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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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