People

Kalyna Durbak Program Coordinator Kalyna is the administrative support for the Center for Ecosystem Sentinels. She handles internal university tasks such as permits and purchasing, as well as keeping our online presence up-to-date.

Dr. Eric Wagner Research Scientist ORCID: 0000-0002-1681-4151 Eric Wagner has an M.A. in English and Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Washington. He is generally interested in seabirds, and at Punta Tombo has studied the penguins’ behavioral ecology, as well as the effects that tourism can have on penguins more broadly. Closer to home, he collaborates with a team

Dr. Jennifer Tennessen PI, Research Scientist ORCID: 0000-0002-1303-415X Dr. Jennifer Tennessen is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Ecosystem Sentinels, in the Biology Department at the University of Washington. She holds a BS in Biology and a MS in Conservation Biology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and a PhD in Ecology from The Pennsylvania State University.

Dr. Briana Abrahms Endowed Chair in Natural History & Conservation ORCID: 000-0003-1987-5045 not accepting graduate students Download Dr. Abrahms’s full CV here (PDF) Dr. Briana Abrahms is an Assistant Professor in the University of Washington Department of Biology, and holds the inaugural Boersma Endowed Chair of Natural History and Conservation. She earned a B.Sc. in Physics from Brandeis University and