Program Staff

Erika Zavaleta
Faculty Co-Director
HHMI Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Santa Cruz
Abraham Borker
Faculty Co-Director
Assistant Teaching Professorof Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Santa Cruz
Daniel Hernández
Guest Faculty
Professor of Biology at Carleton College
Suzanne Ou
Program Director
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Santa Cruz

Advisory Board

Mary Adelzadeh
First Nations Development Institute
Melanie Allen
Les Jardins Chez Marlène, Benin Africa
Mark Carr
UC Santa Cruz
Gabriela Chavarria
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Richard Cudney
Justin A. Cummings
Founding UCSC DDCSP Director Emeritus
Mayor of Santa Cruz
Gage Dayton
UC Santa Cruz Natural Reserves System
Bernie Tershy
UC Santa Cruz
Scott Edwards
Harvard University
John Carlos Garza
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Kristy Kroeker
UC Santa Cruz
Ana Luz Porzecanski
American Museum of Natural History
Chris Schell
Jennifer Sokolove
Water Foundation