Professional Staff & Affiliated Faculty

Erica Christensen
Appointment: Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: echriste@nmsu.edu
Expertise Quantitative ecology, Community ecology, Extreme climate events, Long-term ecosystem dynamics
Advisor: Fitsum Gebreselassie and Martha Desmond
- Publications: Christensen Publications
- Christensen Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Kadie Heinle
Appointment: Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: kbheinle@nmsu.edu
Expertise: Applied Fisheries Science; Native Fish Conservation and Management; Quantitative Modelling
- Publications: Heinle Google Scholar
- Heinle Curriculum Vitae (CV)

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

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
Appointment: GIS Analyst
Email: reddellc@nmsu.edu
Expertise: Wildlife Conservation and Management, Spatial Ecology, Occupancy Models

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

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
Appointment: Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: cvennum@nmsu.edu
Expertise: Quantitative Ecology, Movement Ecology, Raptor Ecology & Conservation
Advisor: Abby Lawson

Casey Wagnon
Appointment: Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: cjwagnon@nmsu.edu
Expertise: Dryland Ecology, Restoration Ecology, Mammalogy
Aaron Young
Appointment: Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: aarony@nmsu.edu
Expertise: Wildlife Conservation and Management, Avian Ecology, Quantitative Ecology
Advisors: Martha Desmond and Fitsum Gebreselassie