategies. Resistant strategists persist...
Environmental Issues Biological & Health Sciences Engineering, Design & TechnologiesAlbert Ruhi Vidal - Professor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
Status: Current Term Now Closed Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs Location: On Campus
Water conservation policies in Southern California are promoting the recycling of effluent, but reductions in these discharges may lead to stream drying and alteration of river food webs. Environmental managers are grappling with how much they should reduce discharges to some reaches of the Santa Clara and Los Angeles Rivers...
Environmental Issues Biological & Health Sciences Engineering, Design & TechnologiesChristopher Schell - Professor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
Status: Full- no new appr needed Weekly Hours: to be negotiated Location: On Campus
By 2025, the majority of the human population will live in urban areas. This prospect, along with global trends in biodiversity loss and environmental degradation, creates an urgency for understanding the linkages and feedbacks between ecological connectivity, wildlife health, and human health in urban environments. Through a number of case...
Environmental IssuesChristopher Schell - Professor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
Status: Full- no new appr needed Weekly Hours: to be negotiated Location: On Campus
Human-wildlife interactions that end with negative consequences (i.e., conflict) typically come from bolder individuals within a population that are more risk-prone and willing to approach humans and human entities. These interactions may also stem from individuals with superior cognitive abilities that use learning and problem-solving to exploit...
Environmental IssuesCarol Spencer - Staff Curator, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
Status: Current Term Now Closed Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs Location: On Campus
We are taking new students for Prep Lab Assistant, Bone Numbering and Tag Tying, Bird, Fish and Mammal Curatorial. See descriptions below. At the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ), University of California, Berkeley, we offer many unique opportunities to participate in MVZ endeavors and learn about natural history in one...
Biological & Health Sciences Environmental IssuesNicole Starosielski - Professor, Film Studies
Status: Full- no new appr needed Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs Location: On Campus
The project is called Sustainable Subsea Networks (https://sustainablesubseanetworks.com/). We investigate the sustainability of subsea cables--the backbone of global digital networks that carry over 99% of transoceanic internet traffic (satellite is responsible for less than 1%). There are currently no industry-wide metrics for the assessment of the sustainability...
Arts & Humanities Social Sciences Engineering, Design & Technologies Environmental IssuesNicole Starosielski - Professor, Film Studies
Status: Full- no new appr needed Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs Location: On Campus
The project is called Sustainable Subsea Networks (https://sustainablesubseanetworks.com/). We investigate the sustainability of subsea cables--the backbone of global digital networks that carry over 99% of transoceanic internet traffic (satellite is responsible for less than 1%). There are currently no industry-wide metrics for the assessment of the sustainability...
Arts & Humanities Social Sciences Engineering, Design & Technologies Environmental IssuesNicole Starosielski - Professor, Film Studies
Status: Full- no new appr needed Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs Location: On Campus
The project is called Sustainable Subsea Networks (https://sustainablesubseanetworks.com/). We investigate the sustainability of subsea cables--the backbone of global digital networks that carry over 99% of transoceanic internet traffic (satellite is responsible for less than 1%). There are currently no industry-wide metrics for the assessment of the sustainability...
Arts & Humanities Social Sciences Engineering, Design & Technologies Environmental IssuesIan Wang - Professor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
Status: Full- no new appr needed Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs Location: On Campus
What makes some groups of animals species rich, while other groups are species poor? This project will examine the diversity of spiny lizards (genus Sceloporus), a group of 100+ described species that range across North and Central America. We will quantify the phenotypic, ecological, and genetic diversity of spiny lizards...
Environmental Issues Biological & Health SciencesIan Wang - Professor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
Status: Full- no new appr needed Weekly Hours: to be negotiated Location: On Campus
Understanding how phenotypic variation is generated and maintained in natural populations is a fundamental goal in biology. We are studying the evolution of color and other phenotypic traits in Aegean wall lizards (Podarcis erhardii), an island-dwelling lizard native to the Greek Cycladic islands. Our goal is to understand how...
Environmental Issues Biological & Health SciencesIan Wang - Professor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
Status: Full- no new appr needed Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs Location: On Campus
Genetic diversity is crucial for adaptation and may be a key factor that shapes species responses to climate change, habitat loss, and other stressors. Recently, the California Conservation Genomics Project (CCGP) has gathered genomic data for over two hundred species across California in order to inform conservation efforts. This dataset...
Environmental Issues Biological & Health SciencesIan Wang - Professor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
Status: Full- no new appr needed Weekly Hours: to be negotiated Location: On Campus
This research investigates the genetic basis of lizard coloration, which is an ideal trait for studying evolution. Animal coloration is divided into pigments and structural colors. Pigments, often red and yellow, are small particles that directly absorb and reflect light of different colors. Structural colors, often blue, are caused by...
Environmental Issues Biological & Health Sciences