Kerstin Kalchmayr earned a master’s degree in geography with a concentration in resource management and environmental planning from San Francisco State University in 2016. For her master’s research, Kalchmayr investigated the abundance and distribution of invasive Limonium ramosissimum (LIRA) throughout San Francisco Bay wetlands. On a smaller scale, she also examined LIRA’s impacts to native species and soil properties. She subsequently spent a season working as a field biologist for the San Francisco Bay Invasive Spartina Project, targeting invasive hybrid Spartina for eradication.
As a fellow with the State Coastal Conservancy, South Coast division, Kalchmayr collaborated with scientists, wetland restoration managers, and various stakeholders to update the regional strategy blueprint for wetland recovery in southern California.
