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Dept of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
P.O. Box 173120
Bozeman, MT 59717-3120

Tel: (406) 994-7060
Fax: (406) 994-3933
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334 Leon Johnson Hall

Department Head:
Jon Wraith
jwraith@montana.edu

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Graduate Students

	GENERAL INFORMATION	RESEARCH TOPIC
	Eric Becraft Ph.D. ECES Advisor: David Ward eric.becraft@myportal.montana.edu	"Do Microbial Ecotypes Predicted from Theory-Based Analysis of Molecular Data Exhibit Unique Patterns of Distribution?"
	Eva Black MS LRES Advisor: Geoffrey Poole	Begins Fall 2008
	Victoria Bunn MS LRES Advisor: Duncan Patten	Begins Fall 2008
	Macdonald Burgess Ph.D. ECES Advisor: Perry Miller macdonald.burgess1@myportal.montana.edu	"Energy Budgets of Diversified Cropping systems for Semiarid Agroecosystems"
	Timothy Covino Ph.D. ECES Advisor: Brian McGlynn timothy.covino@myportal.montana.edu
	Philip Davis MS Land Rehabilitation Advisor: Fabian Menalled & Bruce Maxwell philip.davis1@myportal.montana.edu
	Patrick Della Croce Ph.D. ECES Advisor: Geoffrey Poole	Begins Fall 2008
	Markus Dieser Ph.D. ECES Advisor: Christine Foreman markus.dieser@myportal.montana.edu	Microbial processes in Antarctic lake ecosystems
	Benjamin Dorsey MS LRES Advisor: Bruce Maxwell & Lisa Rew benjamin.dorsey1@myportal.montana.edu
	Ryan Feddema MS LRES Advisor: Perry Miller ryan.feddema@myportal.montana.edu	"Understanding Carbon Sequestration Capabilities in Montana's Dryland Wheat Production"
	Kristin Gardner Ph.D. ECES Advisor: Brian McGlynn kristin.gardner@myportal.montana.edu	"Impact of Mountain Resort Development on Streamwater Nitrogen Export: The Importance of Spatial Location"
	Kim Goodwin MS LRES Advisor: Rick Engel & David Weaver kgoodwin@montana.edu	"Early Detection of Spotted Knapweed Using Detector Dog Technology"
	Sunni Heikes-Knapton MS Land Rehabilitation Advisor: Duncan Patten sunni.heikesknapton@myportal.montana.edu	"Sabalpine Wetlands: Environmental Drivers and Response to Human Perturbation and Restoration"
	Allyson Hoof MS LRES Advisor: Cliff Montagne
	Steven Jay MS LRES Advisor: Rick Lawrence steven.jay@myportal.montana.edu
	Zackary Jay Ph.D. ECES Advisor: Bill Inskeep zackary.jay@myportal.montana.edu
	Kelsey Jencso Ph.D. ECES Advisor: Brian McGlynn kelsey.jencso@myportal.montana.edu
	Jeffrey Jewett MS LRES Advisor: Rick Lawrence jeffrey.jewett1@myportal.montana.edu	"Decadal Changes in Whitebark Pine (Pinus Albicaulis) Distribution across the Northern Rockies"
	Linda Jones Ph.D. ECES Advisor: Cliff Montagne	Begins Fall 2008
	Ilai Keren MS LRES Advisor: Fabian Menalled
	Lisa Kirk Ph.D. LRES Advisor: Jon Wraith & Brent Peyton	"In-situ Subsurface Microbial Transformation of Selenium as Source Control in Backfilled Phosphate Overburden, SE Idaho"
	Christian Klatt Ph.D. ECES Advisor: David Ward christian.klatt@myportal.montana.edu	"Structural and Functional Dynamics of Anoxygenic Phototrophs Inhabiting Alkaline Siliceous Hot Spring Microbial Mats"
	Mark Kozubal Ph.D. LRES Advisor: Bill Inskeep mark.kozubal@myportal.montana.edu
	Seth Kurt-Mason MS LRES Advisor: Cliff Montagne seth.kurtmason@myportal.montana.edu
	Rebecca McNamara MS LRES Advisor: Brian McGlynn rebecca.mcnamara@myportal.montana.edu	"In-Stream Nitrate Immobilization across Development Gradients and Stream Network Position in a Rapidly Developing Mountain Watershed, West Fork of the Gallatin River, Big Sky, Montana"
	Tara Martin MS Land Rehabilitation Advisor: Cliff Montagne tara.martin@myportal.montana.edu
	James Meadow Ph.D. ECES Advisor: Cathy Zabinski james.meadow@myportal.montana.edu	Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Restoration Ecology
	Melanie Melendrez Ph.D. ECES Advisor: David Ward mmelendrez@gmail.com	"Cultivation-Independent Single- and Multi-Locus Sequence Analysis of Hot Spring mat Synechococcus Populations"
	Natalie Meyer MS Land Rehabilitation Advisor: Cathy Zabinski natalie.meyer@myportal.montana.edu	"Characterization and Restoration of Slash Pile Burn Scars in Western Montana"
	Fabian Nippgen Ph.D. ECES Advisor: Lucy Marshall & Brian McGlynn	Begins Fall 2008
	Edward Olexa Ph.D. ECES Advisor: Rick Lawrence	Begins Fall 2008
	Vincent Pacific Ph.D. ECES Advisor: Brian McGlynn vincent.pacific@myportal.montana.edu
	Hilary Parkinson MS LRES Advisor: Cathy Zabinski hilary.parkinson@myportal.montana.edu
	April Pearce MS Ento Advisor: Kevin O'Neill april.pearce@myportal.montana.edu	"Pollinators of Slender White Prairie Clover"
	Oscar Perez Ph.D. LRES Advisor: David Weaver & Perry Miller oscar.perez@myportal.montana.edu	"Behavioral and Sensory Responses of Endemic Braconid Parasitoids to Volatile Emissions Induced by Wheat Stem Sawfly, Cephus cinctus (Hymenoptera: Cephidae) Herbivory"
	Terry Rick MS LRES Advisor: Clain Jones terry.rick@myportal.montana.edu
	Diego Riveros-Iregui Ph.D. ECES Advisor: Brian McGlynn diego.riverosiregui@myportal.montana.edu	"Hydrologic-carbon cycle linkages in a sub-alpine catchment"
	Marie Sabacka Ph.D. ECES Advisor: John Priscu marie.sabacka@myportal.montana.edu
	Shannon Savage Ph.D. ECES Advisor: Rick Lawrence shannon.savage@myportal.montana.edu	"Mapping Chages in Yellowstone's Geothermal Features and Radiative Flux"
	Marjolein Schat Ph.D. ECES Advisor: Bob Peterson & Fabian Menalled marjolein.schat@myportal.montana.edu	"Characterizing the Impacts of a Stem Boring Weevil (Mecinus janthinus Germar) on Dalmation toadflax (Linaria dalmatica) (L.) Miller"
	Jerome Schleier III MS LRES Advisor: Bob Peterson jerome.schleier@myportal.montana.edu	"Environmental concentrations, fate, and risk assessment of insecticides used in mosquito management"
	Briana Schultz MS LRES Advisor: Cliff Montagne briana.schultz@myportal.montana.edu
	Joanna Sciegienka MS Land Rehabilitation Advisor: Fabian Menalled joanna.sciegienka@myportal.montana.edu	"Vegetative Reproduction and the Integrated Management of Canada Thistle"
	Tanya Skurski Ph.D. ECES Advisor: Bruce Maxwell tanya.skurski@myportal.montana.edu	"Quantifying non-indigenous plant impacts in natural areas of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem"
	Jennifer Stark MS Land Rehabilitation Advisor: Lisa Rew jennifer.stark@myportal.montana.edu
	Carrie Taylor MS Land Rehabilitation Advisor: Cathy Zabinski carrie.taylor@myportal.montana.edu
	Jennifer Watts MS Land Rehabilitation Advisor: Rick Lawrence jennifer.watts@myportal.montana.edu
	Jeffrey Whitmus MS LRES Advisor: Richard Engel & Dan Long jwhitmus@montana.edu
	Jessica Wiese MS LRES Advisor: Fabian Menalled jessica.wiese@myportal.montana.edu	"Establishment and Seed Production of Native Wildflowers Used for Restoration"