The School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES) at Colorado State University has announced the selection of 20 early career researchers as Sustainability Leadership Fellows for the 2018-19 academic year. This group represents 15 departments and six colleges at the university.
The School’s Sustainability Leadership Fellows (SLF) program prepares future innovators and thought leaders with advanced science communications and career development training.
“I am excited to welcome our eighth cohort of Sustainability Leadership Fellows into the program, as we continue to equip CSU’s early career scientists to tackle our world’s biggest challenges,” said SoGES Director Diana Wall. “This program has become increasingly competitive, and I am thrilled at the high caliber of graduate students and postdocs at CSU who are motivated to be agents of change for a sustainable future.”
SoGES recognizes that CSU’s future Ph.D.s and postdoctoral researchers are a primary informational resource for the complex decisions that will determine our environmental future.
Over the course of one year, the Fellows receive training to become leaders for the future, learning to effectively communicate science to the media, policymakers and public. They will also receive training in professional development skills and techniques, and learn new strategies to build successful careers that incorporate meaningful engagement and an interdisciplinary approach to research.
Learn more about SoGES and the Sustainability Leadership Fellows program online.
Sustainability Leadership Fellows
College of Agricultural Sciences
Bethany Avera, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, and Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory. Advisor: M. Francesca Cotrufo
Theresa Barosh, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology. Advisor: Paul Ode
Ryan Paul, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology. Advisor: Paul Ode
College Of Liberal Arts
Trevor Even, Ph.D. student, Department of Anthropology, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, and North Central Climate Science Center. Advisors: Kathleen Galvin and Dennis Ojima
Desirée Fiske, Ph.D. student, Department of Political Science. Advisor: Michele Betsill
College Of Natural Sciences
Whitney Beck, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology. Advisor: LeRoy Poff
Joshua Hewitt, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Statistics. Advisor: Jennifer A. Hoeting
Gretchen Kroh, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Biology. Advisor: Marinus Pilon
Michael Link, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Chemistry. Advisor: Delphine Farmer
Alejandro López-Cerón, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Biology. Advisor: Donald L. Mykles
College Of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Sheena Martenies, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences. Mentor: Sheryl Magzamen
Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
Erin Dougherty, Ph.D. student, Department of Atmospheric Science. Advisor: Kristen Rasmussen
Molly McLaughlin, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Advisor: Thomas Borch
Evan Sproul, Ph.D. student, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Advisor: Jason Quinn
Warner College Of Natural Resources
Kevin Jablonski, Ph.D. student, Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship. Advisor: Paul Meiman
Megan Jones, Ph.D. student, Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources. Advisor: Jennifer Solomon
Courtney Larson, Ph.D. student, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology. Advisors: Kevin Crooks and Sarah Reed
Cara Steger, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology and Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory. Advisor: Julia Klein
Thomas Timberlake, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship. Advisor: Courtney Schultz
Nicholas Van Lanen, Ph.D. student, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, and Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory. Advisor: Cameron Aldridge
