Department Directory
Graduate Assistant
Master's student - FWCB - Dr. Yoichiro Kanno's lab
Graduate Assistant
I’m a PhD student studying how wildfire and mining impact freshwater insects in Rocky Mountain streams. By combining observational and experimental methods, I aim to uncover how these two stressors interact to impact how the ecosystem functions.
Assistant Professor
water policy and governance, water security, transboundary resources, water system adaptation, environmental governance
Research Ecologist with USGS, and Affiliate Professor and Research Scientist at CSU
Professor
I am a geophysicist with interests in seismic imaging and source studies applied to diverse Earth processes that encompass deep structure, earthquakes, volcanos, ocean processes, and glaciers.
Associate Professor
I am a population ecologist interested in quantifying the impacts of anthropogenic factors (e.g. climate change, habitat fragmentation, urbanization) on the ecology, demography, and microevolution of wild animals (mostly birds, mammals, and reptiles). My research calls for the analyses of longitudinal data and methodologies that stem from demography, population ecology, and life history theory.
Professor
I am an applied quantitative ecologist whose research applies to a variety of taxa and focuses on ways of measuring and monitoring biological systems to increase our scientific understanding and improve decision-making. I am particularly interested in factors influencing at-risk species (e.g., amphibians), including disease, invasive species, and habitat change.
Instructor
Limnology, Water quality in lakes and reservoirs, Aquatic Biogeochemistry, Hydrology, Data Science
Assistant Professor
Rural livelihoods and social-ecological systems
Research Associate IV
Computer Programmer, Web Design, ESRI Javascript API
Barbara Anthony Cox Chair of Wildlife Conservation
Professor Endowed Chair
I’m a conservation biologist concentrating mostly on lesser-studied mammals (bigger than a bread box) at the planet’s extreme edges. My lab and I target issues about climate challenge, behavioral ecology of disturbance, predator-prey interactions, and how best to inspire with science while (yet) attempting to improve our present human messiness.
Senior Research Scientist, Joint Faculty Appointment-Assistant Professor, Director Larval Fish Lab
I am an aquatic ecologist working mainly on native and endangered fishes and their ecosystems.
Assistant Professor
I am a conservation biologist that leverages scientific research to find innovative solutions to conserve biodiversity while meeting diverse human needs. My science is informed by a social justice lens and covers topics ranging from human-wildlife relationships, acoustic ecology, and advancing social justice in science.
Professor and Senior Research Scientist
Wildlife and pastoral ecology; Simulation; Teaching
Associate Professor
My passion is connecting citizen science, art and science using multicultural perspectives and international agreements to global sustainability issues such as pollinator decline. I also believe in the integration of art and culture into ecological research and communication.
Department Head
I am an applied ecologist interested in the eco-evolutionary causes and consequences of species rarity within the context of abiotic and biotic pressures. My research aims to inform the conservation of endangered, threatened, and candidate plant species.
Affiliate Faculty-Assistant Professor; Graduate MS Adviser, PhD Co-Advise
Associate Director of Learning, Center for Collaborative Conservation
Master Instructor
I am a geoscientist interested in the lessons of Earth’s past about climate change, ocean circulation, and carbon cycling. I am also interested in advancing geoscience education, diversity and inclusion.
Colorado State Forest Service and Warner College of Natural Resources
Academic Liaison and Experiential Learning Specialist
Ph.D. Student
I am a Ph.D. student studying sylvatic plague in black-tailed prairie dogs, with a focus on the mechanisms that drive patterns of disease resistance. I am broadly interested in understanding how anthropogenic change and disease can influence the ecology and evolution of wild animals, with the ultimate goal of informing effective conservation practices.
Graduate Assistant, Online Certificate Student - Wildlife Conservation Actions
Interim Department Head, Dept. of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Collaborative planning, monitoring, and adaptive management for forest restoration and wildfire risk management; forest governance, policy, and administration
MSc - FWCB - Dr. Caitlin Well's & Dr. Yoichiro Kanno's labs
I am broadly interested in applied fisheries restoration science. My MS research uses whole genomes to inform conservation management of cutthroat trout throughout Colorado, while my PhD research aims to investigate the impacts of wood addition on a population of masu salmon in Southern Hokkaido, Japan, in collaboration with the University of Hokkaido.
Professor
I am an ecotoxicologist studying how contaminants and other stressors affect aquatic ecosystems. My research integrates experimental and observational approaches to understand how ecological factors influence responses to and recovery from anthropogenic disturbances.
Development Operations Coordinator, Warner College of Natural Resources
Emeritus Master Instructor
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) , Forest Measurements , Dendrology
Senior Research Scientist
The full range of issues related to wetland and riparian ecosystems.
Assistant Professor
Political ecologies of conservation & development, climate change adaptation and mitigation, Indigenous rights, social dimensions of "natural" disasters, Latin America
Professor, Sustainable Tourism, Coordinator of Global Tourism Concentration
His research focus includes sustainable tourism development - linking tourism, nature conservation and protected areas; collaborative conservation and protected area management; and perceptions of landscape disturbance - implications for human dimensions of natural resources, recreation and tourism.
Professor/Director, Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence
I am a conservation biologist whose work examines the impacts of anthropogenic disturbances on wildlife and the natural systems in which they live. As the Director of the Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence, a particular focus is reducing conflict and facilitating coexistence between humans and carnivores to minimize impacts on both people and predators.
Assistant Professor
Indigenous Natural Resource Stewardship
Research Associate III, Joint Faculty Appointment-Instructor, Graduate Co-Advise only
Program Director/Advisor/Joint Faculty/Online Masters FWCB
I am an ecologist who currently directs the department’s online Masters program and teaches on the topics of ecotoxicology, conservation biology, habitat management, wildlife management, and conservation of freshwater systems.
Domain & Database Administrator
Database-driven web applications utilizing ColdFusion & PHP | MSSQL & MySQL database design & management | Active Directory Group Policy
Professor
I am a wildlife biologist primarily focused on population-level questions and working with applied agencies. I have worked on a wide variety of taxa, including many species of conservation concern as well as with harvested animals. I enjoy applying sampling design, demographic parameter (e.g., survival, fecundity, population growth) estimation, population modeling, and field skills to questions of interest.
Research Associate II, National Park Service
Water Resources, Groundwater, Hydrology, Water Rights
Assistant Professor
Functional ecology, tropical forests, remote sensing of vegetation
Database and Web Developer
Web Development (Php, Html, Css, Angular, etc) and Database developer (Mysql, SQL Server, Postgres, NoSql)
Research Associate IV
Species Distribution Modeling | Invasion Ecology | R Programming
Ph.D. Student, GDPE; Research Assistant, North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center
Emeritus Professor
Ecology and management of stream-riparian ecosystems, focusing on stream fish and their habitat
Senior Research Scientist
Rangeland Social-ecological Systems
Research Associate II
Remote sensing of vegetation and geospatial analyses.
Co-Director, Center for Protected Area Management
Protected Area Management, Ecotourism, Environmental Interpretation, and Conservation Leadership
Academic Advisor
Academic Advising | Student Development | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Student Success | Education Abroad
Associate Professor
I am an Earth Scientist interested in landscape evolution, tectonics, critical zone science, and natural hazards.
Professor
Regional Climate/Ecosystem Modeling, Remote Sensing, Solar UV Radiation Monitoring and Research
Digital Communications Coordinator
Department Communications and Marketing: Social Media, Event and Outreach Coordination, Website Management, Press Release Writing/Distribution
COOP Assistant Unit Leader | Associate Professor
I am a quantitative animal ecologist. I work with scientists and resource and land managers to help learn through data to provide inferential or predictive knowledge or decision-support that is used for empirically informed conservation management of biodiversity.
Professor
I am a conservation biologist that integrates field ecology with conservation practice and policy to identify innovative and equitable ways to sustain and restore biodiversity and ecosystem services. My research program focuses on advancing bird community conservation on islands and in human-dominated landscapes.
Assistant Professor
Behavior change, human processes of the coupled human-nature systems
Senior Research Associate
Jill Handwerk, Botany Team Lead and Information Manager at CNHP, has over 20 years of experience in Colorado botany. Through her work as lead organizer of the annual Colorado Rare Plant Symposia, and at CNHP, she has close working relationships with botanists throughout the region, including USFWS, USFS, BLM, UT and WY heritage programs, local consultants, and regional herbaria. Ms. Handwerk has been the principal investigator on numerous botanical projects including work for the USFWS, USFS, BLM, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Most recently Ms. Handwerk was the lead author on the Rare Plant Addendum to the 2015 Colorado Wildlife Action Plan, and the lead botanical editor of the 2015 Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Colorado Bureau of Land Management.
Assistant Professor
I am a geochemist interested in the composition and plumbing systems of Earth’s volcanoes, studying long-lived mantle plumes to infer Earth’s chemical composition, and identifying and mitigating volcanic impacts and hazards.
Edward M. Warner Chair of Geophysics
Professor
I am a geophysicist focusing on geodynamic studies of continental rift systems and rifted continental margins.
Graduate Assistant
I am a graduate student studying the effects of anthropogenic environmental changes on wildlife parasites and diseases using an allostatic load framework. My research focuses on identifying how the immune system explains adverse health in White-tail and Mule deer with a focus on Chronic Wasting Disease.
I have been working as a lab tech in the SOIL Innovation Lab doing soil processing work since May 2022.
Graduate Assistant
I am a PhD student studying carnivore-livestock conflict with a focus on the wolf reintroduction in Colorado.
Research Associate (Retired)
Soil and ecosystem modeling: land-use change, climate change, geomorphology
Wildlife Project Coordinator
Wildlife, Threatened/Endangered Species, GIS, Fort McCoy
Academic Success/Internship Coordinator / WCNR Learning Communities Director
Student Engagement | High-Impact Practices | Education Program Management | Sustainable Community Development
Assistant Professor
I am an ornithologist working on bird migration throughout the Western Hemisphere using radar remote sensing. My area of expertise encompasses themes of aeroecology, spatial ecology, movement ecology, macroecology, impacts of light pollution, and ecological forecasting.
Research Associate III
Colorado Forest Restoration Institute
PhD
Dr. Hultstrand has a passion for scale and spatial variability in precipitation processes as related to hydrology and hydrometeorology. His research and expertise are in modeling the spatial variability in snowpack processes and rainfall as function of terrain parameters and atmospheric energy to better understand and model hydrologic regimes. Physical Science Techniques • Water Balance • Discharge Measurements • Meteorological Measurement & Analysis • Spatial Modeling • Water Quality Sampling • Snow Survey and Sampling Methods • Data Analysis • Watershed Modeling • Snow & Ground Energy Balance Computations • Storm Analysis • Dew Point Analysis • Areal Reduction Factor (ARF) Calculations • Error Analysis/QC • Eddy Covariance • Snowmelt & Snowpack Sublimation Analysis • Proposal Writing • Regional L-moments • Turbulent Flux Modeling (Latent and Sensible) • PMP Analysis • Develop Scripts/Code • Regional Climate Modeling and Data Analysis Computer Software • ArcView • ArcGIS • ArcInfo • MATLAB • MS Word • MS Excel • MS Access • MS Power Point • SPLUS/R • IDL • HEC-HMS • Lecia Software • PRMS • GIS Weasel • ERDAS • Solar Analyst • GRASS GIS • Linux/Unix • HTML • RAOB • Perl • GrADS • IPW Toporad • DNR Garmin • Python • GPS Interface • WATFLOOD • AWK/GWAK • Hysplit • NetCDF • GRIB • UEB Snow Model Computer Programming • PERL • R/SPLUS • Python • IDL • Matlab • GRASS GIS • AWK • Shell Scripts Computer Operating Systems • Linux/Unix • Microsoft Windows • Macintosh
Senior Instructor/Graduate Certificate Coordinator
I am a landscape and conservation ecologist with the goal of empowering nature's stewards. I live in Denver.
Research Associate III
DoD Environmental Compliance: Stormwater, GIS
Professor
I am a fisheries ecologist. I study fisheries management, food webs, predator-prey interactions, lake and reservoir ecology, management of invasive species, contaminants, and effects of climate.
Associate Professor
I am a stream fish ecologist working at the intersection of fundamental and applied ecology in North America and Japan. My area of expertise includes population and community ecology, conservation genetics, riverscape ecology, and fish behavior.
I am a behavioral ecologist who specialises in equids and endangered species conservation.
James C. Kennedy Chair of Wetland and Waterfowl Conservation
Professor, Endowed Chair
James C Kennedy Endowed Wetland/Waterfowl Conservation Chair. I use demography to solve problems and answer questions in conservation, management, ecology, and evolution.
Research Associate III
I am a zoologist with interests in conservation, population ecology and the biogeography of amphibians and reptiles in Colorado.
Assistant Professor
Environmental governance, fisheries policy and management, gendered livelihoods, recreational fishing, decolonial feminist political ecology
Master Instructor | Undergraduate Coordinator | Internship Coordinator
Internships, career preparation, event planning, natural resource ecology and measurements.
Wetland Ecologist
I am a wetland ecologist who specializes in inventory, assessment and monitoring of wetlands throughout the Western U.S, from protocol development to implementation of large-scale resource assessments. I am also involved with developing educational resources about wetlands.
Ph.D. Student - FWCB - Dr. Yoichiro Kanno's Lab
Fisheries and Water Management Issues in the Arid West
Assistant Professor
Global Change Ecology, Earth System Modeling, Climate Change Impacts, Agriculture, Ozone Bioindicator Gardens
Research Scientist II
Social-ecological systems, African drylands and mixed-methods research
Senior Research Scientist/Associate Professor
Timber harvesting and wood utilization
Associate Professor
I am a structural geologist/hard rock petrologist, with interests in faults, shear zones, fault rocks, the geochemical and isotopic aspects of deformation, metamorphic and igneous petrology, and geoeducation including geophotography.
Research Associate III
Ecohydrology, with a focus on conserving and restoring wetlands and riparian areas
Ph.D. Candidate - GDPE/Ecology - Dr. Sara Bombaci and Dr Mevin Hooten's Lab
Associate Professor
I am a geoscientist who utilizes novel in situ geophysical and remote sensing tools to study earth surface processes, particularly related to the cryosphere. My research has involved more than 20 expeditions to Antarctica, Greenland, Alaska and Patagonia.
Research Associate III: Environmental Review and Data Distribution
I am a conservation scientist at CNHP with expertise in technical report writing, geographic information systems, spatial analysis, information technology, graphic design, desktop publishing software, project administration, photography, public outreach and communications.
Director of Enterprise Programs, Program Manager for Conservation Leadership
Leadership development with emphasis in environmental education.
Assistant Professor
Pollination and Pollinator Ecology, Insect Ecology, Conservation Biology, Disturbance Ecology
Graduate Assistant
Ecosystem services modeling, participatory methodologies, remote sensing and GIS.
Associate Professor
Agricultural Sustainability and Climate Change Impacts
Botanist/Vegetation Ecologist
Grant serves as a field biologist and data scientist, working with key biodiversity and geospatial data to fulfill CNHP’s mission to advance the conservation of Colorado’s native species and ecosystems through science, planning, and education for the benefit of current and future generations. He has conducted fieldwork in many areas of Colorado and surrounding western states, with experience in a wide range of vegetation communities from the Great Plains shortgrass prairie to the high alpine tundra along the Continental Divide.
Professor
I am a fish physiological ecologist working on applied fisheries conservation, management, and aquaculture challenges. My areas of focus include the design and evaluation of fish passage structures for native fishes and developing techniques for the culture of rare native fishes.
Director of Operations at CitSci, Research Associate III
Citizen Science
PhD Student - FWCB - Dr. Joel Berger's Lab
Camera traps, Hunting, Poaching, Endemics, Behaviors, International conservation
Research Scientist II
Forest management, wildland fire management, operations research, stochastic optimization
Assistant Professor
Remote Sensing, Landscape Ecology, Data Science, Wetlands, Plants, Carbon, Water
Associate Professor
Plant ecophysiology, plant water-use strategies, plant drought tolerance, drought-induced mortality, sensor development and implementation.
Sr Research Associate
Rare Plant Conservation, CSU Undergrad Conservation Science Internships
Professor and Shell Endowed Chair of Restoration Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Department Head | Professor
Geomorphology and landscape evolution of the Western U.S., administration and promotion of geoscience programs
Research Associate
Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change Climate Change Adaptation
Proposal Coordinator & Administrative Assistant
Proposal Preparation, Asset & Inventory Management, Course Scheduling, Promotion/Tenure & Sabbatical Support, Affiliate/Associate Requests, ESs Key/Space Requests, Onboarding/Offboarding
Assistant Professor
I am an aquatic ecologist with interests in freshwater food webs, disease ecology, invasive species, and environmental change.
Assistant Professor
Forest inventory, analysis, monitoring, adaptive forest management, silviculture, carbon management
Research Associate III
Communications, graphic design, community organizing, art+science
Undergraduate Program Coordinator/Assistant Professor/Academic Advisor
Professor
I am a fluvial geomorphologist with interests in drainage basin response and recovery to sediment disturbances including floods, fires and mass movements, the influences of climate change on channel morphology and vegetation-channel feedbacks, and process-based channel restoration and monitoring.
Assistant Professor
Forest and woodland ecology; vegetation response to global change
Malcolm McCallum Chair of Economic Geology
Associate Professor
I study economic geology building on a background in petrology, structural geology, field geology, inorganic and organic geochemistry. My current research projects examine fluid:ore interactions from magmas to environmental impacts.
Associate Professor
I am a hydrogeologist researching flow and transport through heterogeneous aquifers and connected groundwater-surface water systems. I develop groundwater management models to inform the sustainable use of water resources.
Assistant Professor
Natural resources planning, policy, and management
Assistant Professor
I am an Earth systems scientist interested in terrestrial paleoclimate reconstructions, tectonic-climate interactions, and the evolution of the long-term carbon cycle
PhD Candidate - FWCB - Dr. Paul Doherty's Lab
Wildlife Conservation & Renewable Energy
Communications Director
Communications, Graphic Design, Branding & Marketing
Senior Research Associate
Population ecology and conservation of rare vertebrates and invertebrates
Professor
I am a seismologist and geophysicist interested in understanding deep Earth structures and their effects on past and present tectonics and landscapes.
Research Associate/Scientific Programmer
Software development; DevOps; Ecology; Global Change.
Associate Professor
structural geology, geologic mapping, tectonics of the North American Cordillera
Research Associate III
Colorado Natural Heritage Program - Wetland Mapping/GIS
Research Associate III
Botanical and Ecological Studies and Field Surveys
Senior Research Associate
Conservation and population ecology of rare vertebrates and invertebrates.
Masters Student - FWCB - Dr. Yoichiro Kanno and Dr. Dana Winkelman's Lab
Senior Research Associate
Vegetation Mapping, Natural Community and Species Inventories
Affiliate
I am a conservation biologist focusing on tropical mammal ecology and conservation geared towards developing meaningful management practices. My area of expertise encompasses themes including wildlife conservation, tropical community ecology, fragmentation, and plant-animal interactions.
Associate Professor
I am a geoscientist and petroleum engineer interested in applied reservoir modeling, using outcrops as quantitative subsurface analogs, and creating methodologies to build more predictive sedimentological and reservoir/flow models.
Associate Professor
Restoration Ecology, Wetland Ecology, Ecohydrology, Quantitative Ecology
Associate Professor and Associate Department Head for Curricular Affairs
I am a geologist with research interests that include Sedimentary petrology and geochemistry, shale geology, fluid/rock interaction, chemical weathering, clastic diagenesis.
Interim Department Head & Professor
Conservation social sciences, social psychology applications in conservation, human dimensions of wildlife, human-wildlife interactions, wildlife values
Cultural Resources Project Director
Provide leadership and oversight of CEMML staff including archaeologists, GIS specialist, and curator in support of the Cultural Resources Management Program, Environmental Division in the Directorate of Public Works, U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii at P?hakuloa Training Area.
Masters Student - FWCB - Dr. Lise Aubry's Lab
I am studying population dynamics and wintering foraging ecology of Emperor Geese in Alaska.
Research Associate III, National Park Service Cooperator
Providing natural resource management support to National Park Service units across the country
Assistant Professor
Advancing the use of biometrics, remote sensing, and quantitative models in natural resources.
Assistant Professor
I am a disease ecologist studying the effects of anthropogenic environmental changes on wildlife parasites and diseases using molecular and network tools. My research focuses on disease interactions at human, domestic animal, and wildlife interfaces, with the goal of identifying win-win solutions for conservation and public health.
Assistant Professor
Hydrologist - Water Quality & Quantity, Land Management Impacts
Instructor
Geospatial Educator with 25 years of GIS and teaching experience, and a background in Natural Resources.
Ph.D. Candidate - FWCB - Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence
Human-Wildlife Coexistence; Quantitative Ecology; Spatial Ecology; Qualitative Interviews
Research Scientist
Remote sensing applications in wildlife and forest disturbance ecology
Architectural Historian & Project Manager
Historic Preservation, Architectural History
Associate Professor
Soil microbial ecology; sustainable agriculture; climate change; biogeochemistry.
Professor
forest management, wildfire risk management, spatial optimization, machine learning
Assistant Professor
I am a conservation biologist who uses behavioral and molecular tools to understand vertebrate responses to environmental change. Themes include life-history adaptations to climate change, hybridization in species of conservation concern, and the role of kinship in population dynamics.
Wetland Ecologist
Wetland ecology, focused on data analysis and reporting of Lentic Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring program data.
Research Associate IV
Ecosystem Modeling: DAYCENT CENTURY CFARM COMET PLANNER
PhD Student
I am a PhD student studying chronic wasting disease in mule deer. My research interests lie in applying animal behavior to disease, conflict, and other management challenges.
Professor
My lab and I work on large mammal conservation and ecology, focusing on finding solutions to human threats to wild systems.
University Distinguished Professor
I am a fluvial geomorphologist studying a broad range of topics within the field of geomorphology such as fluvial and hillslope geomorphology, paleohydrology and channel change.
Assistant Director, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute
Colorado Forest Restoration Institute
Associate Professor
Dr. Bear’s research areas include internal branding, service management and marketing, as well as destination brand marketing.
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
I’m an ecologist whose work focuses on human-wildlife interactions broadly, livestock-carnivore conflict prevention in particular. My research and extension are informed by close collaboration with livestock producers and land managers to ensure that the findings are relevant and feasible for application.
Graduate Assistant
Earth system models | Interaction between atmosphere and ecosystem
Professor Emeritus
I am a structural geologist with interests in Laramide tectonics, fault-related folding, fabric analysis and Rocky Mountain geology in general.
Professor Emeritus
My geology interests include fluvial sedimentology, stratigraphy, petroleum geology, basin analysis. After retiring from full-time teaching, I became a part time instructor in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at CSU.
Professor Emeritus, Retired (April 2007), FWCB Dept Head 1999-2006, Associate Dean 2006-2007
Professor Emeritus
I have retired, so not accepting graduate students.