Subscribe Receive Science Institute news by email. Email Subscribe Ian Dwight November 29, 2023 Ian Dwight, an environmental scientist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) Upland Game Unit, has spent the bulk of his professional career researching California’s wild pheasants, beginning with his graduate studies at UC Davis, from which he earned a bachelor’s degree in wildlife, fisheries and conservation biology and a master’s degree in avian sciences. Farhat Bajjaliya July 19, 2023 Farhat Bajjaliya is the Statewide Inland Trout Coordinator for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Based out of the Fisheries Branch West Sacramento offices, Farhat oversees the high-profile Heritage and Wild Trout Program, the popular Heritage Trout Challenge, and supervises the staff who ensures CDFW’s trout stocking remains in environmental compliance. Krista Hoffmann June 7, 2023 Krista Hoffmann is CDFW’s Integrated Pest Management Coordinator. Matt Meshriy August 24, 2022 Biologist Matt Meshriy assists with statewide coordination on issues affecting a broad group of species that includes upland game birds. Hillary Sardiñas June 24, 2022 As CDFW’s statewide pollinator coordinator, Dr. Hillary Sardiñas supports conservation related to bees, monarch butterflies and any other animal in California that transfers pollen between plants to help them reproduce. Reagen O'Leary June 15, 2022 Environmental Scientist Reagen O'Leary monitors wildlife and plant species on CDFW ecological reserves in the Central Valley. Isaac Chellman June 6, 2022 Isaac Chellman is an environmental scientist in CDFW’s North Central Region, which includes much of the northern Sierra Nevada and Sacramento Valley. Isaac has worked for CDFW since 2017, leading the region’s High Mountain Lakes (HML) project. Rachel Roberts March 16, 2022 Senior Environmental Scientist Rachel Roberts oversees CDFW’s statewide project to study the population of bobcats in California. Kevin Kwak January 27, 2022 Kevin Kwak is a fisheries veterinarian for CDFW – one of only two fish fisheries veterinarians in the entire department. Brandon Swanson January 12, 2022 As CDFW’s unit biologist for San Luis Obispo County, Brandon Swanson is responsible for managing wildlife populations locally and responding to the public’s wildlife-related needs. Mammals Birds Reptiles and Amphibians Fish Invertebrates Plants Ecosystems Pollution and Water Quality Climate and Renewable Energy