About MeI'm Erin G. Rowland-Schaefer, a St. Louis native and PhD candidate at Northern Illinois University. I graduated with a B.S. in Biology from Concordia University in 2019 and followed the call of the prairie to the Evidence-Based Restoration Lab. My research interests include small-mammal population dynamics, the use of spatial analysis in ecology, and collaborating with land managers to support science-based conservation.
I'm also passionate about science education and work with the B-BER Group developing a lesson plan to introduce landscape ecology concepts in introductory ecology coursework. My current work takes place at Nachusa Grasslands in Franklin Grove, IL, where I am continuing a long-term small-mammal trapping project and examining the impacts of restoration activity such as the reintroduction of grazing bison and the use of prescribed fire. |
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