2019 Fellowship Award Recipients
Courtney Ray – PhD student, Arizona State University
Demographic response to dispersal and species interactions in Rocky Mountain alpine
Faculty Sponsor: Benjamin Blonder
Amount awarded: $2,000 (Gerstle Fellowship)
Isabel Schroeter – PhD Student, University of Colorado, Boulder
The role of plant physiological threshholds and resource use strategies in riparian ecosystem recovery in Rocky Mountain National Park
Faculty Sponsor: Katharine N. Suding
Amount awarded: $2,000 (Ossinger Fellowship)
Lydia Wong – MS student, University of Ottawa
Impacts of drought on the reproductive success of solitary bees in a subalpine habitat
Faculty Sponsor: Jessica Forrest
Amount awarded: $2,000 (Kindig Fellowship)
Jared Balik – PhD. student, North Carolina State University
Climatic influences on the seasonal progression of nutrient uptake kinetics and primary productivity in snowmelt-driven headwater montane streams
Faculty Sponsor: Brad Taylor
Amount awarded: $2,000 (14er Fund)
Alexandra Alexiev – PhD student, University of Colorado, Boulder
Can symbiotic fungi from boreal toads inhibit the amphihbian chytrid fungal pathogen?
Faculty Sponsor: Valerie McKenzie
Amount awarded: $1000
Paul Buckner – MS student, Colorado State University
Persistent places and the archaeology of high elevation landscapes in the Medicine Bow Mountains, Colorado
Faculty Sponsor: Jason LaBelle
Amount awarded: $500
Amal N. Acosta Carvajal – PhD student, University of California, Irvine
Climate change effects on plant-herbivore-parasitoid interactions
Faculty Sponsor: Kailen Mooney
Amount awarded: $1,000
Alexia Cooper – MS student, Western Colorado University
Climate mitigation through soil carbon sequestration: increasing soil resilience and plant productivity on rangelands through compost application
Faculty Sponsor: Jennie DeMarco
Amount awarded: $750
Alexander Goke – MS student, University of Denver
Assessing anatomical and morphological drought tolerance characteristics of southern Rocky Mountain forest trees
Faculty Sponsor: Patrick H. Martin
Amount awarded: $1,000
Amelia Litz – PhD student, Northwestern University, Chicago
Nest site characteristics and timing of emergence in solitary ground-nesting bees
Faculty Sponsor: Amy Iler
Amount awarded: $500
Anna Clare Monlezun – PhD student, Colorado State University
Conserving Colorado’s foothills grasslands: a holistic investigation of grazing partnerships on public lands
Faculty Sponsor: Stacy Lynn
Amount awarded: $500
Bryce Pulver – MS student, Colorado State University
Trace metal export to streams after wildfire
Faculty Sponsor: Stephanie K. Kampf
Amount awarded: $750
Robert Walker – MS student, University of Northern Colorado
Comparing defense mechanisms of Douglas fir and lodgepole pine following bark beetle attack and blue-stain fungi infection
Faculty Sponsor: Scott B. Franklin
Amount awarded: $1,00