WELCOME TO KAREN HOLL'S HOMEPAGE
Dr. Karen Holl
Department of Environmental Studies
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
kholl@ucsc.edu
(831)-459-3668
ACADEMIC HISTORY
1989 B.S.,
1994 Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and
1994-6 Department of Energy Global
Change Distinguished Post-Doctoral Fellow.
1995-2001 Assistant Professor of
Environmental Studies,
2001-2005 Associate Professor of
Environmental Studies,
2002-present Pepper-Giberson, Endowed
Chair,
2005-present Professor, Environmental Studies,
RESEARCH
My research focuses on
understanding population and community processes and applying this information
to restore damaged ecosystems. I am particularly interested in how the
surrounding landscape affects population and community dynamics in restored
areas. I have worked on restoration-related questions in a number of ecosystems
including hardwood forests in the eastern
List of current research projects
Letter to prospective graduate students
Past and current
graduate students
TEACHING
Restoration Ecology - ENVS 160
Future of the Rain Forests - ENVS 80a
Capstone: Environment and Culture – ENVS 190
Conservation Biology – ENVS 220
OTHER LINKS
UCSC Environmental Studies Department Homepage
Center for Tropical Research on Ecology, Agriculture and Development