22 November 2009
Faculty, Staff, & Student Listing
A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Y
Ben Abbott
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))bwabbott@alaska.edu
Office: Trailer T-5 (Grads), 907.474.6051
Interests: The causes and effects of permafrost melt on the North Slope. Along with the ecological side of things I'm interested in communicating the significance of the science to the general public.
Major Professor: Jay Jones
Affiliations: B&W, IAB, TFS
Michael Anderson
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))fsmda2@uaf.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Roger W. Ruess
Affiliations: B&W, BNZ-LTER, IAB
Stacia Backensto
(M.S. - Interdisciplinary)ftsab@uaf.edu
Office: 307C Bunnell, 907.474.7094
Interests: The common raven on the North Slope of Alaska: Wildlife management and the human dimension
Major Professor: Abby Powell, Gary Kofinas
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB, RAP
Justin Bailey
(M.S. - Biology)fsjrb6@uaf.edu
Office: 251 Arctic Health Research Building
Interests: Neural control of breathing, neurotransmitter release in acute slice preparations
Major Professor: Michael Harris, Tom Green
Affiliations: ABNP, B&W, IAB
Andrew Balser
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))Andrew.Balser@alaska.edu
nrm.salrm.uaf.edu/~abalser
Office: 117 ENRI, UAA No Campus Office, 907.257.2733
Lab: No Campus Office
M.S. - University of Alaska Fairbanks
Interests: Remote sensing and spatial analysis for terrestrial and aquatic ecology
Major Professor: Jay Jones
Affiliations: AGC, B&W, IAB, TFS
Christopher (Chris) Barger
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)fscpb1@uaf.edu
Office: 214 West Ridge Research Building, 907.474.6232
Major Professor: Kevin McCracken
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Jessica Beecher
(M.S. - Biology)jjbeecher@alaska.edu
Office: 214 West Ridge Research Building, 907.474.1175
Interests: Physiological and genetic differences in cold tolerance among populations of Arabidopsis lyrata subspecies kamchatica.
Major Professor: Diana Wolf, Naoki Takebayashi
Affiliations: B&W, EPSCoR, Greenhouse, IAB
Emily Benson
(M.S. - Biology)erbenson1@gmail.com
Office: Trailer T-8 (Sheenjek), 907.474.1949
Major Professor: Mark Wipfli
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB
Rebecca Bentzen
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Wildlife))ftrlm@uaf.edu
Office: 305 Irving 1, 907.474.7144
Interests: Breeding biology of King Eiders on Alaska's North Slope
Major Professor: Abby Powell
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB
Travis Booms
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))fttlb@uaf.edu
Office: 214 West Ridge Research Building, 907.474.6232
Interests: Gyrfalcon breeding biology.
Major Professor: Kevin McCracken, Falk Huettmann
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Maria Bray
(M.S. - Biology)mdbray@alaska.edu
Office: 215 Arctic Health Research Building
Major Professor: Bert Boyer
Affiliations: B&W, CANHR, IAB
Amy Lynn Breen
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))amy.breen@iab.alaska.edu
www.iab.uaf.edu/~amy_breen
Office: 214 West Ridge Research Building, 907.474.1175
Interests: Late-Quaternary history of balsam poplar in North America
Major Professor: Matt Olson, Marilyn Walker
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Robin Bronen
(Ph.D. - Interdisciplinary)rbronen@alaska.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Terry Chapin III
Laura Brosius
(M.S. - Biology)fnlsb2@uaf.edu
Office: 458 Duckering, 907.474.2712
Interests: Determining organic matter sources for methane production and bubbling from Alaskan lakes using stable isotopes and radiocarbon ages.
Major Professor: Donie Bret-Harte, Katey Walter
Affiliations: B&W, IAB, TFS
Cord Brundage
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))cmbrundage@alaska.edu
Office: 120 Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.5024
Lab: Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.6472
Major Professor: Barbara Taylor
Affiliations: ABNP, B&W, IAB
Anna Bryan
(M.S. - Biology)albryan@alaska.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Erich H. Follmann, Lara Dehn
Mariana Bulgarella
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))ftmb3@uaf.edu
mercury.bio.uaf.edu/~mariana_bulgarella/
Office: 214 West Ridge Research Building, 907.474.6232
Interests: Molecular and physiological adaptation to hypoxia in waterfowl inhabiting the High Andes, focusing on the parallel evolution and adaptive properties of hemoglobin respiratory proteins of South American ducks.
Major Professor: Kevin McCracken
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Robert Burgess
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))fsrab6@uaf.edu
Office: 124 Arctic Health Research Building
Interests: Climate Change, Biofuels, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Lignocellulose degredation
Major Professor: Mary Beth Leigh
Affiliations: B&W, BNZ-LTER, IAB
Allison Butler
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))ftadb@uaf.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Richard D. Boone
Affiliations: B&W
Kendra Calhoun
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)ftklc1@uaf.edu
Office: 202 Irving 1, 907.474.1983
Interests: The Ectomycorrhizal Diversity of White Spruce at Treeline Across a Latitudinal Gradient in Alaska.
Major Professor: Roger W. Ruess
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Kyle Campbell
(M.S. - Biology)kkcampbell@alaska.edu
Office: 244 West Ridge Research Building, 907.474.1195
Interests: Ornithology, evolution, phylogenetics and biogeography of the birds of the Philippines
Major Professor: Kevin Winker
Affiliations: B&W, IAB, UAF, UAM
Matthew (Mac) Campbell
(M.S. - Biology)macampbell2@alaska.edu
Office: Trailer T-8 (Sheenjek), 907.474.1949
Interests: Systematics, phylogenetics, and population genetics of fishes. Computational biology.
Major Professor: Naoki Takebayashi, Andres Lopez (UAMN/SFOS)
Affiliations: B&W, IAB, UAM
Cameron Carroll
(M.S. - Biology)cjcarroll2@alaska.edu
Office: 102 Irving 1, 907.474.7006
Interests: Moose population dynamics in response to climatic changes
Major Professor: Knut Kielland
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Nathaniel Catterson
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology and Conservation)ntcatterson@uas.alaska.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Abby Powell
Sophie Chowdhury
(M.S. - Biology)fssmc6@uaf.edu
Office: 013 Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.6490
Interests: Behavioral Neurobiology
Major Professor:
Affiliations: ABNP, B&W, IAB
Katie Christie
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Wildlife))kschristie@yahoo.com
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Mark Lindberg
Amber (Amy) Churchill
(M.S. - Biology)fnacc1@uaf.edu
Office: Trailer T-6 (LTER)
B.S. - Stonehill College
Interests: Ecosystem processes in boreal peatlands, specifically related to CO2 cycling and contributions of plant community functional groups to overall ecosystem carbon budgets.
Major Professor: David McGuire
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB, SEL
Roy Churchwell
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Wildlife))rchurchw@alaska.edu
Office: Trailer T-5 (Grads), 907.474.6052
Interests: Ornithology; shorebird habitat use in coastal lagoons on the Arctic NWR.
Major Professor: Abby Powell
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB
Jessica (Jessie) Coltrane
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Wildlife))jessica.coltrane@alaska.gov
Office: Trailer T-8 (Sheenjek), 907.474.1949
Major Professor: Perry Barboza, Spalinger (UAA)
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Ryan Cooper
(M.S. - Biology)rcoope14@alaska.edu
www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/mammal/staff/cooper/
Office: 214 West Ridge Research Building, 907.474.1175
Interests: Population genetics, phylogeography, migration, historical biogeography, hybridization
Major Professor: Link Olson
Affiliations: B&W, IAB, UAM
Andrea Corcoran
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))ftaec1@uaf.edu
Office: 247 Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.1127
Lab: 257 Arctic Health Research Building
Major Professor: Michael Harris
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Nathaniel Coutsoubos
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))npcoutsoubos@alaska.edu
Office: Trailer T-3 (IGERT/TFS), 907.474.7946
Interests: Avian ecology and conservation in intensively managed landscapes.
Major Professor: Falk Huettmann
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB, RAP
Bonita Dainowski
(Ph.D. - Interdisciplinary)bhdainowski@alaska.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Erich H. Follmann, Craig Gerlach
Kristin DeGroot
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)kadegroot@alaska.edu
Office: 417 Irving 1, 907.474.7183
Interests: Relationship between reproduction and physiological condition of Lesser Scaup nesting in the boreal forest of Alaska
Major Professor: Perry Barboza, Mark Lindberg
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Russell (Russ) Dennis
(M.S. - Biology)redennis2@alaska.edu
Office: 102 Irving 1, 907.474.7006
Interests: Plant-animal interactions, community ecology
Major Professor: Pat Doak
Affiliations: B&W, Greenhouse, IAB
La Ona DeWilde
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))ftld1@uaf.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Terry Chapin III
Affiliations: RAP
Danielle (Mondloch) Dillon
(M.S. - Biology)dmmondloch@alaska.edu
Office: 118 Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.1844
Interests: Genetics, Immunology, Infectious diseases
Major Professor: Jonathan Runstadler
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Melody Durrett
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))msdurrett@alaska.edu
Office: 102 Irving 1, 907.474.7006
Interests: Seabird-derived nutrients, stable isotopes in ecosystem ecology, invasive species on islands
Major Professor: Christa P. H. Mulder
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Dashiell Feierabend
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)dfeierab@alaska.edu
Office: 408 Irving 1, 907.474.7162
Interests: Predator-prey interactions of lynx and snowshoe hares
Major Professor: Knut Kielland
Affiliations: B&W, BNZ-LTER, IAB
Christoff (Buck) Furin
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))ancgf@uaa.alaska.edu
Office: No Campus Office, 907.786.4776
Interests: Threespine stickleback, speciation, rapid evolution, perchlorate, ecotoxicology
Major Professor: Todd O'Hara, von Hippel (UAA)
Affiliations: B&W
Benjamin V. (Ben) Gaglioti
(M.S. - Biology)fsbvg@uaf.edu
Office: 417 Irving 1, 907.474.7183
Interests: Paleoecology, Ecophysiology.
Major Professor: Brian Barnes, Matthew Wooler
Affiliations: B&W, IAB, TFS
Brook Gamble
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)ftjbg@uaf.edu
Office: 305 Irving 1, 907.474.7144
Interests: Reproductive performance and body condition of glaucous-winged gulls in Kodiak, Alaska
Major Professor: Loren Buck
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB
Heather (River) Gates
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)hkgates@alaska.edu
Office: 305 Irving 1, 907.474.7144
Interests: Renesting dynamics in arctic breeding shorebirds
Major Professor: Abby Powell
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB
Sophie Gilbert
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Wildlife))slgilbert@alaska.edu
Office: 417 Irving 1
Interests: Doe and fawn habitat use in Sitka black-tailed deer, and fawn mortality effects of habitat choices. More broadly, population ecology, predator-prey relationships and habitat selection.
Major Professor: Kris Hundertmark
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB
Lori Gildehaus
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)fslag3@uaf.edu
Office: 418 Irving 1, 907.474.1949
Major Professor: Erich H. Follmann
Affiliations: IAB
Daniel J. Glass
(M.S. - Biology)fsdjg5@uaf.edu
Office: 124 Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.7929
Interests: Molecular Ecology, Mycology, Zymurgy
Major Professor: Lee Taylor
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Alex Grantham
(M.S. - Biology)fsabg@uaf.edu
Office: 242 West Ridge Research Building
Interests: Breakdown of Self-Incompatibility in Arabidopsis lyrata
Major Professor: Diana Wolf
Affiliations: B&W, IAB, INBRE
David (Dave) Gustine
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Wildlife))ftddg@uaf.edu
Office: 417 Irving 1, 907.474.7183
Interests: Nutritional ecology of muskoxen and caribou
Major Professor: Perry Barboza
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB, LARS
Laura Gutierrez
(M.S. - Biology)lgutierrez@alaska.edu
Office: Trailer T-8 (Sheenjek), 907.474.1949
Interests: Assessing availability and abundance of terrestrial and aquatic macroinvertebrates for diet and consumption by juvenile Chinook in the Chena River.
Major Professor: Mark Wipfli
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB
John-Erich Haight
(M.S. - Botany)ftjh2@uaf.edu
Office: 312 Bunnell, 907.474.5393
Major Professor: Gary Laursen, Lee Taylor
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Rebekah Hare-Sanford
(M.S. - Biology)fsrfh4@uaf.edu
Office: 2W08 Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.5908
Major Professor: Karsten Hueffer
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Paul Heflinger
(M.S. - Biology)fspah2@uaf.edu
Office: 242 West Ridge Research Building
Major Professor: Diana Wolf
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Troy Hegel
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Wildlife))fttmh@uaf.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Interests: Ungulate ecology, Spatial issues in wildlife ecology and management, Quantitative methods and statistical modeling
Major Professor: Falk Huettmann
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Brian Heitz
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))asbjh11@uaa.alaska.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Roger W. Ruess, Sveinbjornsson (UAA)
Affiliations: B&W, BNZ-LTER, IAB
Keiko Herrick
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))kakasofu@alaska.edu
Office: 019 Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.6490
Major Professor:
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Ian Herriott
(M.S. - Biology)fnich@uaf.edu
Office: 214 West Ridge Research Building, 907.474.7957
Major Professor: Lee Taylor
Affiliations: B&W, BNZ-LTER, IAB
Johanna Herron
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))jrherron3@alaska.edu
Office: 225 Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.6017
B.S. - University of Alaksa Fairbanks
Interests: Epigenetics, diabetes, and obesity
Major Professor: Andrea Bersamin
Affiliations: B&W, CANHR, IAB
Rebecca (Becky) Hewitt
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))rehewitt@alaska.edu
www.iab.uaf.edu/~rebecca_hewitt/
Office: 132 Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.2652
Interests: Ecological interactions between wildfire and treeline.
Major Professor: Terry Chapin III, Teresa Hollingsworth
Affiliations: B&W, BNZ-LTER, Greenhouse, IAB
Kyndall Hildebrandt
(M.S. - Biology)kbhildebrandt@alaska.edu
www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/mammal/staff/hildebrandt
Office: 244 West Ridge Research Building, 907.474.1195
Major Professor: Link Olson
Affiliations: B&W, IAB, UAM
Brooke Hill
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)blhill@alaska.edu
Office: 418 Irving 1
Interests: Brood survival of Dunlin near Barrow, AK
Major Professor: Christine Hunter
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Megan Hoffman
(M.S. - Biology)mhoffman2@alaska.edu
Office: 245 Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.5024
Major Professor: Barbara Taylor
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Darce Holcomb
(M.S. - Biology)dkholcomb@alaska.edu
Office: Colville House, 907.474.2798
Interests: Assessing disease status and select toxicants in a declining population of harbor seals in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
Major Professor: Todd O'Hara
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Sarah Hopkins
(Field Coordinator)ftseh@uaf.edu
Office: 214 West Ridge Research Building, 907.474.1175
Interests: Orchid/fungi symbiosis
Major Professor: Lee Taylor
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Elizabeth (Liz) Humphries
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))ehumphri@alaska.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Kevin Winker
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Grant Humphries
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)grhumphries@alaska.edu
Office: 419 Irving 1, 907.474.7959
Interests: Seabird Ecology and Distribution, and relating their distribution to oceanographic features, particularly, dimethylsulfide.
Major Professor: Falk Huettmann
Affiliations: B&W, EWHALE, IAB
Heather Huson
(Ph.D. - Interdisciplinary)hjhuson@alaska.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Interests: Genetic basis for athletic traits in Alaskan Sled Dogs (currently working at National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD)
Major Professor: Jonathan Runstadler
Affiliations: B&W, IAB, INBRE
Kimberly (Kim) Iceman
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))ftkei@uaf.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Lab: 104 Irving 1
Interests: Hibernation, Neuroscience
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Kim Jochum
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))kajochum@alaska.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Falk Huettmann, Kliskey (UAA)
Kyle Joly
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))fskcj3@uaf.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Terry Chapin III, Scott Rupp
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Aaron Kammer
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)ftark@uaf.edu
Office: Trailer T-5 (Grads), 907.474.6051
Major Professor: Kristin O'Brien
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Nicholas John Kerhoulas
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))njkerhoulas@alaska.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Link Olson
Jim Kimball
(M.A. - Interdisciplinary)ftjrk1@uaf.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor:
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Cassandra Kirk
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)ftcmk2@uaf.edu
Office: 121 Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.1844
Major Professor: Todd O'Hara
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Katrina Knott
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))ftkkk@uaf.edu
Office: 102 Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.7006
M.S. - University of Alaska Fairbanks
Major Professor: Todd O'Hara
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Ryan Kovach
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))rpkovach@alaska.edu
Office: No Campus Office, 505.231.6692
Interests: Population ecology and population genetics
Major Professor: Mark Lindberg, David Tallmon
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Benjamin (Ben) Kraft
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)ftbrk@uaf.edu
Office: 417 Irving 1, 907.750.0608
Interests: Large mammal ecology & management, space use, population ecology.
Major Professor: Kris Hundertmark
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Hayley Lanier
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))hclanier@alaska.edu
www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/mammal/staff/lanier/
Office: 244 West Ridge Research Building, 907.474.1195
Interests: Mammalian systematics, pikas, evolutionary biology
Major Professor: Link Olson
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Trixie Lee
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))fttnl@uaf.edu
Office: 232a Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.2653
Interests: Physiological Ecology: physiology of hibernation, especially lean mass loss, in Arctic Ground Squirrels and Alaska Marmots; Stable isotopes; thermoregulation of vertebrates
Major Professor: Diane O'Brien, C. Loren Buck
Affiliations: B&W, IAB, TFS
Mary-Cathrine Leewis
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))mcleewis@alaska.edu
Office: 242 Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.7352
Interests: Bioremediation, microbial degradation of PCBs
Major Professor: Mary Beth Leigh
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Neil Lehner
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)nslehner@alaska.edu
Office: 102 Irving 1, 907.474.7006
Interests: Arctic Fox movement and feeding ecology
Major Professor: Erich H. Follmann
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Tania Lewis
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)lupineluna@gmail.com
Office: No Campus Office, 907.364.1568
Interests: Brown and black bear distribution, behavioral ecology, and resource selection. Post-glacial succession of terrestrial mammals.
Major Professor: Sanjay Pyare, Kris Hundertmark
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Tyler Lewis
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Wildlife))tllewis@alaska.edu
Office: 307 Irving 1, 907.474.6602
Interests: Avian behavioral ecology, response of avian populations to environmental change, boreal forest wetland ecology, avian conservation
Major Professor: Mark Lindberg
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB
Robert Lichvar
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))ftrwl@uaf.edu
Office: 309 Bunnell, 603.738.2181
Interests: Taxonomy of western US Brassicaceae
Major Professor: Gary Laursen, Diana Wolf, Dr. Ishan Al-Shehbaz
Affiliations: B&W, Core Lab, Greenhouse, IAB, UAM
Karen H-R. Mager
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))karen.mager@alaska.edu
Office: IGERT Trailer T-2, 907.474.7603
Major Professor: Kris Hundertmark
Affiliations: B&W, IAB, RAP
Janne Maier
(M.S. - Biology)jhmaier@alaska.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Andrea Bersamin
Elizabeth Green (Bessie) Markley
(M.S. - Biology)egreen15@alaska.edu
mercury.bio.uaf.edu/~elizabeth_green
Office: Trailer T-8 (Sheenjek), 907.474.1949
Interests: Invertebrates and detritus from fishless headwaters utilized by fish downstream
Major Professor: Mark Wipfli
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB
Nicole McConnell
(M.S. - Biology)namcconnell@alaska.edu
Office: Trailer T-6 (LTER)
Interests: Partitioning ecosystem respiration in Boreal Peatlands
Major Professor: David McGuire
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, BNZ-LTER, IAB, SEL
Nazune Menka
(Ph.D. - Interdisciplinary)nmenka@alaska.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Terry Chapin III, Todd O'Hara
Jordan Metzgar
(M.S. - Biology)jsmetzgar@alaska.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Steffi Ickert-Bond
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Zachary Meyers
(M.S. - Biology)fszjm@uaf.edu
Office: University of Alaska Museum of the North
Interests: Developing and implementing novel methods for monitoring and tracking biodiversity across Alaska, specifically vascular flora. Other interests of mine include niche modeling, online mapping, and evolutionary history.
Major Professor: Steffi Ickert-Bond, Falk Huettmann
Affiliations: B&W, UAM
Sara Moses
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Wildlife))skmoses@alaska.edu
Office: 158C Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.7085
Interests: Contaminants in arctic mammals.
Major Professor: Todd O'Hara
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Timothy Mullet
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Wildlife))tcmullet@alaska.edu
Office: 419 Irving 1
Interests: Population ecology, landscape ecology, animal behavior, human impacts to wildlife, GIS habitat modeling
Major Professor: Falk Huettmann, John Morton
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Sarah H. Nash
(Ph.D. - Interdisciplinary)shnash@alaska.edu
Office: 215 Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.7856
Interests: I am interested in stable isotope methodology and its applications. I am particularly interested in nutrition and metabolism and how these affect isotopic signatures.
Major Professor: Diane O'Brien
Affiliations: B&W, CANHR, IAB
Aleya Nelson
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)ftarn@uaf.edu
Office: 102 Irving 1, 907.474.7006
Interests: Sampling techniques for Prince of Wales spruce grouse.
Major Professor: Mark Lindberg
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W
Jason Neuswanger
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))jrneuswanger@alaska.edu
Office: 138B Irving 2, 907.474.2486
Interests: Modeling habitat usage of juvenile Chinook salmon.
Major Professor: Mark Wipfli
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB
Jonathan (Jon) O'Donnell
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))jaodonnell@alaska.edu
www.iab.uaf.edu/~jon_odonnell/CV/
Office: Trailer T-6 (LTER), 907.474.5523
Interests: Carbon and water dynamics in response to permafrost degradation.
Major Professor: David McGuire
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, BNZ-LTER, IAB, SEL
Ann Olsson
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))akolsson@alaska.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Interests: Permafrost soil science
Major Professor: Jay Jones
Affiliations: B&W, BNZ-LTER, IAB
Elisabeth Padilla
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)erobins@alaska.edu
Office: IGERT Trailer T-2, 907.474.7603
Major Professor: Gary Kofinas
Affiliations: B&W, IAB, RAP
Veronica Padula
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))ftvmp@uaf.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Interests: Avian health, the dynamics of the avian influenza virus, the effects of contaminants on bird populations
Major Professor: Jonathan Runstadler, Douglas Causey (UAA)
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Megan Perry
(M.S. - Biology)mtperry@alaska.edu
Office: Trailer T-8 (Sheenjek), 907.474.1133
Interests: Chinook foraging ecology and bioenergetics
Major Professor: Mark Wipfli
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB
Andrea Price
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)andrea.price@alaska.edu
Office: 214 West Ridge Research Building, 907.474.6232
Major Professor: Kevin McCracken
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Christian Richey
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))ftcbr@uaf.edu
Office: 214 West Ridge Research Building, 907.474.1175
Interests: Evolution of plant mating systems
Major Professor: W. Scott Armbruster, Naoki Takebayashi
Affiliations: B&W, Greenhouse, IAB
Melanie Richter
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))ftmmr1@uaf.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Interests: Hibernation physiology with a focus on endocrinology
Major Professor: Brian Barnes, Loren Buck
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Amanda Rinehart
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))fsajr9@uaf.edu
Office: Trailer T-6 (LTER), 907.474.1534
Interests: Carbon and nitrogen cycling; the influence of permafrost and thermokarst development on stream chemistry.
Major Professor: Jay Jones
Affiliations: B&W, BNZ-LTER, IAB
Daniel Rinella
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))ftdjr@uaf.edu
Office: 102 Irving 1, 907.474.7006
Interests: Detecting presence and measuring of effects of marine-derived nutrients in riverine ecosystems
Major Professor: Mark Wipfli
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB
Daniel Rizzolo
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Wildlife))djrizzolo@alaska.edu
alaska.usgs.gov/staff/staffbio.php?employeeid=181
Office: Trailer T-5 (Grads), 907.474.6052
Interests: Avian ecology, energetics, and demography.
Major Professor: Perry Barboza, Mark Lindberg
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Jennifer Roach
(M.S. - Biology)jroach11@alaska.edu
Office: 107 Irving 1, 907.474.5404
Interests: Effects of climate change on wetland drying and impact on subsistence resources
Major Professor: Brad Griffith, Dave Verbyla
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB
Amanda (Mandy) Robertson
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))alrobertson2@alaska.edu
www.iab.uaf.edu/~amanda_robertson
Office: 214 West Ridge Research Building, 907.474.6232
Interests: Historical bigeography, ecological genetics, forest-climate interactions
Major Professor: Matt Olson
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Jennifer Rohrs-Richey
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))jkrohrs@alaska.edu
Office: 405 Irving 1, 907.474.7161
Interests: Ecophysiology, plant water relations, plant disease, and nutrient resorption.
Major Professor: Christa P. H. Mulder
Affiliations: B&W, BNZ-LTER, Greenhouse, IAB
David Roon
(M.S. - Biology)daroon@alaska.edu
Office: Trailer T-5 (Grads), 907.474.6051
Interests: Stream ecology, influence of riparian vegetation on stream foodwebs.
Major Professor: Mark Wipfli
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB
Matthew (Matt) Sexson
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Wildlife))mgsexson@alaska.edu
Office: USGS Alaska Science Center, No Campus Office, 907.786.7177
Interests: Ecology of Spectacled Eiders
Major Professor: Abby Powell
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W
Todd Sformo
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))rfts@uaf.edu
Office: 269 Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.6067
Interests: Overwintering Strategies in Arctic and Sub-Arctic Insects with Special Emphasis on Antifreeze Proteins
Major Professor: Brian Barnes, Jack Duman
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Aditi Shenoy
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))ftas3@uaf.edu
Office: 102 Irving 1
Major Professor: Knut Kielland, Jill Johnstone
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Jozef A. (Joey) Slowik
(M.S. - Biology)jaslowik@alaska.edu
Office: Trailer T-7
Interests: Spiders
Major Professor: Derek Sikes, Paula Cushing
Affiliations: B&W, IAB, UAM
Kurt Smart
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))kasmart@alaska.edu
Office: Trailer T-5 (Grads)
Major Professor: Jay Jones
Affiliations: B&W, BNZ-LTER, IAB
Valerie Steen
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)vasteen@alaska.edu
Office: Trailer T-5 (Grads), 907.474.6051
Interests: Landscape level habitat characteristics of breeding Black Terns
Major Professor: Abby Powell
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB
James Stone
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))ftjds2@uaf.edu
Office: 214 West Ridge Research Building, 907.474.1175
Major Professor: Matt Olson
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Kelsie Stone
(M.S. - Biology)fskme3@uaf.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Mary Beth Leigh
Affiliations: B&W
Michaela Swanson
(M.S. - Biology)m.swanson@alaska.edu
Office: Trailer T-5 (Grads), 907.474.6051
Major Professor: Roger W. Ruess
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Ken Tape
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))fnkdt@uaf.edu
www.iab.uaf.edu/~ken_tape/
Office: 417 Irving 1, 907.474.7183
Major Professor: Roger W. Ruess, Jeff Welker (UAA)
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Lila Tauzer
(M.S. - Interdisciplinary)lmtauzer@alaska.edu
Office: 106A-2 West Ridge Research Building, 907.474.6839
Interests: Ecosystem shift in response to climate change and the effect on birds at Creamer's Field
Major Professor: Abby Powell, Prakash (GEOL)
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB, UAF
Audrey Taylor
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Wildlife))ftart@uaf.edu
Office: Trailer T-5 (Grads), 907.474.6052
Interests: Behavior and physiology of post-breeding shorebirds in Alaska's North Slope
Major Professor: Abby Powell
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB
Claudia Thresher
(Graduate Student)cthresher@alaska.edu
Office: 307A Bunnell, 907.474.7094
Affiliations: B&W
Ina Timling
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))itimling@alaska.edu
Office: 120 Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.7929
Major Professor: Lee Taylor
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Tumi Traustason
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))ttraustason@alaska.edu
www.iab.uaf.edu/~tumi_traustason/
Office: 107 Irving 1, 907.474.5404
Interests: Treeline ecology
Major Professor: Roger W. Ruess, B. Sveinbjornsson
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Alison Triebenbach
(M.S. - Biology)fsant5@uaf.edu
www.iab.uaf.edu/~alison_triebenbach/
Office: 2W10 Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.5908
Interests: zoonoses (f. tularensis), vector transport (mosquitoes), emerging viruses and epidemiology
Major Professor: Karsten Hueffer
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Lauren Tuori
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)ftlkt@uaf.edu
Office: 418 Irving 1, 907.474.5338
Lab: 418 Irving 1, 907.474.5338
Major Professor: Christine Hunter
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Caroline Van Hemert
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))fscrv3@uaf.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Todd O'Hara, Diane O'Brien
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Delia Vargas Kretsinger
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)fsdv3@uaf.edu
Office: Trailer T-5 (Grads), 907.474.6051
Interests: Interior AK floodplain shrub communities; plant-herbivore interactions
Major Professor: Knut Kielland, Roger W. Ruess, Thomas Hanley
Affiliations: B&W, BNZ-LTER, IAB
Johann Walker
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Wildlife))ftjw@uaf.edu
Office: 307 Irving No Campus Office, 907.474.6602
Interests: Waterfowl Population Ecology.
Leia Ward
(M.S. - Biology)lward30@alaska.edu
Office: 247 Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.1127
Interests: Neurobiology
Major Professor: Michael Harris
Affiliations: ABNP, B&W, IAB
James (Jim) Warner
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))jwarner@iab.alaska.edu
Office: 216 West Ridge Research Building, 907.474.5076
Interests: Proteomics of Metabolic Suppression
Major Professor: Brian Barnes, Tom Green
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Adam Watson
(M.S. - Biology)ftatw@uaf.edu
Office: Trailer T-8 (Sheenjek), 907.474.1133
Interests: Using stable isotope analysis to examine vulnerability of white spruce to bark beetle mortality
Major Professor: Pat Doak
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Heidi Weigner
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))anhlw@uaa.alaska.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Matt Olson, von Hippel (UAA)
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Emily Weiser
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)elweiser@alaska.edu
www.iab.uaf.edu/~emily_weiser
Office: 305 Irving 1, 907.474.7144
Interests: Diet and reproduction of Glaucous Gulls on Alaska's North Slope
Major Professor: Abby Powell
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB
Joseph (Joe) Welch
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)jhwelch@alaska.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Interests: Nutritional impacts on the movement of moose.
Major Professor: Perry Barboza
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB
Teri Wild
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)tmcmillan@alaska.edu
Office: Colville House, 907.474.1844
Major Professor: Abby Powell
Affiliations: AKCFWRU, B&W, IAB
James Willacker, Jr
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))jjwillackerjr@alaska.edu
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Mark Wipfli
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Ann Wilson
(Graduate Student)Office: No Campus Office
Robert Wilson
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))ftrew1@uaf.edu
www.iab.uaf.edu/~robert_wilson/rob/index.htm
Office: No Campus Office
Major Professor: Kevin McCracken
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Jack Withrow
(M.S. - Biology)fnjjw@uaf.edu
Office: Trailer T-5 (Grads), 510.220.2817
Interests: Ornithology, population genetics and evolution
Major Professor: Kevin Winker
Affiliations: B&W, IAB, UAM
Theresa Woldstad
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)fttmw@uaf.edu
Office: 102 Irving 1, 907.474.7006
Major Professor: Kris Hundertmark
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Suzanne Worker
(M.S. - Wildlife Biology)sbworker@alaska.edu
Office: 408 Irving 1, 907-474-7162
Interests: Snowshoe hare ecology.
Major Professor: Knut Kielland
Affiliations: B&W, IAB
Betsy Young
(M.S. - Biology)beyoung@alaska.edu
Office: No Campus Office, 907.242.9707
Interests: Contributing landscape and human variables in moose and vehicle collisions
Major Professor: Terry Chapin III, Falk Huettmann
Affiliations: B&W, BNZ-LTER, IAB, RAP
Rebecca Young
(Ph.D. - Biological Sciences (Biology))rcyoung@alaska.edu
Office: IGERT Trailer T-2, 907.474.7603
Interests: Aging in long-lived seabirds
Major Professor: Sasha Kitaysky
Affiliations: B&W, IAB, RAP