The School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES) at Colorado State University has announced the selection of 20 early-career academics as Sustainability Leadership Fellows for the next academic year. The fellows represent 18 departments and units across six colleges.
SoGES Director Diana Wall said that reading the applications for this program is a highlight each year.
“These young researchers are passionate about applying their expertise to enhance sustainability,” she said. “Their ideas and commitment are very inspiring, and the program has truly become one of the flagship efforts for our school.”
The Sustainability Leadership Fellows program is designed to give early-career experts, working to solve the grand challenges of sustainability, tools and techniques for greater impact. CSU’s doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers will play key roles in determining the world’s sustainable future. This program provides them with the leadership skills they need to put their work into action, reach broader audiences, and think more expansively about their work and its role in the world.
Over one year, fellows receive training to be the leaders for the future. This includes learning how to effectively communicate science to the media and public, and acquiring professional development skills and techniques and strategies to build successful careers that incorporate meaningful engagement and interdisciplinarity.
Learn more about SoGES and the Sustainability Leadership Fellows program.
2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellows
College of Agricultural Sciences
Hannah Berry, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management and Cell and Molecular Biology graduate program, advisor: Cristiana Argueso
Courtland Kelly, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, advisor: Steven Fonte
Jocelyn Lavallee, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, mentor: Francesca Cotrufo
Kelvin Mulungu, Ph.D. student, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, advisor: Dale Manning
Neeta Soni, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, advisor: Todd Gaines
College of Liberal Arts
Hyeyoon Park, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Political Science, advisor: Michele Betsill
College of Natural Sciences
Tyler Ozvat, Ph.D. student, Department of Chemistry, advisor: Joseph Zadrozny
Emily Stuchiner, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, advisor: Joseph von Fischer
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Molly Butler, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, advisor: Joel Rovnak
Kristopher Parker, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, mentor: Elizabeth Ryan
Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
Kelsey Bilsback, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Atmospheric Science, mentor: Jeffrey Pierce
Cibi Vishnu Chinnasamy, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, advisor: Mazdak Arabi
Wayne Chuang, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Atmospheric Science, mentors: Shantanu Jathar, Jeffrey Pierce
Jakob Lindaas, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Atmospheric Science, advisor: Emily Fischer
Hailey Summers, Ph.D. student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, advisor: Jason Quinn
Warner College of Natural Resources
Jasmine Bruno, Ph.D. student, Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, advisor: María Fernández-Giménez
Jemma Fadum, Ph.D. student, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, advisor: Ed Hall
Rina Hauptfeld, Ph.D. student, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, advisor: Greg Newman
Jenna Parker, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, advisor: George Wittemyer
Chris Vennum, Ph.D. student, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, advisor: David Koons
