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Lab Alumni


Doctoral Students

Kristy Ferraro (Ph.D. 2024) - Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial University
Kaggie Orrick (Ph.D 2024) - Director, California Wolf Project
Mary Burak (Ph.D. 2023) - 
Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University
Julia Monk (Ph.D. 2022) - Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, New York University
Robert Buchkowski (Ph.D. 2019) -
Assistant Professor, The University of Western Ontario
Alex Moore (Ph.D. 2018) - Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry, University of British Columbia
Karin Burghardt (Ph.D. 2016) - Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland
Colin Donihue (Ph.D. 2016) -
Associate Director for Student Success and Senior Data Analyst, Brown University
Kevin McLean (Ph.D. 2015) - Multimedia Managing Producer, Science Magazine
Jennie Miller (Ph.D. 2015) - International Program Specialist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Holly Jones (Ph.D. 2010) - Professor, Department of Biology, Northern Illinois University
Brandon Barton (Ph.D. 2010) -  Adjunct Professor, Trent University
Kevin Johnston (Ph.D. 2007) - Product Engineer, Esri
Libby Jones (Ph.D. 2007) - Author for Friedland and Relyea, Teacher's Edition for Environmental Science for AP
Catherine Burns (Ph.D. 2004) - Managing Director, The Nature Conservancy 
Michael Booth (Ph.D. 2004) - Deceased, 2011
Jason Grear (Ph.D. 2003) - Ecologist, Environmental Protection Agency, Atlantic Ecology Division 
Andrew Beckerman (Ph.D. 1999) - Professor, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield
Susan Koenig (Ph.D. 1999) - Executive Director, Windsor Research Centre
Kristina Rothley (Ph.D. 1999) - Senior Legal Counsel, State of Maine
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Master's Students

Amanda Wik (MESc 2024) - PhD student, University of California Berkeley
Gino Marcelo Rivera Bulnes (MESc 2024) - Strategy and Monitoring Specialist, WWF LAC
Elizabeth Nowlin (MESc 2024) - Program Manager at the Urban Resources Initiative
Mizzy Almaazmi (MESc 2024) - Research Assistant, Human Nature Lab, Yale Institute for Network Science
​Vivian Hawkinson (MESc 2023) - PhD student, University of Washington
Dylan Feldmeier (MESc 2023) - PhD student, Oxford University
Stan Gosliner (MESc 2022) - Aquatic Biologist, US Army Corps of Engineers
​Quint Doan (Joint MESc-JD 2022) - Associate Attorney, Stinson LLP
Emily Briggs (MPhil 2020) - Associate Director of Development for Science Strategy, Yale University
Courtney Anderson (MESc 2020) - Ohio State University, PhD student 
Danielle Glass (MESc 2020) - Environmental Scientist, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
​Kimi Zamuda (MESc 2019) - Local Initiatives Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy
Adam Eichenwald (MESc 2018) - Postdoctoral Research Associate, The University of Maine
Samantha Maher (MESc 2018) - UC Berkeley Ph.D. student
Melissa Arias (MESc 2016) - Wildlife Trade Specialist, Zoological Society of London
Meredith VanAcker (MESc 2016) - Burch Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Institution
Kassie Urban-Mead (MESc 2016) -
Pollinator Conservation Specialist, Forests and Forestry Lead, Xerces Society
Jeff Smith (MESc 2015) - Postdoctoral Researcher, Princeton University 
Bryan Crowley (MESc 2013) - Senior EHS Compliance Specialist, WSP
Judith Ament (MESc 2012) - Geospatial Data Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
Henry Glick (MESc 2012) - Spatial Data Scientist, Unilever 

Jason Clark (MESc 2012) - Environmental Research Scientist, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Kevin Barrett (MESc 2012) -
Research Associate, Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University
Jeff Carroll (MESc 2012) - Affiliate Faculty, Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University
Jessica Sutton (Price) (MESc 2011) - Assistant Research Scientist, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Berkley Rothmeier (MESc 2010) - Director of Consumer Sectors and Global Lead of Consumer Products, Business for Social Responsibility 
Kate Freund (MEM 2010) - Conservation Planner and Regional Hydropower Coordinator, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Alexandra Whitney (MESc 2010) - Environmental Sciences Professional, Contractor
Angela Rutherford (MESc 2008) - Senior Manager for People Operations, commonFont
Kelsey Wharton (MESc 2008) - Writer and podcast host, Girl Next Door
Maya Leonard-Cahn (MESc 2007) - Environmental Lawyer, Colorado
Elizabeth Kalies (MESc 2004) - Lead Renewable Energy Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
Kate O'Brien (MFS 1996) - Farm Worker, Seeds & Spores Family Farm LLC
Maria Uriarte (MFS 1996) - Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University
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Postdoctoral Researchers

Matteo Rizzuto (2022-2024) - Visiting Scientist, Concordia University
Elizabeth Forbes (2022-2024) - Research Director, Hudson Carbon
Annise Dobson (2018-2024) - Director of Research Programs and Associate Research Scientist, Yale School of the Environment
James Lichtenstein (2020-2022) - Assistant Professor,  Department of Biology Sacred Heart
Matthew McCary (2020-2021) - Assistant Professor, Department of BioSciences, Rice University
Lauren Smith-Ramesh (2014-2016) - 
Adam Rosenblatt (2013-2016) - Biology Teacher at Germantown Friends School and Adjunct Professor, University of North Florida
​Anne Trainor (2011-2015) - Smart Growth Director, Africa Program, The Nature Conservancy
Dror Hawlena (2007-2011) - Professor, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Joohyoung Lee (2003-2005) - 
Ofer Ovadia (1999-2004) - Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Barney Luttbeg (1997-1999) - Professor, Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University
Peter Hamback (1997-1999) - Professor, Department of Botany, Stockholm University, Stockholm Sweden
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Undergraduate Students

Daviana Berkowitz-Sklar (Yale 2023) - PhD student, Stanford University
​Adam Houston (Yale 2018) - Finance Associate, Power Plus
Zach Miller (Yale 2017) - Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University
Aspen Reese (Yale 2013) - AAA Fellow (NIH/FIC)

Kathy Hughes (Yale 2010) - Freshwater Biodiversity Leader and Asia-Pacific Freshwater Biodiversity Leader, WWF
Lauge Sokol-Hessner (Yale 2000) - Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Washington 
Blake Suttle (Yale 1997) - 
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Visiting Scholars

Gabriele Retez - (Visiting Fall 2024) PhD student, Conservation Biogeography Lab, Humboldt University of Berlin
Wang Deli - Professor, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, China
João Carlos - PhD Candidate, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Brasil
Adalbert Balog (Fulbright Fellow 2010) - Professor, Department of Horticulture Sciences, Hungarian University of Transylvania
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    • Os Schmitz
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  • Research
    • Animals in Carbon and Nutrient Cycling
    • Human-Wildlife Interactions
    • Landscape Spatial Dynamics
    • Species Interactions in Food Webs
    • Invasive Species
  • Pubs
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