Undergraduate
Stanford University
Lydia just completed her undergraduate degree studying Biology (with a concentration in Ecology & Evolution) and Art Practice at Stanford University. She will be continuing at Stanford this fall and completing her MS in Biology. Lydia has working in the Peay lab over the last two years developing her own independant projects. Growing up in California, Lydia has developed a long-term interest in wildfire ecology and specifically the effects of wildfires on plant communities. She recent senior thesis project focused on Coast redwood seed germination and how it is affected by changes in the microbial communities post-fire.