Hillary S. Sardiñas
Environmental Science, Policy and Management
University of California, Berkeley
760.271.2111
hsardinas@berkeley.edu
Research Interests
Native Bee Conservation; Ecosystem Services; Restoration Ecology; Agrobiodiversity.
Education
PhD (in progress) Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley.
Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Studies (with honors), University of California, Santa Cruz, 2006.
Professional Experience
Restoration Project Leader, Audubon Canyon Ranch, Bolinas, CA. November 2008 – July 2009.
Environmental Services Intern, CA Department of Parks and Recreation, Russian River District. JulyNovember 2008
Interim Nursery Manager, Circuit Rider Productions, Windsor, CA. November 2007- June 2008
Seed Collection Intern, Presidio Native Plant Nursery, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. San
Francisco, CA. January - November 2007
Nursery Production Assistant, Central Coast Wilds, Ecological Concerns, Santa Cruz, CA. JuneDecember 2006
Tropical Biodiversity Research Intern, Community Agroecology Network (CAN). 2005- 2006
Garden Assistant, Alan Chadwick Garden, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
(CASFS). Santa Cruz, CA. 2003- 2005
Teaching
Teaching Assistant, Restoration Ecology 187. UC Berkeley, ESPM. January- May 2012
Invited Lecture: Native Bees in Agro-ecosystems, in Agroecology, UCB, Fall 2012 & 2013.
Invited Lecture: Ecosystem Services and Restoration, in Restoration Ecology, UCB, Spring 2012.
Invited Lectures: Benefits of Native Pollinators to Agriculture, in Berkeley and the Global Food System,
a student-led course, DeCAL, UCB, Spring 2012 & 2013.
Invited Lecture: Pollination Ecology, in Insect Ecology, UCSC, Fall 2011
Invited Lecture: Research Methods, in Environmental Science Senior Seminar, UCB, Spring 2011
Teaching Assistant, Natural History of Birds. UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA. July- August 2006
Undergraduate Theses Advised
2013-present. Yee, Colette. CNR Honors Thesis. The Effects of On-farm Irrigation Management on
Native Bee Nesting.
2013-present. Jackson, Megan. Senior Thesis. The Impact of Soil Lead Contamination on Native Bees in
Urban Parks in Oakland, California.
2013. Tom, K. Senior Thesis. Quantifying Movement of Native Bee Populations in Sunflower Fields
using Luminous Powder
2013. Ellis, A. CNR Honors Thesis. Unseen Pollinators: The Contribution of Nocturnal Pollinators to
Sunflower Seed Set
Scholarships & Grants
National Institute of Food and Agriculture Graduate Fellowship, 2012-2014
Berkeley Center for Diversified Farm Systems, 2012
Annie’s Organic Graduate Scholarship, 2012
Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Graduate Grant in Sustainable Agriculture,
2011-13
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2010-2013
Edge Diversity Grant, UC Berkeley, 2009
UC Regents Scholarship, 2002-06
Undergraduate Research Award, STEPS Institute for Innovation in Environmental Research, 2006
Richard Cooley Friends Foundation International Award, Dept. of Environmental Studies, UCSC, 2005
Frankel Memorial Scholarship, Dept. of Latin American and Latino Studies, UCSC, 2005
Chris Root Memorial Scholarship, 2001
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, Restoration Ecology, 2013
Phi Beta Kappa, 2006
Environmental Studies Departmental Honors, 2006
Senior Thesis Honors, 2006
Dean’s List, Merrill College, UCSC, 2002-06
Merrill College Freshman Honors Course, 2002
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Sardiñas, H.S. and C. Kremen. In prep. Proximity to mass-flowering crops dilutes wild bee pollination
of hybrid sunflower.
Sardiñas, H.S., K. Tom, and C. Kremen. In prep. Hedgerows do not affect native bee nesting in the
presence of a mass-flowering crop.
Sardiñas, H.S. and C. Kremen. In press. Evaluating the importance of nesting proxies for groundnesting native bees using emergence traps. Basic and Applied Ecology
Hallet, L.M., S. Diver, M.V. Eitzel, J.J. Olson, B. Ramage, A. Romero, H.S. Sardiñas, Z. StatmanWeil, K. Suding. 2013. Do we practice what we preach? Goal setting for ecological restoration.
Restoration Ecology: 21(3): 312-319
Eitzel, M.V., S. Diver, H.S. Sardiñas, L.M. Hallett, J.J. Olson, A.T. Schuknecht, G. Oliviera, A.
Romero, R.T., and K.N. Suding. 2011. Insights from a Cross-Disciplinary Seminar: 10 Pivotal Papers
for Restoration Ecology. Restoration Ecology 20(2): 147-152.
Lavelle, D, H.S. Sardiñas, E.J. Blitzer, K.Z. Weinbaum, M.S. Luskin, and J.S. Brashares. 2011.
Review: Nature's Matrix: Linking Agriculture, Conservation and Food Sovereignty. Quarterly Review
of Biology 83(3): 220-221.
Other Publications
Sardiñas, H.S. 2013. “Flight of the Sunflower Bee: Fluorescent Dye Illuminates Crop Pollination.”
Berkeley Science Review, Spring. Berkeley, CA.
Suding, K., H.S. Sardiñas, A. Cai, and P. Donnelly-Shores, and the students of ESPM 187, Spring
2012. Conservation of the remnant coastal prairie community at Richmond Field Station. Restoration
Management Report. Richmond Field Station, University of California, Berkeley.
Sardiñas, H.S. 2009. “Growing Diversity: How seed collection influences genetic diversity in
ecological restoration.” Ardeid. Audubon Canyon Ranch, CA.
-------- 2007. “This wily reproducer is no ‘shrinking violet:’ Reproductive biology and propagation
strategies in Viola adunca.” GGNRA Native Plant Nurseries Newsletter, Issue 33.
-------- 2006. “Avian conservation through your coffee cup: an analysis of the science behind birdfriendly certification.” Honors Thesis, Dept. of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa
Cruz, CA.
-------- 2006. “Bilingual Field Guide to Birds of Mountainous Nicaragua.” Community Agroecology
Network, Santa Cruz, CA.
Presentations
Sardiñas, H.S,. K. Tom, and C. Kremen. 2013. “Small scale habitat enhancement does not enhance
native bee nesting in sunflower fields.” Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
Sardiñas, H.S. 2013. “Native bee nesting in agriculture: implications for sunflower pollination.”
Pollinator Outreach Workshop, UC Cooperative Extension, Woodland, CA.
Sardiñas, H.S. 2012. “Pollination Services in Agroecosystems: the role of hedgerows.” Diversified
Farm Systems Roundtable Student Research Presentation. UC Berkeley.
Sardiñas, H.S. 2012. “Conservation in the matrix: toward a comprehensive framework.” Invited lecture
in the symposium: The role of smallholder agriculture in promoting conservation within "the matrix":
Agroecology, landscape ecology and rural social movements in the global south. American Association
of Geographers Annual Meeting, New York, NY.
Sardiñas, H.S. 2011. “Benefits of Native Pollinators and Habitat Enhancements for Agriculture.” Invited
lecture. Pioneer Face-to-Face Conference, Denver, CO.
Moradin, L., C. Kremen and H.S. Sardiñas. 2010 “Pollinator diversity in agricultural landscapes” Invited
talk in the symposium: Understating and Capitalizing on Agricultural Biodiversity in IPM/IRM.
Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Sardiñas, H.S. 2007. “Avian conservation through a coffee cup? Assessing the differential habitat
utilization between resident and migrant birds in Nicaraguan shade-grown coffee.” Central Coast
Biodiversity Conference, Santa Cruz, CA.
Posters
Tom, K., H.S. Sardiñas and C. Kremen. 2013. Hedgerows increase native bee penetration into
sunflower fields. Entomological Society of America, Pacific Branch Meeting, Reno, NV.
Sardiñas, H.S. and C. Kremen. 2012. Quantifying native bee ground nesting using emergence traps.
Society for Conservation Biology Regional Meeting, Oakland, CA.
Workshops
Bee Course, Southwestern Arizona Research Station, 2011.
Hymentoptera “Hym” Identification Course, National Museum of Natural History, Summer 2010.
Public Service
Mentor, Sponsored Projects for Undergraduate Research. 2009- present
Mentor, Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program, 2009- present
Science Monitoring Trainer, Xerces Society Citizen Science Monitoring Training Course. 2009– 2011
Mentor, Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability (SEEDS), an Ecological Society
of America program connecting graduate student mentors with undergraduate students from groups
traditionally under-represented in the sciences. 2010
Committee Member, Interdisciplinary Graduate Curriculum Restructuring Task Force, Dept.
Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley, 2010.
Peer-reviewed manuscripts for Apidologie, Agricultural, Ecosystems and Environment, Entomological
Science, and Forest Ecology and Management.
Affiliations
California Native Plant Society
Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
Society for Conservation Biology
Society for Ecological Restoration
Entomological Society of America
Association of American Geographers
Diversified Agriculture Working Group, Berkeley Food Institute
Additional Skills
Fluent in Spanish
Knowledge of CEQA and FWS/ACOE Permits
Plant Identification using Jepson