Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2012-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Atmospheric Science Research Summary: The transfer of dust from arid and semiarid lands to snow-covered landscapes takes place around the world. The increasing area of arid lands and the utilization of these

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2012-2013 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Bioagricultural Science & Pest Management Research Summary: Paul Tanger is working to improve plants for bioenergy use.  He recently completed his Ph.D. at CSU, where his research examined the diversity of bioenergy traits

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2012-2013 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Geosciences Research Summary: The outcomes of my research will help decision – makers in the Colorado River Basin determine locations where synergy exists between the agricultural sector and other sectors in coordinating

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2012-2013 Ph.D Candidate, Department of Biology Research Summary: Most species are rare, and all species occupy a limited space, yet we do not fully understand why species differ in their geographic distributions. Understanding the factors that govern

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2012-2013 Ph.D. Student, Department of Atmospheric Science Research Summary: I study tiny particles suspended in the atmosphere; they can react with pollutants and form more particles, which can be hazardous to animals and plants, travel great distances,

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2012-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology Research Summary: Lindsay Reynolds is a riparian ecologist whose research centers on plants, ecohydrology, climate change and invasions. She received her B.A. in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology from Dartmouth College in

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2012-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Global Environmental Sustainability Research Summary: Dr. Kelly S Ramirez is a soil microbial ecologist and is interested in characterizing the diversity and biogeographical patterns of soil microbes across the globe-including-Bacteria, Archaea, fungi

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2012-2013 Ph.D. Student, Department of Journalism & Media Communication Research Summary: I want to research the climate change communication process so that scientists can better inform journalists, journalists can better inform the public (including policy makers), and

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2012-2013 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability Research Summary: We are likely witnessing the 6th mass extinction in earth’s history. Many extinctions are the result of humans coming into direct or indirect conflict with wildlife.