About Allie
Allie graduated from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo earning a BS in biology. During her undergraduate career, she assisted Dr. Francis Villablanca and his graduate students with trapping, data collection, and experimental captivity trials on the Lompoc Kangaroo Rats. Additionally, she designed her own experimental trial for her senior thesis, which examined the relationship between handling time and seed preference in Kangaroo Rats when presented with native grass seed and invasive Veldt grass seed.
Since 2010, Allie has worked with the USGS on California’s federally-threatened Giant Gartersnake. While working for USGS, Allie collected data for long-term studies on the occupancy and abundance of Giant Gartersnakes in the Sacramento Valley. Her project expanded to include radio-telemetry, translocation, and head-starting of Giant Gartersnakes as well. Allie completed her PhD in 2023 and continues to work for the USGS.