The Interfaces of Global Change IGEP Welcomes a New Cohort of Ph.D. Fellows
January 20, 2023

January 20, 2023
The Interfaces of Global Change IGEP welcomes twenty-two new Ph.D. fellows starting in spring 2023, including our Diversity and Rural Environmental Health Fellows. This will be the largest and most diverse cohort we have welcomed to the program. The incoming cohort reflects the disciplinary diversity of the Global Change Center, representing eight different departments and five colleges across the VT campus!
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General ItemMona Abadian
Ph.D. Student | Sustainable Biomaterials | Circular Economy, sustainable transformation strategies, socio-economic systems
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General ItemReilly Brennan
Ph.D. Student | Entomology | Landscape ecology, disease ecology
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General ItemMariana Castaneda-Guzman
Ph.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Data analytics, remote sensing, ecological niche modeling, climate change, biodiversity conservation
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General ItemPriscila dos Reis Cunha
Ph.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Socio-ecological systems, natural resource use, indigenous and traditional communities, biodiversity conservation
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General ItemKathleen Hohweiler
Ph.D. Student | Biological Systems Engineering | Drinking water quality, contaminants of emerging concern, private drinking water systems, public health
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General ItemEmma Hultin
Ph.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Freshwater ecosystems, population dynamics modeling
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General ItemShariful Islam
Ph.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Infectious disease at the wildlife-human interface
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General ItemAbir Jain
Ph.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Species interactions, seed dispersal, global change ecology, restoration, conservation, science communication
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General ItemSarah Juster
Ph.D. Student | Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation | Agroforestry in refugee settings, social dimensions of tree-based interventions, participatory mapping
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General ItemCarla López Lloreda
Ph.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Watershed biogeochemistry, greenhouse gasses, carbon cycling, disturbance impacts
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General ItemJay Margolis
Ph.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Evolutionary biology, behavior and coloration in birds, the evolution of sexual dimorphism and social signaling
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General ItemKatie Mayer
Ph.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Aquatic toxicology, immunology, and ecology; effects of emerging contaminants of concern on freshwater ecosystems
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General ItemCasey McLaughlin
Ph.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Ecotoxicology, ecophysiology, neuroendocrinology, ornithology
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General ItemZoie McMillian
Ph.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Conservation social science, illegal wildlife trade, herpetology, conservation biology
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General ItemMegan Moran
Ph.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Population genetics and ecology, disease ecology, endangered species management
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General ItemChristy Pototsky
Ph.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Conservation social science, ornithology, citizen science, socio-ecological interactions in bird feeding
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General ItemBridget Re
Ph.D. Student | Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Conservation biology, impact of habitat loss and climate change on endangered species, ornithology
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General ItemBecki Riddle
Ph.D. Student | Planning, Governance & Globalization | Water security, water policy and management, public education and engagement, science communication
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General ItemMeredith Snyder
Ph.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Microbial ecology, soil biogeochemistry, ecosystem science, pyrogenic carbon
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General ItemEliza Tarimo
Ph.D. Student | Biological Sciences | Macroevolution, physiological evolution, evolution of thermal adaptations
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General ItemAmina Tithi
Ph.D. Student | School of Plant and Environmental Sciences | Environmental pollutants and human health
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- Sambath Jayapregasham, Ph.D. Student, Agriculture and Applied Economics
