Associate Director
River Basin Center
Assistant Professor, Odum School of Ecology and Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Krista is an aquatic community and ecosystem ecologist. She earned a BS in biology and political science from Hope College, a MS in environmental science from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, and a PhD from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University. Krista holds a joint position through the Odum School of Ecology and the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory at the University of Georgia. She works in both temperate and tropical freshwater systems, and much of her research is focused on urban watersheds and considers the ecological implications of aging and obsolete wastewater treatment infrastructure. As the Associate Director, she will support both the science and policy aims of the RBC. She will support existing and develop new educational and outreach programming, create new resources and opportunities for RBC affiliates, and help sustain existing and initiate new relationships with community and industry partners of the RBC.
Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 2012, Cornell University;
M.S. in Environmental Science, Indiana University;
B.S. in Biology and Political Science, Hope College