the Conservation Data Lab

Rachel Meier

Lotus Engineering & Sustainability

CDL Co-lead/Associate

Randy Swaty

The Nature Conservancy, LANDFIRE Team

CDL Founder and Cheerleader-in-Chief, Ecologist

Erin Matula

Trent University & The Nature Conservancy

Student Intern

Garrett Knowlton (he/him)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Graduate Student

Keith Phelps

Clemson University

Environmental Technician/Restoration Crew Lead

Mary Kelly

University of Michigan

Student

Myles Walimaa

Spatial ecologist, data coder, and field technician

Sam Kurkowski

Utah State University

Mentor

Anthony Clyne

Northern Michigan University

Student

Carson Freitag

Northern Michigan University

Student

Diego Schillaci

Paul Smith’s College

Student

Eleanor Gagnon

Alaska Just Transition Collective and Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition (FCAC)

Student

Emily Chrostowski

Northern Michigan University

Student

Erick Joel Pimienta Tovar

University of Idaho

Student

Eva Legge

Syracuse University

Student

Halle Johnson

Northern Michigan University

Student

Hannah Young

University of Michigan

Lab Tech/Member

Isabel Nykamp

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Lab Tech/Member

Katie Bell

Northern Michigan University

Student

Kelly Ahern

Northern Michigan University

Student

Silas Pickhardt

Northern Michigan University

Student