Welcome!
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My name is Cesar Estien and I'm a NSF Graduate Research & Chancellor Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley in the Schell Lab. Additionally, I serve as the Co-Chair of the Environmental Justice Section of the Ecological Society of America. As an ecologist, I'm interested in understanding how humans and cities influence wildlife behavior, health, and community dynamics with hopes of translating this information to create effective policies that create greener, more just cities. I occasionally write about urban ecology and related topics over at Life in the City: Evolving in an Urbanizing World - check it out! The articles I have published there can be found here. |
"There will never be science for the people until we have all the people in science." - Dr. Joseph Graves Jr.
Most Recent News:
1) Check out some recent preprints!
- Estien et al: Temporary behavioral responses to playbacks and management implications in monk parakeets
- Estien, Quintana, and Olivares-Zambrano: Reimagining the Broader Impacts Criterion of the NSF GRFP
- van der Marel et al [including Estien]: Social manipulations disentangle rank effects of individual characteristics and social history.
- van der Marel et al [including Estien]: Perturbations of key-level individuals trigger shifts in group-level dominance patterns
2) I presented some work at the ABS Conference as a lightning talk! Read more about the work here.
3) I was recently featured for Black Mammalogist week on a panel titled "African Diaspora and Intersectionality in Mammalogy" - check it out here!
4) Two new LITC blog posts are up!
- "What's Missing in Urban Ecology?": I discuss how bridging in queer theory may allow for stronger questions to be asked in ecology (longer piece in prep!)
- "Social-Ecological Frameworks and What the Future May Hold": I discuss some social-ecological frameworks and fields I believe are worth integrating into urban ecology.
1) Check out some recent preprints!
- Estien et al: Temporary behavioral responses to playbacks and management implications in monk parakeets
- Estien, Quintana, and Olivares-Zambrano: Reimagining the Broader Impacts Criterion of the NSF GRFP
- van der Marel et al [including Estien]: Social manipulations disentangle rank effects of individual characteristics and social history.
- van der Marel et al [including Estien]: Perturbations of key-level individuals trigger shifts in group-level dominance patterns
2) I presented some work at the ABS Conference as a lightning talk! Read more about the work here.
3) I was recently featured for Black Mammalogist week on a panel titled "African Diaspora and Intersectionality in Mammalogy" - check it out here!
4) Two new LITC blog posts are up!
- "What's Missing in Urban Ecology?": I discuss how bridging in queer theory may allow for stronger questions to be asked in ecology (longer piece in prep!)
- "Social-Ecological Frameworks and What the Future May Hold": I discuss some social-ecological frameworks and fields I believe are worth integrating into urban ecology.
Header image by Sam Hobson
