SoGES programs encourage creative approaches to the grand challenges of global sustainability through broad-based research, curriculum, and engagement initiatives. The School is pleased to acknowledge those at CSU who contribute their knowledge to sustainability science and solutions.

The following outlines the faculty and students from each college that received funding support, training, and educational opportunities through SoGES for FY 2019-2020, as well as those that have been awarded for the upcoming 2020-2021 year.

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

FY 2019-2020

  • Amy Charkowski, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • Hannah Berry, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Cristiana Argueso
  • Courtland Kelly, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Steven Fonte
  • Jocelyn Lavallee, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, mentor: Francesca Cotrufo
  • Kelvin Mulungu, Ph.D. Student, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Dale Manning
  • Neeta Soni, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Todd Gaines
  • Kelly Curl, Department of Landscape Architecture, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • Jesse Burkhardt, Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • Dawn Thilmany, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • Bethany Avera, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Francesca Cotrufo
  • Theresa Barosh, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Paul Ode
  • Ryan Paul, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Paul Ode

FY 2020-2021

  • Janak Joshi, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, mentor: Adam Heuberger
  • Shelby McClelland, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Meagan Schipanski
  • Laura van der Pol, Ph.D. Student, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Francesca Cotrufo

Seven undergraduate students in the College of Agricultural Sciences graduated with an interdisciplinary minor in Global Environmental Sustainability this year and 19 undergraduate students from the college are currently enrolled in the minor.

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS FY 2020-2021

  • Lumina Albert, Department of Management, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • John Macdonald, Department of Management, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • Zac Rogers, Department of Management, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant

Five undergraduate students in the College of Business graduated with an interdisciplinary minor in Global Environmental Sustainability this year and 22 undergraduate students from the college are currently enrolled in the minor.

WALTER SCOTT, JR. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

FY 2019-2020

  • Paul DeMott, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • Tom Hill, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • John Volckens, Department of Mechanical Engineering, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • Kelsey Bilsback, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Atmospheric Science, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, mentor: Jeffrey Pierce
  • Cibi Vishnu Chinnasamy, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Mazdak Arabi
  • Wayne Chuang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, mentor: Jeffrey Pierce & Shantanu Jathar
  • Jakob Lindaas, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Atmospheric Science, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Emily Fischer
  • Hailey Summers, Ph.D. Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Jason Quinn

FY 2020-2021

  • Hussam Mahmoud, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • Steven Simske, Department of Systems Engineering, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • Ali Akherati, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Atmospheric Science, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Shantanu Jathar
  • Michael Cheeseman, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Atmospheric Science, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Jeffrey Pierce
  • Zachary Labe, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Atmospheric Science, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, mentor: Elizabeth Barnes
  • Zane Martin, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Atmospheric Science, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, mentor: Eric Maloney

Ten undergraduate student in the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering graduated with an interdisciplinary minor in Global Environmental Sustainability this year and 22 undergraduate students from the college are currently enrolled in the minor.

COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES

FY 2020-2021

  • Erin Arneson, Department of Construction Management, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • Sonali Diddi, Department of Design and Merchandising, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Department of Construction Management, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant

Ten undergraduate students in the College of Health and Human Sciences graduated with an interdisciplinary minor in Global Environmental Sustainability this year and 36 undergraduate students from the college are currently enrolled in the minor.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

FY 2019-2020

  • Jason Frazier, Department of Art & Art History, awarded a Resident Fellowship
  • Ryan Scott, Department of Political Science, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • Laura Raynolds, Department of Sociology, awarded a Resident Fellowship
  • Joshua Sbicca, Department of Sociology, awarded a Resident Fellowship
  • Hyeyoon Park, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Science, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Michele Betsill

FY 2020-2021

  • Anders Fremstad, Department of Economics, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • Elizabeth Parks, Department of Communication Studies, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • Johnny Plastini, Department of Art & Art History, awarded a Resident Fellowship
  • James Hale, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, mentor: Michael Carolan

Twenty-four undergraduate students in the College of Liberal Arts graduated with an interdisciplinary minor in Global Environmental Sustainability this year and 74 undergraduate students from the college are currently enrolled in the minor.

COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES

FY 2019-2020

  • Delphine Farmer, Department of Chemistry, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • Jessica Witt, Department of Psychology, awarded a Resident Fellowship
  • Tyler Ozvat, Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemistry, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Joe Zadrozny
  • Emily Stuchiner, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biology, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Joseph von Fischer

FY 2020-2021

  • Erin Boedicker, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Chemistry, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Delphine Farmer
  • Rebecca Cheek, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biology, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Chris Funk
  • Carrie Chennault, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Statistics, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, mentor: Melissa McHale
  • Lauren Hoskovec, Ph.D. Student, Department of Statistics, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Ander Wilson
  • Cassidy Jackson, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Chemistry, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Joe Zadrozny
  • Pascal Jundt, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Physics, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Jim Sites
  • Danielle Lin Hunter, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biology, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Meena Balgopal
  • Alexander Mauro, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biology, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Cameron Ghalambor
  • Clara Tibbetts, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Chemistry, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Amber Krummel

Five undergraduate students in the College of Natural Sciences graduated with an interdisciplinary minor in Global Environmental Sustainability this year and 28 undergraduate students from the college are currently enrolled in the minor.

COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE

FY 2019-2020

  • Sheryl Magzamen, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • Angela Bosco-Lauth, Department of Biomedical Sciences, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • Justin Lee, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • Steve Reynolds, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • Molly Butler, Ph.D. Candidate. Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Joel Rovnak
  • Kristopher Parker, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, mentor: Elizabeth Ryan

FY 2020-2021

  • Lyndsey Gray, Ph.D. Candidate. Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Brian Foy

Four undergraduate student from the college of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences graduated with an interdisciplinary minor in Global Environmental Sustainability and seven undergraduate students from the college are currently enrolled in the minor.

WARNER COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES

FY 2019-2020

  • Jasmine Bruno, Ph.D. Student, Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Maria Fernandez-Gimenez
  • Jemma Fadum, Ph.D. Student, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Ed Hall
  • Rina Hauptfeld, Ph.D. Student, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Greg Newman
  • Jenna Parker, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: George Wittemyer
  • Chris Vennum, Ph.D. Student, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: David Koons

FY 2020-2021

  • Rich Conant, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, PI on a Global Challenges Research Team grant
  • Ed Hall, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Awarded a Resident Fellowship
  • Kristin Davis, Ph.D. Student, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: Liba Pejchar
  • Nathan Hahn, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, selected as a Sustainability Leadership Fellow, advisor: George Wittemyer

Twenty-two undergraduate students in the Warner College of Natural Resources graduated with an interdisciplinary minor in Global Environmental Sustainability this year and 60 undergraduate students from the college are currently enrolled in the minor.