Lisa Stratton has been the Director of Ecosystem Management for UCSB's Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (Cheadle Center) since 2005. As the manager of the campus lagoon, North Campus Open Space and other restoration projects on campus, she has been active in pursuing opportunities to engage students in opportunities to restore and study ecological function. This work has included an effort to integrate urban impacts by working to improve water quality and provide habitat through bioswales and treatment wetlands. She received her PhD at University of Hawaii-Manoa, her Masters from University of Wisconsin-Madison and her undergraduate degree at Stanford. She has been a change agent on the landscape committee since the inception of UCSB's sustainability commitment and worked towards promoting sustainable, non-invasive, low water landscapes that celebrate UCSB's unique location within a matrix of natural habitats and wetlands.
Research
Lisa is involved in a wide range of research collaborations with faculty, staff, students and partner agencies. This work includes rare plant habitat suitability studies, plant-soil interactions, carbon sequestration, wildlife use of restored habitats, aquatic invertebrate colonization of restored wetlands and the use of fire and other tools to restore diverse habitats. You can read about our work on the Cheadle center e-scholarship page.
Education
Ph.D., Botany, Univ. Hawaii - Manoa
Courses Taught
ENV S 95: Introduction to Ecological Restoration Field Skills
Website/CV
The Cheadle Center for Biological Diversity & Ecological Restoration