Aster Hasle

Lead Conservation Ecologist

Keller Science Action Center
Pronouns:They/Them/Theirs

Aster brings their background in both ecology and geographic information systems to the Keller Science Action Center's Chicago Region Conservation Programs. Their current projects include conservation planning for monarch butterflies and other pollinators in urban areas, exploring eDNA in urban places, and conservation lands in Pembroke Township, Illinois.

Aster Hasle is a Lead Conservation Ecologist with the Field Museum's Keller Science Action Center. Aster brings their background in both ecology and Geographic Information Systems to the Action Center's Chicago Region Conservation Programs. Their current projects include conservation planning for monarch butterflies and other pollinators in urban areas, exploring eDNA in urban places, and conservation lands in Pembroke Township, Illinois. Central to all of Aster's work is an interest in the power of privately held land to support conservation and quality of life for local residents. Aster has a B.S. from Roger Williams University and a M. S. in Natural Resources from the University of Michigan.

More about Keller Science Action Center work on urban monarch butterflies.

Education and Work

University of Michigan, Masters of Science in Natural Resources

School of Natural Resources and Environment

Ann Arbor, MI May 2009

Roger Williams University, Bachelor of Science in Biology 

Bristol, RI May 2005