Professional Staff & Affiliated Faculty

Erica Christensen

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


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


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Madison Miller

Appointment: Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: madimiller@nmsu.edu

Expertise: Quantitative ecology, population genetics, disease ecology

Advisors: Martha Desmond and Fitsum Gebreselassie


Chad Palmer

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 Tools

Publications: Palmer's Publications


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

Website: Extension Animal Sciences and Natural Resources


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Casey Wagnon

Appointment: Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: cjwagnon@nmsu.edu

Expertise: Dryland Ecology, Restoration Ecology, Mammalogy

Advisors: Abby Lawson and Kasey Pregler


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Erin Wiese

Appointment: Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: ewiese@nmsu.edu

Expertise: Ecoevolutionary physiology, Fish environmental physiology and ecology, quantitative genetics

Advisor: Zachary Klein