Achievements

Publications and achievements submitted by our faculty, staff, and students. 

 

Student Xerónimo Castañeda, Allison Huysman, Matthew D Johnson Wildlife

Former graduate students Xerónimo Castañeda, Allison Huysman, and their advisor Matt Johnson published a paper in Ornithological Applications entitled, "Barn Owls select uncultivated habitats for hunting in a winegrape growing region of California."

Submitted: January 30, 2021

Student Sophia Lemmo Forestry, Fire & Rangeland Management

Sophia Lemmo (Forestry graduate student advised by Lucy Kerhoulas and Rosemary Sherriff) gave an invited talk about the post-drought demographics of select true fir species in northern California at the Annual Meeting of the California Pest Council.

Submitted: January 29, 2021

Faculty Lucy Kerhoulas, David Hammons, and Nick Kerhoulas

Lucy Kerhoulas (Forestry faculty), David Hammons (forestry undergraduate student), and Nick Kerhoulas (Wildlife faculty) published a paper in Northwest Science investigating bigleaf maple within-crown leaf morphology and seasonal physiology.

Submitted: January 29, 2021

Faculty Lucy Kerhoulas, William Weinberg, Jessica Suoja, Ryan Maberry, Chris Lee, Dave Baston, and Susan Marshall

A study by Lucy Kerhoulas (Forestry and Wildland Resources faculty), William Weinberg (FWR undergraduate student), Jessica Suoja (FWR undergraduate student), Ryan Maberry (FWR undergraduate student), Chris Lee (Cal Fire Forest Health Specialist), Dave Baston (Core Lab), and Susan Marshall (FWR faculty) was written up by the National Park Service for "Stories of Science":https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/sos-diseased-trees.htm. This work investigated the physiological effects of Phytophthora ramorum leaf infections on understory hardwoods in Redwood National Park and is being published in Madroño (in press).

Submitted: January 29, 2021

Student Sophia Lemmo Forestry, Fire & Rangeland Management

Sophia Lemmo (Forestry graduate student advised by Lucy Kerhoulas and Rosemary Sherriff) was awarded a Student Fellowship of $10,800 from the CSU Agricultural Research Institute for her M.S. investigation of forest mortality and regeneration in northern California.

Submitted: January 29, 2021

Faculty Lucy Kerhoulas, Wade Polda, Nick Kerhoulas, and Pascal Berrill

Lucy Kerhoulas (Forestry faculty), Wade Polda (Biology undergraduate student), Nick Kerhoulas (Wildlife faculty), and Pascal Berrill (Forestry faculty) published a "research":https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2020.00049/full?&utm_… paper in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change on how management can influence conifer seedling physiology, growth, and survival.

Submitted: January 29, 2021

Faculty Phil van Mantgem, Lucy Kerhoulas, Rosemary Sherriff, and Zach Wenderott

Phil van Mantgem (USGS researcher), Lucy Kerhoulas (Forestry faculty), Rosemary Sherriff (Geography faculty), and Zach Wenderott (Forestry graduate student) published a "review paper":https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2020.00041/full?&utm_… in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change on how tree-rings can be used to verify that management can moderate forest drought responses.

Submitted: January 29, 2021

Faculty Jasper Oshun, Margaret Lang, Wyeth Wunderlich Geology

Thanks to Will Goldenberg and SPF for putting together a great video highlighting our water development work in Perú: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cz0rVMWDYE. Thanks to Jazmin Sandoval and Nathalie Rivera (Film), Yojana Miraya (Env. & Com.), and Laurel Smith (ERE) for collecting footage.

Submitted: January 26, 2021

Faculty Alison O'Dowd Environmental Science & Management

ESM professor Alison O'Dowd recently published a chapter "Urbanizing River Channels" in the Treatise on Geomorphology (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.12500-X

Submitted: January 26, 2021

Student Hilary Cosby and Micaela Szykman Gunther Wildlife

Former graduate student Hilary Cosby had her thesis research published in the Journal of Mammalogy, co-authored with mentor Dr. Micaela Szykman Gunther in the Department of Wildlife. The paper is entitled: "Variation in diet of river otters by season and aquatic community."

Submitted: January 25, 2021

Student Zachary Erickson, Kevin Boston, Pascal Berrill Forestry, Fire & Rangeland Management

Zachary Erickson, Kevin Boston, Pascal Berrill (Forestry & Wildland Resources, CNRS) were awarded an Intertribal Timber Council, Native American Natural Resource Research Scholarship for Zachary's forestry MS thesis research into defining stewardship goals of native people, with case study example of the Wiyot tribe and HSU's Goukd'in (Jacoby Creek) Forest: “Identifying forest management objectives of the Wiyot”. $4,200.

Submitted: January 20, 2021

Faculty Dr. Steven Steinberg and Dr. Sheila Steinberg Environmental Science & Management

The Steinbergs are pleased to announce the release of their new edited volume, Resilient Communities across Geographies (Esri Press, 2021). The book presents a collection of case studies examining the application of geographic information systems (GIS) to environmental and socioeconomic challenges for analysis, planning, and, ultimately, more resilient communities. Each chapter explores a spatially driven approach to challenges of environments and communities working to achieve and support resilience.

Submitted: December 28, 2020

Faculty Susan Edinger Marshall Forestry, Fire & Rangeland Management

"Undergraduate Soil Science Training in the USA," was recently published in the Soil Science Society of America Journal. Co-author Susan Edinger Marshall discovered that Humboldt State University is among only four universities in California (and 15 in the eleven Western States) that offer sufficient coursework for graduates to qualify as federal Soil Scientists CSA (Crop Soil Agronomy) News featured this article in their December 2020 issue. Free access is available at: https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/saj2.20140

Submitted: December 17, 2020

Faculty C.D. Hoyle Physics & Astronomy

Professor C.D. Hoyle received a Fundamental Physics Innovation Award from The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the American Physical Society that will support a 6-week research collaboration with Dr. Luciano Di Fiore and the gravitational physics group in Naples, Italy during the summer of 2021. This work, that is supported by the INFN and the University of Naples, will focus on developing a novel experimental platform for testing the fundamental properties of gravity at short distance scales, as well as solidifying a longer-term international collaboration.

Submitted: December 15, 2020

Faculty Alison O'Dowd Environmental Science & Management

ESM Professor Alison O'Dowd was invited to give a talk at Portland State University on "Impacts of dams and an opportunity for renewal: Case studies of the Elwha and Klamath River Dams" on November 13, 2020.

Submitted: December 7, 2020

Faculty Mark Colwell, Chelsea Polevy and Hannah LeWinter Wildlife

Mark Colwell, Chelsea Polevy and Hannah LeWinter published the last of three papers summarizing the importance of Humboldt Bay to shorebirds along the Pacific America’s Flyway. Their work, funded by Audubon California, shows that the bay hosts a diverse (52 species) and abundant (~850,000 individuals) assemblage of mostly sandpipers and plovers rear-round, justifying its designation as a site of international importance under the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network. See their work at: https://www.waderstudygroup.org/article/14584/

Submitted: December 1, 2020

Staff Nievita Bueno Watts

Dr. Nievita Bueno Watts joined a panel of invited speakers at the Ecological Forecasting Initiative (EFI) National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Research Coordination Network - Conversations on Diversity and Data seminar series. The participants shared information about their programs and their thoughts on the topic "What do diverse students need to thrive in data- and computer-heavy settings?"

Submitted: November 30, 2020

Faculty Seafha Ramos Wildlife

Dr. Seafha Ramos, NSF postdoctoral fellow in biology, and collaborators developed a series of 5th grade science lessons that incorporate Traditional Ecological Knowledge and a simulated wildlife survey. All lessons are available for free download at https://www.stemtradingcards.org/teklessons.

Submitted: November 28, 2020

Student Christian Trujillo

Christian Trujillo (Environmental Science & Management) was invited to speak at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities' Earth and Environmental Science Department colloquium on October 19. Christian spoke about Ciencia Para Todos, a student organization he co-founded to teach Environmental Science in Spanish. This student-run organization aspires to uplift bilingual students by implementing culture in science programs.

Submitted: November 2, 2020

Student Madison Lalica

Madison Lalica (Botany) was awarded first place in Plant Sciences/Botany category at the 2020 national Society for the Advancement of Chicano/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) conference for her work "Early Devonian Glomeromycotan Spores in the Battery Point Formation (Quebec, Canada)." Madison is mentored by Dr. Mihai Tomescu.

Submitted: November 2, 2020