Director, Yosemite and Sequoia Field Stations
Directs and implements research, education and outreach activities at Yosemite and Sequoia Field Stations
- B.S., Environmental Science, Saint Mary’s College, Moraga, California
- M.S., Environmental Science, University of Idaho
- M.S., Leadership in Physical Education and Outdoor Recreation, University of Idaho
- PhD, Ecosystem Ecology, The Ohio State University
Dr. Jackson comes to UC Merced from Yosemite National Park where she worked for four years as a wildlife biologist and managed multiple research projects aimed at protecting sensitive terrestrial wildlife taxa including mountain lion, Sierra Nevada red fox, butterflies, and bats. She also led a collaborative investigation of the influence of regulated river hydrology on aquatic-terrestrial food chains leading to riparian songbirds and bats in working relationships with academic, federal, state, and non-profit partners. Her doctoral research focused on the influence of wildfires on stream-riparian ecosystems of the central Sierra Nevada including changes in riparian vegetation, geomorphology, stream water chemistry, and aquatic-terrestrial food web linkages. Jackson also worked as a fire fighter and fire lookout on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in Washington state and as a field coordinator for the United States Antarctic Program.