Lab members

Current members:

  • Becky Ruzicka, (PhD). Project title: Optimal strategies for scaled quail reintroduction.
  • Nick Bartush (MS). Project topic: A review of beaver dam analogues to restore riparian ecosystems containing moose.

Past members:

  • Marina Rodriguez, 2020 (MS). Project title: Effects of stress on tree swallows.
  • Ellen Martin, 2019 (MS). Project title: Shorebird conservation in interior Alaska.
  • Dr. Jaren Laufenberg, 2018 (Post-doc) Project title: Black Bear Population Modeling.
  • Mark Peterson, 2016 (PhD) Dissertation title: Reproductive success, habitat selection, and neonatal mule deer mortality in a natural gas development area
  • Jeremy Dertien, 2016 (MS) Thesis title: Habitat use by Dall sheep and an interior Alaska mammal community.
  • Dr. Alberto Macias Duarte, 2015 (Post-doc) Project title: Analysis of Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory data from Mexico.
  • Dr. Mauro Pichorim,  2014-2016.  Visiting scholar from Universidade Federal do Paraná Brazil.
  • Ana Maria Paschoal, 2015  Visiting scholar  from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.
  • Rodrigo Lima Massara, 2015.  Visiting scholar from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.
  • Miguel Gomez, 2014. Visiting scholar from Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Mexico.
  • Carmina Gutierrez, 2014. Visiting scholar from Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Mexico.
  • Phillip Street 2013, (MS – co-advised with Dr. Kate Huyvaert) Thesis title: Abundance, survival, and breeding probabilities of the critically endangered waved albatross.
  • Luane Reis dos Santos, 2013 visiting scholar from University of Brazilia, Brazil.
  • Dr. Florent Bled, 2013 (Post-doc) Project title: Spatial Modeling of Trends from North American Breeding Bird Survey Data.
  • Dr. Eric Bergman, 2013 (Ph.D.) Dissertation title: Evaluation of winter range habitat treatments on overwinter survival, density, and body condition of mule deer.
  • Murilo Guimaraes, 2012 visiting scholar from University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
  • Dr. Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez, 2012 (Post-doc) Project title: Conservation and disease ecology of Neo-tropical birds.
  • Dr. Amy Davis, 2012 (Ph.D.) Dissertation title: Gunnison sage-grouse demography and conservation.
  • Lief Wiechman, 2011 (Research Associate) Project title: Gunnison sage-grouse husbandry.
  • Claudia Molina, 2009 visiting scholar from Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). Mexico.
  • Dr. Thinh Vu, 2009 (Ph.D.) Dissertation title: Avian Conservation and ecology in northern Vietnam.
  • Dr. Olivier Devineau, 2009 (Post-doc) Project title: Lynx Conservation: Lynx-Demographic and Spatial Analysis.
  • Dr. Jun Rosetti (formerly Yoshizaki) 2009 (Post-doc) Project title: Design and analysis for evaluation of human impacts on trust species of the US Fish & Wildlife Service.
  • Joshua Dooley, 2008 (M.S.) Thesis title: Mallard response to experimental human disturbance and non-breeding survival along the South Platte River in Colorado.
  • Paul Oesterle, 2008 (M.S.) Thesis title: The role of swallow bugs (Oeciacus vicarious) and cliff swallows (Petreochelidon pyrrhonata) in West Nile virus transmission.
  • Michelle Gilbert, 2008 (Research Associate) Project title: Avian influenza risk assessment for the United States: modeling pathways of disease spread by wild birds.
  • Heather Tipton, 2007 (M.S.) Thesis title: Occupancy, abundance and density of Colorado breeding grassland birds: estimation and habitat correlations
  • Tyler Grant, 2005 (M.S.) Thesis title: Flat-tailed horned lizards (Phrynosoma mcallii): population size estimation, effects of off-highway vehicles, and natural history.
  • Dr. Guthrie Zimmerman, 2007 (Post-doc) Project title: Reporting rates and band loss for harvested waterfowl populations.
  • Dr. Sarah Converse, 2007 (Post-doc) Project title: Design and analysis for evaluation of human impacts on trust species of the US Fish & Wildlife Service.