Lauren Jackson,

Thesis:

How does personality influence the hunting behavior and potential for ecosystem services provided by barn owls in an agroecosystem?

Lauren is from Central Oregon, where she originally found her passion for wildlife and exploring the outdoors. She developed a love for ornithology and avian research during her undergraduate studies at McGill University, and has continued to work with birds ever since. Her master’s thesis work is focused on investigating the effects of barn owl personality on fine-scale hunting behavior and rodent removal ecosystem services in vineyards of California’s Central Valley. Outside of work, Lauren enjoys spending time outdoors hiking, kayaking, camping, birding, or relaxing with a good book.

Deirdre Replinger,

Thesis:

Postfire habitat use and density of Pacific martens in Lassen National Forest, California

Cameron Piper, 2025

Thesis:

The habitat use and migration of Lewis’s woodpeckers in eastern Oregon

Hiya! My name is Cameron! I grew up in Denver, Colorado, and completed my bachelor's in Conservation Biology from SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry. Since graduating, I have been lucky to work as a field scientist and environmental educator in some of the most beautiful places around the world like Mongolia, Yellowstone, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Sierra Nevada, and the White Mountains. I have worked with many different taxa, but birds stole my heart after my first field job studying red-headed woodpeckers. I am very excited to return to the wild world of woodpeckers with Dr. Frank Fogarty and Dr.Ho Yi Wan by studying Lewis’s Woodpecker migration and spatial ecology in the eastern Cascades of Oregon. When not running around after birds, you can find me cooking/baking, hiking, crafting, playing board games, listening to music, or backpacking.

Erisan Villafana Torres

Assistant Director / Directora Auxiliar

Agustín Amaro

Director / Director

Elizabeth Lujan

Interim Registrar