Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2021-2022 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology Research Summary: As temperatures warm, species are expected to migrate to cooler areas to remain within their suitable climate zone.

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2021-2022 Ph.D. Student, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability Research Summary: To learn more about the [often] paradoxical objectives of food production and natural resource conservation, I am studying collaborative grazing management on Colorado government-owned rangelands.

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2021-2022 Ph.D. Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Summary: A large amount of water diverted into earthen irrigation canals is lost to seepage. These losses may be overcome by lining the canal with permanent

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2021-2022 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Research Summary: Philanthropic foundations are influential actors in ocean conservation as funders of various projects, networks and policies around the world and have the potential to

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2021-2022 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Construction Management and Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Summary: My research pertains to optimizing the sustainability and resilience of transportation projects. Through this research, I plan to answer the question –

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2021-2022 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology Research Summary: Polar bears in the Southern Beaufort Sea historically spent all year on ice, hunting over the continental

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2021-2022 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Biology Research Summary: The rapid rise in global population has put immense pressure to achieve sustainable crop productivity. By 2050, crop production needs to be double to fulfill food-supply demand.

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2021-2022 Ph.D. Student, Department of Biology and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology Research Summary: Predicting the effects of climate change on biodiversity has become one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. Many species

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2021-2022 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Biology Research Summary: My research focuses on using genetic information and tools to better understand conifer foliage pathogens that are increasingly emerging due to more frequent warm rain events. These

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2021-2022 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Research Summary: Colorado peaches receive the highest price per lb in the country due to their high quality production. However, as demand grows, available orchard land is