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M.S. Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences
Maryam Akhlaghi Ghanbari
Program of Study: M.S. in Environmental Science | Research Interest: Limnology, Biogeochemistry | Advisor: Sarah Roley | Location: Tricities
Riley Baxter
Program of Study: M.S. Natural Resources Sciences | Research Interest: Limnology | Advisors: Sarah Roley | Location: Pullman
Brandon Boehnke
Program of Study: M.S. in Environmental Science | Research Interest: Transgenerational isotopic marking of Chinook Salmon otoliths | Advisor: Dr. Roley | Location: Tri-Cities
Kylie Denny
Program of Study: M.S. Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest : Quail | Advisor: Jeff Manning | Location: Pullman, Heald 407
Larra Bea Elliott
Program of Study: Master of Science in Environmental Science | Research Interest: Natural Organic Reduction | Advisor: Lynne Carpenter-Boggs | Location: Global Campus
Nathan Enos
Program of Study: M.S. in Environmental Science | Research Interest: Community engagement collaborative dynamics | Advisor: Kara Whitman | Location: Pullman
Garrett Foster
Program of Study: Master of Science in Environmental Science | Research interest: 6PPD-quinone toxicodynamics in coho salmon | Advisor: Dr. Jen McIntyre | Location: Puyallup Research & Extension Center
McKenzie Frazier
Program of Study: M.S. in Environmental Science | Research Interest: Microzooplankton grazing patterns in dam-managed waters | Advisor: Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens | Location: Vancouver
Danielle Holt
Program of Study: MS in Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest: Understory/overstory plant community dynamics | Advisor: Mark Swanson | Location: Pullman, Troy 306
Caitlin Lawrence
Program of Study: M.S. in Environmental Science | Research Interests: Aquatic toxicology & the effects of storm water and anthropogenic chemicals on aquatic ecosystems | Advisor: Jen McIntyre | Location: Puyallup
Rebekah Lumkes
Program of Study: M.S. Environmental Science | Research Interest: Mule deer habitat selection and survival | Advisor: Lisa Shipley | Location: Heald 425
Margaret Magee
Program of Study: MS in Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest: Huckleberries | Advisor: Mark Swanson | Location: Pullman
Sandra Mayne
Program of Study: M.S. Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest: The dispersion of eDNA for use in aquatic ecology and conservation | Advisor: Dr. Caren Goldberg
Jess Mitchell
Pronouns: She/her | Program of Study: M.S. in Environmental Science | Research Interest: Freshwater Ecology | Advisor: Steve Bollens | Location: Vancouver
Nathaniel Neal
Program of Study: M.S. in Environmental Science | Research Interests: Climate adaptation of freshwater mussels | Advisor: Dr. Stephen Bollens | Location: Vancouver
Mitchell Ralson
Program of Study: M.S. in Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest : Environmental DNA / Aquatic Ecology | Advisor: Dr. Caren Goldberg | Location: Heald 533
Elsa Toskey
Program of Study: M.S. Environmental Science | Research Interest: ecology of stream macroinvertebrates on the Olympic Peninsula | Advisor: Dr. Stephen Bollens | Location: VSCI; 14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue
Luke Schefke
Program of Study: MS in Environmental Science | Research Interest: Patterns of tree mortality from insect damage | Advisor: Arjan Meddens | Office: Troy 309
Sujay Singh
Program of Study: M.S. in Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest: Utilizing non-invasive techniques to study wildlife ecology | Advisor: Dan Thornton | Location: Pullman
Hailey Smith
Program of Study: M.S. in Environmental Science | Research Interest: Surface water quality policy in the Columbia River Basin | Advisor: Julie Padowski | Location: Pullman
Allie Stift
Program of Study: M.S. in Environmental Science | Research Interest: Wildlife Communities In Sagebrush-Steppe Landscapes | Advisors: Lisa Shipley & Dan Thornton | Location: Pullman
M.S. Geology
Hadeel Al Harthi
Program of Study: M.S. in Geology | Research: Geophysics & Planetary Geophysics | Advisor: Catherine Cooper | Location: Pullman
Cole McGregor
Program of Study: M.S. in Geology | Research Interest: Timing of metamorphism & recrystallization on the South Tibetan detachment system | Advisor: Sean Long | Location: Pullman
Johnny Murphy
Program of Study: M.S. Geology | Research Interests: – Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry | Advisor: Jeff Vervoort | Location: Webster 246 Pullman
Isabelle Rein
Program of Study: M.S. Geology | Research Interest: Scapolite geochemistry as a tracer for fluids and their origin within metamorphic rocks | Advisor: Johannes Hammerli | Location: Pullman
Alexus Richardson
Program of study: M.S. Geology | Research Interest: Geophysics/Planetary Geophysics | Advisor: Catherine Cooper | Location: Webster 429
Elizabeth Urban
Program of Study: M.S. in Geology | Research Interest: Crust Petrology | Advisor: Johannes Haemmerli | Location: Webster Hall, Pullman
Cameron Wallenbrock
Program of Study: M.S. In Geology | Research Interest: Isotope Geochemistry — Sr isotopes in apatite crystals | Advisor: Johannes Haemmerli | Location: Pullman, Webster 246
Ph.D. Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences
Katie Anderson
Program of Study: Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interests: diet diversity and habitat characteristics that influence nutritional status and gut microbial communities of Alaskan herbivores | Advisor : Lisa Shipley | Location: Pullman
Daniel Auerbach
Program of Study: PhD Environmental & Natural Resource Science | Research Interest : Use of drones to assess salmonid spawning. Remote sensing | Advisor: Dr. Alex Fremier | Location: Paccar Floor 4
Mark Batcheler
Program of Study: PhD Environmental Science and Natural Resources | Research Interest: Ecological impacts of Agroforestry Management Systems | Advisor: Marcia Ostrom | Location: Troy 306
Stephanie Blair
Program of Study: Ph.D. Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest: The toxic effects of urban storm water runoff on Pacific Salmon | Advisor: Jen McIntyre | Location: Puyallup Research & Extension Center
Olivia Butterman
Program of Study: Ph.D. in Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interests: Farm succession and transfer, farmland access, and agroecology | Advisor: Marcia Ostrom
Madeline Franz
Program of Study: PhD Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest: Interactions between climate, fire regimes, and plant communities | Advisor: Dr. Arjan Meddens | Location: Pullman
Vanessa Garayburu-Caruso
Program of Study: Ph.D. Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest : River corridor hydrobiogeochemistry | Advisor: Dr. Sarah Roley | Location: Tri-Cities
Madhulika Gurazada
Program of Study: Ph.D. Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest: Natural climate variability impacts on agriculture | Advisor: Dr. Deepti Singh | Location: VSCI 250, Vancouver
Miles Hopkins
Program of Study: Ph.D. in Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest: Quantitative study of mesocarnivores for conservation | Advisor: Jeff Manning | Location: Pullman, Heald 405
Edwin Jacobo
Program of Study: Ph.D. in Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest: Bird Ecology, Migration, and Stopover Ecology | Advisor: Jeff Manning | Location: Room TBD Heald Hall Pullman
Dmitri Kalashnikov
Program of Study: Ph D. Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest: Climate extremes, air pollution, wildfires | Advisor: Dr. Deepti Singh | Location: VSCI 250, Vancouver
Shawnee A. Kasanke
Program of Study: Ph.D. Natural and Environmental Sciences | Research Interest : Nutrient cycling in plant-fungi-bacteria mutualisms. | Advisor: Dr. Sarah Roley | Location: 254 East, Tri-Cities
Travis King
Program of Study: Ph.D. Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest: Apex Predators | Advisor: Dan Thornton | Location: Heald
Benjamin Leonard
Program of Study: Ph.D. in Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interests: storm water impacts on salmon and other sensitive species in the Pacific Northwest | Advisors: John Stark + Jen McIntyre
Summer Lockhart
Program of Study: Ph.D. Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interests: Carbon biogeochemistry (the Carbon Cycle) | Advisor: Kent Keller | Location: Troy 306
Chelsea Mitchell
Program of Study: Ph.D. Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interests: Green storm water infrastructure & aquatic toxicology | Advisor: Dr. Anand Jayakaran | Location: Puyallup Research & Extension Center
Meghan Parsley
Program of Study: Ph.D. Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interests: Conservation genomics of amphibians and environmental DNA | Advisor: Caren Goldberg | Location: Heald 533
Lulu Peach
Program of Study: Ph.D. in Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest : Conifer resin physiology and dendrochronology | Advisor: Henry Adams | Location: Troy 306
Aaron Pelly
Program of Study: Ph.D. in Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest: Aquatic plant effects on river metabolism | Advisor: Sarah Roley | Location: Tri-Cities
Dylan Quinn
Program of Study: Ph.D. in Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest: Wildfire & prescribed fire effects on soil hydraulics and post-fire hydrological modeling | Advisor: Kevan Moffett | Location: Vancouver
Lucy Perera-Romero
Program of Study: Ph.D. Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest: Large mammal ecology and conservation in neotropical forests | Advisor: Dan Thornton | Location: Heald
Alexander Reyes
Program of Study: Ph.D. in Environmental and Natural Resources Sciences | Research Interest: Limnology and Water Quality, Food web ecology and Ecotoxicology, and water pollution | Advisor: Barry C. Moore | Location: 184 Johnson Hall, WSU at Pullman
Luke Reyes
Program of Study: PhD Environmental and Natural Resource Science | Research Interest: Carbon and water cycle impacts of future climate change | Advisor: Dr. Marc Kramer | Location: VSCI 14, Vancouver
Hasan Roshan
Program of Study: Ph.D. Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest: Conceptual issues on Food-Energy-Water (FEW) nexus, information-theoretic analysis of dynamics of environmental systems, and environmental policy and decision making | Advisor: Stephen Katz | Office location: PACCAR
Katie Swensen
Program of Study: Ph.D. in Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest: Hydrologic recovery of reburned, moist mixed-conifer forests | Advisor: Dr. Kevan Moffett | Location: Vancouver, WA
R. Alex Thompson
Program of Study: Ph.D in Environmental and Natural Resource Science | Research Interest: when, where and how drought kills trees, how trees resist and recover from drought, and the ecological consequences of this phenomena for global forests | Advisor: Henry Adams
Lea Wilson
Program of Study: Ph.D. in Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences | Research Interest: Ecohydrology of the urban forest; climate change impacts on the urban forest; social-ecological resiliency in the urban forest | Advisor: Kevan Moffet | Location: Vancouver
Ph.D. Geology
Nolan Blackford
Program of Study: Ph.D. Geology | Research Interest: Structural geology and tectonics | Advisor: Sean Long | Location: Webster 454
Manuela Botero
Program of Study: PhD Geology | Research Interest : Geochronology and Isotope geochemistry | Advisor: Jeffrey Vervoort | Location: Webster 254
Tsai-Wei Chen
Program of Study: Ph.D. Geology | Research interest: Geochronology, radiogenic isotopes and early Earth processes | Advisor: Jeff Vervoort | Location: Webster 423
Rachelle Hart
Program of Study: Ph.D. Geology | Research Interest: Late-stage Columbia River Flood Basalts | Advisor: John Wolff | Location: Webster 254
Adelie Ionescu
Program of Study: Ph.D. in Geology | Research Interests: tectonics, thermochronology, structural geology
Andrea Richardson
Program of Study: Ph.D. in Geology | Research Interests: tectonics, structural geology, igneous petrology | Advisor: Sean Long
Ross Salerno
Program of Study: PhD Geology | Research: Radiogenic isotope geochemistry and the early Earth | Advisor : Jeff Vervoort | Location: 1043 Webster Hall Pullman
Evan Soderberg
Program of Study: PhD Geology | Research Interest: Volcanology, Petrology, Geochemistry | Advisor: John Wolff | Location: Webster 454, Pullman Campus
Jarred Zimmerman
Program of Study: Ph.D. Geology | Research Interest: Isotope geochemistry, trace element geochemistry, economic geology | Advisor: Peter Larson | Location: Webster 429