Graduate Student Fellows, 2008-2009

Kelly Baustian
B.S., Chemistry and Russian and Central European Area Studies (2006)
St. Olaf College
Ph.D.: Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
Academic Advisor: Margaret Tolbert
Research Area: Using Optical Microscopy and Raman Spectroscopy to Investigate Cirrus Cloud Formation

David N. Cherney
B.A., Environment, Economics, and Politics (2002)
Claremont McKenna College
M.A., Environmental Management (2005)
Yale University
Ph.D.: Environmental Studies
Academic Advisor: Roger Pielke Jr.
Research Area: Reforming Conservation: Moving beyond Persistent Policy Conflict in Greater Yellowstone

Leigh Ayn Cooper
B.A., Biology (2005)
St. Olaf College
Ph.D.: Ecology and Evolutionary Ecology: Limnology
Academic Advisor: William Lewis
Research Area: Effects of Watershed Disturbance by Mountain Pine Beetle on Rocky Mountain Stream Ecosystems

Christopher Harig
B.S., Geological Sciences (2004)
Cornell University
Ph.D.: Geological Sciences
Academic Advisor: Peter Molnar
Research Area: Mantle Lithosphere Dynamics

Samantha Stevenson
B.A., Mathematics (2000)
Western Connecticut State University
M.A., Astronomy (2003)
Wesleyan University
Ph.D.: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Academic Advisor: Baylor Fox-Kemper
Research Area: Climate Change Sensitivity of an Accurately Modeled El Nino: Using Improved ENSO Physics for El Nino Prediction

Nicole Trahan
B.A., Biology (1999)
The Colorado College
M.S., Biological Sciences (2005)
University of Northern Colorado
Ph.D.: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Academic Advisor: Russ Monson
Research Area: The Response of a Subalpine Forest Ecosystem to Earlier Spring Warm-up