Matt Fratus
Category:
Title:
Director of Development for Ecological and Environmental Sciences
E-Mail:
matt.fratus@ucsb.edu
Phone:
(805) 893-4050
About:
As the Director of Development for Ecological and Environmental Sciences at UCSB, Matt Fratus supports the fundraising efforts of the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration (CCBER), the Marine Science Institute, and UCSB Sustainability. Matt enjoys connecting donors with opportunities to support the exciting work of CCBER, including gifts to the Collections, educational programming like Kids in Nature, and giving and naming opportunities for the North Campus Open Space.
Rikke Naesborg
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Title:
Research Affiliate
E-Mail:
rnaesborg@sbbg.org
About:
Dr. Rikke Reese Naesborg is the Tucker Lichenologist and lichen curator at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Matthew Gimmel
Category:
Title:
Invertebrate Zoology Collection Research Affiliate
About:
Dr. Matthew Gimmel is the Curator of Entomology at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Matt Guilliams
Category:
Title:
Vascular Plant Collection Research Affiliate
About:
Dr. Matt Guilliams is the Ken and Shirley Tucker Systematist and Herbarium Curator at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Mark Holmgren
Category:
Title:
Research Affiliate
E-Mail:
maholmgren33@gmail.com
About:
Mark was the principle curator of the bird, mammal, and amphibian and reptile collections from 1984 to 2010. The Vertebrate Collections nearly tripled during his management. Additional collections were initiated that have resulted in the CCBER Field Note Archive and the online Breeding Bird Study (https://goo.gl/AJQxKj).
Ryan Clark
Category:
Title:
Restoration and Research Affiliate
E-Mail:
clark@ccber.ucsb.edu
About:
Ryan is from the San Diego region, but has spent a few years in various places, including Minnesota, Northern California, New Zealand and Europe. He has a BS in Ecology and MS in Wildlife Management. Ryan handles several roles at CCBER, such as: coordinating hydrology and water quality monitoring of NCOS and Devereux Slough, mentoring undergraduate interns on ecology and data research projects, managing our data and GIS systems, and contributing to outreach on our website.
Justin Luong
Category:
Title:
Research Affiliate
E-Mail:
justinluong@ucsb.edu
Shirley Tucker
Category:
Title:
Lichen Curator
About:
Dr. Shirley Tucker received her PhD from UC Davis, where she took classes from Cheadle, the former UCSB Chancellor. She was a professor at Louisiana State University for 30 years before retiring to Santa Barbara. Dr. Tucker continued her research at UCSB and at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, and she created the Lichen Collection at UCSB as a teaching collection for UCSB students and the community. Dr. Tucker continues to support CCBER’s collections and many other collections through her outreach and dedication to botanical systematics and taxonomy.
Jim Markham
Adam Lambert
Category:
Title:
Research Affiliate
E-Mail:
lambert@msi.ucsb.edu
About:
Adam is a Research Biologist with the Marine Science institute at UCSB. He studies plant-herbivore and tri-trophic interactions, biological invasions, biological control of invasive plants and insects, and conservation and restoration biology. Focal species include large-statured, invasive grasses (LSIG) such as Arundo donax and Phragmites australis that occur in riparian and wetland ecosystems. For more information see http://rivrlab.msi.ucsb.edu/
