Sage Fox - Civil and Environmental Engineering

With a background in endangered fisheries research and conservation, I spent much of the past six years working as a field biologist for state and federal agencies in streams across the Desert Southwest, Idaho, and Alaska. I later worked as a Fulbright researcher in Chilean Patagonia on a water quality monitoring project – work which inspired me to pursue graduate studies at the University of Washington.

I am currently studying hydrology and biogeochemistry under the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. As a researcher within the Ecosystem Biogeochemistry Lab, my work focuses on quantifying biogeochemical fluxes from land to sea in Northwestern Chilean Patagonia. Capitalizing on water quality data collected by citizen scientists in the region, and collaborating with several Chilean universities and research institutions, I seek to better understand how coastal watershed characteristics influence the water and nutrients that ultimately reach the sea and support valuable ecosystem services. In keeping with my roots in fisheries, my focus remains centered around people and fish. I hope to add to a body of knowledge that will later inform water quality policy in Southern Chile.