Graduate Students

Graduate students are at the heart of the Zoology & Physiology department, coming to us from around the world and contributing diverse disciplines, perspectives, and ideas. Interested in joining us as a graduate student? Explore program details, application information, and opportunities here!

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Graduate Students

Navin Adhikari (PhD)

Advisor: Yun Li

Baizar Alamiri (PhD)

Advisor: Brandon Roberts

Morgan Anderson (MS)

Advisor: Riley Bernard

Abdul Ansari (PhD)

Advisor: John Koprowski

Eric Atkinson (PhD)

Advisor: Matt Carling

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

Kathan Bandyopadhyay (PhD)

Advisor: John Koprowski

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

Chris Banotai (PhD)

Advisor: John Koprowski

Olivia Beaudette (MS)

Advisor: Anna Chalfoun

Walker Bensch (MS)

Advisor: Lusha Tronstad

Sean Bertalot (MS)

Advisor: William Fetzer

Tristan Blechinger (MS)

Advisor: William Fetzer

Margot Breiner (MS)

Advisor: Anna Chalfoun

Jordan Brewin (PhD)

Advisor: William Fetzer

Michael Castano-Diaz (MS)

Advisor: Patrick Kelley

Molly Caldwell (PhD)

Advisor: Jerod Merkle

Kye Catlin (MS)

Advisor: Annika Walters

Hayfa Chargui (MS)

Advisor: Brandon Roberts

Anuj Choudhary (PhD)

Advisor: Ram Shukla

Justin Clapp (PhD)

Advisor: Joe Holbrook

Ashley Cowell (PhD)

Advisor: Jerod Merkle

Nina Crawford (PhD)

Advisor: Lusha Tronstad

Spencer Cruz (PhD)

Advisor: Amy Krist

Emily Davis (MS)

Advisor: Joe Holbrook

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.

Mary De Aquino (MS)

Advisor: Corey Tarwater

Alp Demirhan (MS)

Advisor: Qian-Quan Sun

Mrunali Dhokne (PhD)

Advisor: Ram Shukla

Rachel Fanelli (PhD)

Advisor: Nicole Bedford

Reina Galvan (MS)

Advisor: Corey Tarwater

Lindsey Gapinski (PhD)

Advisor: Anna Chalfoun

Exploring mechanisms underlying declines in western forest birds.

Jack Gavin (MS)

Advisor: Kevin Monteith

Sishir Gautam (PhD)

Advisor: Yun Li

Genevieve Guidone

Advisor: Trey Todd

Katherine Gura (PhD)

Advisor: Anna Chalfoun

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

Erik Gwaltney (PhD)

Advisor: Trey Todd

Ashley Hammer (MS)

Advisor: Riley Bernard

Krista Hagan (MS)

Advisor: Matthew Kauffman

Anabella Helman (PhD)

Advisor: Jacob Goheen

Zachery Holmes (PhD)

Advisor: Patrick Kelley

Nathan Jaksha (MS)

Advisor: William Fetzer

Lane Jeakle (MS)

Advisor: Jacob Goheen

Danielle Jean (PhD)

Advisor: Yun Li

Quiana Jeffs (PhD)

Advisor: William Todd

Dhananjay Jhala (MS)

Advisor: John Koprowski

William Johnston (PhD)

Advisor: Qian-Quan Sun

Kimberley Jordan (MS)

Advisor: Corey Tarwater

Meredith Journey (PhD)

Advisor: Annika Walters

Ajay Karki (PhD)

Advisor: John L. Koprowski

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

Leo Malingati Khasoha (PhD)

Advisor: Jacob Goheen

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

Karissa Kiser (MS)

Advisor: Qian-Quan Sun

Clare Kuhn (MS)

Advisor: Anna Chalfoun

Renee Lile (PhD)

Advisor: Riley Bernard

Audrey Lindsteadt (PhD)

Advisor: Lusha Tronstad

Lindsay Martinez (MS)

Advisor: Matthew Kauffman

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

Kaitlyn McKnight (PhD)

Advisor: William Fetzer, Lauren Shoemaker

Drivers of ecosystem stability in Great Lakes fish communities

Libby Megna (PhD)

Advisor: Matthew Carling

Miles Milbrath (MS)

Advisor: Lusha Tronstad

Nicholas R Minor (PhD)

Advisor: Matt Carling

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

Lindsey Mitchell

Advisor: John Koprowski

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.

Dedan Ngatia (PhD)

Advisor: Jacob Goheen

Douglas Kamaru Njeri (MS)

Advisor: Jacob Goheen

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

Sarah Palmieri (MS)

Advisor: Matthew Carling

Samantha Peña (PhD)

Advisor: Sarah Collins

Elizabeth Quigley (PhD)

Advisor: Amy Navratil

Rebekah Rafferty (PhD)

Advisor: Kevin Monteith

Seth Rankins (PhD)

Advisor: Kevin Monteith

Kelly Roberts (MS)

Advisor: Corey Tarwater

Linnea Rock (PhD)

Advisor: Sarah Collins

Madison Ruhmann (MS)

Advisor: William (Trey) Todd

Isabella Sadler (PhD)

Advisor: Lusha Tronstad

Maria Sakowski (MS)

Advisor: Annika Walters

Erin Sawa (MS)

Advisor: Joe Holbrook

Erik Schoenborn (PhD)

Advisor: Anna Chalfoun

Anne Scholle (PhD)

Advisor: Jerod Merkle

Maycie Schultz (PhD)

Advisor: Qian-Quan Sun

Analyzing Alzheimer's Disease Through Transcriptomics Profiling

Yasaman Shakeri (PhD)

Advisor: Kevin Monteith

Michael Shang (MS)

Advisor: Yun Li

Emily Shertzer (PhD)

Advisor: Anna Chalfoun

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

Christina Sluka (PhD)

Advisor: Merav Ben-David & Sarah Benson-Amram

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

Rachel Smiley (MS)

Advisor: Kevin Monteith

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

Joel Sorensen (MS)

Advisor: Gabe Barrile

Amy Storey (MS)

Advisor: Lusha Tronstad

Danielle Taylor (PhD)

Advisor: Lusha Tronstad

Danielle Taylor (PhD)

Advisor: Nicole Bedford

Arianna Tourtellot (PhD)

Advisor: Amy Navratil

Cody Wallace (PhD)

Advisor: Matthew Kauffman

Ripken Wellikson (MS)

Advisor: Michael Dillon

Jordan Von Eggers (MS)

Advisor: Bryan Shuman (Geol) Amy Krist

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

Lauren Wetterau (MS)

Advisor: John Koprowski

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

Sabrina White (PhD)

Advisor: Michael Dillon

Luke Wilde (PhD)

Advisor: Matthew Kauffman

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.

Charles (Chuck) Wiliams (MS)

Advisor: Annika Walters & William Fetzer

Prince Peter Wormenor (PhD)

Advisor: Brandon Roberts

Julia Yearout (MS)

Advisor: Riley Bernard

Bingke Zhang (PhD)

Advisor: Yun Li

Kaiyuan Zheng (PhD)

Advisor: Kara Pratt