2021 Fellowship Award Recipients

2021 Fellowship Award Recipients

  • Blyssalyn Bieber – MS student, University of Denver
    How does fire severity affect native bee communities in the Rocky Mountains?
    Amount awarded: $2,000 (Ossinger Fellowship)
  • Erin Carroll – PhD student, University of California, Berkeley
    The mechanism and historical impact of polyploidy on drought response in quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
    Amount awarded: $2,000 (Gerstle Fellowship)
  • Elsa Godtfredsen – PhD student, Northwestern University and Chicago Botanic Gardens
    Early snowmelt, changing phenology, and increased drought exposure: consequences for plant survival and reproduction of four subalpine plant species
    Amount awarded: $2,000 (Kindig Fellowship)
  • Kathleen Arrowsmith – PhD student, University of Washington
    Effects of climate on plant-pollinator interaction patterns
    Amount awarded: $1,000
  • Mairead Brogan – Undergraduate student, University of Colorado, Boulder
    The impact of Didymosphenia geminata on the community structure of invertebrates in western Colorado streams
    Amount awarded: $1,000
  • Erika Sarro – PhD student, University of California, Riverside
    Bumble bee queen foraging behavior and nesting success in response to resource availability
    Amount awarded: $1,000
  • Olivia Santiago– MS student, Colorado State University
    Is climate warming the culprit for western spruce budworm outbreaks in the northern Colorado Rocky Mountains?
    Amount awarded: $500
  • Avery Tucker – PhD student, University of Memphis
    Beyond the pale: expanding research methods for snow microbiology studies
    Amount awarded: $1,000
  • Eli Wildey – MS student, Colorado State University, Pueblo
    Does human disturbance redefine winners and losers in the wildlife community along a trail network in Salida, Colorado?
    Amount awarded: $1,000
  • Megan Zerger– Undergraduate student, Murray State University
    Influence of cannibalism on Arizona tiger salamander (Ambystoma mavortium nebulosum) stress physiology
    Amount awarded: $500