CURRENT PHD FELLOWS
IGC FELLOWS | Global Change Center
Ph.D. Fellows have joined our program from 12 countries and dozens of disciplines, and are currently solving problems on every continent.
Meet our current Fellows below!
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Mona AbadianPh.D. Student | Sustainable Biomaterials | Circular Economy, sustainable transformation strategies, socio-economic systems
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Mary Opeyemi AdebotePh.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Fisheries conservation and management, the impact of climate change on aquatic ecosystems
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Meghan AlbrittonPh.D. Student | Geography | Human and environmental health impacts of extractivism, health geography, global health, participatory mapping
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Atif AliPh.D. Student | Sustainable Biomaterials | Circular economy, sustainable consumption & production, climate change, sustainable energy systems
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Gabriel BorbaPh.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | The impacts of climate change, habitat loss and overfishing
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Reilly BrennanPh.D. Student | Entomology | Landscape ecology, disease ecology
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Thomas BustamantePh.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Freshwater ecology, life history, animal behavior, response to anthropogenic habitat change
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Mariana Castaneda-GuzmanPh.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Data analytics, remote sensing, ecological niche modeling, climate change, biodiversity conservation
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Erin CronePh.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Biodiversity, Climate Change, Species Vulnerability, Conservation Prioritization
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Priscila dos Reis CunhaPh.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Socio-ecological systems, natural resource use, indigenous and traditional communities, biodiversity conservation
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Oluwaseyi DashoPh.D. Student | Geosciences | Coastal land subsidence; implication for infrastructure and relative sea level rise
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Sameer DhakalPh.D. Student | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Human-Water Systems, Water Governance, Socio-Hydrology, and Agent-based modeling
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Dominique EdwardsPh.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Aquatic Ecology, Macrophytes, Greenhouse Gases, Drinking Water Quality
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Taylor FossettPh.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Behavioral ecology, behavioral neurobiology, neuroendocrinology, ecophysiology
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Amir M. GazarPh.D. Student | Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences | Public Health, Environmental Health and Policy Making, Decarbonization, Renewable Energy Systems, Artificial Intelligence
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Ying-Xian GohPh.D. Student | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Ecology and evolution of foodborne pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in the environment.
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Luke GoodmanPh.D. Student | Planning, Governance, and Globalization | Policy innovations, responses, and processes for global challenges, including antimicrobial resistance and the renewable energy transition
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Megan HarrisPh.D. Student | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Systems of systems modeling, hydrology, software framework, uncertainty, system dynamics, interdependencies
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Amanda HensleyPh.D. Student | Translational Biology, Medicine, & Health | Public health implementation science, immunology & infectious disease, health equity for diverse, under-engaged, & rural populations
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Natalie HermosilloPh.D. Student | Geosciences | Biogeochemistry, paleoceanography, environmental health, climate change
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Katie HoffmanPh.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Freshwater ecology, phytoplankton, science communication
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Kathleen HohweilerPh.D. Student | Biological Systems Engineering | Drinking water quality, contaminants of emerging concern, private drinking water systems, public health
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Dexter HowardPh.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Limnology, aquatic biogeochemistry, organic carbon cycling, drinking water quality
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Emma HultinPh.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Freshwater ecosystems, population dynamics modeling
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Tori HymelPh.D. Student | Urban Affairs and Planning | Human-wildlife conflict; conservation social science, anti-poaching; cross-cultural research
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Shariful IslamPh.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Infectious disease at the wildlife-human interface
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Abir JainPh.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Species interactions, seed dispersal, global change ecology, restoration, conservation, science communication
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Sarah JusterPh.D. Student | Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation | Agroforestry in refugee settings, social dimensions of tree-based interventions, participatory mapping
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Nivedita Priyadarshini KamarajPh.D. Student | Geosciences | Remote sensing of water quality, eutrophication assessment, detecting phytoplankton community composition, geospatial data analysis
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Sadia Afrin KhanPh.D. Student | Biological Systems Engineering | Sediment Transport, River Engineering and Hydraulics, Complex River Network Connectivity and Modeling
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Carla López LloredaPh.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Watershed biogeochemistry, greenhouse gasses, carbon cycling, disturbance impacts
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Rowan MaisonneuvePh.D. Student | Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health | Basic science, public health, epidemiology
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Jay MargolisPh.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Evolutionary biology, behavior and coloration in birds, the evolution of sexual dimorphism and social signaling
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Emily MatthewsPh.D. Student | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Public health, Environmental health & policy making, environmental modeling, long-range impacts of environmental hazards & interventions
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Katie MayerPh.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Aquatic toxicology, immunology, and ecology; effects of emerging contaminants of concern on freshwater ecosystems
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Casey McLaughlinPh.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Ecotoxicology, ecophysiology, neuroendocrinology, ornithology
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Zoie McMillianPh.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Conservation social science, illegal wildlife trade, herpetology, conservation biology
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Elaine MetzPh.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Population ecology, landscape ecology, ornithology, conservation
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Harrison MilesPh.D. Student | Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation | Invasive Species, Forest Health, Microbial Ecology, Interaction of Culture and Science
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James MoloneyPh.D. Student | Biochemistry | Plant and insect interactions, Insect olfaction, Disease vector insect biocontrol
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Megan MoranPh.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Wildlife conservation and management, spatial ecology, population genetics
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Leah NovakPh.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Impacts of habitat loss and climate change on avian species; the application of science to conservation, management, and public policy
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Idowu Kayode OkesholaPh.D. Student | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Fate and transport of contaminants in the environment, sensors for environmental contaminants, climate change, contaminated sites
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Grace O’MalleyPh.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Bioacoustic monitoring, effects of climate change on freshwater organisms, applied conservation science
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Benedicta Ada OttairoegbuPh.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Plant adaptation to rapid environmental changes.
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Maria PopescuPh.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Freshwater Ecology, Phytoplankton and Biogeochemistry, Forecasting, Climate Change
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Anu RaiPh.D. Student | Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation | Community-based conservation focusing on underrepresented groups, sustainable conservation, human-nature/wildlife interaction, participatory approaches
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Reyhane RastgooPh.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Quantitative and Qualitative Social Research, Conservation Social Science, Human-wildlife interactions, Human Dimensions of Wildlife
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Bridget RePh.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Conservation biology, impact of habitat loss and climate change on endangered species, ornithology
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Becki RiddlePh.D. Student | Planning, Governance & Globalization | Water security, water policy and management, public education and engagement, science communication
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Gabrielle RipaPh.D. Student | Plant and Environmental Sciences | Wildlife habitat and management, anthropogenic impacts on native communities
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Sergio Sabat-BonillaPh.D. Student | Entomology | Aquatic macroinvertebrates responses to anthropogenic & environmental stressors, functional traits as predictors of environmental change
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Nitheshnirmal SadhasivamPh.D. Student | Geosciences | Groundwater resource monitoring using radar remote sensing, poromechanical modelling of groundwater, satellite gravimetry, subsidence monitoring, geohazards, groundwater level prediction.
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Carly SearPh.D. Student | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Drinking water quality, the intersection of environmental & public health, environmental justice, adapting to & mitigating challenges from climate change
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Brendan SheaPh.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Marine ecology; predator-prey dynamics; ecological role of sharks and the ecosystem consequences of their removal
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Eliza TarimoPh.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Macroevolution, physiological evolution, evolution of thermal adaptations
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Ellie TimminsPh.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Climate Change, Disease Ecology, Conservation
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Olivia YanceyPh.D. Student | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Microbiology, environmental health, public health