Collaborators & Funding
Patricia L. Fall (UNC Charlotte)
Steven E. Falconer (UNC Charlotte)
Suzanne Pilaar Birch (University of Georgia)
Mariela Soto-Berelov (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology/RMIT)
Jacob (Jack) Scheff (UNC Charlotte)
Luca Lai (UNC Charlotte)
Steven Porson (UNC Charlotte)
Christina Simokat (CSU San Marcos)
Mary Metzger (Vancouver Community College)
Christopher Galletti (Columbia)
Steven E. Falconer (UNC Charlotte)
Suzanne Pilaar Birch (University of Georgia)
Mariela Soto-Berelov (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology/RMIT)
Jacob (Jack) Scheff (UNC Charlotte)
Luca Lai (UNC Charlotte)
Steven Porson (UNC Charlotte)
Christina Simokat (CSU San Marcos)
Mary Metzger (Vancouver Community College)
Christopher Galletti (Columbia)
Undergraduate Research Assistants and Community Volunteers
Current
Jordan Rose (Fall 2023- ) Geography
David Roberts (Fall 2023- ) Friends of Daley Ranch
Parker Hintzman (Fall 2023- ) Geography & Environmental Studies
Sierra Stephensen (Spring 2022- ) Environmental Studies
Trent Lundberg (Spring 2022- ) Environmental Studies
Previous
Michael Guzman (Spring 2022-Spring 2023) Environmental Studies graduate 2023
Elayna Vail (Spring 2022-Spring 2023) Environmental Studies graduate 2023
Caitlin Hansen (Fall 2021-Spring 2023) Environmental Studies graduate 2023
Lia Quinn (Spring 2021-Fall 2022 ) Environmental Studies graduate 2022
David Reis (Fall 2019- ) Environmental Studies graduate 2021
Eric Parazak (Fall 2018- ) Environmental Studies graduate 2021, MNR Environmental Education & Science Communication 2023, University of Idaho, currently a Field Instructor at U of Idaho, McCall Outdoor Field School
Jacklyn Caperton (Spring 2019-Spring 2021) Biological Sciences graduate 2021
Kodie Gerritsen (Spring 2020-Spring 2021) Applied Physics & Arts & Technology graduate 2021, CSUSM President’s Outstanding Graduate Award
Daniela Loera (Fall 2020) Environmental Studies, Development Services Technician, City of Murrieta Planning Department
Chloe Cheek (Spring 2019-Fall 2020) Biological Sciences graduate 2020, Site Supervisor for SAY San Diego
Emerson Peluso (Fall 2019-Fall 2020) Environmental Studies graduate 2020, Lead Forestry Technician/Safety Officer, Black Sage Environmental Inc.
Ricardo Ramos (Summer 2019-Spring 2020) Environmental Studies graduate 2020, Environmental Health Technician, County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health
Benjamin Hadley (Spring 2019-Spring 2020) Environmental Studies graduate 2020, Urban Forester, Davey Tree Expert Company, San Diego, CA
Edwin Viramontes (Fall 2019-Spring 2020) Environmental Studies graduate 2020, Research Assistant on Bobwhite Quail reintroduction study in Texas
Noah Collins (Spring 2019-Fall 2019) Environmental Studies graduate 2019
Sofia Loera (Spring 2019-Summer 2019) Environmental Studies
Brandon Munoz (Spring 2019-Summer 2019) Kinesiology
Madeline Sanchez (Spring 2018-Summer 2019) Biological Sciences graduate 2019, Sonoma State MS Biology 2021, Research Technician II, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
Cameron White (Spring 2018-Summer 2019) Environmental Studies graduate 2019, California Polytechnic State University MA Environmental Studies
Lindsey Cain (Fall 2018) Environmental Studies graduate 2020, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs MPP 2023, Community and Government Affairs Intern, Sonoma County Water Agency
Jordan Rose (Fall 2023- ) Geography
David Roberts (Fall 2023- ) Friends of Daley Ranch
Parker Hintzman (Fall 2023- ) Geography & Environmental Studies
Sierra Stephensen (Spring 2022- ) Environmental Studies
Trent Lundberg (Spring 2022- ) Environmental Studies
Previous
Michael Guzman (Spring 2022-Spring 2023) Environmental Studies graduate 2023
Elayna Vail (Spring 2022-Spring 2023) Environmental Studies graduate 2023
Caitlin Hansen (Fall 2021-Spring 2023) Environmental Studies graduate 2023
Lia Quinn (Spring 2021-Fall 2022 ) Environmental Studies graduate 2022
David Reis (Fall 2019- ) Environmental Studies graduate 2021
Eric Parazak (Fall 2018- ) Environmental Studies graduate 2021, MNR Environmental Education & Science Communication 2023, University of Idaho, currently a Field Instructor at U of Idaho, McCall Outdoor Field School
Jacklyn Caperton (Spring 2019-Spring 2021) Biological Sciences graduate 2021
Kodie Gerritsen (Spring 2020-Spring 2021) Applied Physics & Arts & Technology graduate 2021, CSUSM President’s Outstanding Graduate Award
Daniela Loera (Fall 2020) Environmental Studies, Development Services Technician, City of Murrieta Planning Department
Chloe Cheek (Spring 2019-Fall 2020) Biological Sciences graduate 2020, Site Supervisor for SAY San Diego
Emerson Peluso (Fall 2019-Fall 2020) Environmental Studies graduate 2020, Lead Forestry Technician/Safety Officer, Black Sage Environmental Inc.
Ricardo Ramos (Summer 2019-Spring 2020) Environmental Studies graduate 2020, Environmental Health Technician, County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health
Benjamin Hadley (Spring 2019-Spring 2020) Environmental Studies graduate 2020, Urban Forester, Davey Tree Expert Company, San Diego, CA
Edwin Viramontes (Fall 2019-Spring 2020) Environmental Studies graduate 2020, Research Assistant on Bobwhite Quail reintroduction study in Texas
Noah Collins (Spring 2019-Fall 2019) Environmental Studies graduate 2019
Sofia Loera (Spring 2019-Summer 2019) Environmental Studies
Brandon Munoz (Spring 2019-Summer 2019) Kinesiology
Madeline Sanchez (Spring 2018-Summer 2019) Biological Sciences graduate 2019, Sonoma State MS Biology 2021, Research Technician II, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
Cameron White (Spring 2018-Summer 2019) Environmental Studies graduate 2019, California Polytechnic State University MA Environmental Studies
Lindsey Cain (Fall 2018) Environmental Studies graduate 2020, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs MPP 2023, Community and Government Affairs Intern, Sonoma County Water Agency
High School Research Interns
Lucinda Guthey (Spring 2019) currently BA Environmental Studies, UC Davis
Research Funding
External
Internal
- (Under Review) National Science Foundation ($210,634), Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, Archaeology, PI, Collaborative Research: Climate Change and Agricultural Responses in Ancient Mediterranean Socio-Environmental Systems, Anticipated funding period February 2024 – January 2027
- National Science Foundation ($189,763), Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, Archaeology and Archaeometry, Co-PI, Ancient Agrarian Responses to Environmental Stress across the Mediterranean, Levant to Sardinia, Funding period: August 2021 – July 2025.
- University of North Carolina, Charlotte, IGNITE Planning Grant ($99,876), Senior Personnel, Long-term Societal Responses to Climatic and Environmental Dynamics, Funding period: April 2020 – March 2022
- National Science Foundation ($189,111), Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, Archaeology and Archaeometery, Co-PI, Environmental dynamics and agrarian responses during the collapse and reemergence of Bronze Age urbanism in the Eastern Mediterranean, Funding period: March 2019 – February 2023
Internal
- Faculty Center Professional Development Grant 2022-2023 ($1200), Field Work: Modern Isotope Baselines from Water and Plants
- College of Humanities, Arts, Behavioral & Social Sciences Faculty Development Grant 2021-2022 ($1400), Groundwater isotope research consultant
- Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Grant 2021-2022 ($5595), Modern Isotope Landscapes (Isoscapes)
- Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Grant 2020-2021 ($2128), Constructing Modern Stable Isotope Isoscapes for the Levant and Cyprus
- Exceptional Service Assigned Time Spring 2020; 3 units of course reassigned time
- Faculty Center Professional Development Grant 2019-2020 ($400), North County (Sub)Urban Wildlife Linkages Project – Vegetation mapping
- College of Humanities, Arts, Behavioral & Social Sciences Faculty Development Grant 2019-2020 ($1500), Travel Support for 2019 Association of Pacific Coast Geographers Annual Meeting, Flagstaff, AZ, October 16-19, 2019
- College of Humanities, Arts, Behavioral & Social Sciences Faculty Development Grant 2018-2019 ($985), Suburban Wildlife Linkages Project
- Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Grant 2018-2019 ($6000), Modern vegetation and water sampling to evaluate Bronze Age human-environmental interactions
- Faculty Center Professional Development Grant 2017-2018 ($700), Wildlife Corridors: Wildlife cameras purchase
- College of Humanities, Arts, Behavioral & Social Sciences Faculty Development Grant 2017-2018 ($900), Wildlife Corridor Camera Purchase
- Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Grant 2017-2018 ($3000), Baseline Study: Habitat connectivity through right-of-way corridors
- Faculty Center Professional Development Grant 2016-2017 ($500 funded), Travel support for 2017 American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April 5-9, 2017
- College of Humanities, Arts, Behavioral & Social Sciences Faculty Development Grant 2016-2017 ($1000), Travel grant to present at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April 5-9, 2017