Emily Mensch
EDUCATION
PhD, Ecology
Areas of Emphasis: Conservation Biology 2022 - Present
Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology
University of California Davis, Davis, CA
MS, Fisheries and Wildlife 2022
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
BS, Biological Sciences 2016 Area of Emphasis: Ecology
Minor: Conservation Biology
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
PUBLICATIONS
PEER-REVIEW PUBLICATIONS
Mensch EL, Dissanayake AA, Nair MG, Wagner CM (2022) The effect of putrescine on space use and activity in sea lamprey. Scientific Reports, 12:17400, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22143-x
Mensch EL, Dissanayake AA, Nair MG, Wagner CM (2022) Sea lamprey alarm cue comprises water- and chloroform- soluble components. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 48(9), 704-717. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-022-01384-0
Mensch EL, Kronenberger JA, Broder ED, Fitzpatrick SW, Funk WC, Angeloni LM. (2019) A potential role for immigrant reproductive behavior in the outcome of population augmentations. Animal Conservation, 22(5), 463-471. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12486
PRESENTATIONS
Mensch EL, Brown WK, Eadie JM, Horwath WR, Linquist BA, Lusardi RA, Rypel AL, Karp DS (2024). Reconciling biodiversity and climate mitigation in California rice fields. Oral presentation at Ecological Society of America’s Annual Meeting.
Mensch EL, Wagner CM, Nair MG, Dissanayake AA (2023). Using fear to build an effective repellent for invasive sea lamprey. Oral presentation at UC Davis’s Ecology Graduate Student Association Symposium.
Mensch EL, Wagner CM, Nair MG, Dissanayake AA (2022). Progress towards chemical identification of the sea lamprey alarm cue. Invited oral presentation at UC Davis’s Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation Biology Seminar Series.
Mensch EL, Wagner CM, Nair MG, Dissanayake AA (2021). Bottling fear: novel methods for invasive species management and conservation of fishes. Oral presentation at American Fisheries Society’s 151st Annual Meeting.
Mensch EL, Wagner CM, Nair MG, Dissanayake AA (2021). Chemical characterization of the sea lamprey alarm cue. Invited oral presentation at USGS Great Lakes Science Center’s Science Seminar Series.
Mensch EL, Wagner CM, Nair MG, Dissanayake AA (2020). Crying wolf in sheep’s clothing: can we bottle “fear” to trick invasive species and achieve conservation outcomes? Oral presentation at Michigan State University’s Fisheries and Wildlife Graduate Student Organization Symposium.
Mensch EL, Kronenberger JA, Broder ED, Funk WC, Angeloni LM (2016). The effects of immigration on mating behavior in Trinidadian guppies. Poster presentation at Colorado State University’s Celebrate Undergraduate Research and Creativity Showcase.
Mensch EL, Kronenberger JA, Broder ED, Funk WC, Angeloni LM (2016). The effects of immigration on mating behavior in Trinidadian guppies. Poster presentation at Colorado State University’s Front Range Student Ecology Symposium.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor | UC Davis – Graduate Group in Ecology
ECL 290: Data Visualization and Science Communication Fall 2023
Teaching Assistant | UC Davis – Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology
WFC 10: Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Spring 2023
SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS & AWARDS
UC Davis Henry A. Jastro Student Research Fellowship 2023 – 2024
Selma Herr Fund for Ornithological Research 2023 – 2024
UC Davis Graduate Group in Ecology Fellowship 2023 – 2024
Michigan Chapter of American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting Travel Grant 2021
Michigan Sea Grant-MSU Extension Graduate Fellowship 2020