Professional Staff & Affiliated Faculty

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
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
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