Students
Post Doctoral Fellows
2011-present Dr, Akihiro Koyama, Soil Ecology
2011-Present Dr. Rodney Simpson, Soil Ecology
2004-present Dr. Guy Beresford, Microbial Ecology
2009-2010 Dr. Shawna MacMahon, Microbial Ecology and Biology Education
2005-2006 Dr. Josephine Ebomoyi. Science Education
2005-2006 Dr. Mark Davis, Science and Mathematics Education
2003-2006 Dr. Angela Morrow, Arthropod Systematics and Biology Education
2004 Dr. Robert Wang, Biology Education
2002-2004 Dr. Marisa Chelius, Microbial Ecology and Biology Education
1997-1999 Dr. Elisabeth Andrews, Biology Education
Graduate Advisees
2009-present Ms. Kate Wilkins, Ph.D. candidate, CSU GDPE
2004-2010 Mr. Rod Simpson, Ph.D. 2010, CSU GDPE.
2006-2008 Mr. Karl Wyant, MS 2008, CSU GDPE.
2001-2006 Ms. Meghan Quirk, Ph.D. 2006, UNC Biology
2000-2005 Mr. Howard Horton, MS 2005, UNC Biology
1998-2004 Ms. Heather Miller, Ph.D. 2004, UNC Biology.
2001-2004 Ms. Cynthia Pritekel, MS 2004, UNC Biology
2000-2003 Ms. Kimberly Melville, MS 2003, UNC Biology
1995-2000 Mr. Bradley Tripp, Ph.D. 2000, UNC Biology.
1998-2000 Ms. Jennifer Doles, MS 2000, UNC Biology.
1992-1997 Ms. Gina Lipari, MS 1997, UNC Biology.
1991-1997 Mr. Ben Boyer, MS 1997, UNC Biology.
1995-1998 Ms. Renee Jesser, MS 1998, UNC Biology.
1991-1995 Ms. Carol Jacobs-Carré, MS 1995, UNC Biology.
Graduate Theses
Simpson, R. 2010. Soil organic matter and aggregate dynamics in an Arctic ecosystem. Ph.D. Dissertation, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523.
Wyant, K. 2008. Effects of soil fertilization and herbivore exclosures on the ground spider community at Toolik Lake, Alaska. Masters Thesis, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523.
Quirk, M.H. 2006. Effects of black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) activity on soil foodweb structure in the shortgrass steppe of northeastern Colorado, USA. Ph.D. Dissertation. School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639.
Horton, H. 2005. Food webs along a natural productivity gradient within the rooms and passages of Wind Cave, South Dakota. Masters Thesis, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639.
Pritekel, C. 2004. Impacts from invasive plant species and their control on the plant community and belowground ecosystem at Rocky Mountain National park, USA. Masters Thesis, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639.
Miller, H. 2004. Students’ exposure and career aspirations in ecology: A study using semi-structured interviews to gain knowledge of public school students. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639.
Melville, K. 2003. The functional response of Folsomia candida and its fungal prey. Masters Thesis, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639.
Tripp, B. 2000. Food webs in saxicolous lichen communities: Relating primary productivity to species diversity in the real world. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639.
Doles, J. 2000. A survey of soil biota in the arctic tundra and their role in mediating terrestrial nutrient cycling. Masters Thesis, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639.
Jesser, R. 1998. Effects of productivity on species diversity and trophic structure of detritus-based food webs within sediments of Wind Cave, South Dakota. Masters Thesis, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639.
Lipari, G. 1997. Influence of substrate type on growth and activity of certain soil micro-fungi. Masters Thesis, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639.
Boyer, B.L. 1997. Nematode community structure and decomposition across adjacent mountain meadow ecosystems. Masters Thesis, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639.
Jacobs-Carré, C.A. 1995. Factors influencing ecosystem differentiation between lodgepole pine and sagebrush meadow in Fox Park, Wyoming. Masters Thesis, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639.
Undergraduates
2003-2006 Mr. Chris Roller, Undergraduate Research, UNC Sociology
2002-2005 Mr. Karl Wyant, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
2002-2005 Mr. Filberto Trejo, Undergraduate Research, UNC Sociology
2002-2004 Ms. Amanda Chapman, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
2002-2004 Mr. Paul Saunders, Undergraduate Research, Lewis & Clarke College
2001-2002 Mr. Sean Holliman, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1998-2001 Ms. Christy Chinn, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1999-2000 Ms. Erin Zamora, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1999 Mr. Brent Hendrixson, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1998 Ms. Laura Bonney, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1998 Mr. Xaviea Bell, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1998 Ms. Angie Dias, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1998 Ms. Crystal Frazier, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1998 Ms. Tessa Hower, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1998 Ms. Jessica Segala, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1998 Ms. J. Rebecca Vigil, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1998 Ms. Stephanie Winters, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1998 Ms. Jennifer Spensley, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1997-2000 Mr. Rod Simpson, Undergraduate Research, CSU Biology
1996-2000 Ms. Jill Sipes, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1997-1998 Ms. Jennifer Doles, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1997 Ms. Huy Chui, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1996 Ms. Angela Marloff, Undergraduate Research, UC-Boulder
1996 Mr. Ryan Fox, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1996 Ms. Leslie Sprague, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1996 Ms. Justine Lombardi, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1995 Ms. Desa Ausmus, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1995 Mr. Gregory Bostrom, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1995 Mr. Jeffery Osborn, Graduate Research, UNC Biology
1994-1995 Mr. David Pastran, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1994-1995 Ms. Sarah Boyd, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology.
1994-1995 Ms. Ana Child, Undergraduate Research, UC-Davis.
1994-1995 Ms. Deanne Kelly, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1994 Mr. Craig Zavorskas, Undergraduate Research, CSU/UNC Biology.
1993 Ms. Barbara Weiben, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology.
1993 Mr. Gregory Finnoff, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology.
1992-1993 Ms. Christy Beauprez, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology.
1992-1993 Ms. Lynn Jones, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology.
1992-1994 Ms. Julie Chester, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology.
1992-1993 Ms. Elizabeth Simpson, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology.
1992 Mr. Todd Brinker, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1992 Mr. Eric Lieberknecht, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1992 Ms. Kris Simmons, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology
1991-1992 Ms. Gina Lipari, Undergraduate Research, UNC Biology.
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Chinn, C. 2001. Estimating microbial biomass in low-production ecosystems. Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639.
Doles, J. 1998. Dynamics of soil organisms in apple orchards under conventional and organic management. Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639.