Kyle is from the Santa Clarita Valley, nestled among the Transverse Ranges in Southern California. He began studying Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity and Insect Biology at UC Davis in 2020. He has worked in the Freshwater Ecology Lab since July 2022 and primarily sorts and identifies aquatic invertebrates and zooplankton for various ecological projects, including monitoring of stream habitat quality. In 2023, Kyle began work on an undergraduate thesis to investigate the effects of dams and environmental characteristics on macroinvertebrates in Putah Creek. Kyle is broadly interested in the evolutionary, ecological, and environmental processes and systems that have shaped the regions we now call California and the American West. He hopes to one day conduct research that aids the preservation and restoration of California’s ecosystems. When not in the lab, you might find Kyle hiking a trail in the Point Reyes Peninsula, practicing calligraphy, or reading books by Ursula K. Le Guin.