Kathryn Fiorella

Ph.D. Student

Office: Room 45, Mulford Hall
kfiorella@gmail.com
Phone/Fax: 510-643-3918
Mailing address: 130 Mulford Hall #3114 University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114

A.B. Princeton University, 2006

Research Interests

Broadly, I am interested in the intersection of natural resource use and human health. My research will explore how ecosystem changes and interactions between wildlife and people impact human health.

My study site is located in Nyanza Province, Kenya, which is adjacent to Lake Victoria. In Nyanza, the complex interactions between changes in biodiversity and resource acces, the international export fishery for Nile Perch, and local food security and HIV prevalence shape outcomes for both the environment and human health. My research will explore how fishery access and fish availability shape livelihoods, human-environmental impacts, and nutritional status of the people living in Nyanza using methods from both ecology and public health.

My previous research as an undergraduate focused on reserve site selection in Madagascar and explored the methods involved in using an algorithm to find an optimal solution for reserve site locations. Since graduating, I have worked at a community-based agriculture organization in Boston and the World Food Programme regional office for Southern and Eastern Africa.