Frontier Fellow 2023-2024:
Hamilton Mikelonis
Title of Research Project: “Human Resource Use Research and Database”
Summary:
In order to take effective steps towards sustainability, a roadmap needs to be made regarding humanity’s current, future, and potential alternative material uses.
Hamilton is a third year student at UCSC pursuing a B.S. in Environmental Science. He was raised in Southern California, so he has taken the opportunity of moving to Santa Cruz for college to explore the Central Coast. Growing up with an affinity for hiking and snowboarding, he has used living and learning in Santa Cruz to expand his interest in the outdoors by trying new things such as backpacking and surfing. Along with his hobbies, he connects his interest in the environment with his work. As a
nursery assistant at the UCSC Arboretum and a student researcher with the EFI Frontier Fellows Program, he loves to explore how humans influence the natural systems that surround us.