PEOPLE (page)

PROGRAM STAFF

Dr. Becca Fenwick
Co-Founder and Director of CIDER

Saara Korpela
Administrative and Program Assistant

Katia Obraczka
Campus Director of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, UC Santa Cruz

Michael Matkin
Co-Founder of CIDER
Executive Director of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, UC Santa Cruz

Dr. Jon Detka
Senior Drone Pilot

Kelsey Hilton
Drone Pilot and Technician

STEERING COMMITTEE

Dr. Brandon Stark
Director of the UC Center of Excellence on Unmanned Aircraft System Safety

Prof. Elizabeth Stevens
UCSC Department of Arts

Prof. J. Cameron Munroe
UCSC Department of Anthropology

Prof. Jeff Bury
Director of the Center for Integrated Spatial Research

Assistant Prof. Roxanne Beltran
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Assistant Prof. Steve McGuire
Baskin School of Engineering

Prof. Greg Gilbert
Department of Environmental Studies

Dr. Kyle Robertson
Assistant Director
Center for Public Philosophy

2023 STUDENT COHORT

Andrew Song
Computer Science

Brayan Vaca
Electrical Engineering

Chamonix Toledo
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Chris Avila
Planetary Earth Science

Connor Guzikowski
Robotics Engineering

Daniel Harper
Economics and Environmental Studies

Gabe Gomez
Biology

Hannah Ingebretsen
Sociology

Jacob Lutz
Environmental Studies

Julia Mcleod
Environmental Studies

Juniper Allen-Cantu
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Kelli Ong
Marine Biology

Khushi Shah
Robotics Engineering

Lilith Guzman
Environmental Studies and Legal Studies

Mauricio Chavez
Agroecology

Megan Pajarito
Anthropology

Micaela House
Electrical Engineering

Miguel Tamayo
Computer Engineering

Roma Solapurkar
Computer Science

Seenara Khan
Robotics and Control Engineering

Stella Tuchrello
Sociology

Vanessa Garcia
Marine Biology

Zola Nesbitt
Environmental Studies

2022 STUDENT COHORT

Aidan Venckus
Senior, Comp. Engineering

Alejandro Morgana
Senior, Anthropology

Andrei De Bato
Junior, Comp. Engineering

Aram Chesmishkian
Senior, Comp. Engineering

Armando Ornelas
Junior, Neuroscience

Astrid Hypernova
Senior, Anthropology

Catherine Rimmer
Junior, Marine Biology

Elias Hovorka
Senior, Sociology

Isabella Garfield
Sophomore, Marine Biology

Matthew Bennett
Senior, Robotics

Lauren Castaneda
Senior, Anthropology

Luca Altaffer
Senior, Physics

Shawnesty Brown
Senior, Environmental Studies

Surina Beal
Sophomore, Chemistry

Nicholas Kuipers
Junior, Comp. Engineering

Qingyuan Cao
Sophomore, Robotics

Uriel Antonio
Senior, Robotics

Winson Chen
Senior, Computer Science