Dylan Chapple Email & Phone Number

United States

Sacramento, Ca

Sacramento, California Area

Placed in the California State Assembly Committee on Natural Resources as a CCST Science Fellow — a fellowship program awarded by the California Council on Science and TechnologyPreparing official legislative analyses and working with legislative staff to craft bills related to climate adaptation, cap and trade, air quality, environmental justice, forest management, and conservation corpsServed as a volunteer technical editor for California's Climate Change Fourth Assessment

Conducted interviews with local conservation corps members participating in the California Naturalist Program.

Supervised field installation and maintenance of audio sensor network for a NASA-funded project to track landscape level bird diversity Obtained permits from and interacted with local and regional government agenciesCoordinated with private landowners and supervised 6 undergraduate crew membershttps://soundscapes2landscapes.wordpress.com/

Coordinated urban stream restoration efforts on the UC Berkeley campusPrepared grants to fund restoration activitiesDeveloped partnerships with non-profit Kids for the Bay and Berkeley High School to engage local students in science-based restoration activities Managed 5 undergraduate restoration interns

Supervised, mentored, and edited Senior Thesis Research Projects for 14 students on environmental science topics including remote sensing, GIS, restoration ecology, soil science, and plant ecology.

Developed independent graduate research program on tidal wetland restoration in the San Francisco BayFocal areas: restoration ecology, plant ecology, climate variability/change, remote sensing, GIS, adaptive management, ecohydrology, GIS, socio-ecological systems Hired, trained, and mentored 11 undergraduate research assistants and advised 9 senior thesis projects on topics related to restoration ecologyCoordinated and led 2 trainings on restoration ecology for the Jepson HerbariumPresented at 17 regional and national conferences

Developed and led field science curriculum lab sections based around independent group projects related to urban stream restoration

Managed 4 field staffCommunicated, coordinated, and collaborated on project plans with local, state, and federal partners across 7 restoration sitesDeveloped education and outreach materials and programsLed school, public, corporate, and donor restoration volunteer programs

Coordinated field logistics with local, state, and federal partners across 7 restoration sitesLed and coordinated training for staff on restoration ecology, wetland ecology, education pedagogy, environmental justice, and science communicationLed and coordinated trainings for partner organizations on restoration ecologyCollected monitoring data at restoration project sitesDeveloped research projects, collected data, and presented results on restoration techniquesDeveloped education and outreach materials and programs, serving as project lead for the Intel-funded Digging In to Restoration Technology and Virtual MarshLed school, public, corporate, and donor restoration volunteer programs

Led school, public, corporate, and donor restoration volunteer programs

Ranomafana, Madagascar

Assisted in study abroad coursework in tropical field science

Spring and summer 2006, summer 2007Led elementary-aged school groups on farm-based environmental education experiences

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Environmental Science, Policy And Management

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Environmental Studies