Graduate Students

Full NameProgram DescriptionInterest Area(s) / Advisor
Tanvir AhmedEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDAdvisor: Kara Whitman
Okikiola (Michael) Alegbeleye
(He/Him )
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDForest Ecology; Remote Sensing; Spatial Ecology; Deep Learning; Land Use and Land Cover; Conservation

Advisor: Arjan Meddens
Nikesa Aubertin
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, MSEnvironmental and natural resources sciences

Advisor: Allyson Beall King
David (Ted) BallengerEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDAdvisor: John Harrison
Johan Bedoya Figueroa
(He/Him)
Geology, MSAdvisor: Johannes Hämmerli & Jeff Vervoort
Claire Boudard
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, MSAquatic invasion ecology; freshwater ecosystems; human and ecosystem health

Advisor: Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens & Stephen Bollens
John BusterEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDAdvisor: Sarah Roley
Olivia ButtermanEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDAdvisor: Marcy Ostrom
Emma BraddockGeology, MSAdvisor: Scott Jess
Olivia De Stefano
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDWater governance and policy; Dam removal politics; Collaborative natural resource management; Environmental policy

Advisor: Hannah Hämmerli
Hannah Duncan
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, MSWildlife Resource Use; Vegetation Ecology; Geographic Information Systems

Advisor: Lisa Shipley
Larra (Bea) ElliottEnvironmental Science, MSAdvisor: Lynn Carpenter-Boggs
Meidina FitrianaEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, MSWildlife Ecology

Advisor: Dan Thornton
Seth FlandersEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDAdvisor: Alex Fremier
Madeline FranzEnvironment & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDAdvisor: Arjan Meddens
Vanessa Garayburu CarusoEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDAdvisor: Sarah Roley
Koral Griffith
(She/They)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, MSStormwater mitigation; salmonid conservation; environmental equity and justice; and ecological restoration

Advisor: Jen McIntyre
Samuel Hall Watson
(He/Him)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, MSFire ecology in the PNW

Advisor: Kevan Moffet & Deepti Singh
Chengke HanEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDForest Ecology & Management Chemical Ecology Tree Physiology

Advisor: Henry Adams
Leonard HauleEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDLarge Carnivore Spatial Ecology ; Biodiversity Monitoring Technologies (Telemetry, Camera Trapping, Remote Sensing); Species Distribution and Statistical Modeling; Machine Learning Applications in Ecology; Molecular Techniques in Wildlife Conservation

Advisor: Dan Thornton
Rachelle HartGeology, PhDAdvisor: John Wolff
Nathan Hooven
(He/Him)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDWildlife habitat relationships; movement ecology; Spatial modeling; Forest ecology and management

Advisor: Dan Thornton
Taylor (Miles) Hopkins
(He/Him)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDImpacts of climate change on North American mesocarnivores

Advisor: Dan Thornton
Kara HunterEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, MSAdvisor: Marc Kramer
Kelechi Ibeh
(He/Him)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDForest Ecology and Management; Environmental modeling; Ecosystem Services; Climate-Smart Forestry

Advisor: Austin Himes
Georgia Isted
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDWildlife biology; Avian conservation; Movement ecology

Advisor: Jennifer Phillips
Nathan IvyEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDSalmonid Ecotoxicology and Ecology

Advisor: Jen McIntyre
Tannith Johnson
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, MSNatural Resource Sociology

Advisor: Landon Charlo
Samuel Kaiser
(He/Him)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDNature Value Frames; Forest Stewardship; Sustainability Organizations; Environmental Education

Advisor: Austin Himes
Amanda Laverty
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDClimate Extremes; Water Resources

Advisor: Deepti Singh
Benjamin LeonardEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDAdvisor: Jen Mcintyre
Summer Lockhart
(She/Her )
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDCarbon Cycling in Agroecosystems; Biogeochemistry; Hydrogeology; Climate Science; Sustainable Agriculture; Soil Ecology; Soil Microbiology; Carbon Sequestration

Advisor: Kent Keller
Anastasia McconachieEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDSalmonid Ecotoxicoloy and Immunology

Advisor: Jen McIntyre
Tingyan (Stella) Miao
(She/Her)
Geology, MSGeodynamics; Plate tectonics/mantle convection; Early earth processes; Planetary evolution

Advisor: Catherine (Katie) Cooper
Paloma Mireles
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, MSReservoirs; Carbon Emissions; Soil Properties

Advisor: John Harrison
Mehdi Moghadam ManeshEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDAdvisor:
Tally NesvoldEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, MSAdvisor: Jen McIntyre
Victoria Ng-Zilar
(She/Her)
Geology, PhDEarth science; Geoscience education; Cognition and categorical thinking

Advisor: Michael Pelch
Elizabeth OdellEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, MSSpatial Ecology; Habitat Selection; Movement Ecology for Canada lynx

Advisor: Dan Thornton
Jasmine OrtizEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, MSAdvisor: Kara Whitman
Marissa OrtizEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, MSEnvironmental science; natural resource science; and ecology

Advisor: Sarah Roley
Hermosa OteroEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, MSHer research studies the cultural relationship and hydrological changes with the Hangman Creek. Her area of focus is the upper Hangman Creek subbasin located within the Coeur d'Alene's reservation boundary. Her research interests include watershed management, cultural significant plants, tribal first foods, and tribal environmental policy .

Advisor: Landon Charlo
Aaron Pelly
(He/Him)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDRiver ecosystem ecology; River biogeochemistry; Aquatic plant effects on river metabolism

Advisor: Sarah Roley
Mollie PopeGeology, PhDAdvisor: Johannes Hämmerli
Natalie Potter (She/Her)Geology, MSThermochronology; Method development; Passive margin sediments

Advisor: Scott Jess
Nandini PremkumarEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDPlant metabolism; Plant physiology; Molecular biology

Advisor: Anand Jayakaran
Dylan QuinnEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDAdvisor: Kevan Moffet
Aurora RosenbergerGeology, PhDStructural Geology; Metamorphic Petrology

Advisor: Sean Long
Yetunde (Diamond) Rotimi
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDEcosystem Conservation; Conservation planning; Human and Nature prioritization; Remote sensing

Advisor: Alex Fremier
Rajib Saha
(He/Him)
Geology, PhDEarth Surface Processes (How extensional tectonics across the North American Cordillera has shaped the modern landscape and sedimentary systems)

Advisor: Scott Jess
Shane ScogginGeology, PhDIsotope geology; geochronology

Advisor: Johannes Hämmerli
Hailey Smith
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDImpacts of climate change on river systems; River system resilience; stream temperature modeling; Riparian vegetation and shade

Advisor: Julie Padowski
Kate Smith
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDAgroecology; Natural Resource Sociology; Organic Agriculture; Beginning Farmer Education

Advisor: Marcy Ostrom
Ruben SolorzaEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, MSForest Ecology & Management; Social Ecology; Phenology; Silviculture

Advisor: Austin Himes
Allison (Allie) Stift
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDWildlife ecology; Habitat characterization; Lagomorphs

Advisor: Lisa Shipley
Savannah SwansonEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, MSForest Health; Forest Ecology & Management; Tree Ecophysiology

Advisor: Henry Adams
Katie SwensenEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDAdvisor: Kevan Moffet
Marlen Terrazas
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDBehavioral Ecology; Sensory Pollution; Conservation; Ornithology

Advisor: Jennifer Phillips
Trenton Voytko
(He/Him)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, MSAvian Spatial Ecology; Avian Sensory Ecology; Avian Breeding Ecology

Advisor: Jennifer Phillips
Lea WilsonEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDAdvisor: Kevan Moffet
Dean Wink
(He/Him)
Geology, MSVolcanology; geochemistry; mantle movement

Advisor: Erin Benson
Andrew (Drew) Wolf
(He/Him)
Geology, MSIgneous Petrology; Geochemistry; Economic Geology

Advisor: Erin Benson
Harrison Wojtas
(He/Him)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, MSAquatic Ecology; Harmful Algal Blooms; Plankton Dynamics; Natural Resource Sciences

Advisor: Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens & Stephen Bollens
Fanqi Wu
(He/Him)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, PhDWildlife Science; Wildlife Conservation; Wildlife Biology; Human Dimensions of Wildlife; Wildlife Ecology

Advisor: Charles Robbins