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Fostering research, education, and collaboration on biological conservation and natural resource management in Alaska and the Arctic

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Opportunities

ACCS provides research opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students in the University of Alaska system. Additional opportunities and job openings will be posted here as available.


Graduate Students

Sean Fitzgerald

Photo of Sean Fitzgerald. Sean is smiling while looking down at an insect that he is holding in his hands.

Graduate Student | sfitzgerald2 (at) alaska.edu

Sean is a graduate student in the UAA Biological Sciences Program starting spring 2024. He became interested in Alaska because of its unique habitats and how pollinators there are able to survive and thrive in harsh conditions. His research focuses on pollinator biodiversity and abundance across different habitats in JBER.


Christopher Guo

Chris Guo

Graduate Student | chguo (at) alaska.edu

Chris is a graduate student in the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at UAF. He had made his way to Homer, Alaska, where he quickly adopted its community and became enamored with the surrounding coastal environment. His research focuses on spatial and temporal patterns of estuarine fish assemblages and their relationship to habitat conditions. Chris is also an aquatic biologist at KBNERR within ACCS.


Emma Lipscomb

Photo of Emma Lipscomb. Emma is standing on a boardwalk in a forest. There are yellow larches and dark green spruce behind her.

Graduate Student | eglipscomb (at) alaska.edu

Emma is a graduate student in the UAA Biological Sciences program. She was drawn to Alaska because of its unique flora and geomorphology, the majority of which is not found in any other part of the U.S. Her research focuses on permafrost, soils, and their relationship to plant communities in southcentral Alaska.


John McCormack

Photo of John McCormack. John is smiling at the camera and holding a pear in his hand.

Graduate Student | jjmccormack2 (at) alaska.edu

John is a graduate student in the UAA Biological Sciences program. He has studied insect diversity and ecology in Virginia, Massachusetts, and Australia, and he’s developed a particular interest in pollinators. His research focuses on pollinator communities in Alaskan apple orchards and size variation in bumble bees.


Technicians and Undergraduate Students

Rhiannon Glover

Rhiannon Glover

Research Technician | acglover (at) alaska.edu

Rhiannon is a research technician who majored in Natural Sciences at the UAA’s College of Arts and Sciences. She was born and raised in Alaska and loves how close her work brings her to her own backyard. She works closely with researchers specializing in vegetation ecology, plant communities, and pollination ecology, and hopes to use this experience to further her own career in conservation biology.

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  • Home
  • About
    • Staff, Faculty, and Students
    • Support Our Program
    • Opportunities
    • Contact
    • Our Partners
  • Research
    • Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
    • Invasive Species
    • Aquatic Ecology
    • Vegetation
    • Wildlife
    • Landscape Ecology
  • Data and Services
    • Data Catalog
    • Conservation Data Portals
    • Code Repository
    • Services
  • Publications