Lauren Zielinski, MSc
Lauren Zielinski specializes in the monitoring and evaluation of river systems, focusing on river restoration and environmental flow projects. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Earth and Environmental Engineering with a concentration in Water Resources and Climate Risk from Columbia University in the United States of America, as well as an Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Ecohydrology from the University of Lodz in Poland, the Federal University of Espirito Santo in Brazil, and UNESCO-IHE (currently IHE-Delft) Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands. Through these educational experiences, she has developed an awareness and appreciation for different cultural values surrounding environmental protection and management, and applies this knowledge to her projects around the world.
In addition to her education, Ms. Zielinski spent two years leading an ecosystem monitoring team as an AmeriCorps volunteer, focusing on river and wetland restoration projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin in California. She also has experience working on resource management plans for federal agencies in the western USA, including the US Forest Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Bureau of Land Management. She specializing in ecosystem monitoring and evaluation and has experience working on projects in the United States of America, Russia, Mongolia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Benin.
In addition to her education, Ms. Zielinski spent two years leading an ecosystem monitoring team as an AmeriCorps volunteer, focusing on river and wetland restoration projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin in California. She also has experience working on resource management plans for federal agencies in the western USA, including the US Forest Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Bureau of Land Management. She specializing in ecosystem monitoring and evaluation and has experience working on projects in the United States of America, Russia, Mongolia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Benin.