Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2014-2015 Ph.D. Student, Department of Anthropology Research Summary: The most important land and water issues facing Colorado—including water management, biodiversity protection, land use change, and climate adaptation—increasingly demand collaboration across boundaries. Colorado has experienced a groundswell of

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2014-2015 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Summary: Tim received his B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 2011. He is currently a graduate research

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2014-2015 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Research Summary: Ashley is a Certified Associate Wildlife Biologist who is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology. Her main

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2014-2015 Ph.D Candidate, Department of Biology Research Summary: Brian is an evolutionary ecologist interested in understanding species vulnerability to rapid global climate change. He has specific expertise in the systematics of mountain stream insects and enjoy working

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2014-2015 Ph.D. Student, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Research Summary: The U.S. is rapidly developing domestic energy, but at what cost? Colorado’s Piceance Basin provides critical habitat for the largest migratory mule deer herd in

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2014-2015 Ph.D. Student, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biological Science Research Summary: Anna is a MPH/DVM student in the CSU College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences finishing her last year of veterinary school. The scope of

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2014-2015 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Atmospheric Science Research Summary: Andrea’s current research involves measuring air emissions from new oil and gas wells being drilled in Garfield County, Colorado. Specifically, it involves taking out vehicles equipped with some

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2014-2015 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Economics Research Summary: Jonathan is an economist interested in international environmental issues. His research focuses on how much influence other countries’ choices of pollution limits and labor laws have on our own

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2014-2015 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability Research Summary: Eleanor uses ecosystem models to simulate how soils are affected by growing crops for fuel (e.g. sugarcane for ethanol). We live in a world largely dependent

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2014-2015 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences Research Summary: Climate change and drought in particular decreases crops and wheat production worldwide. This leads to crop loss every year for millions of farmers around the world,