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Department of Zoology and Physiology

1000 E. University Ave

Biological Sciences, 428

Laramie, WY 82071

Phone: 307-766-4208

Email: zprequest@uwyo.edu

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Zoology and Physiology

Graduate Students

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Navin Adhikari (PhD)

Advisor: Yun Li

Email: nadhika1@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Baizar Alamiri (PhD)

Advisor: Brandon Roberts

Email: balamiri@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Morgan Anderson (MS)

Advisor: Riley Bernard

Email: mande139@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Abdul Ansari (PhD)

Advisor: John Koprowski

Email: aansari1@uwyo.edu

Eric Atkinson

Eric Atkinson (PhD)

Landscape and taxonomic drivers of multi-pathogen infections across a wild avian community.


Advisor: Matt Carling

 

eatkins1@uwyo.edu

Kathan Bandyopadhyay

Kathan Bandyopadhyay (PhD)

Mesocarnivores in the spotlight: deciphering India's small carnivore guild


Advisor: John Koprowski


kbandyop@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Chris Banotai (PhD)

Advisor: John Koprowski

Email: cbanotai@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Olivia Beaudette (MS)

Advisor: Anna Chalfoun

Email: obeaudet@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Walker Bensch (MS)

Advisor: Lusha Tronstad

Email: wbensch@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Sean Bertalot (MS)

Advisor: William Fetzer

Email: sbertalo@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Tristan Blechinger (MS)

Advisor: William Fetzer

Email: tblechin@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Margot Breiner (MS)

Advisor: Anna Chalfoun

Email: mbreiner@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Jordan Brewin (PhD)

Advisor: William Fetzer

Email: jbrewin@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Michael Castano-Diaz (MS)

Advisor: Patrick Kelley

Email: mcastan4@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Molly Caldwell (PhD)

Advisor: Jerod Merkle

Email: molly.caldwell@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Kye Catlin (MS)

Advisor: Annika Walters

Email: kcatlin1@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Hayfa Chargui (MS)

Advisor: Brandon Roberts

Email: hchargui@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Anuj Choudhary (PhD)

Advisor: Ram Shukla

Email: achoudha@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Justin Clapp (PhD)

Advisor: Joe Holbrook

Email: justing@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Ashley Cowell (PhD)

Advisor: Jerod Merkle

Email: acowell1@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Nina Crawford (PhD)

Advisor: Lusha Tronstad

Email: ncrawfo3@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Spencer Cruz (PhD)

Advisor: Amy Krist

Email: scruz6@uwyo.edu

Emily Davis

Emily Davis (MS)

The ecology of canid species—wolves, coyotes, and red foxes—within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Exploring spatial overlap, dietary niche partitioning, and interspecies interactions among these three sympatric carnivores to develop key metrics for understanding species coexistence and trophic dynamics in a complex ecosystem.

Advisor: Joe Holbrook

Email: edavis22@uwyo.edu

Mary De Aquino

Mary De Aquino (MS)

Advisor: Corey Tarwater


mdeaquin@uwyo.edu

Mary De Aquino

Alp Demirhan (MS)

Advisor: Qian-Quan Sun


alp.30@hotmail.com

Mary De Aquino

Mrunali Dhokne (PhD)

Advisor: Ram Shukla

Email: mdhokne@uwyo.edu

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Rachel Fanelli (PhD)

Advisor: Nicole Bedford

Email: rfanelli@uwyo.edu

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Reina Galvan (MS)

Advisor: Corey Tarwater

Email: rgalvan@uwyo.edu

Lindsey Gapinski

Lindsey Gapinski (PhD)

Exploring mechanisms underlying declines in western forest birds.

Advisor: Anna Chalfoun

Email: lgapinsk@uwyo.edu

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Jack Gavin (MS)

Advisor: Kevin Monteith

Email: jgavin1@uwyo.edu

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Sishir Gautam (PhD)

Advisor: Yun Li

Email: sgautam3@uwyo.edu

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Genevieve Guidone

Advisor: Trey Todd

Email: gguidone@uwyo.edu

Katherine Gura

Katherine Gura (PhD)

Variation in habitat selection, movements, and demographics of an irruptive, facultative species


Advisor: Anna Chalfoun


kgura@uwyo.edu

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Erik Gwaltney (PhD)

Advisor: Trey Todd

Email: egwaltne@uwyo.edu

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Ashley Hammer (MS)

Advisor: Riley Bernard

Email: ahammer8@uwyo.edu

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Krista Hagan (MS)

Advisor: Matthew Kauffman

Email: khagan@uwyo.edu

Anabella Helman

Anabella Helman (PhD)

Advisor: Jacob Goheen


ahelman@uwyo.edu

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Zachery Holmes (PhD)

Advisor: Patrick Kelley

Email: zholmes@uwyo.edu

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Nathan Jaksha (MS)

Advisor: William Fetzer

Email: njaksha@uwyo.edu

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Lane Jeakle (MS)

Advisor: Jacob Goheen

Email: ljeakle@uwyo.edu

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Danielle Jean (PhD)

Advisor: Yun Li

Email: djean@uwyo.edu

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Quiana Jeffs (PhD)

Advisor: William Todd

Email: qjeffs@uwyo.edu

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Dhananjay Jhala (MS)

Advisor: John Koprowski

Email: djhala@uwyo.edu

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William Johnston (PhD)

Advisor: Qian-Quan Sun

Email: wjohnst6@uwyo.edu

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Kimberley Jordan (MS)

Advisor: Corey Tarwater


kjorda14@uwyo.edu

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Meredith Journey (PhD)

Advisor: Annika Walters

Email: mjourney@uwyo.edu

Ajay Karki and researches stand above tiger

Ajay Karki (PhD)

Conserving mega-carnivores (tiger & leopard) in the Anthropocene.

Advisor: John L. Koprowski

akarki1@uwyo.edu

 

Leo Malingati Khasoha

Leo Malingati Khasoha (PhD)

Role of dietary specialization and dispersal in mantaining species abundance and occupancy in a small mammal community


Advisor: Jacob Goheen


lkhasoha@uwyo.edu

Mary De Aquino

Karissa Kiser (MS)

Advisor: Qian-Quan Sun

Email: kkiser3@uwyo.edu

Mary De Aquino

Clare Kuhn (MS)

Advisor: Anna Chalfoun

Email: ckuhn4@uwyo.edu

Mary De Aquino

Renee Lile (PhD)

Advisor: Riley Bernard

Email: rlile1@uwyo.edu

Mary De Aquino

Audrey Lindsteadt (PhD)

Advisor: Lusha Tronstad

Email: alindste@uwyo.edu

Lindsay Martinez

Lindsay Martinez (MS)

Evaluating moose demography and habitat use in the Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming


Advisor: Matthew Kauffman

Kaitlyn McKnight

Kaitlyn McKnight (PhD)

Drivers of ecosystem stability in Great Lakes fish communities


Advisor: William Fetzer, Lauren Shoemaker


kmcknig2@uwyo.edu

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Libby Megna (PhD)

Advisor: Matthew Carling

Email: lmegna@uwyo.edu

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Miles Milbrath (MS)

Advisor: Lusha Tronstad

Email: mmilbrat@uwyo.edu

Nicholas R Minor

Nicholas R Minor (PhD)

Sampling Across Space and Time: An Investigation of Demographic History in Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) Populations


Advisor: Matt Carling


nminor1@uwyo.edu

Lindsey Mitchell

Lindsey Mitchell

Exploring the niche partitioning of the various squirrel species in the Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in Malaysian Borneo and evaluate their potential as indicators of rainforest condition in this threatened ecosystem.

Advisor: John Koprowski

lmitch23@uwyo.edu 

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Dedan Ngatia (PhD))

Advisor: Jacob Goheen

Email: dngatia@uwyo.edu

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Douglas Kamaru Njeri (MS)

Linkages between mutualism breakdown, landscape change, and predator-prey dynamics in a human-occupied savanna


Advisor: Jacob Goheen

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Sarah Palmieri (MS)

Advisor: Matthew Carling

Email: spalmie1@uwyo.edu

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Samantha Peña (PhD)

Advisor: Sarah Collins

Email: spena5@uwyo.edu

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Elizabeth Quigley (PhD)

Advisor: Amy Navratil

Email: equigle2@uwyo.edu

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Rebekah Rafferty (PhD)

Advisor: Kevin Monteith

Email: rraffer1@uwyo.edu

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Seth Rankins (PhD)

Advisor: Kevin Monteith

Email: srankins@uwyo.edu

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Kelly Roberts (MS)

Advisor: Corey Tarwater

Email: krober41@uwyo.edu

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Linnea Rock (PhD)

Advisor: Sarah Collins

Email: lrock1@uwyo.edu

Elizabeth Rieger

Madison Ruhmann (MS)

Advisor: William (Trey) Todd

Email: mruhmann@uwyo.edu

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Isabella Sadler (PhD)

Advisor: Lusha Tronstad

Email: isadler@uwyo.edu

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Maria Sakowski (MS)

Advisor: Annika Walters

Email: msakowsk@uwyo.edu

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Erin Sawa (MS)

Advisor: Joe Holbrook

Email: esawa@uwyo.edu

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Erik Schoenborn (PhD)

Advisor: Anna Chalfoun

Email: eschoenb@uwyo.edu

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Anne Scholle (PhD)

Advisor: Jerod Merkle

Email: anne.scholle@uwyo.edu

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Maycie Schultz (PhD)

Analyzing Alzheimer's Disease Through Transcriptomics Profiling

Advisor: Qian-Quan Sun

Email: mschul15@uwyo.edu

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Yasaman Shakeri (PhD)

Advisor: Kevin Monteith

Email: yshakeri@uwyo.edu

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Michael Shang (MS)

Advisor: Yun Li

Email: mshang@uwyo.edu

Emily Shertzer

Emily Shertzer (PhD)

Full life-cycle effects of energy development on sagebrush-obligate songbirds


Advisor: Anna Chalfoun


eshertze@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Christina Sluka (PhD)

Evaluating the effects of urban and rural environements on raccoon (Procyon lotor) cognition and skull morphology


Advisor: Merav Ben-David & Sarah Benson-Amram


csluka@uwyo.edu

Rachel Smiley

Rachel Smiley (MS)

Interactions of nutrition, immune function, and disease response in bighorn sheep


Advisor: Kevin Monteith


rsmiley@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Joel Sorensen (MS)

Advisor: Gabe Barrile

Email: jsoren20@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Amy Storey (MS)

Advisor: Lusha Tronstad

Email: astorey1@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Danielle Taylor (PhD)

Advisor: Nicole Bedford

Email: dtaylo51@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Arianna Tourtellot (PhD)

Advisor: Amy Navratil


atourtel@uwyo.edu

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Cody Wallace (PhD)

Advisor: Matthew Kauffman

Email: cwalla21@uwyo.edu

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Ripken Wellikson (MS)

Advisor: Michael Dillon

Email: rwelliks@uwyo.edu

Jordan Von Eggers

Jordan Von Eggers (MS)

Using aeDNA in sediment cores to assess the effect of fish introduction on aquatic communities and biodiversity in alpine lakes


Advisor: Bryan Shuman (Geol) Amy Krist

Email: jvonegge@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Lauren Wetterau (MS)

Effects of red squirrel middens on biodiveristy and species occupancy in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Advisor: John Koprowski

Email: lwettera@uwyo.edu 

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Sabrina White (PhD)

Advisor: Michael Dillon

Email: swhite42@uwyo.edu

Luke Wilde

Luke Wilde (PhD)

Luke studies the longest mule deer migration on record — the Red Desert to Hoback — to understand the benefits of migration and the impacts of human activity.

Advisor: Matthew Kauffman

Email: lwilde2@uwyo.edu

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Charles (Chuck) Wiliams (MS)

Advisor: Annika Walters & William Fetzer

Email: cwill104@uwyo.edu

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Prince Peter Wormenor (PhD)

Advisor: Brandon Roberts

Email: pwormeno@uwyo.edu

 

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Julia Yearout (MS)

Advisor: Riley Bernard

Email: jyearou2@uwyo.edu

 

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Bingke Zhang

Advisor: Riley Bernard

Email: bzhang7@uwyo.edu

Margot Breiner

Kaiyuan Zheng (PhD)

Advisor: Kara Pratt

Email: kzheng1@uwyo.edu

Contact Us

Department of Zoology and Physiology

1000 E. University Ave

Biological Sciences, 428

Laramie, WY 82071

Phone: 307-766-4208

Email: zprequest@uwyo.edu

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