Dan Hernández, 
Associate Professor of Biology, will serve as a Faculty Instructor with the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program at UC Santa Cruz, led by Erika Zavaleta. The two-year conservation leadership program exposes early-career college students to the field of environmental conservation through field research, leadership, and professional training. As contracted program staff, Prof. Hernández works closely with the students to help design and conduct research projects in a variety of California’s spectacular landscapes.