About

I study how environmental variation (in space and time) affects biodiversity and functioning of ecological communities, primarily seasonal wetlands (vernal pools and rock pools). This research also encompasses conservation ecology, food webs, spatial ecology, latitudinal gradients, eutrophication, species invasions, restoration, endangered species ecology, and disturbance ecology.

Links

Kneitel lab website, including publications, lab members, and other details

Organizational Affiliations

Chair, Environmental Studies Department

Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

Past Affiliations

Fulbright Scholar, University of Haifa (Israel, Haifa), 2017 – 2018

Tyson Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis (United States, St Louis) - WUSTL, 2002 – 2004

Visiting Researcher, Universitat de Girona (Spain, Girona) - UdG

Visiting Researcher, Mohammed V University (Morocco, Rabat)

Education

Biology
PhD, Florida State University (United States, Tallahassee) - FSU
Biology
MS, California State University, Northridge (United States, Northridge) - CSUN
Biology
BA, University of California, Santa Cruz (United States, Santa Cruz) - UCSC