2015 – 2016 Global Change Fellows

Rachel Atkins

climate change, expert/novice, eye-tracking, misconceptions, perceptions, stakeholders

Kristi Backe

entomology, gis, insects, trees, urban ecology

Sean Giery

adaptation, coastal wetlands, evolution, habitat alteration, sexual selection

Geneva Gray

applied climate, climate ensembles, climate modeling

Erica Henry

conservation, ecology, endangered species, population dynamics

Amirhossein Mazrooei

data assimilation, hydrologic land surface models, spatial-temporal downscaling, streamflow forecasting

Gabriella Pardee

climate change, montane ecosystems, plant-pollinator interactions

Philip Patton

decision analysis, hierarchical modeling, interspecific interactions, quantitative conservation science, species distribution modeling

Georgina Sanchez

climate change, coastal regions, coupled natural and human systems, land change model

Megan Thoemmes

human and evolutionary ecology

Rene Valdez

conservation biology, decision analysis, social science

Laura Villegas Ortiz

climate change, environmental economics, valuation of ecosystem services, wild-life reservoirs.