Matt Becker
mbecker1@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisors: Jennifer Frey and Theresa Laverty)
Hometown | Plainfield, IL
BS | New Mexico State University
MS Thesis Topic | Effects of Wind Energy Development on Terrestrial Mammals

Lucas Begeman
lbegeman@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: James Cain)
Hometown | Chaseburg, Wisconsin
BS | University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
MS Thesis Topic | Pronghorn habitat selection and movement in southwestern New Mexico

Charisa “Cherry” Bell
cebell@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Obed Hernandez-Gomez)
Hometown | Cochiti Lake, New Mexico
BS | University of New Mexico
MS Thesis Topic | Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans and/or Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis pathogen effects local New Mexico terrestrial systems

Blanca Aimee Cabrera-Cuellar
blancacc@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Obed Hernandez-Gomez)
Hometown | Torreón, Coahuila, México
BS | Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango
MS Thesis Topic | Population Genetics of the big bend slider turtle (Trachemys gaigeae)

Flor A. Calderón
fcalder@nmsu.edu
PhD | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Theresa Laverty)
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
BA | University of California, Davis
PhD Dissertation Topic | Effects of renewable energy development (wind and solar facilities) on bat activity and behavior

Sara-Ashley Collins
saraashc@nmsu.edu
PhD | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Obed Hernández-Gómez)
Hometown | TMarietta, Georgia
BS | University of Georgia
MS | Colorado State University
Dissertation Topic | Impacts of temperature and environmental stressors on amphibian stress physiology and disease dynamics

Sebastien Comtois
scomtois@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Kelly Jones)
Hometown | Angel Fire, New Mexico
BS | New Mexico State University
MS Thesis Topic | Predator Coexistence

Renae Cox
renaecox@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Wiebke Boeing)
Hometown | Boydton, Virginia
BA | Oregon State University
MS Thesis Topic | Abiotic, biotic, and anthropogenic impacts on arid intermittent water sources, specifically related to three fresh water shrimp species

Juliemar Cuevas-Hernandez
jcuevas2@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisor’s: Martha Desmond, Aaron Young, Timothy Wright)
Hometown | Orlando, FL
BS | University of Florida
MS Thesis Topic | Shrub encroachment impacts on wintering sparrows at the Jornada Experimental Range

Sophia Culver
sculver@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Jennifer Frey)
Hometown | South Bend, IN
BS | University of Wyoming
MS Thesis Topic | Diet and Ecology of the Oscura Mountain Colorado Chipmunk

Ella Engelhard
ellae@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Aaron Young)
Hometown | Missoula, Montana
BS | Western Colorado State University
MS Thesis Topic | Effects of desertification and shrub encroachment on rangeland songbird and insect communities

Jacob Falls
jfalls91@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Zach Klein)
Hometown | Homedale, ID
BS | University of Idaho
MS Thesis Topic | Population Dynamics and species interactions of Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout in the San Juan Tailwater Fishery

Paul Fedorowicz
pfedora@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Kasey Pregler)
Hometown | Okemos, MI
BS | University of Michigan
MS Thesis Topic | Conservation genomics of Pecos pupfish

Alejandro Gomez
agomez72@nmsu.edu
PhD | Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Obed Hernandez-Gomez)
Hometown | Las Cruces, NM
BS | New Mexico State University
PhD Dissertation Topic | Gut microbiome and internal parasite composition of bighorn sheep and non-native ungulates in Southern New Mexico

William Grooms
wgrooms@nmsu.edu
PhD | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Jennifer Frey)
Hometown: Las Cruces, New Mexico
MS | New Mexico State University
PhD Dissertation Topic | Effects of forest structure on biodiversity in the Southern Rocky Mountains

Natalia Hincksr
njhincks@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Zachary Klein)
Hometown: Idaho Falls, Idaho
BS | Eckerd College
MS Thesis Topic | Habitat Use and Movement of MYY Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in Four Drainages of New Mexico

Daniel Horton
djhorton@nmsu.ed
MS | Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Ecology (Advisors: Martha Desmond and Fitsum Gebreselassie)
Hometown: Jacksonville, FL
BS | Colorado State University
MS Thesis Topic | Pinyon Jay Movement Ecology

Domonic Jimenez
djimen62@nmsu.edu
PhD | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Obed Hernandez-Gomez)
Hometown | Las Cruces, NM
BS | New Mexico State University
PhD Disser Thesis Topic | Population Genetics and Immunogenetics of Western Pond Turtles

Matt Keeling
mkeeling@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: James Cain)
Hometown | Baltimore, Maryland
BS | Frostburg State University
MS Thesis Topic | Black bear resource selection: responses to wildfires and forest restoration

Mitchell Lejcher
mlejcher@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Wiebke Boeing)
Hometown | Woodbury, MN
BS | Concordia College of Moorhead
MS Thesis Topic | Aquaponics and Food Security

Megan Lemmo
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Martha Desmond, Co-Advisors: Fitsum Gebreselassie and Brian Millsap)
Hometown | Mogadore, OH
BS | Juniata College
MS Thesis Topic | Post-fledging ecology of American Kestrels

Coral Matos-Sepulveda
coralm@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisors: Abby Lawson and Timothy Wright)
Hometown | Miami Beach, FL
BS | College of the Atlantic
MS Thesis Topic | Mexican duck and other dabbling duck use of stocks tanks (diked wetlands) in southeastern Arizona

Alex Merchanlisky
amerch@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Martha Desmond & Fitsum Gebreselassie)
Hometown | Germantown, MD
BS | Auburn University
MS Thesis Topic | Breeding and movement ecology of Bendire's thrasher

Alyssa Mineau
PhD | Plant & Environmental Science (Advisor: Kelly Jones)
Hometown | Susanville, CA
BS | Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; University of Nevada, Reno
MS | Forest Resources; University of Arkansas at Monticello
PhD Dissertation Topic | Social and Economic Dimensions of Forest Restoration in the American Southwest

Ryan Moore
moorerm@nmsu.edu
PhD | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Theresa Laverty)
Hometown | Springfield, VA
BS | Virginia Tech
MS | Virginia Tech
PhD Dissertation Topic | The role of ephemeral desert water sources in structuring bat communities

Addison Mueller
addmuell@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Kasey Pregler)
Hometown | Hot Springs, MTC
BS |Montana State University
MS Thesis Topic | Population genomics of Largemouth Bass in New Mexico

Dante Munn
dmunn@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Jennifer Frey)
Hometown | Chapel Hill, NC
BS | University of Wisconsin - Madison
MS Thesis Topic | To be determined

Lili Ortiz
lortiz06@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Wiebke Boeing)
Hometown | Las Cruces, NM
BS | New Mexico State University
MS Thesis Topic | Improving Aquaponics Systems 

Ruth Passernig
rpass@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: James Cain)
Hometown | Austin, Texas
BS | University of Portland
MS Thesis Topic Mountain lion ecology

Mark Peyton
nmcatmap@nmsu.edu
PhD | Biology (Advisor: James Cain)
Hometown | Vernon, Arizona
BS | Northern Arizona University
MS | Texas Tech University
PhD Dissertation Topic | Mountain lion resource selection and behavior in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico

Taylor Pichler
tpichler@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Theresa Laverty)
Hometown | West Bend, Wisconsin
BS | Northland College
MS Thesis Topic | The interactive effects of bats and arthropods on shrub encroachment dynamics in the Chihuahuan Desert

Ryan Rimple
rjrimple@nmsu.edu
PhD | Biology (Advisors: Kasey Pregler and Karen Mabry)
Hometown | Saylorsburg, PA
BS | Juniata College
MS | University of Georgia
PhD Dissertation topic | Evaluating genetic rescue outcomes in a Gila trout outcrossing experiment

Julia Runkle
jirunkle@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisors: James Cain, Co-Advisor: Robert Lonsinger [OSU])
Hometown | Lancaster, PA
BS | Bryn Mawr College
MS Thesis Topic | The effects of fencing on movement and access to post-monsoon forage for pronghorn in Southeastern New Mexico

Carleen Silva
cnsilva@nmsu.edu
PhD | Biology (Advisor: Matthew Gompper and Kathryn Hanley)
Hometown | San Antonio, TX
BS | Iowa State University
PhD Dissertation Topic | Effects of an emerging infectious disease, RHDV2, on lagomorphs at the individual, population and community level

Melanie Solis Alvarez
msolis26@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisors: Wiebke Boeing and Theresa Laverty)
Hometown | Santa Fe, New Mexico
BS | University of Portland
MS Thesis Topic | Land Conservation Impacts

Brandi Stevenson
sbrandi@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Theresa Laverty)
Hometown | Houston, Texas
BS | University of Houston – Clear Lake
MS Thesis Topic | Ecology of nectar-feeding bats in the southwest

Evan Torres
evan10@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Ecology (Advisor: Zach Klein)
Hometown | Albuquerque, NM
BS | New Mexico State University
MS Thesis Topic | PEvaluation of potential co-management of Yellow Perch and Roundtail Chub

Whitney Watson
wwatson@nmsu.edu
PhD | Biology (Advisors: Abby Lawson & Tim Wright)
Hometown | Minneapolis, Minnesota
BA | Macalester College
MS | University of Wisconsin – Madison
PhD Dissertation Topic | Ecology of rosy-finches in northern New Mexico

Joe Youtz
joeyoutz@nmsu.edu

PhD | Geography (Advisor: Jennifer Frey)
MS | Arkansas State University
Hometown | Edgewood, New Mexico
BS | New Mexico State University
PhD Dissertation Topic | Wildlife-Habitat-Thermal Relations in Pinyon Woodlands

Erik Yukl
etyukl@nmsu.edu
MS | Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (Co-Advisors: Abby Lawson and Obed Hernandez-Gomez)
Hometown | Portland, OR
BS | Pacific University
MS Thesis Topic | Diet and behavior of released Bolson Tortoises in New Mexico