Current Graduate Students
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Abaye Abebe
Advisor: Rob Payn
abayeabebe@gmail.com
Research Area: Hydrological analysis and modeling in an Earth System Modeling framework.
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Byron Amerson
Advisor: Geoffrey Poole
byron.amerson@gmail.com
Research Area: A multi-scale evaluation of the rate and magnitude of water exchange between surface flow and the alluvial aquifer in restored and unrestored river channels
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Ryan Barnes
Advisor: Perry Miller
Research Area:
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Thomas "Tommy" Bass
Advisor: Bruce Maxwell
tmbass@montana.edu
Research Area: Considerations of ecological and social interactions in food system development, scale, diversity, management, and vulnerability
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Laura Berrios-Ortiz
Advisor: Fabian Menalled
laura.berriosortiz@student.montana.edu
Research Area: Weed agroecology and management
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Andrew Bobst
Advisor: Rob Payn
albobst@hotmail.com
Research Area: Using Beaver Mimicry Stream Restoration as manipulative experiments to better understand groundwater/surface-water interactions, and transient water storage in floodplains.
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Keenan Brame
Advisors: Tim McDermott & Anne Camper
kbrame3@gmail.com
Research Area: Freshwater quality on the Little Bighorn River involving microbial pathogens, their mode of transport through a freshwater system and their anticipated impacts on water quality due to climate change projections.
Peter Bugoni
Advisors: Felton & Atwater
peterbugoni@gmail.com
Research Area: Renovating Monocultures of Exotic Cool-Season Grass Seedings to Diverse Multifunctional Ecosystems
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Tyler Boyd
Advisor: Tony Hartshorn
Research Area: Soil health indicators on rangelands in Montana
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Madisan Chavez
Advisor: Stephanie Ewing
madisan.chavez@student.montana.edu
Research Area: Researching abandoned waste disposal sites on the Crow reservation to determine if PFAS leach into the ground water and/or surface water.
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Shea Crowther
Advisors: Kevin O'Neill & Anthony Slominski
swbcrowther@gmail.com
Research Area: Investigating The Impact of the Interaction of the Neonicotinoid Pesticide Imidacloprid and Temperature on Post-Winter Alfalfa Leafcutting Bees, Megachile rotundata
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Devanshi Desai
Advisors: Tim Seipel & Lovreet Shergill
devanshi.desai@student.montana.edu
Research Area: Weed management with precision herbicide application
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Het Desai
Advisors: Fabian Menalled & Lovreet Shergill
Research Area: Monitoring and management of problematic weeds in Montana cropping systems
Lochlin Ermatinger
Advisor: David Weaver
Research Area: Using the spectral signature of wheat to detect wheat stem sawfly infestation in growing wheat plants.
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Mary Farina
Advisor: Scott Powell
mfarina@whrc.org
Research Area: Assessing spatial and temporal variability in Arctic-boreal carbon fluxes using satellite and drone remote sensing.
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Eliza Gillilan
Advisors: Tony Hartshorn & Bill Kleindl
Research Area:
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Brett Griesbaum
Advisors: Scott Powell & Paul Nugent
Research Area:
My research focuses on Precision Agriculture in irrigation decision support and tracking biomass using remote sensing from both satellite and drone data. I also research potential for precision conservation in Montana cropping systems using satellite data.
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Mustabshira Ikram
Advisor: McVey
mustabshiraikram1@gmail.com
Research Area:
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Taylor Kennedy
Advisor: Bob Peterson
Research Area: Investigating army cutworm moth numbers, biomass, and calories from radar observation and determining the environmental and biological factors that may influence migratory flight behavior and dynamics.
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Dipak Khanal
Advisor: David Weaver & Perry Miller
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Samuel Koeshall
Advisor: Perry Miller
samuel.koeshall@student.montana.edu
Research Area: Investigating intra-field variability of field pea protein and greain yeild across Montana cropping systems, quantifying N credits and soil fertility following long-term legume and non-legume crop rotations in semi-arid cropping systems, and other Montana cropping systems research related to pulse crop problems.
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Carl Krause
Advisor: Stephanie Ewing
Research Area:
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Lauren Kremer
Advisor: Tim Covino
Research Area:
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Emma Kubinski
Advisor: Fabian Menalled
emma.kubinski@student.montana.edu
Research Area: Carrots as a Model for Holistically Increasing Sustainability of Vegetable Production.
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Christian Larson
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Sophia Lattes
Advisor: Fabian Menalled & Mac Burgess
sophia.lattes@student.montana.edu
Research Area: Integrated weed management for Montana organic vegetable farms.
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Ryan Malmquist
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Ian McRyhew
Advisor: Jane Mangold
Research Area: Grassland restoration and pollinator conservation on Tribal lands degraded by annual invasive grasses.
Caitlin Mitchell
Advisor: Stephanie Ewing
caitlin.mitchell@student.montana.edu
Research Area: Investigating the biogeochemical cycle of nutrients through cultivated soils and groundwater-stream systems.
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Winifred Nichols
Advisor:
winifred.nichols@student.montana.edu
Research Area:
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Hayley Oakland
Advisor: Geoff Poole
hayley.oakland@gmail.com
Research Area: Ecosystem engineering by net-spinning caddisflies and associated effects on microbial communities, stream metabolism and nutrient cycling
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Alyssa Piccolomini
Advisor: Bob Peterson
Research Area:
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Jack Poole
Advisor: Stephanie Ewing
jack.poole@student.montana.edu
Research Area: Investigating electrical resistivity tomography data in relation to aerial and on ground vegetation analyses
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Kristen Powell
Advisor: Andrew Felton
Kristen.powell@student.montana.edu
Research Area: Seasonal origins of precipitation used by plants across grasslands
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Azin Rashad
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Hannah Richardson
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Meghan Robinson
Advisor: Adam Sigler
Research Area: Data driven irrigation scheduling for reducing deep percolation and runoff and optimizing water and nutrient use efficiency
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Lilly Sencenbaugh
Advisor: Lisa Rew
lilly.sencenbaugh@student.montana.edu
Research Area: Effectiveness of traditional and novel management control strategies of Ventenata dubia and Bromus tectorum
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Akamjot Singh Brar
Advisor: Fabian Menalled
Research Area: Weed Management in Specialty crops
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Ford Smith
Advisors: Stephanie Ewing & Eberly
Research Area:
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Jackson Strand
M.S. Entomology
Advisors: David Weaver & Tracy Sterling
jackson.strand@student.montana.edu
Research Area: Understanding the importance of smooth brome in promoting a Braconid parasitoid that targets the Wheat Stem Sawfly
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Emma Tate
Ph.D. Ecology & Environmental Sciences
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Erin Teichroew
Advisor: Lisa Rew
Erin.teichroew@student.montana.edu
Research Area: Evaluating different management treatments for reducing Bromus tectorum cover and reestablishing native grass species
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William Weinberg
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Madelyne Willis
Advisors: Stephanie Ewing & Christine Foreman
madie.willis@gmail.com
Research Area: Microbial analysis of the Taylor Glacier ice core: investigating the presence and possible impacts of englacial microbial activity through time
Rennie Winkelman
Advisor: Andrew Felton
rennie.winkelman@student.montana.edu
Research Area: Ecological responses to bison reintroduction on the Northern Great Plains
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Robert Wyatt