Kristen Dybala
Research Director at Point Blue Conservation Science
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolKristen Dybala is a conservation research leader with over a decade of experience directing science that shapes multi-benefit strategies for people, wildlife, and ecosystems. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she leads research at Point Blue Conservation Science with a long-running focus on riparian and wetland restoration and management in California’s Central Valley and Delta. Kristen progressed through roles from postdoctoral scholar to Research Director, overseeing long-term monitoring and training programs at the Palomarin Field Station. Her work bridges rigorous academic training (PhD, UC Davis) with practical, on-the-ground conservation implementation and stakeholder-facing guidance. Known for integrating field-based experiments with applied management, she brings deep regional expertise and a track record of translating complex ecological research into actionable conservation outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
PhD, PhD at University of California, DavisBA, BA at Rice University
Github Skills (9)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
pointblue/DeltaMultipleBenefits
Mar 2023 - Feb 2025
Contributions:1 release, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
pointblue/palodatavis
Aug 2020 - Nov 2024
Contributions:1 release, 17 pushes, 1 tag in 4 years 4 months
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