Hello all!
My name is Hope Kenmore, I'm a PhD student based in New York City (US). I study the restoration and ecology of coastal wetlands with Dr. Beth Watson at Stony Brook University.
I was fortunate to receive the Laderman Student Grant from the northeast chapter (SER-NE) last summer, which funded my 2025 field season. I used the grant to visit several salt marshes across the northeast that had been restored with thin-layer sediment placement, surveying the vegetation health and collecting surface soil samples.
I'm excited to hear what other restorationists are doing around the world, but especially would love to connect with anyone else studying salt marshes or any intertidal coastal ecosystem.
Hi everyone! My name is Adinda, and I’m from Indonesia. I currently work as a Training Assistant at Preferred by Nature, where I support global capacity-building activities related to certification services—from forest management and ecosystem restoration to carbon footprint initiatives. My role includes managing training programs to ensuring compliance with FSC standards.
I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology in 2022 from University of Indonesia, with a specialization in wildlife and conservation genetics, and my undergraduate research focused on the conservation of the Sumatran Tiger in Indonesia. After graduation, I found myself working in the field of certification and land management through Preferred by Nature, which has been a valuable and eye-opening experience.
I recently joined SER as I’m working toward a career in ecology consultancy and ecological restoration. I’m excited to connect with others who share similar interests, engage in discussions, learn from this community, and contribute where I can. If you’d like to connect or have advice for someone transitioning into restoration and ecology, I’d love to chat š.
Attached are a couple of photos of me and my colleagues during the Ecosystem Restoration and Carbon Initiative training in Maliau Basin, Sabah, Malaysia. I am the third person from the right in the first photo (INIKEA), bottom row.
Hi everyone,
My name is Owen Seigler, I'm from the US and I just graduated from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville with a degree in Forestry Restoration and Conservation. I first joined SER in October of 2023 when my university started its student chapter. Then in 2024 when I went to the North American Conference in Vancouver, I met Enzo who got me involved with the Student and Emerging Professionals Committee and I have been involved with the SEPC since the beginning of this year.
This picture of me was taken this summer in Bighorn Canyon in Wyoming, while I was out there doing an internship for an environmental consulting firm.
Hello everyone!
My name is Ian Barnes. I am currently working as a Water Resources Specialist for Spokane County Public Works, based out of Spokane, WA. I currently help manage a 600 acre wetland restoration project and educational facility for our wastewater utility here in Spokane, and have been on the project for approximately 3 years.
I first became involved with SER when I presented at the North American Conference in Vancouver, BC in 2024. I am anticipating to complete my CERPIT application in April of 2026 and hopefully be a full CERP in 2027 or so.
I have worked in the natural resources field since the beginning of 2020, and spent the first 2 years of my career working in invasive fish species management on the Columbia river and it's tributaries. I've been doing wetland restoration since 2023. I spend a lot of time (attempting to) managing reed canarygrass, and typically do 2 large restoration plantings each year. I am looking forward to connecting with more emerging professionals in SER, specifically in the northwestern region of America.
My research and restoration interests are low tech, process-based restoration, UAV monitoring and remotely sensed vegetative data, native plant propagation, PFAS and 6PPD-Q cleanup, youth education, and stakeholder engagement in collaborative restoration projects.
Iām Patrick, an Arborist and private forester in Crested Butte, Colorado, USA. Iām currently working towards a Master in Environmental Management and a Masters of Science in Ecology, with a Certificate in Ecological Restoration from Western Colorado University in Gunnison, CO. I'll hopefully graduate this coming spring š . For my MEM project, I helped set up a pre and post- monitoring plan for a Gunnison Sage-grouse wet meadows habitat restoration project we did installing rock Zeedyk structures, post-assisted log structures (PALS), wicker-wires, etc. For my MSE project, Iām currently working on a literature review researching upland restoration in arid and semi-arid regions.
I looked into SER when I started my masters programs, but didnāt get involved until the world conference in Denver this year.
I currently own my own tree care and forestry company and would like to expand into doing more holistic, regenerative land management. I would love to be a part of this community to connect with and learn from my peers, and possibly find potential collaborators. I hope to see you all at the next conference!
Thanks for your leadership Enzo!
Patrick Kenney
Patrick.kenney@western.edu
Hello everyone! Nice to meet/ see you all. My name is Isabel Pratten, I live in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. I am affiliated with the Colorado State University SER Student Chapter. I worked for Mark Paschke's Restoration Ecology lab two summers ago, and he asked me if I was interested in getting involved with the world conference. Then I was lucky enough to join the local SEP committee, and here I am! I'm graduating with my B.S. in Restoration Ecology and a minor in GIS this upcoming May. And this fuzzy little creature is my cat Twinkle Toes!
Hi Everyone! My name is Aurora Uribe Camalich. I am a Mexican Environmental Biologist currently studying my Master's degree in Environmental Risk Management at the University of Glasgow. With this Degree I am incorporating the component of Risk, stemming from both natural and human hazards, into my approach for ecosystem restoration.
I am quite interested and have experience with wetlands, shallow lakes, social-ecological systems and community-based projects.
I am currently part of the SER Student and Emerging Professionals Committee, working to encourage and integrate Latin American youth in the SER. I got involved with SER when I attended the North American Conference last year, where I presented my research "Evaluation of Lake Cuitzeo’s Eastern Basin Socio Ecological System for the development of a restoration project".
The picture is me when I was doing field work for said research at Lake Cuitzeo :D
Bonjour tout le monde!
My name is Audréanne Loiselle, I am a French Canadian and I am currently a postdoctoral researcher affiliated with the provincial ministry of the environment in the province of Québec (Canada). It is quite a peculiar position in which my role is primarily to be a scientific advisor to the ministry and ensure communication between academia, legislators and practitioners, all in the field of wetland restoration!
I got involved in SER in 2023 as I started by first postdoc on wetland restoration with Université Laval and took part to the congress in Québec city!
If others also work on wetland restoration, I would love to exchange on that matter š
Cheers !
