Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Atmospheric Science Research Summary: Particulate matter in the ambient air affects human health and the climate. My research leverages information from ground-based measurements, satellite remote sensing, and model simulations to improve

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2025-2026 Ph.D. Student, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition Research Summary: Worldwide, over 200 million children are suffering from malnutrition, the leading cause of death for children under the age of five. Recent research indicates

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2025-2026 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Research Summary: I am studying the water/food nexus in Colorado through an interdisciplinary lens. My research draws from the disciplines of sociology, psychology, governance and public

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2025-2026 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Research Summary: Human-wildlife conflict occurs when wildlife threaten people’s safety or livelihood, or when people retaliate by culling. Retaliation is one of the main conservation threats

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2025-2026 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Chemistry Research Summary: Wildfires are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change, impacting soil that helps sustain healthy forests. Wildfires change the molecules in soil that microbes, such as

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2025-2026 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Research Summary: My interests fall at the intersection of nature, human well-being, and sustainable behavior. More specifically, I examine how spending time in nature and improving

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2025-2026 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Atmospheric Science Research Summary: My research broadly focuses on how extreme thunderstorms will be different in a future where the average temperature is higher due to climate change. I use complex,

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2025-2026 Ph.D. Student, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences Research Summary: Many households in developing countries rely on firewood and charcoal for cooking, producing harmful smoke that is linked to heart disease and high blood

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2025-2026 Ph.D. Student, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology Research Summary: Depressional wetlands are widespread and offer important benefits including surface water, habitat, and carbon storage. These wetlands are increasingly

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2025-2026 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, and Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL) Research Summary: I study alpine birds threatened by climate and land use change so we can