Erin Weiner
Eagle Biologist
California Channel Islands
Education
M.S. - Biological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach - May 2020
B.S. - Biological Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo - December 2013
Research/ Career Interests
I am a wildlife ecologist with a passion for investigating questions related to wildlife conservation and management.
After graduating with a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Cal Poly SLO in 2020, I started my research career as an intern for the Pinniped Lab at UC Santa Cruz, where I collaborated with researchers, animal trainers, and resident seals and sea lions to study pinniped sensory systems and Arctic seal physiology.
I pivoted from ecophysiology to ecology as a graduate student at CSU Long Beach, where I completed my master’s thesis on the spatial and temporal effects of wildfire disturbance on California mammal communities.
During my time at CSULB, I also had the pleasure of contributing to additional research projects investigating the impacts of anthropogenic factors on wildlife, from urbanization, to agriculture, to drought, all the while developing a specific interest in research that examines the relationship between people and ecosystems, and how we can be more responsible ecosystem engineers.
I am excited to join Institute for Wildlife Studies as a Field Biologist to continue their long-time work as stewards of the Channel Islands Bald Eagle population.