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.
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Muhammad Haikal Ezhar bin Abu Bakar
Graduate Student • • Paleoclimate
Geological Sciences
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Sam Ahler
PhD Student • • Plant community ecology • Functional traits • Belowground dynamics • Restoration
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Harry Allbrook
PhD Student • • Organic geochemistry • Oceanography
Geological Sciences • Graduate Certificate in Oceanography
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Lane Allen
PhD Student • • Stream ecology • Dissolved organic matter
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
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Natalie Aranda
Graduate Student • Stream ecosystems
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
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Josie Arcuri
PhD Student •
• Fluvial geomorphology
• Fluvial geomorphology
Geological Sciences
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Hayley Bennett
PhD Student •
• Paleoclimatology • Stable isotope geochemistry • Climate variability
• Paleoclimatology • Stable isotope geochemistry • Climate variability
Geological Sciences
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Dylan Blaskey
PhD Student •
• Terrestrial hydrology • Stormwater modeling • Green infrastructure
• Terrestrial hydrology • Stormwater modeling • Green infrastructure
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
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Abigail Buell
Graduate Student • • Bioinformatics
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Rachel Chai
PhD Student
Geography
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Brooke Chase
PhD Student • • Ice cores • Extreme climate events • Geochemistry
Environmental Studies
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Genevieve Clow
PhD Candidate • NSF Graduate Research Fellow •
• Ocean biogeochemistry • Chlorophyll remote sensing • Climate modeling
• Ocean biogeochemistry • Chlorophyll remote sensing • Climate modeling
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
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Cole Cochran
MS Student • • Fluvial geomorphology • Carbon • Geochemistry •
Geological Sciences
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Jared Collins
Graduate Student
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
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Margaret Digiorno
Graduate Student • • Stream-groundwater interactions
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
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Abby Eckland
PhD Student • • Fluvial and deltaic geomorphology
Geological Sciences
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Skye Fernandez
Graduate Student • • Paleoclimate
Geological Sciences
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Katie Gannon
PhD Student • • Limnology • Biogeochemistry • Arctic/Alpine environments
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Tina Geller
PhD Student
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
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Tessa Gorte
PhD Student • • Sea level contribution of ice sheets
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
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Jason Hanania
MS Student • Civil Engineering (CEAE) • • Hydrology • Water resources concentration
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
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Robert Kelleher
PhD Student •
• Organic geochemistry
• Organic geochemistry
Geological Sciences
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Eric Kennedy
MS Student • Graduate Student Researcher • • Snow hydrology • Ecohydrology • Forest ecology
Geography • Hydrologic Sciences Graduate Program
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Theo Kuhn
MS Student •
• Hydrology • Climate change
• Hydrology • Climate change
Geography
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Isaac Leb
Undergraduate Student • • Paleoclimate
Geological Sciences
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Jed Lenetsky
PhD Student • • Polar climate • Ocean and sea ice modeling
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
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Lauren Magliozzi
PhD Student • • Hydrology • Geochemistry • Water quality • Trace metals analysis
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
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Christopher McNabb
PhD Student • • Ecohydrology • Stream permanence • Watershed hydrology
Geography
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Thomas Merchant
PhD Student • • Plant community ecology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Samuel Mogen
PhD Student •
• Ocean biogeochemistry
• Ocean biogeochemistry
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
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Denise Mondragon
MA Student • • Geochemistry and biogeochemistry of the cryosphere • Snow and ice
Geography
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Holly Olivarez
PhD Candidate • NSF Graduate Research Fellow • • Ocean biogeochemistry • Air-sea CO2 flux • Marine carbon cycle • Oceanic anthropogenic carbon
Environmental Studies
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Sara Padula
PhD Student • • Evolution • Cognition • Genomics • Ornithology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Airy Gonzalez Peralta
PhD Student • • Ecology of threatened and endangered species • Pika
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Ethan Pierce
PhD Student
Geological Sciences
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William Reed
PhD Student
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Kevin Rozmiarek
PhD Student •
• Permafrost carbon biogeochemistry • Atmospheric hydrological cycle • Polar ice cores
• Permafrost carbon biogeochemistry • Atmospheric hydrological cycle • Polar ice cores
Geological Sciences
![Picture of Patrick Saylor](/instaar/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/patrick-saylor.jpg?itok=5peVBvkf)
Patrick Saylor
MA Student • • Snow hydrology
Geography
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Millie Spencer
PhD Student • • Hydrology • Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) • Water across borders
Geography
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Melinda Stueber
Bachelor's Accelerated Master's Student • • Restoration ecology • Conservation biology • Landscape ecology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Nicolas Tarasewicz
PhD Student • • Climate change refugia • Biogeochemical cycling in mountain forests • Ecosystem services • Remote sensing
Geography
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Trisia Tellez
MS Student • • Geology
Geological Sciences
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Brianna Undzis
PhD Student • • Arctic coastal ocean sediment transport modeling
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
![Portrait of Mia Vanderwilt](/instaar/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/vanderwilt_mia.png?itok=uUvZXrQS)
Mia Vanderwilt
MS Student • Graduate Research Assistant • • Polar microbiology • Snow hydrology • Remote sensing of the cryosphere
Environmental Studies • Hydrologic Sciences Graduate Program
![Portrait of Kim Vincent](/instaar/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/vincent_kim.png?itok=XwKrQE1H)
Kim Vincent
PhD Student
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
![Portrait of Hailey Webb](/instaar/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/webb_hailey.jpg?itok=n6-fGdP5)
Hailey Webb
PhD Student •
• Permafrost thaw • Biogeochemistry • Methane emissions
• Permafrost thaw • Biogeochemistry • Methane emissions
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
![Portrait of Caitlin White](/instaar/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/white_caitlin.png?itok=R1YCKm8w)
Caitlin White
PhD Student •
• Plant community ecology • Restoration ecology
• Plant community ecology • Restoration ecology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
![Picture of Elizabeth Woolner](/instaar/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/elizabeth-woolner.png?itok=Jb4WXAxz)
Elizabeth Woolner
MS Student • • Conservation • Land management • Science policy and education
Environmental Studies
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Anna Wright
PhD Student •
• Hydrology • Biogeochemistry • Carbon cycling • Climate change
• Hydrology • Biogeochemistry • Carbon cycling • Climate change
Environmental Studies • Hydrologic Sciences Graduate Program
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Chris Wyburn-Powell
PhD, 2024 • • Arctic sea ice
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
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Rahila Yilangai
PhD Student • • Landscape ecology
Geography