Our Students are central to INSTAAR's research and culture. Students expand their education and engage in research that moves us toward a more sustainable world through integrative training, research experience in the field and lab, and using a wide variety of analytical and computational facilities beyond those of their home academic departments. Current students with questions or concerns should contact Sam Mogen (Student Representative). Are you a student interested in joining INSTAAR? Check our prospective students page.

Muhammad Haikal Ezhar bin Abu Bakar
Graduate Student • • Paleoclimate
Geological Sciences

Sam Ahler
PhD Student • • Plant community ecology • Functional traits • Belowground dynamics • Restoration
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Harry Allbrook
PhD Student • • Organic geochemistry • Oceanography
Geological Sciences • Graduate Certificate in Oceanography

Lane Allen
PhD Student • • Stream ecology • Dissolved organic matter
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

Natalie Aranda
Graduate Student
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

Josie Arcuri
PhD Student •
• Fluvial geomorphology
• Fluvial geomorphology
Geological Sciences

Hayley Bennett
PhD Student •
• Paleoclimatology • Stable isotope geochemistry • Climate variability
• Paleoclimatology • Stable isotope geochemistry • Climate variability
Geological Sciences

Dylan Blaskey
PhD Student •
• Terrestrial hydrology • Stormwater modeling • Green infrastructure
• Terrestrial hydrology • Stormwater modeling • Green infrastructure
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

Abigail Buell
Graduate Student • • Bioinformatics
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Douglas Castro
PhD Student • • Biogeochemical roles of contaminants
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Rachel Chai
PhD Student
Geography

Brooke Chase
PhD Student • • Ice cores • Extreme climate events • Geochemistry
Environmental Studies

Genevieve Clow
Graduate Student
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Cole Cochran
MS Student • • Fluvial geomorphology • Carbon cycle
Geological Sciences

Jared Collins
Graduate Student
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

Will Cox
PhD Student •
• Peatland plant communities • Lichen & bryophyte ecology • Carbon cycling
• Peatland plant communities • Lichen & bryophyte ecology • Carbon cycling
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Margaret Digiorno
Graduate Student • • Stream-groundwater interactions
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

Abby Eckland
PhD Student • • Fluvial and deltaic geomorphology
Geological Sciences

Skye Fernandez
Graduate Student • • Paleoclimate
Geological Sciences

Tina Geller
Graduate Student
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Tessa Gorte
PhD Student • • Sea level contribution of ice sheets
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Jason Hanania
MS Student • Civil Engineering (CEAE) • • Hydrology • Water resources concentration
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

Robert Kelleher
PhD Student •
• Organic geochemistry
• Organic geochemistry
Geological Sciences

Eric Kennedy
MS Student • Graduate Student Researcher • • Snow hydrology • Ecohydrology • Forest ecology
Geography • Hydrologic Sciences Graduate Program

Theo Kuhn
MS Student •
• Hydrology • Climate change
• Hydrology • Climate change
Geography

Isaac Leb
Undergraduate Student • • Paleoclimate
Geological Sciences

Jed Lenetsky
PhD Student • • Polar climate • Ocean and sea ice modeling
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Lauren Magliozzi
PhD Student • • Hydrology • Geochemistry • Water quality • Trace metals analysis
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

Christopher McNabb
PhD Student • • Ecohydrology • Stream permanence • Watershed hydrology
Geography

Thomas Merchant
PhD Student • • Plant community ecology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Samuel Mogen
PhD Student •
• Ocean biogeochemistry
• Ocean biogeochemistry
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Denise Mondragon
MA Student • • Geochemistry and biogeochemistry of the cryosphere • Snow and ice
Geography

Holly Olivarez
PhD Candidate • NSF Graduate Research Fellow • • Ocean biogeochemistry • Air-sea CO2 flux • Marine carbon cycle
Environmental Studies

Sara Padula
PhD Student • • Evolution • Cognition • Genomics • Ornithology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Airy Gonzalez Peralta
PhD Student • • Ecology of threatened and endangered species • Pika
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Tanya Petach
PhD Student
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

Ethan Pierce
PhD Student
Geological Sciences

Briana Prado
MA Student • • Antarctica • Geochemistry
Geography

William Reed
PhD Student
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Kevin Rozmiarek
PhD Student •
• Permafrost carbon biogeochemistry • Atmospheric hydrological cycle • Polar ice cores
• Permafrost carbon biogeochemistry • Atmospheric hydrological cycle • Polar ice cores
Geological Sciences

Patrick Saylor
MA Student • • Snow hydrology
Geography

Millie Spencer
PhD Student • • Hydrology • Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) • Water across borders
Geography

Melinda Stueber
Bachelor's Accelerated Master's Student • • Restoration ecology • Conservation biology • Landscape ecology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Nicolas Tarasewicz
PhD Student • • Climate change refugia • Biogeochemical cycling in mountain forests • Ecosystem services • Remote sensing
Geography

Trisia Tellez
MS Student • • Geology
Geological Sciences

Christa Torrens
PhD Student • • Stream ecosystem ecology • Nutrient and carbon fluxes
Environmental Studies • Hydrologic Sciences Graduate Program

Brianna Undzis
PhD Student • • Arctic coastal ocean sediment transport modeling
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Mia Vanderwilt
MS Student • Graduate Research Assistant • • Polar microbiology • Snow hydrology • Remote sensing of the cryosphere
Environmental Studies • Hydrologic Sciences Graduate Program

Kim Vincent
PhD Student
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Hailey Webb
PhD Student •
• Permafrost thaw • Biogeochemistry • Methane emissions
• Permafrost thaw • Biogeochemistry • Methane emissions
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Caitlin White
PhD Student •
• Plant community ecology • Restoration ecology
• Plant community ecology • Restoration ecology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Elizabeth Woolner
MS Student • • Conservation • Land management • Science policy and education
Environmental Studies

Anna Wright
PhD Student •
• Hydrology • Biogeochemistry • Carbon cycling • Climate change
• Hydrology • Biogeochemistry • Carbon cycling • Climate change
Environmental Studies • Hydrologic Sciences Graduate Program

Chris Wyburn-Powell
PhD Student • • Arctic sea ice
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Rahila Yilangai
PhD Student • • Landscape ecology
Geography