Assistant Research Professor, Watershed Ecology Section LeaderThe Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Patrick Center for Environmental Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
Email: sak345@drexel.edu
Phone: 121-529-91106
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Research Disciplines:
- Agroecology
- Aquatic Biology/Ichthyology
- Aquatic Ecology
- Biological Science
- Citizen Science
- Conservation
- Conservation Planning
- Ecology
- Ecology/Landscape
- Ecosystem Services
- Entomology
- Environmental Education
- Invertebrates
- Limnology
- Water Quality
- Water Resources
- Watershed Management
Water quality, Ecosystem recovery after restoration, Multiple bioindicators, Land use and watershed condition, Agricultural impacts on streams, Climate change effects, Mediterranean streams, Science communication
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Stefanie A. Kroll has a PhD in ecology from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, NY. She obtained a master’s-equivalent at the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Albacete, Spain, after working in interpretation and translation and teaching English for several years. Her current research is focused on stream ecosystem integrity in agricultural landscapes, recovery of communities after restoration, and use of multiple indicators to show ecosystem recovery. Her staff at the Macroinvertebrate Laboratory at the Academy of Natural Sciences is SFS certified and has experience identifying taxa from several regions throughout the United States as well as Spain. Previous work includes aquatic community assessment of Onondaga Lake and its tributaries, stream surveys throughout Spain, forest inventory, research on the symbioses of Sirex noctilio (woodwasp invasive in North America), and program support for a nonprofit environmental organization. She is on the Advisory Board of the Tookany-Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership and the Monitoring Advisory Committee of the Raritan Headwaters Association. She mentors young women in sciences through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeastern Pennsylvania and ANS’ Women In Natural Sciences program.
Education
- 2012: Ph.D. in Ecology, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), Syracuse, New York.
- 2009: Master’s equivalent, Ecology, Department of Agronomic Engineering, University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Albacete, Spain.
- 2001: B.S. in Environmental and Forest Biology, SUNY-ESF.
Other Research
Predicted responses of diatom, macroinvertebate and fish communities to agricultural conservation projects.
Review of studies documenting the effects of agricultural best management practices on stream ecosystem integrity.
Large-scale protection and restoration programs aimed at protecting stream ecosystem integrity: The role of science-based goal-setting, monitoring, and data management.
Macroinvertebrates on the front lines: projected community response to temperature and precipitation changes in Mediterranean streams.