
Hailey Machnikowski
Department: Watershed Sciences
College: Quinney College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Degree: M.S. in Ecology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Karin Kettenring

Rebecca Ivans
Department: Social Science
College: College of Arts and Sciences
Degree: Master of Anticipatory Intelligence
Faculty Mentor: Briana Bowen

Zubair Barkat
Department: Sociology, Anthropology & Criminal Justice
College: College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Degree: Ph.D. in Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jessica Ulrich-Schad

Logan Haviland
Department: Applied Economics
College: College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
Degree: Ph.D. in Economics
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steven Wilcox

Olanrewaju Adeyemi
Department: Plants, Soils, and Climate
College: College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
Degree: Ph.D. in Plant Science
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mirella Ortiz

Grace Affram
Department: Plants, Soils, and Climate
College: College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
Degree: Ph.D. in Climate Science
Research Projects: The Western U.S. Hydroclimate
Faculty Mentor: Wei Zhang

Sena Bidlim
Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering
College: Engineering
Degree: Master of Science in Irrigation Engineering
Research Projects: Irrigation Performance Connection to Water Quality in Big Creek
Faculty Mentor: Burdette Barker

Tyler Coleman
Department: Watershed Sciences
College: Quinney College of Natural Resources
Degree: Masters of Ecological Restoration
Research Projects: Establishing a baseline to assess impact of restoration actions reconnecting Bear Lake tributaries to increase resilience and abundance of natives fishes
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Timothy Walsworth

Kori Kurtzeborn
Department: Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Degree: Master of Science Environmental Planning
Research Project: Sustainable Planning in Gateway Natural Amenity Region (GNAR) Communities
Faculty Mentor: Jake Powell

Alex Theophilus
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Degree: Sociology PhD
Research Projects: Intermountain West Transformation Network, Community and Environmental Change Around Bear Lake
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jessica Ulrich-Schad

Molly Blakowski
Department: Watershed Sciences
Degree: Watershed Science PhD
Research Project: Investigating the generation, transport, and composition of Great Salt Lake dust during a historic low
Faculty Mentor: Janice Brahney

Wesley Mathis
Department: English
Degree: Technical Communication and Rhetoric PhD
Research Project: Re-interpreting Bodies of Water: Designing Technical Solutions for Bear Lake in a Rhetorical Climate of Risk
Faculty Mentor: Jared Colton