Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2015-2016

Ph.D. Student, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability

Research Summary: My research focuses on the interactions and feedbacks between ecological and social systems, specifically how people respond and adapt to environmental changes and how their responses impact or change ecosystems.  I am currently investigating water management in the South Platte River Basin of Colorado and how water providers have adapted to droughts in the past.  I hope it will lead to a better understanding of barriers and opportunities to adapt to future change and reduce vulnerabilities and help determine feasible options for adapting existing management strategies to adjust to varying water availability.