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