Department Directory

Graduate Students

Helen Acosta

Graduate Assistant

Master's student - FWCB - Dr. Yoichiro Kanno's lab

Maricela Alaniz

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.

Jeremy Alder

Masters Student - FWCB - Dr. George Wittemyer's Lab

Olivia Alvarez Rhaesa

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Edder Antunez

Masters Student - GDPE/Ecology - Dr. Sara Bombaci's Lab

Constanza Arevalo

Ph.D. Student - FWCB - Dr. Sara Bombaci's Lab

Alex Badeaux

Graduate Assistant

Kiran Badola

Online Certificate Student - Wildlife Conservation Actions

Jamie Begay

Graduate Assistant

Cristina Blanco

Graduate Assistant

PhD student GDPE/FWCB - Veterinary Comparative Medicine Resident

Lyndsey Bradshaw

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Timothy Brown

Online Certificate Student - Wildlife Conservation Actions

Susan Burchardt

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Galen Burrell

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.

Kelly Bye

Masters Student - FWCB - Dr. George Wittemyer's Lab

Roni Ciavarella

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Noel Clark

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.

Carolyn Coyle

PhD Student - Ecology/GDPE - Dr. Liba Pejchar's Lab

Mallory Davies

PhD Student - FWCB - Dr. Kathryn Stoner's Lab

Waverly Davis

Masters Candidate - FWCB - Dr. Larissa Bailey's Lab

Yuting Deng

Ph.D. - FWCB - Dr. Kyle Horton's Lab

Dominique DiLandro

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Ariana Dorticos

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Kyle Ellison

Online Certificate Student - Wildlife Conservation Actions

Scott Fesmire

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Amee Fillers

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Brandon Fish

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Christian Franco

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Christine Gardham

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Sarah Gaulke

Graduate Assistant

Rebecca Germany

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Alyssa Graziano

Graduate Assistant

Hillary Hankey

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Kelsey Harper

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Sara Hathaway

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.

Kendra Heiser

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Sasha Hendricks

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Chris Hensel

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Morgan Hertel

Graduate Assistant

I am a PhD student studying carnivore-livestock conflict with a focus on the wolf reintroduction in Colorado.

W Ryan Hilgris

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Sean Ingram

Graduate Assistant

Miguel Jimenez

Ph.D. Student - GDPE/Ecology - Dr. Kyle Horton's Lab

Michael Johnson

PhD Student - FWCB - Dr. David Koons' Lab

Zac Kendall

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Charles Kerrick

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Keely Kohen

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Tamara Layden

Masters Student - Ecology/GDPE - Dr. Sara Bombaci's Lab

Sam Lewis

Ph.D. Student - FWCB - Dr. Yoichiro Kanno's Lab

Fisheries and Water Management Issues in the Arid West

H Lipp

Online Certificate Student - Wildlife Conservation Actions

Christopher Lum

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Tom Mangan

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Jon Maxwell

Graduate Assistant

Megan McCafferty

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Kristen McCarty

Online Master's Student - MFWCB

Kat McTighe

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Caly Means

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Libby Mojica

PhD student, GDPE/FWCB

Jasmine Nelson-Olivieri

Ph.D. Student - FWCB - Dr. Sara Bombaci's Lab

Minh Nguyen

PhD Student - FWCB - Dr. Joel Berger's Lab

Camera traps, Hunting, Poaching, Endemics, Behaviors, International conservation

Kim Nichter

Graduate Assistant

Bijoya Paul

Ph.D. Student - FWCB - Dr. Yoichiro Kanno's Lab

Trent Pearce

Graduate Assistant

Sam Radosevich

Graduate Assistant

Travis Rainey

Graduate Assistant

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Scott Ratchford

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Jamie Raupp

Graduate Assistant

Adele Reinking

PhD Student - GDPE/FWCB - Dr. George Wittemyer's Lab

Consuelo Reyes

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Carl Roberts

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Lisa Roerk

Masters Student - FWCB - Dr. Caitlin Well's Lab

Jessi Rouda

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Chad Rubke

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Nina Santarpia

PhD Candidate - FWCB - Dr. Paul Doherty's Lab

Wildlife Conservation & Renewable Energy

Tyler Schenck

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Michael Schulte

Online Certificate Student - Wildlife Conservation Actions

Collin Spence

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Aspen Spiker

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Ashley Steadman

CEMML - Technician I

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Rachel Stephenson

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Ike Thibedeau

MS Candidate - FWCB - Dr. Brett Johnson's Lab

Robyn Thomas

Masters Student - FWCB - Dr. Lise Aubry's Lab

I am studying population dynamics and wintering foraging ecology of Emperor Geese in Alaska.

Jordan Thompson

Ph.D. Student - GDPE/Ecology - Dr. David Koon's Lab

Maria Tiburcio Dias Belotti

PhD Student - FWCB - Dr. Kyle Horton's Lab

Emilia Topp

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Thomas Torres

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Tina Tristani

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Angela Trnka

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Jordan Trujillo

Masters Student - FWCB - Dr. Dan Preston's Lab

Freshwater Ecology

Taylor Trump

Online Certificate Student - Wildlife Conservation Actions

Jesse Turner

Graduate Assistant

Moeumu Uili

MS Student - FWCB - Dr. Liba Pejchar's Lab

Kersti Vaino

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Cassandre Venumiere-Lefebvre

Ph.D. Candidate - FWCB - Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence

Human-Wildlife Coexistence; Quantitative Ecology; Spatial Ecology; Qualitative Interviews

Kelsey Weir

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Anastasia Williams

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Anna Williams

Online Masters Student - MFWCB

Becca Windell

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.