Megan Gahl

Ph.D., University of Maine; B.S., The Ohio State University

Megan Gahl is a broadly trained ecologist whose field work focuses on aquatic ecosystems, including community interactions and ecosystem responses to stressors. Most of her recent work has used amphibians as a model system, though she has extensive experience with other vertebrates (fish, seabirds, bears), invertebrates (meiofauna, marine and aquatic invertebrates) and plants (macrophytes, algae, and phytoplankton).  She particularly likes fieldwork that is mucky, wet, incredibly scenic or difficult to get to. She has over fifteen years experience in field research, community service and backcountry leadership in environments ranging from Central and South America to Northern Africa and the North American boreal and alpine. Megan also co-directs a summer field course in the Wrangell St. Elias National Park & Preserve, based in McCarthy, Alaska in collaboration with the Wrangell Mountains Center and Wildlands Studies.