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)

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

Madison Miller
Appointment: Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: madimiller@nmsu.edu
Expertise: Quantitative ecology, population genetics, disease ecology
Advisors: Martha Desmond and Fitsum Gebreselassie

Chad Palmer
Appointment: Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: crpalmer@nmsu.edu
Advisors: Abby Lawson and Kasey Pregler
Expertise: Quantitative Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Ecosystem Engineer Ecology, Density-Dependent Dynamics, Decision Support ToolsPublications: Palmer's Publications

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

Casey Wagnon
Appointment: Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: cjwagnon@nmsu.edu
Expertise: Dryland Ecology, Restoration Ecology, Mammalogy
Advisors: Abby Lawson and Kasey Pregler

Erin Wiese
Appointment: Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: ewiese@nmsu.edu
Expertise: Ecoevolutionary physiology, Fish environmental physiology and ecology, quantitative genetics
Advisor: Zachary Klein