Richard Rachman

Richard received his B.S. in Biology with emphasis in Ecology and Evolution and minor in GIS from Cal State Northridge, where he continues his masters research. He is studying post-wildfire plant community succession from the 2018 Woolsey fire in the Santa Monica Mountains. Invasive species, disturbance, distributions, and remotely sensed data are all things that he thinks about academically. Richard is the Los Angeles County Volunteer Coordinator for the Western Monarch Count with Xerces Society, and when he isn’t surveying monarchs, he’s advocating for native plants and posting on iNaturalist. Richard finished with his M.S. in 2022 and moved on to a PhD Program at Boise State!