Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

2025 CIRES Graduate Student Research Awards

Profiles
Headshot of Ashley Azadeh
Headshot of Romulo Cruz-Simbron
Headshot of Bri Dobson
Headshot of Ash Gilbert
Headshot of Joel Johnson
Headshot of Kyle Mcmillan
Headshot of Claire Winfrey
People
Ashley Azadeh, Romulo Cruz-Simbron, Bri Dobson, Ash Gilbert, Joel Johnson, Kyle McMillan, Claire Winfrey
Year Awarded
2025
Type
GSRA
Affiliation
UCB: ATOC, UCB: Chemistry, UCB: EBIO, UCB: Geological Sciences, UCB: MCDB
Geography
CIRES

Ashley Azadeh 

  • Topic: Understanding enzyme evolution: Clues from laboratory evolution of modern microbes
  • CU Boulder department: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
  • Advisor: Shelley Copley

Romulo Cruz-Simbron

  • Topic: Experimentally testing new and missing chemistry of iodine in models
  • CU Boulder department: Chemistry
  • Advisor: Rainer Volkamer

Bri Dobson

  • Topic: Investigating the seasonality of atmospheric reduced nitrogen in the Southern Great Plains
  • CU Boulder department: Chemistry
  • Advisor: Ellie Browne

Ash Gilbert 

  • Topic: Isolating the Anthropogenic contribution to recent Arctic warming and sea ice loss
  • CU Boulder department: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
  • Advisor: Jen Kay

Joel Johnson 

  • Topic: Precision river width mapping: Leveraging commercial SAR for upstream monitoring
  • CU Boulder department: Geological Sciences
  • Advisor: Kristy Tiampo

Kyle McMillan 

  • Topic: Contact freezing as a primary ice production pathway in clouds
  • CU Boulder department: Chemistry
  • Advisor: Maggie Tolbert

Claire Winfrey

  • Topic: Investigating the diversity and ecology of bacterial spore formers in soil
  • CU Boulder department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Advisor: Noah Fierer