Spring Celebration & Awards Night

Natural Resources & Environmental Science Student Awards

 

Morgan Yeager.

Morgan Yeager, Outstanding Senior, Environmental Science

Morgan is an environmental science major in the pollution and environmental contaminants specialization, with a minor in analytical chemistry. Morgan is in the Honors College and was selected for both an Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Award and a Pack Research Experience Program Award. While at the University, Morgan worked in a mercury analysis lab and an isotope analysis lab, and as a PASS (Peer-Assisted Study Session) leader for organic chemistry. She plans to attend graduate school in the fall.

 

Belle (Angelica) Lodovico.

Belle (Angelica) Lodovico, Outstanding Senior, Forest Ecology & Management

Belle is completing a double major in forest ecology and management and environmental science. She worked in the College's Quantitative Plant Ecology lab and Forest Ecology and Silviculture Labs. In addition to classwork, she volunteered in an aquatic insect lab and as a camp counselor for the Horses4Heroes Family Equestrian Center. After graduation, she plans to work and eventually enroll in a graduate program that combines her interests in ecology and math/data science.

 

DidiAlice Coker.

DidiAlice Coker, Outstanding Senior, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation

DidiAlice is completing a double major in wildlife ecology and conservation and biology. She is a Presidential Scholar, a McNair Scholar and a student member of the College's Student Chapter of the Wildlife Society. DidiAlice received a Nevada Undergraduate Research Award to study impacts of light pollution on urban sparrows. She presented her results at two national conferences and has a research paper in preparation. DidiAlice plans to continue to graduate school for a master's degree.

 

James Golden.

James Golden, Outstanding Master's Student, Natural Resources & Environmental Science

James obtained his M.S. degree from the Natural Resources & Environmental Science Graduate Program under the supervision of Assistant Professor Perry Williams. His research focused on studying use and survival of sage-grouse around vital late brood-rearing habitat in northern Nevada. James employed an innovative surveying technique integrating traditional sage-grouse trapping with point counts and developed a Bayesian hierarchical distance sampling model. James is now investigating demography and population dynamics of golden eagles in Nevada here at the University.

 

Kay Strain.

Kay Stain, Outstanding Ph.D. Student, Ecology, Evolution & Conservation Biology

Kay is a Ph.D. student in the Ecology, Evolution & Conservation Biology Ph.D. Program under the supervision of Assistant Professor Erin Hanan. They research how drought interacts with wildfire and annual grass invasion to alter dryland ecosystem function. Kay is currently in the process of publishing one of their manuscripts in the International Journal of Wildland Fire. To highlight their field of study, Kay has given multiple pop-science talks to the public while at the University.

 

Nathan Jackson.

Nathan Jackson, Outstanding Ph.D. Student, Natural Resources & Environmental Science

Nathan obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Natural Resources & Environmental Science Graduate Program under the supervision of Professor Kelley Stewart. His research focused on the effects of interspecific competition, nutrition and environmental factors on population dynamics and space use of mule deer. He published his work in several peer-reviewed journals. In addition to his research, Nathan maintained a strong commitment to teaching, mentorship and service to the University.

 

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