Heather has a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Conservation from Juniata College and a Master of Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. She has her Ph.D. in Environmental Science from Drexel University, and is currently Associate Director at the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media. Heather’s doctoral dissertation research focused on biodiversity and human use of cemeteries as urban green spaces. She has additional research projects on the biogeography of Jamaican land snails; and the biodiversity of a multi-habitat nature preserve in Chester County, PA. Heather can be contacted at HLK35@drexel.edu. Find Heather on Instagram where she shares research, personal, and other updates and information.

Research Interests: conservation, ecology, biodiversity, terrestrial mollusks, birds, resource management, science communication