
Rachel Jolley
Position
- Assistant Professor of Restoration Ecology
• Dr. Rachel Jolley is a restoration ecologist at the University of Guam, focused on controlling invasive species and restoring Guam’s native forests. She has a B.S. degree in Wildlife Conservation and an M.S. degree in Botany and Range Sciences from Brigham Young University (Provo, UT); and a PhD in Forest Ecology from Auburn University (Auburn, AL). She completed a post-doc fellowship at Mississippi State University in habitat restoration. Her current research centers around controlling invasive vines, documenting forest recovery following ungulate removal, and planning large-scale restoration projects. Future research will focus on watershed restoration and native forest recovery.
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Education
- B.S., Zoology, Brigham Young University, 1998
- M.S., Botany and Range Sciences, Brigham Young University, 2000
- Ph.D., Forest Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Auburn University, 2008,