Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2023-2024 Postdoctoral Fellow, Colorado Natural Heritage Program Research Summary: My research focuses on understanding the dynamics of prairie dog population cycles in the context of plague, livestock grazing, and carnivore biodiversity within grassland ecosystems in the western

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2023-2024 Ph.D. Student, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Research Summary: Conservation of native fish is a critical issue facing many regions around the world from increasing water scarcity and the impacts of invasive species. My

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2023-2024 Ph.D. Student, Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship Research Summary: I use data to understand how plants respond to changes in their environment, which generally follows two themes: Biological and Social. I am interested in how

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2023-2024 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Geosciences Research Summary: I evaluate methods for mapping snow water resources from radar satellites. Snow provides water for >1.3 billion people, but its sustainable management is challenged by increasing demands and climate

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2023-2024 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Atmospheric Science Research Summary: I research how climate change is impacting hurricanes, with a focus on their rainfall. I utilize both climate models and observations from satellites to explore how much more

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2023-2024 Ph.D. Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering Research Summary: As climate change and growing energy demands become increasingly important challenges, greater focus is being placed on efficiently and effectively utilizing our energy resources. Currently, over 65% of

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2023-2024 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and the Department of Construction Management Research Summary: In my research, I am examining the social impacts of the built environment, i.e. the buildings, roads, utilities, and infrastructure

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2023-2024 Ph.D. Student, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Research Summary: I am interested in understanding how resilient and sustainable industrial communities on the effect of climate change. Sea Level Rise is considered to be one of

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2023-2024 Ph.D. Student, Department of Biology and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology Research Summary: I use field and greenhouse experiments to investigate how drought changes interactions between plants and the microscopic bacteria and fungi in the

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2023-2024 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry Research Summary: I study how climate change affects the chemicals that plants emit. These plant emissions are highly volatile and reactive in the atmosphere, they can remove or form ozone and