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Scott is an Assistant Research Professor jointly appointed by the UNLV Public Lands Institute and the School of Life Sciences. Scott holds a B.S. in Natural Resources Management (Grand Valley State University), a M.S. in Forest Resources (Clemson University), and a Ph.D. in Forest Science with an emphasis in Restoration Ecology (Northern Arizona University). Before working with UNLV, Scott worked with the Ecological Restoration Institute in Flagstaff, Arizona. In his current position, Scott coordinates research activities conducted through cooperative agreements with the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management, teaches a UNLV course in Restoration Ecology, and conducts research in restoration ecology and plant ecology. He has published more than 27 peer-reviewed scientific articles.
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Cayenne is a Research Assistant with the UNLV Public Lands Institute. Cayenne holds a B.A. in Environmental Science (Agnes Scott University) and a M.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (University of Tennessee). Cayenne studied plant community responses to global climate change for her thesis project. With UNLV, Cayenne conducts research on plant community succession following fire, rare plant habitat restoration, soil seed banks, and on a variety of other projects in the Mojave Desert. |
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Donovan is a Research Assistant with the UNLV Public Lands Institute. Donovan holds a B.S. in Range Science and Environmental Management (South Dakota State University) and a M.S. in Natural Resources Management (North Dakota State University). He has worked with the USDA Agricultural Research Service and more recently with a private consulting company. In his current position, Donovan is conducting research funded by the Joint Fire Science program on fire Ecology and plant community invasibility. |
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Jill is a Research Assistant with the UNLV Public Lands Institute and the coordinator of the Weed Sentry program. Jill holds a B.S. in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (University of Minnesota) and a M.S. in Landscape Architecture with a focus on Restoration Ecology (University of Wisconsin). For her graduate research, Jill studied plant community structure and composition of Midwestern tallgrass prairies. Three projects that Jill is working on in her current position are, studying plant community invasibility by exotic annual grasses, measuring population dynamics of barrel cactus, and inventorying mountain spring ecosystems. |
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Chris is a graduate student working with Scott Abella in the Environmental Studies department at UNLV. Chris holds a B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences from Eastern New Mexico University. Chris has worked with the Jornada and Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research sites where he conducted a variety of botanical surveys and ecological research projects. For his thesis project, Chris is studying long-term vegetation change at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. |
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Alex is a Research Assistant with the UNLV Public Lands Institute. He holds a B.S. and a M.S. in Biology from the University of Central Florida. For his graduate project, Alex evaluated responses of small mammals to fire and habitat restoration in coastal scrub of eastern Florida. Prior to working with UNLV, Alex worked at the Shortgrass Steppe Long-Term Ecological Research site. In his current position, Alex is surveying insect species in rare plant habitat and initiating several new research projects. |
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Contact: Dr. Scott Abella Scott.Abella@unlv.edu (702) 895-5163 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4505 Maryland Pkwy Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-2040 |
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Adria is a graduate student working with Scott Abella and Lloyd Stark in the School of Life Sciences at UNLV. She holds a B.S. in Architecture from UNLV and currently works with the plant propogation team at the Springs Preserve in Las Vegas. She also maintains the Preserve’s herbarium collection and acts as a liason to the UNLV herbarium. Her thesis work examines the role of biological soil crust and desert pavement in facilitating or impeding invasion of exotic Bromus rubens (Red Brome) and Schismus Arabica (Mediterranean grass) |
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Lindsay Chiquoine is a Research Assistant with PLI working on research and restoration of gypsum soil habitats. She is the coordinator of restoration efforts associated with restoration along Northshore Road within Lake Mead NRA, much of which occurs in gypsum soils. Prior to joining PLI, she was a biological science technician with U.S. Geological Survey in Port Angeles, Washington. Lindsay has a bachelor’s degree in environmental humanities from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. |
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Teague Embrey Teague is a Botanist with UNLV. He wound up in the Mojave Desert after a season of chasing tortoises, and has also worked throughout the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau. Teague holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. |
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Kate is a Botanist with UNLV. She has done field work in plant ecology in Virginia, Florida, Alaska, and Nevada. Prior to joining UNLV, Kate was collecting data on post-fire seeding treatments for the Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition. She has a bachelor’s degree in Biology and Environmental Science from the College of William and Mary. |
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Sarah is a Botanist with UNLV. She previously was a biological science technician and crew leader for the Las Vegas Field Station of the Western Ecological Research Center. Sarah has a B.S. in Botany from the University of Florida in Gainesville |
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Sara McPherson Sara finished a BA in Environmental Studies at UNLV and is currently working under Dr. Scott R. Abella researching native and exotic species richness relationship with an emphasis along elevational gradients. Prior to undertaking her graduate studies, she was particularly interested in private land management and voluntary utilization of carbon sequestration techniques to lesson vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change. Sara also studied at Ferris State University and MidMichigan Community College while working as an assistant microbiology technician. |
