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Isaac N Aguilar Caltech GPS PhD Student
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Publications & Media

Media

  1. Berbeo, Lucy. Sep 3 2024. Bruins of a feather. UCLA Newsroom. Interview. https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/bruins-of-a-feather
  2. Burciaga, Matthew. Apr 6 2022. Student Spotlight: Isaac Aguilar. Breakthroughs: The Magazine of Rausser College of Natural Resources https://nature.berkeley.edu/news/2022/04/student-spotlight-isaac-aguilar-0
  3. Aguilar, Isaac. 2022. Toolik Field Station Naturalist Journal. Spatial and Environmental Data Center. various https://www.uaf.edu/toolik/edc/journal/index.php?date=2022-06-28 https://www.uaf.edu/toolik/edc/journal/index.php?date=2022-06-30 https://www.uaf.edu/toolik/edc/journal/index.php?date=2022-07-01 https://www.uaf.edu/toolik/edc/journal/index.php?date=2022-07-03

Podcasts

  1. Ehlert Nair, Julia. Jun 09 2025. Episode 3: Lead in the Environment, an Update. After the Fires. In Caltech Science Exchange. Caltech Connect. https://scienceexchange.caltech.edu/connect/after-the-fires
  2. Feltman, Rachel and Ashleigh Papp. Dec 18 2024. Can a New Generation of Conservationists make the Field more Accessible. In Science Quickly. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/can-a-new-generation-of-conservationists-make-the-field-more-accessible/

Presentations

  1. Caltech Science Exchange. April 10 2025. Studying Lead in the Environment After the Fires. Conversations After the Fires. California Institute of Technology. https://scienceexchange.caltech.edu/topics/sustainability/ask-expert-sustainability/ask-expert-fires/lead-after-the-fires
  2. PANGEA Workshop. September 24 2024. Black Mammalogists Week. National Geographic. https://youtu.be/AcyYKd_ehEY?si=sjfRgG6HgJygagxr&t=1

Conferences & Meetings

  1. Global Land Programme 2024
  2. American Geophysical Union 2023, 2024
  3. Ecological Society of America 2023, 2024
  4. SACNAS National Diversity in STEM 2022

PANGEA Tropical Forest Scoping 2023-2024

  1. Governors' Climate & Forests Task Force Meeting. October 7-11 2025. Ucayali, Peru. https://www.gcftf.org/summary
  2. Amazon Basin Community Workshop. June 3-4 2024. Lima, Peru. https://www.gcftf.org/summary
  3. NSF-INPA Amazon Basin Workshop. May 20-22 2024. Manaus, Brazil. https://www.nsf.gov/summary
  4. International Community Workshop. April 9-11 2024. Washington DC, USA. https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/summary
  5. Congo Basin Community Workshop. Feb 21-22 2024. Yaoundé, Cameroon. https://congobasinscience.net/summary

Papers

  1. Aguilar, Isaac N., T. Tacail, M. Wronkiewicz, C. Parker, M. McDowell, F. Tissot, J. V. Tejada, C. Bucholz, and G. R. Rossman. 2026. Metals in Outdoor Ashes from the 2025 Eaton Fire. In preparation
  2. Aguilar, Isaac N., J.P. Esparza-Carlos, R. Meyer, and A.D. Middleton. 2026. Monitoring biodiversity with eDNA in the Sierra de Manantlan Biosphere Reserve. In preparation.
  3. Aguilar, Isaac N. 2022. Distribution of Birds in a Heterogeneous Tropical Pacific Island Forest. Perennial Research: The Undergraduate Environmental Journal of Berkeley 4:62-69 https://issuu.com/berkeleyperennial/docs/issue_4/62
  4. Ordway, E.M., M.M. Keller, M. Longo, R. Negron-juarez, Y. Feng, H. Stouter, I.N. Aguilar-rivera, A. Alencar, A. Bey, R.K. Braghiere, A. Cardoso, K.D. Chadwick, J.D Fuentes, R. Eckert, L. Fatoyinbo, A. Ferraz, L. Guild, M.S. Johnson, E. Kane, L.S. Koutika, Y. Li, J. Liu, I.B. Mccubbin, F. Meunier, C.E. Miller, H.C. Muller-landau, T. Nkuintchua, M. Nunes, L.B.S. Takougoum, M.J. Santos, F.D. Schneider, M. Simard, B. Sonke, C. Terrer, M. Von essen, M.Y. Wong, S.R. Worden, X. Xiao, V. Zaunbrecher, M. Bauters, P. Boeckx, J. Bowen, I. Chiari, O. Csillik, G. Diez, M. Doroso, D.D. Pugley, W. Hubau, A.E. Ochoa, E. Gora, A. Hoyt, J.C. Jintiach, V. Maqque, C. Perryman, Z. Pierrat, L. Saraiva, D. Singh, I. Tanshi, J. Thompson, and H. Verbeeck. 2025. The PANGEA Scoping Study Final Report. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2405

Acknowledgements

Gigliotti, L.C., et al. 2022. Wildlife migrations highlight importance of both private lands and protected areas in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Biological Conservation 275: 109752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109752

Datasets

  1. Wronkiewicz, M., Parker, C. W., Ochoa, F., Coleman, R. W., Aguilar, I. N., Okin, G. S., Chadwick, K. D., & Brodrick, P. G. (2025). Eaton Fire Ash Mapping and Analysis: Field Spectroscopy (v1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16538735
  2. Haupert, C., Kade, A., Beaudreault, S., Murthy, A., Noguera, J., Nugteren, A., Rauch, R., Schas, J., Van Dam, B., Funck, J., McPherson, R., Wesolowski, D., Vicich, K., Semnacher, C., Aguirre, D., Aguilar, I. N., Chandar Kouba, M., Bleecker, C., de Sobrino, S., Forester, L., Melendez-Gonzalez, M., Jackson, A., & Young, A. (2024). Plant phenology of species in moist acidic tundra around Toolik Field Station, Alaska (2007–2024). Arctic Data Center. urn:uuid:846b522d-0a55-49e1-afa4-70a2570f03e0
  3. Kade, A., Beaudreault, S., Funck, J., Murthy, A., Noguera, J., Nugteren, A., Rauch, R., Van Dam, B., Wesolowski, D., Vicich, K., Semnacher, C., Aguirre, D., Aguilar, I. N., Chandar Kouba, M., Bleeker, C., de Sobrino, S., Forester, L., Melendez-Gonzalez, M., Jackson, A., & Young, A. (2024). Plant phenology of species in dry heath tundra around Toolik Field Station, Alaska (2011–2024). Arctic Data Center. urn:uuid:8f7fa9a7-9e84-4229-a09c-3cd87437675b

Species Accounts

AmphibiaWeb. 2023. Eleutherodactylus manantlanensis: Sierra Manantlán Trilling Frog. University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. https://amphibiaweb.org/species/8842