Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

2026 CIRES Graduate Student Research Awards

Profiles
Headshot of Drew Blauth
Headshot of Gillian Gallagher
Headshot of Michael Hoffert
Headshot of Danyan Leng
Headshot of Clara Lietzke
Headshot of Naman Kishan Rastogi
Headshot of Guy Symonds
People
Drew Blauth, Gillian Gallagher, Michael Hoffert, Danyan Leng, Clara Lietzke, Naman Rastogi, Guy Symonds
Year Awarded
2026
Type
GSRA
Affiliation
UCB: Chemistry, UCB: Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, UCB: EBIO, UCB: Geography
Geography
CIRES

Drew Blauth

  • Topic: Quantifying chloramine emissions in Denver
  • CU Boulder department: Chemistry
  • Advisor: Joost de Gouw

Gillian Gallagher

  • Topic: Terrain-based snowpack modeling for improved habitat assessments of snow-adapted species
  • CU Boulder department: Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering
  • Advisor: Ben Livneh

Michael Hoffert

  • Topic: Predicting bacterial optimal growth temperatures using protein structural information
  • CU Boulder department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Advisor: Noah Fierer

Danyan Leng

  • Topic: Identifying the shared risks of wildfire and biodiversity loss in the wildland-urban interface of the western United States
  • CU Boulder department: Geography
  • Advisor: Katherine Siegel

Clara Lietzke

  • Topic: Role of ammonia in atmospheric particle formation: a novel approach to ammonia quantification and understanding transport
  • CU Boulder department: Chemistry
  • Advisor: Rainer Volkamer

Naman Rastogi

  • Topic: Bayesian hierarchical and causal network models for probabilistic river stage forecasting and flood risk assessment
  • CU Boulder department: Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering
  • Advisor: Balaji Rajagopalan

Guy Symonds

  • Topic: PM2.5 composition and sources: How does air quality compare between Asian megacities?
  • CU Boulder department: Chemistry
  • Advisor: Jose Jimenez