Graduate Students

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

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

Advisor: Allyson Beall King
Kinsey AyersEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Ph.D.Advisor: Julie Padowski
David (Ted) BallengerEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Ph.D.Advisor: John Harrison
Johan Bedoya Figueroa
(He/Him)
Geology, M.S.Advisor: Johannes Hämmerli & Jeff Vervoort
Claire Boudard
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, M.S.Aquatic invasion ecology; freshwater ecosystems; human and ecosystem health

Advisor: Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens & Stephen Bollens
John BusterEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Ph.D.Advisor: Sarah Roley
Olivia ButtermanEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Ph.D.Advisor: Marcy Ostrom
Olivia De Stefano
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Ph.D.Water governance and policy; Dam removal politics; Collaborative natural resource management; Environmental policy

Advisor: Hannah Hämmerli
Larra (Bea) ElliottEnvironmental Science, M.S.Advisor: Lynn Carpenter-Boggs
Jacie Fabela
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, M.S.Aquatic Ecology; Freshwater Plankton; Aquatic food web dynamics

Advisor: Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens & Stephen Bollens
Meidina FitrianaEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, M.S.Wildlife Ecology

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

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

Advisor: Kevan Moffet & Deepti Singh
Chengke HanEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Ph.D.Forest Ecology & Management Chemical Ecology Tree Physiology

Advisor: Henry Adams
Leonard HauleEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Ph.D.Large 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, Ph.D.Advisor: John Wolff
Nathan Hooven
(He/Him)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Ph.D.Wildlife habitat relationships; movement ecology; Spatial modeling; Forest ecology and management

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

Advisor: Jeff Manning
Kara HunterEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, M.S.Advisor: Marc Kramer
Kelechi Ibeh
(He/Him)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Ph.D.Forest Ecology and Management; Environmental modeling; Ecosystem Services; Climate-Smart Forestry

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

Advisor: Jeff Manning
Nathan IvyEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Ph.D.Salmonid Ecotoxicology and Ecology

Advisor: Jen McIntyre
Edwin JacoboEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Ph.D.Migration Ecology; Environmental Change; Avian Ecology

Advisor: Jeff Manning
Tannith Johnson
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, M.S.Natural Resource Sociology

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

Advisor: Austin Himes
Travis King
(He/Him )
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Ph.D.Wildlife Ecology; Spatial Ecology; Conservation

Advisor: Dan Thornton
Yesenia (Neo) KoiteEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, M.S.Community engagement; Behavioral ecology; Herpetology; Wildlife management

Advisor: Caren Goldberg
Claire Kurlychek
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, M.S.Movement ecology and Habitat selection

Advisor: Lisa Shipley
Amanda Laverty
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Ph.D.Climate Extremes; Water Resources

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

Advisor: Kent Keller
Anastasia McconachieEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Ph.D.Salmonid Ecotoxicoloy and Immunology

Advisor: Jen McIntyre
Cole McgregorGeology, M.S.Advisor: Jeff Vervoort
Paloma Mireles
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, M.S.Reservoirs; Carbon Emissions; Soil Properties

Advisor: John Harrison
Mehdi Moghadam ManeshEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Ph.D.Advisor: Allyson Beall King
Tally NesvoldEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, M.S.Advisor: Jen McIntyre
Victoria Ng-Zilar
(She/Her)
Geology, Ph.D.Earth science; Geoscience education; Cognition and categorical thinking

Advisor: Michael Pelch
Jasmine OrtizEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, M.S.Advisor: Kara Whitman
Marissa OrtizEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, M.S.Environmental science; natural resource science; and ecology

Advisor: Sarah Roley
Hermosa OteroEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, M.S.Her 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, Ph.D.River ecosystem ecology; River biogeochemistry; Aquatic plant effects on river metabolism

Advisor: Sarah Roley
Mollie PopeGeology, Ph.D.Advisor: Johannes Hämmerli
Natalie Potter (She/Her)Geology, M.S.Thermochronology; Method development; Passive margin sediments

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

Advisor: Anand Jayakaran
Dylan QuinnEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Ph.D.Advisor: Kevan Moffet
Andrea Richardson
(She/Her)
Geology, Ph.D.Earth Science; Tectonics; Structural Geology; Geo- and Thermo-chronology

Advisor: Sean Long
Aurora RosenbergerGeology, Ph.D.Structural Geology; Metamorphic Petrology

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

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

Advisor: Scott Jess
Aurora Schermbeck
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, M.S.Animal Behavior; Sensory Ecology; Wildlife Management

Advisor: Jennifer Phillips
Shane ScogginGeology, Ph.D.Isotope geology; geochronology

Advisor: Johannes Hämmerli
Hailey Smith
(She/Her)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Ph.D.Impacts 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, Ph.D.Agroecology; Natural Resource Sociology; Organic Agriculture; Beginning Farmer Education

Advisor: Marcy Ostrom
Ruben SolorzaEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, M.S.Forest Ecology & Management; Social Ecology; Phenology; Silviculture

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

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

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

Advisor: Jennifer Phillips
Bode TrappettGeology, M.S.Thermochronology; Field Methods; GIS; Tectonics

Advisor: Scott Jess
Trenton Voytko
(He/Him)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, M.S.Avian Spatial Ecology; Avian Sensory Ecology; Avian Breeding Ecology

Advisor: Jennifer Phillips
Lea WilsonEnvironmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Ph.D.Advisor: Kevan Moffet
Harrison Wojtas
(He/Him)
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, M.S.Aquatic Ecology; Harmful Algal Blooms; Plankton Dynamics; Natural Resource Sciences

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

Advisor: Charles Robbins