Associate Professor, Biology
- PhD, Zoology, Oregon State University (2013)
- MS, Fisheries Science, Oregon State University (2007)
- BA, Environmental Science, Spanish, Northwestern University (2001)
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma, (1999)
Kate Boersma, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department. She uses macroinvertebrate communities in fragmented aquatic habitats of the American West as a model system to explore the ecological and evolutionary drivers of observed species distributions. Topics of special interest include mechanisms promoting coexistence in closely-related taxa, resistance and resilience of communities following perturbations, and evolutionary adaptations of aquatic taxa to extreme droughts.