Professional Staff & Affiliated Faculty

Fenton Kay

Fenton Kay

Appointment: Adjunct and Affiliated Faculty

Email: fkay@nmsu.edu or kayrat@comcast.net

Expertise: Small mammal (Kangaroo rat) ecology & environmental physiology, Online teaching

Websites: Kay Research Gate and Kay Website


William Oakley

William Oakley

Appointment: Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: woakley@nmsu.edu

Mentors: Martha Desmond and Fitsum Gebreselassie

Expertise: Avian ecology, behavioral landscape ecology, wintering ecology of Ammospiza sparrows

Website: https://williamoakley.com/


Grace Parikh

Grace Parikh

Appointment: Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: glparikh@nmsu.edu

Expertise: Large mammal ecology, nutritional ecology, conservation physiology, wildlife-habitat relationships

Website: Parikh Website
Publications: Parikh Google Scholar


Craig Reddell

Craig Reddell

Appointment: GIS Analyst

Email: reddellc@nmsu.edu

Expertise: Wildlife Conservation and Management, Spatial Ecology, Occupancy Models


Rossanna Sallenave

Rossana Sallenave

Appointment: Affiliated Faculty & College Professor, Extension Animal Sciences and Natural Resources

Email: rsallena@nmsu.edu

Expertise: Aquatic Ecology, Water Quality, Watershed Management, Aquaculture

Websites: Extension Animal Sciences and Natural Resources


Christopher Vennum

Hyun Seon Yoon

Appointment: Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: hyoon@nmsu.edu

Mentor(s): Abby J. Lawson and Kasey Pregler

Expertise: Conservation Planning, Optimization, GIS, Quantitative Modeling

Websites: https://hyunseoky9.github.io


Christopher Vennum

Christopher Vennum

Appointment: Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: cvennum@nmsu.edu

Expertise:  Quantitative Ecology, Movement Ecology, Raptor Ecology & Conservation

Advisor:  Abby Lawson


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Aaron Young

Appointment: Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: aarony@nmsu.edu

Expertise: Wildlife Conservation and Management, Avian Ecology, Quantitative Ecology

Advisors: Martha Desmond and Fitsum Gebreselassie