2023 Fellowship Award Recipients

2023 Fellowship Award Recipients

The list of 2023 Fellowship Award recipients is now available. To learn more about the students and their projects, please view the following press release which highlights their work in greater detail: 2023 CMCF Fellowship & Grant Awards

Douglas Castro – PhD student, University of Colorado, Boulder
Microplastics in Mountain Ecosystems of the Colorado Front Range
Amount awarded: $2,000 (Ossinger Fellowship)


Annapurna Post-Leon – PhD student, University of Utah
Wildfire affects forest physiological responses to drought in montane southwestern Colorado
Amount awarded: $2,000 (Gerstle Fellowship)


Zachary Schwartz –  PhD student, University of Colorado, Boulder
Examining the Effects of Rising Air Temperature on N Cycling and TraceGas Emissions in the Alpine
Amount awarded: $2,000 (Kindig Fellowship)


Casey Carroll – PhD student, University of Colorado, Boulder
Assessing the effects of increased nest temperature on cavity dwelling bee fitness and phenology across an elevation gradient.
Amount awarded: $1,000


Laurent Duverglas – PhD student, University of South Carolina
Has regulatory enemy release resulted in the persistence of an introduced butterfly population?
Amount awarded: $1,000


Melissa Ocampo – MS student, Murray State University
Does Climate Change Promote Cannibalism?
Amount awarded: $1,000


Megan Zerger – MS student, Murray State University
Assessing the interaction of stress physiology and Bd infection in Arizona tiger salamanders (Ambystoma mavortium nebulosum)
Amount awarded: $1,000