Kaylei Chau

Kaylei Chau is a senior research associate with the Environmental Institute of Houston. She earned both her M.S. in Environmental Science (2024) and her B.S. in Environmental Science (2017) from University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Previously, Kaylei spent time in the Peruvian rainforest rehabilitating yellow-spotted river turtle populations. She also helped local farmers develop new techniques for agriculture and reforestation designed to help families recover their abandoned plots and to regenerate and reforest areas of land into productive and valuable forests. Kaylei has volunteered at Armand Bayou Nature Center, helping to restore the coastal tall-grass prairie through planting and prescribed burns.

Having been born and raised in the Houston area, Kaylei hopes to focus her future efforts on restoring and preserving the Gulf Coast ecosystem that she calls home.