Isabella A. Oleksy

  • Assistant Professor
  • ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
  • HYDROLOGIC SCIENCES GRADUATE PROGRAM

Limnology • Biogeochemistry • Ecosystem ecology

The Mountain Limnology Lab investigates the impact of global environmental change on aquatic ecosystems in mountainous regions.

Topics include the interactive effects of nitrogen deposition and warming, the impact of wildfire on water quality, and the consequences of changing ice phenology on lake ecosystem ecology.

See my lab website for information about my research and opportunities for prospective grad students and current undergrads:

Mountain Limnology Lab 

Education

  • PhD (Ecology): Colorado State University, 2019
  • BS (Environmental Science): University of New Hampshire, 2012

Awards

  • USGS Graduate Research Fellow, Colorado State University, 2017—2019
  • NSF-IGERT Graduate Research Fellow, Colorado State University 2014—2017

Current students

Courses taught

  • Limnology (CU-Boulder)
  • Fundamentals of Ecosystem Ecology - Freshwater module (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies) 
  • Advances in Freshwater Metabolism (Colorado State University)

Publications

See Isabella's Google Scholar profile