Research Assistant

Education

• M.S. Environmental Science, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, Connecticut, 2006
• B.A. Public Policy Analysis/Biology, Pomona College, California, 1999

Experience

• 2006 – 2007, Research Assistant, Yale Global Institute for Sustainable Forestry
• 2006, Forest Ecology Research Assistant, Yale-Myers Forest
• 2005 – 2006, Research Associate, PRORENA, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
• 2005 – 2006, Teaching Fellow, Yale University
• 2004, Wildlife Field Technician, University of Montana
• 2003, Wildlife Biology Field Assistant, University of Idaho
• 2002 – 2003, Zoology Field Assistant, University of Melbourne, Australia
• 1999 – 2001, Coordinator, BIO, Washington, D.C.

Current Research

• Interaction between forest fire and climate in the mountains of northern Mexico

Publications

• Van Dongen, W. F. D., and L. L. Yocom. 2005. Breeding biology of a migratory Australian passerine, the golden whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis). Australian Journal of Zoology 53: 213-220.