Graduate Student Spotlights

Hailey Machnikowski

Hailey Machnikowski


Department: Watershed Sciences

College: Quinney College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Degree: M.S. in Ecology

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Karin Kettenring

Spotlight Interview

Rebecca Ivans

Rebecca Ivans


Department: Social Science

College: College of Arts and Sciences

Degree: Master of Anticipatory Intelligence

Faculty Mentor: Briana Bowen

Spotlight Interview

Zubair Barkat

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

Spotlight Interview

Logan Haviland

Logan Haviland


Department: Applied Economics

College: College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences

Degree: Ph.D. in Economics

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steven Wilcox

Spotlight Interview

Olanrewaju Adeyemi

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

Spotlight Interview

Grace Affram

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

Spotlight Interview

Sena Bidlim

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

Spotlight Interview

Tyler Coleman

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

Spotlight Interview

Kori Kurtzeborn

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

Spotlight Interview

Alex Theophilus

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

Spotlight Interview

Molly Blakowski

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

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Wesley Mathis

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

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