About Our Team

The SDZG PC Birds team consists of both core and seasonal team members. We’re also assisted by a number of volunteers, fellows, and other collaborators. 

Core Team Members


Rachel Smith 
Research Coordinator
MCB Camp Pendleton		Maggie L. Post 
Research Coordinator
Naval Base Coronado		Amie B. Aguiar
Research Coordinator
SDZG – ICR		Kerstin Ozkan
Research Associate
Naval Base Coronado
Travis Wooten
Senior Research Coordinator		Gabriela Ibarguchi
Conservation Program Manager		Ron Swaisgood
Director
Recovery Ecology   		Ignacio Vilchis
Associate Director

Additional Team Members

We are grateful for our seasonal teams, volunteers, fellows, and current and former SDZG staff who support the PC Birds program.

SDZG Staff and Volunteers

  • Brenda Jackson, MCBCP volunteer
  • Danielle Motherhead, MCBCP volunteer
  • Josh O’Hara, MCBCP volunteer
  • Lisa Nordstrom, SDZG

Collaborators

  • Katrina Murbock, MCB Camp Pendleton Beach Biologist
  • Peggy Boone Wilcox, MCB Camp Pendleton Wildlife Biologist
  • Tom Ryan, Ryan Ecological Consulting
  • Robert Patton
  • Luke Eberhart-Phillips, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology

2019 Team Members

Core Team Members: Kerstin Ozkan, Maggie L. Post, Rachel Smith, Travis Wooten, Amie B. Aguiar, Gabriela Ibarguchi, Ignacio Vilchis
Coronado Research Assistants: Pharaoh Graham, Stéphane Vernhet, Janne Torres, Avery Calhoun
Pendleton Research Assistants: Joshua De Guzman, Elena Oey, Rosaura Grandados, Dalia Ruiz, Emily Jones

2018 Team Members

Core Team Members: Kerstin Ozkan, Maggie L. Post, Rachel Smith, Travis Wooten, Amie B. Aguiar, Gabriela Ibarguchi, Ignacio Vilchis
Coronado Research Assistants: Emily Jones, Morgan Ingraham, 
Chelsea Felbeck, Pharaoh Graham
Pendleton Research Assistants: Joshua De Guzman, Zachary Emery, 
Erica Mills, Edlyn Nunez

(L to R: MLP, KO, JD, PG, EM, ZE, MI, EJ, EN, CF, TW, AA, RS)

2017 Team Members

2017 team at Naval Base Coronado
Coronado (L to R: KM, MLP, MI, SM, KO, SG, EJ)
Pendleton (L to R: KP, TG, JD, HH, DM, MG)

Core Team Members: Katrina Murbock, Maggie L. Post, Rachel Smith, Travis Wooten, Amie B. Aguiar, Gabriela Ibarguchi, Ignacio Vilchis
Cornado Research Assistants: Morgan Ingraham, Shannon Mendia, Kerstin Ozkan, Sara Gidre, Emily Jones
Pendleton Research Assistants: Kayla Putty, Tawni Gotbaum, Joshua De Guzman, Heather Hughes, Danielle Motherhead, Mary-Lynn Gibbs
J.W. Sefton 2017 Summer Fellow: Elena Oey

2016 Team Members

Core Team Members: Katrina Murbock, Maggie L. Post, Rachel Smith, Travis Wooten, Amie B. Aguiar, Gabriela Ibarguchi, Jeanette Boylan, Lisa Nordstrom, Ignacio Vilchis
Coronado Research Assistants: Peggy Boone, Alyssa Davidge, Julia Hoopes, Kaitlyn Nafziger, Cristina Santa Maria, Megan Flaherty
Pendleton Research Assistants: Monica Stupaczak, Rachel Guinea, Danielle Angel, Jie Yuen Ong, Leeann McDougall, Oscar Garzon

2015 Team Members

Core Team Members: Katrina Murbock, Maggie L. Post, Rachel Smith, Travis Wooten, Amie Aguiar, Jeanette Boylan, Lisa Nordstrom
Coronado Research Assistants: Julia Hoopes, Stephanie McLaughlin, Melissa Murillo, Christy Stanton, Kerry Ross, Monica Tydlaska
Pendleton Research Assistants: Anjanette Butler, Jennifer Hahn, Demetri Lafkas, Andrew Motto, Monica Stupaczak
Intern: Rachel Guinea

2014 Team Members

Core Team Members: Katrina Murbock, Emily Rice, Jeanette Boylan, Lisa Nordstrom
Coronado Research Assistants: Stephanie Collar, Mara Plato, Kerry Ross, Rachel Smith, Claire Steele
Pendleton Research Assistants: Rachael Herman, Christina Lang, Justin Eby-Bosler, Chris Murphy, Melanie Croce
Internship: Emily Longman, Stephanie Cappiello


 Pacific Coast Bird Conservation (PC Birds)
Institute for Conservation Research – San Diego Zoo Global
15600 San Pasqual Valley Rd., Escondido, CA, 92027 USA
http://pcbirds.org