Environmental Studies Program
Message from Chair
Congratulations to the fourteen students who have completed the requirements for a Masters of Science degree in Environmental Studies. Their diverse capstone projects include examinations of apiary management, eel grass diversity, food pantry food waste diversion, Mojave dam habitat management, rose garden symbolism, water purification systems, western snowy plover restoration, and wetland plant indicators, among others. We’re excited to see them using their knowledge to help make our world more sustainable.
Elaine Lewinnek, Ph.D.
Hooding ceremony for ENST 2022 graduates, May 13, 2022, Fullerton Arboretum
Environmental Studies students explore a lava tunnel at Mojave National Preserve, January, 2022
Habitat Restoration class, fall 2021, in a meadow they are about to restore at the Fullerton Arboretum.
Quadrat survey at Newport Back Bay, Fall 2021
Researching documents of environmental history at the Pollack Library, Fall 2021
Environmental Studies, Environmental Sciences and Technology Concentration M.S.
Steve Anticona
“Proportional Analysis of Adult Daughters to Founder Mother Mites as a Possible Early Warning System in the Management of Varroa destructor in A. mellifera Colonies”
Adrian Barragan
exit examination
Rebecca Bonet
Nathalie Carrillo Munoz
“Determining the Genetic Structure and Diversity of Restored Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Beds in Newport Bay ”
Mayra Chavez-Tovar
“Food Waste Diversion from Landfills Through Food Pantries & An Examination of Alternate Uses for Food Waste”
Christina Furio
“A Comparative Analysis of Site Management Plans to Assist in the Recovery of Wintering and Breeding Western Snowy Plovers at Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach, California”
Prasad Galhena
“Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Environment – An Overview of the Occurrence, Distribution, and Remediation”
Leon Garoyan
“Overview of Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Options”
Jase Oesterblad
“Challenging the National Wetland Plant List Indicator Status of Tree Tobacco (Nicotiana glauca)”
Tania Parra Ramirez
Avery Patterson
“Shore Bird Reaction to Oyster and Eelgrass Restoration”
Environmental Studies, Environment and Society Concentration M.S.
Hannah Batchelor
“Shore Bird Reaction to Oyster and Eelgrass Restoration”
Courtney Chatterson
Mitsue Escobar
Danielle Ferralez
Astrid Itzep-Lopez
Joel Martinez
exit examination
Aelna Sakamoto
“Mojave River Forks Dam Habitat Management Plan”
Mike Ventri
“A Disaster-Resistant Building Design – Sustaining a Minimal Ecological Footprint”
Remington Weiss
