The team of UIC professionals leading the Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group are passionate about promoting pollinator habitats and healthy ecosystems along rights-of-way and other energy and transportation lands. Learn more about us below.
Iris Caldwell
Iris began the Working Group in 2015 and leads a variety of projects supporting industry stakeholders in pollinator habitat conservation.
Caroline Hernandez
Caroline keeps the Working Group running smoothly and manages several research and outreach projects to improve habitat on working lands.
Klaudia Kuklinska
Klaudia supports the Illinois Monarch Project, Monarch CCAA, Pollinator Scorecard, and both in-person and virtual meeting facilitation.
Megan Petraitis
Megan manages the Monarch CCAA administration and application review process, and supports other Working Group research activities.
Ajay Marampalli
Ajay provides technical support for web tool development and Working Group research activities.
Tegha Obire
Tegha manages the Working Group’s project pages and supports outreach, communications, and meeting facilitation activities.
Ben Karp
Ben performs data management for various Working Group projects, keeps the news and events pages current, and manages website user requests
Johana Bedolla
Johana primarily runs the ERC’s STEM Scholars program but likes to support the pollinator habitat projects when she can.
