CHAPTER OFFICERS
President: Sara Gadad
Sara is a third year Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology major minoring in Community and Regional Development. She currently works as a Veterinary Assistant. Sara is helping with research at the ELFS Lab and has additional experience working with hummingbirds, wildlife rehabilitation, and immunology research.
Vice President: Luis Alvarez
Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity · 2nd Year
Treasurer: Estella Gettis
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 3rd Year
Secretary: Caitlyn Hack
Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity · 2nd Year
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Faculty Adviser: Andrea Schreier
Andrea Schreier is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Animal Science at UC Davis. Her lab uses genetic and genomic tools to answer ecological questions that directly influence the conservation and management of fish and wildlife species. This majority of this research is conducted collaboratively with state, federal, and tribal management agencies and NGOs, providing students and postdocs with opportunities to work directly with conservation practitioners.
Although her lab works on terrestrial mammals and invertebrates, the majority of Andrea’s work is focused on aquatic species. Of particular interest are the Acipenseriform sturgeons, once classified by the IUCN as the world’s most endangered taxon due to global overharvest and habitat loss. One aspect of Andrea’s research concerns improving the sustainability of sturgeon aquaculture, for the purposes of conservation and caviar farming. Both efforts play an important role in protecting vulnerable wild sturgeon populations.
Education & Outreach Committee:
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Conservation Committee (Songbird Nest Box Highway and Bobcat Ranch Bird Phenology Survey):
Co-Chair: Mary Badger
Mary is a graduate student in Ecology.
Co-Chair: Megan McDaniels
Megan is a Ph.D. student in the Smith Lab at UC Davis studying conservation ecology. She is broadly interested in how changes in wildlife populations and their habitats, whether through disease, anthropogenic activity, or restoration, affect individual and population behavior, community dynamics, predator-prey interactions, and conflict with humans. Her research spans multiple taxa and systems in both northern and southern Argentina focusing on species such as vicuña, guanacos, pumas, Magellanic penguins, and maned wolves. Megan's professional background in international conservation prior to graduate school has inspired her to seek collaborative solutions that center the wellbeing of both people and wildlife, and she is excited to be a part of SCB-Davis' on-the-ground stewardship projects to foster a deeper connection between students, Davis community members, and native wildlife.
