SLF Cohort Year: 2014-2015

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Kevin Wilcox

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2014-2015 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biology Research Summary: Kevin is a Ph.D. candidate who focuses on climate change effects on grasslands. Although predictions consistently point towards a world with altered total rainfall amounts which will come in

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Tungalag Ulambayar

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2014-2015 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship Research Summary: Tungaa’s research contributes to addressing rangeland degradation and poverty of herders in Mongolia. Herders are carriers of nomadic culture, the identity and the source of pride

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Jennifer Tobin-Gurley

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2014-2015 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology Research Summary: Jennifer is the Director of Research and Engagement for the Center for Disaster and Risk Analysis and a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at Colorado State University

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Jason Sircely

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2014-2015 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability Research Summary: Raised in a rural area outside of Philadelphia by a reporter and a photographer, Jason was fortunate to be exposed to the larger world from an

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Joel Sholtes

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2014-2015 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Summary: Rivers are formative in both how they shape the landscape and interact with human and ecological communities that live in or near them. Understanding what drivers

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Megan Ruxton

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2014-2015 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Science Research Summary: When trust between the public and government is damaged, the ability to address pressing, complex issues becomes difficult – even contentious. Megan’s research addresses this problem in the

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Joseph Northrup

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2014-2015 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Research Summary: Advancements in drilling technology have allowed for economically feasible extraction of oil and natural gas across North America. This shift to domestic energy production has

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Grace Lloyd Miner

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2014-2015 Ph.D. Student, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences Research Summary: Grace is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, as well as a National Science Foundation IGERT fellow in the Integrated Water,

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David Martin

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2014-2015 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biology Research Summary: Currently, Dave is conducting research as part of an integrative graduate education and research traineeship. Specifically, he is studying the interdisciplinary effects of human alterations to freshwater flow regimes

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Hannakaisa Lindqvist

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2014-2015 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Atmospheric Science Research Summary: Hannakaisa studies atmospheric carbon dioxide through satellite remote sensing. She compares satellite retrievals of this greenhouse gas to ground-based observations and carbon cycle models, and strives to understand

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