RACHEL ZEVIN

Rachel Zevin joined the Stella lab in the summer of 2017 after graduating from the University of Vermont with a major in Natural Resource Ecology and minor in Geospatial Technologies. Rachel completed an undergraduate research thesis on "Effect of wind disturbance intensity on Carabidae assemblages" in UVM's Forest Ecosystem Health lab. Before coming to ESF, Rachel worked as a GIS technician for the State of Vermont's Agency of Agriculture and the New England Division of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. For her Masters research at ESF,  Rachel is developing geospatial models to predict areas well-suited for beaver occupancy in the Adirondack Mountains as well as tradeoffs between positive impacts of beaver disturbance, such as enhanced biodiversity and biogeochemical cycling, versus negative impacts to human infrastructure and forest health. This will be done using a combination of field data, collected by Rachel and other past and present members of the Stella Lab, and geospatial data products. Concurrently, Rachel is also pursuing a Masters in Public Administration through a joint program between ESF and Syracuse University.
​To contact Rachel email razevin@syr.edu.
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