Dina Roberts

lead instructor

PhD in Natural Resources, University of Idaho, 2007

Dina is a conservation biologist and forest ecologist interested in how forest ecosystems and biodiversity respond to human-caused environmental change from local to global scales. Her research has included understanding how forest dependent birds and tropical army ants respond to fragmentation and land use change. Her current research involves understanding how climate change impacts forest ecosystems across Washington State. She is especially passionate about how to engage more people in natural history studies of Washington’s forests and biodiversity. Dina has taught ecology field studies courses throughout the Pacific Northwest, across the University of California Natural Reserve System, in the mountain kingdom of Bhutan, and most recently in Costa Rica. Dina leads our Washington Forests program.