YIBS provides support for graduate students in the departments of Anthropology, Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and in the Yale School of the Environment, to students whose study and research focus on environmental issues. Disbursement of these funds is administered internally within these departments.
View our recent graduate students below. For additional funding opportunity for Yale students, please visit the YIBS Small Grants Program page.
2023-2024 YIBS Graduate Student Support
Chemical & Environmental Engineering
| Student | Advisor |
| Leslie Arrazolo | Jaehong Kim |
| Claire Butler | Lea Winter |
| Claire Chouinard | Jaehong Kim |
| Brielle Januszewski | Menachem Elimelech |
| Cheldina Jean | Julie Zimmerman & John Fortner |
| Susanna Maisto | John Fortner |
| Kevin Pataroque | Menachem Elimelech |
| Mitchell Rogers | Drew Gentner |
| Julia Simon | Lea Winter |
| Nhu (Mia) Tran | Drew Gentner |
Earth & Planetary Sciences
| Student | Advisor |
| Maoli Vizcaino | Pincelli Hull |
| Brian Beaty | Noah Planavsky |
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
| Student | Advisor |
| Julia Laterza Barbosa | Martha Muñoz |
| Shubhi Sharma | Walter Jetz |
2022-2023 YIBS Graduate Student Support
Anthropology
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Katherine Daiy | Exposures shaping infant growth and gut microbiome development in Samoa | Claudia Valeggia |
| Alexa Duchesneau |
Female White-faced capuchin (Cebus capucinus) nutritional geometry and fitness in a changing climate |
David Watts |
| Vicky Harries |
Influences of human milk metabolic hormone transfer and breastfeeding practices on early infant growth and body composition in Samoa |
Richard Bribiescas |
| Spencer Irvine |
Reconstructing fossil primate locomotion to test the grasp-leaping hypothesis for primate origins |
Eric Sargis |
| Katherine Meier |
Gorilla frugivory and multispecies coexistence amidst a seasonally-flooded peat swamp |
David Watts |
| Samantha Miller |
Functional genomics |
Serena Tucci |
| Paula Monquí | Puberty and adolescence in contemporary Latin American populations, with a focus on different site ecologies | Claudia Vallegia |
| Sakura Oyama | Associations between ovarian function and energy availability in a population with high adiposity – An exploratory analysis of female reproductive ecology in Samoa | Richard Bribiescas |
| David Wood |
Behavior and energetics of parenting in a biparental, neotropical primate |
Eduardo Fernandez-Duque |
Chemical & Environmental Engineering
| Student | Advisor |
| Wyatt Arnold | Jordan Peccia |
| Seung Hee Chae | Jaehong Kim |
| Brielle Januszewski | Menachem Elimelech |
| Cheldina Jean | Julie Zimmerman & John Fortner |
| Inhyeong Jeon | Jaehong Kim |
| Masashi Kaneda | Menachem Elimelech & Mingjiang Zhong |
| Susanna Maisto | John Fortner |
| Lauren Mazurowski | Menachem Elimelech |
| Kevin Pataroque | Menachem Elimelech |
| Julianna Rolf | Menachem Elimelech |
| Nhu (Mia) Tran | Drew Gentner |
| Camille Violet | Menachem Elimelech |
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
| Student | Advisor |
| Brooke Bodensteiner | Martha Muñoz |
| Richard Li | Walter Jetz |
School of the Environment
| Student | Research Topic |
| Jonathan Gewirtzman | Measuring tree-stem methane emissions with novel, low-cost automated chambers |
| Rory Stewart | Temporal Trends of the Fine Particulate Matter and Mortality Relationship in Representative US States: Understanding Changing Health Disparities Across Population Characteristics |
| Hannah Wang | An Interpretable Machine Learning Model for Large-scale Sustainable Biochar Production and Applications |
| Fransha Dace | Understanding Dynamics of Climate Adaptation and Resilience in Urban Centers Globally |
| Jinge Li | Florida Beneath the Rising Sea: The Heterogeneous Impact of Sea Level Rise on Housing Prices |
| Gabriel Gadsen | Drivers of neighborhood rodent communities and their zoonotic pathogens in Philadelphia |
| Alma Trujillo | The role of animal-seed dispersers in maintaining palm diversity across a human-dominated landscape in northwestern Ecuador |
| Brandon Lewis | Indoor Air Pollution in the Accra Metropolis |
| Momoko Ishii | The integrated biorefinery using continuous flow processing: utilization of CO2 as building blocks to create biodegradable polycarbonates for biomedical applications |
| Faith Taylor | Carceral Chronicles: An archival exploration of incarceration and environmental justice |
| Siria Gamez | Cats, Cattle, and Coffee: understanding the drivers of vertical space use in the Neotropical felid guild of Chiapas, Mexico |
| Joseph Zailaa | Investigating the drivers of evaporative leaf water loss in diverse native-California species |
| Yichen Yang | Development of a mobile monitoring system based on low-cost sensors for assessing the exposure of US urban residents to PM2.5 |
2021-2022 YIBS Graduate Student Support
Anthropology
| Student | Research Topic |
| Carley Cheney |
Environmental exposures from the local to the global: A comparison of the experiences and consequences of exposure among the Qom of Formosa, Argentina, and residents of New Haven, Connecticut |
| Alexa Duchesneau | Female White-faced capuchin (Cebus capucinus) Nutritional Geometry and Fitness in a Changing Climate |
| Katherine Meier | A Fragile Balance: Gorilla Ecology and Conservation in a Seasonally-Flooded Swamp Forest |
2020-2021 YIBS Graduate Student Support
Anthropology
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Katherine Daiy |
Industrialized ecologies and the early sensitive period of gut microbiome development in Samoa: complementary feeding and antibiotic exposure |
Claudia Valeggia |
| Alexa Duchesneau | Habitat and land-use in relation to the ecology, nutrition and long-term population viability of neotropical primate species and populations. | David Watts |
|
Victoria Harries |
Influences of human milk metabolic hormone transfer and breastfeeding practices on early infant growth and body composition in Samoa |
Richard Bribiescas |
| Spencer Irvine | Functional Morphology of Primate Hips and Knees: The Locomotor Behavior of the Earliest Primates and the Importance of Leaping to Primate Origins | Eric Sargis |
| Sakura Oyama | Examining the impact of obesity on female reproductive function in Samoa – a pilot study | Richard Bribiescas |
| David Woods | Biparental care in owl monkeys and titi monkeys– an exploratory study of a new field site in Perú | Eduardo Fernandez-Duque |
Earth & Planetary Sciences
| Student | Advisor |
| Elizabeth Bailey | Mary-Louise Timmermans |
| Liz Brabson | Pincelli Hull |
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Chantal Parker |
Investigating patterns and processes of diversification in the notothenioid adaptive radiation |
Thomas Near |
| Ian Gilman | Assembly of complex traits and the evolution of a novel photosynthetic pathway in flowering plant Portulaca (Portulacaceae) | Erika Edwards |
| Anri Chomentowska | Investigating the evolution of syndromes: life history, mating system, and environmental niche of a desert-alpine lineage in the plant family Montiaceae | Erika Edwards |
| Diego Ellis-Soto | Contrasting effects of sudden environmental and anthropogenic change on wildlife through integration of remote sensing and animal tracking | Walter Jetz |
School of Engineering & Applied Science
| Student | Advisor |
| Colby Buehler | Drew Gentner |
| Ryan DuChanois | Menachem Elimelech |
| Brielle Januszewski | Menachem Elimelech |
| Cheldina Jean |
Julie Zimmerman/ John Fortner |
| Inhyeong Jeon | Jaehong Kim |
| Masashi Kaneda | Menachem Elimelech/ Mingjiang Zhong |
| David Kim | Jaehong Kim |
| Mary Lane | Julie Zimmerman |
| Camille Violet | Menachem Elimelech |
| Tong Wang | Julie Zimmerman |
School of the Environment
| Student | Research Topic |
| Yara Alshwairikh | Post-glacial Adaptation Along a Climate Gradient in a Wide-ranging Amphibian |
| Scott Carpenter | The interactive effects of changing precipitation regimes and variable grazing pressure on the stability of big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) systems in the western United States |
| Hayon Michelle Choi | Effect modification of greenness on temperature-mortality relationship, using a Multi-Country, Multi-City dataset. |
| Alicia Entem | Recreation and subsistence values of moose (Alces alces) in Newfoundland, Canada |
| Kristy Ferraro | Quantifying nutrient input from caribou calving sites |
| Aishwarya Iyer | Impacts of improved envelope materials and cooling choices on cooling energy demand from different Indian residential buildings typologies |
| Koichi Kanaoka |
Material and energy efficiency in U.S.
industries: Industrial byproduct generation and interfirm reuse (industrial symbiosis)
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| Manon Lefevre | Life Beyond the Curve: Illuminating stories of science, population, and reproduction in the climate crisis |
| Alex Polussa | Fine spatial resolution of saprotrophic fungal functional traits |
| Nathalie Sommer | Integrating evolution and ecosystems through the Stoichiometric Phenotype |
2019-2020 YIBS Graduate Student Support
Anthropology
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Emily Briggs |
Pre-dissertation pilot research on primates as seed dispersing agents in subtropical forests of the province of Formosa, Argentina |
Eduardo Fernandez-Duque/ Oswald Schmitz |
| Carlye Chaney |
Pre-dissertation pilot research on environmental impacts on infant development in populations in transition in northern Argentina |
Claudia Valeggia |
| Katherine Daiy | Pre-dissertation pilot research on reproductive and nutritional ecology in an indigenous community in northern Argentina |
Claudia Valeggia |
|
Victoria Harries |
Pre-dissertation pilot research on breastfeeding patterns and nutritional status in Samoa |
Richard Bribiescas |
|
Katherine Meier |
Pre-dissertation pilot research on the impacts of ape-human interactions on ape behavior and health |
David Watts |
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Adam Andis | The Limits of Evolutionary Rescue: Physiological trade-offs of rapid adaptation to environmental change | David Skelly |
| Christopher Beltz | The effects of changing resource availability on carbon cycling in western drylands |
Indy Burke/ William Lauenroth |
| Samara Brock | Contesting the Future of Food: Expertise, Knowledge Production, and the Fight for the Future of the Global Food System | Justin Farrell |
| Scott Carpenter | Interactions of Press and Pulse Disturbance: Consequences of Grazing Intensity and Fire for Sagebrush Communities | William Lauenroth |
| TC Chakraborty | Creating a Global Dataset of urban heat and air pollution/Bias-Correcting Global Surface Radiation Datasets Using Machine Learning | Xuhui Lee |
| Wade Davis | Deregulation, Technological Innovation, and Heterogenous Contract Preferences: Retail Choice in Electricity Marktes with Smart Metering | Kenneth Gillingham |
| Kristy Ferraro | Quantifying nutrient input from caribou calving sites | Mark Bradford/ Oswald Schmitz |
| Manon Lefevre | Birth Control as Environmental Priority: Interrogating the Politics of Conservation and Family Planning in Madagascar | Michael Dove |
| Katie McConnell | How do changing environmental conditions affect migration patters in the Western United States, with a special focus on communities at risk for sea level rise and forest fire impacts. | Justin Farrell |
| Kaggie Orrick | Social-ecological landscape: Incorporating human behaviour and attitudes towards wildlife into landscape modelling between the Makgadikgadi National Park and Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana | Oswald Schmitz |
| Mario Soriano | Facets of vulnerability, risk, and uncertainty in the subsurface environment: Investigating the impacts of unconventional oil and gas development on groundwater resources | James Saiers |
2018-2019 YIBS Graduate Student Support
Anthropology
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
|
Alex Bertacchi |
Pre-dissertation pilot isotope analysis of ungulate teeth from the late Pleistocene in field site in Malawi |
Jessica Thompson |
|
Emily Briggs |
Pre-dissertation research to collect baseline data on resource distribution and habitat heterogeneity in owl monkeys and howler monkeys territories in the province of Formosa, Argentina. |
Eduardo Fernandez-Duque |
|
Carlye Chaney |
Pre-dissertation pilot study on perceptions of the water quality and local landfill usage in the periurban indigenous village Namqom, northern Argentina |
Claudia Valeggia |
|
Chloe Chen-Kraus |
Dissertation research on the impact of human activities on an endangered lemur and prospects for human-lemur coexistence. |
David Watts/ Allison Richards |
|
Elaine Guevara |
Genomics of primate longevity |
David Watts |
|
Jane Widness |
Pre-dissertation pilot research on the establishment and maintenance of territory boundaries between chimpanzee communities. |
David Watts |
Chemical & Environmental Engineering
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Riley Coulthard | Electrochemical deposition and transport of rare earth elements in aqueous and ionic liquid streams | Desiree Plata |
| Ryan DuChanois | Selective Transport in Polymeric Membranes Using Host-Guest Chemistry | Menachem Elimelech |
| Camrynn Fausey | Multifunctional Nanocomposite-Fibers for Water Treatment Applications | Menachem Elimelech/ Julie Zimmerman |
| Michael Giannetto | The Roles of Alkynes in Improving the Control and Sustainability of Carbon Nanotube Synthesis | Desiree Plata |
| Brenna Hodges | Exploring Single-Atom Catalysts for Applications to Water Decontamination | Jaehong Kim |
| Nina Jankovic | Fundamental Chemistry of Graphene CVD Growth: Material Design at Atomic Resolution | Desiree Plata |
| Mary Kate Lane | Investigations at the supercritical fluid - nanomaterial nexus: green solvent synthesis for composition, size, shape, and surface controlled nanomaterials | Julie Zimmerman |
| Cassandra Porter | Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization for Selective Membrane Layers | Menachem Elimelech/Mingjiang Zhong |
| Cody Ritt | Elucidating the Mechanisms of Water and Solute Transport Under Nanoconfinement | Menachem Elimelech |
| Julianne Rolf | Elucidating Antiscalant Mechanisms for Mitigation of Gypsum Scaling | Menachem Elimelech |
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Alejandro Damian-Serrano |
The Organismal and Ecological Determinants of Siphonophore Predation |
Casey Dunn |
| Ian Gilman |
Assembly of complex traits and the evolution of a novel photosynthetic pathway in flowering plant Portulaca (Portulacaceae) |
Erika Edwards |
| Jessica Glass |
Investigating patterns and processes of evolution, ecology, and diversification in carangiform fishes |
Thomas Near |
| Daniel MacGuigan |
Hybridization and speciation across multiple temporal scales in darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae) |
Thomas Near |
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Peter Berrill | The past, present, and future of energy, material and climate impacts from residential buildings in the US | Kenneth Gillingham |
| Paul Burow | Ecologies of Belonging: The Cultural Politics of Nature and Nation in North America’s Great Basin | Justin Farrell |
| Kate Burrows | The effect of displacement on the association between landslides and mental health in Indonesia | Michelle Bell |
| Ana Fanton Borges | Understanding the impact of plant vascular traits on the development of disease caused by the X. fastidiosa bacterium in grapevines | Craig Brodersen |
| Matthew Gordon | Waste management infrastructure in India | Marian Chertow |
| Tamar Makov | Who wants my half eaten artisinal sandwich? Uncovering the Structure & Dynamics of the Sharing Economy | Marian Chertow |
| Katie McConnell | How do changing environmental conditions affect migration patters in the Western United States, with a special focus on communities at risk for sea level rise and forest fire impacts. | Justin Farrell |
| Fjodor Melnikov | Comparative validation of aquatic toxicity prediction tools: Informing selection and development of tools for alternatives assessment | Paul Anastas |
| Julia Monk | The Biogeochemical Legacy of the Landscape of Fear - Predation Risk and Nutrient Hotspots | Oswald Schmitz |
| Bhartendu Pandey | Understanding the characteristics of urban heterogeneities | Karen Seto |
| Elisabeth Ward | Interactive effects of co-occurring plant invaders on soil nutrient availability in temperate hardwood forests. | Mark Bradford |
| Stephanie Weber | The Effects of Heavy-Duty Truck Fuel Efficiency Policy | Kenneth Gillingham |
2017-2018 YIBS Graduate Student Support
Chemical & Environmental Engineering
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Riley Coulthard | Electrochemical deposition and transport of rare earth elements in aqueous and ionic liquid streams | Desiree Plata |
| Camrynn Fausey | Multifunctional Nanocomposite-Fibers for Water Treatment Applications | Menachem Elimelech/Julie Zimmerman |
| Brenna Hodges | Exploring Single-Atom Catalysts for Applications to Water Decontamination | Jaehong Kim |
| Nina Jankovic | Fundamental Chemistry of Graphene CVD Growth: Material Design at Atomic Resolution | Desiree Plata |
| Stephanie Loeb | Light Harvesting Nanomaterials for Solar Water Disinfection | Jaehong Kim |
| Cassandra Porter | Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization for Selective Membrane Layers | Menachem Elimelech/Mingjiang Zhong |
| Ratanachat Racharaks | Development and demonstration of a high-throughput genetic engineering and screening platform for the production of photosynthetic commodity chemicals | Jordan Peccia |
| Roger Sheu |
Unpacking the Analytical Power of Soft Ionization and Tandem Mass Spectrometry to
Study the Chemistry of Intermediate Volatility and Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds
|
Drew Gentner |
| Andrew Sumner | Chemical Transformations in the Shale Well Subsurface | Desiree Plata |
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Christopher Dutton |
Frequent hypoxic floods of the Mara River: the role of hippo pools and microbes in structuring the aquatic ecosystem. |
David Post |
| Ian Gilman |
Assembly of complex traits and the evolution of a novel photosynthetic pathway in flowerin plant Portulaca (Portulacaceae) |
Erika Edwards |
| Erica Holdridge |
Mechanisms of Resource Competition with Intraspecific Variation |
David Vasseur |
| Daniel MacGuigan |
Hybridization and speciation across multiple temporal scales in darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae) |
Thomas Near |
| Siyang Xia |
Oviposition site selection in sylvatic and domestic forms of Aedes aegypti |
Jeffrey Powell |
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Adam Andis | The Limits of Evolutionary Rescue: Physiological trade-offs of rapid adaptation to environmental change | David Skelly |
| Robert Buchkowski | Predicting the response of prey to predators | Oswald Schmitz |
| Mary Burak | Using Wildlife Genetics to Alleviate Human-Carnivore Conflict in Tanzania | Oswald Schmitz |
| Paul Burow | Exploring the Social and Political Ecologies of Pinon-Juniper Woodlands in North America’s Great Basin | Justin Farrell |
| Kate Burrows | The effect of displacement on the association between landslides and mental health in Indonesia | Michelle Bell |
| TC Chakraborty | Creating a Global Dataset of urban heat and air pollution | Xuhui Lee |
| Danica Doroski | Urban Tree planting Meta-analysis | Mark Ashton |
| Yufang Gao | Diet Selection of snot leopard (Panthera unicon) in Nyampo Yuzee, Qinghai Province, China | Michael Dove |
| Laura Logozzo | Dissolved Organic Matter Dynamics in a Large Temperate River | Peter Raymond |
| Julia Monk | The Biogeochemical Legacy of the Landscape of Fear - Predation Risk and Nutrient Hotspots | Oswald Schmitz |
| Lauren Pincus | The role of surfactant properies in SMC selectivity towards removal of organic contaminants | Julie Zimmerman |
| Rohan Simkin | Understanding the relationship between urbanization, human wellbeing and biodiversity at global scales | Karen Seto |
| Megan Sullivan | Effects of selective logging on Afrotropical forests: Biodiversity, function and sustainability | Liza Comita |
| Jonghyun Yoo | The Development of Recursive Integrative Assessment Model | Robert Mendelsohn |
2016-2017 YIBS Graduate Student Support
Chemical & Environmental Engineering
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Camrynn Fausey | Multifunctional Nanocomposite-Fibers for Water Treatment Applications | Menachem Elimelech/Julie Zimmerman |
| Anna Hagstrom | Solid-State Dual-Sensitizer Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion Systems for Broadband Photocatalysis | Jaehong Kim |
| Nina Jankovic | Fundamental Chemistry of Graphene CVD Growth: Material Design at Atomic Resolution | Desiree Plata |
| Jaramillo Humberto | Thin-Film Composite Membranes to Reduce Gypsum Scaling and Biofouling in Desalination and Wastewater Treatment | Menachem Elimelech |
| Sarah Kwan | From Homes to Schools The Impact of Ventilation and Cleaning on The Bacterial and Fungal Ecology of The Built Environment | Jordan Peccia |
| Stephanie Loeb | Light Harvesting Nanomaterials for Solar Water Disinfection | Jaehong Kim |
| Ratanachat Racharaks | Development and demonstration of a high-throughput genetic engineering and screening platform for the production of photosynthetic commodity chemicals | Jordan Peccia |
| Roger Sheu |
Unpacking the Analytical Power of Soft Ionization and Tandem Mass Spectrometry to
Study the Chemistry of Intermediate Volatility and Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds
|
Drew Gentner |
| Andrew Sumner | Chemical Transformations in the Shale Well Subsurface | Desiree Plata |
| Jay Werber | Permeability and Selectivity Limits of Polymeric and Biomimetic Desalination Membranes | Menachem Elimelech |
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Miranda Armstrong-Sinnott |
Understanding fruit color diversity: global patterns and case studies in Viburnum |
Michael Donoghue |
| Larry Bowman |
Interactions among History, Physiology, and Temperature in Zooplankton |
David Post |
| Ben Carlson |
Organism-environment associations and geographic distributions – from individuals to species |
Walter Jetz |
| Arun Chavan |
Evolutionary origin of cell types, A case study of decidual cells in mammalian pregnancy |
Gunter Wagner |
| Jessica Glass |
Investigating patterns and processes of evolution, ecology, and diversification in carangiform fishes |
Thomas Near |
| Kate Littrell |
The Implications of Prezygotic Isolation, Variable Performance, and Competition for Secondary Contact between Alewife Life History Forms |
David Post |
| Franz Simon |
Resource-pulses and food web stability |
David Vasseur |
| Elizabeth Spriggs |
Evolution across multiple scales in North American Viburnum |
Michael Donoghue |
| Frank Stabile |
No information found |
David Vasseur |
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Adam Andis | No Title | David Skelly |
| Paul Burow | Exploring the Social and Political Ecologies of Pinon-Juniper Woodlands in North America’s Great Basin | Justin Farrell |
| Chen Chen | Temporal Trends of Health Impacts from Air Pollution Today and under a Changing Climate | Michelle Bell |
| Ana Fanton Borges | Understanding the impact of plant vascular traits on the development of disease caused by the X. fastidiosa bacterium in grapevines | Craig Brodersen |
| Michaela Foster | International Environmental Aid to Africa: Assessing Donor Agency Evaluations of Effectiveness | Benjamin Cashore |
| Chelsea Judy | Linking Patterns of Land Ownership to Environmental Degradation and Economic Inequality in Ethiopia | Benjamin Cashore |
| Max Lambert | Can lawn weeds change frog sex? | David Skelly |
| Bhartendu Pandey | Understanding the characteristics of urban heterogeneities | Karen Seto |
| Kyra Prats | Linking Fern Ecophysiology, from a Species to a Phylogeny: Vascular Structure, Function, Integration, and Stomatal Behavior | Craig Brodersen |
| Mario Soriano | Facets of vulnerability, risk, and uncertainty in the subsurface environment: Investigating the impacts of unconventional oil and gas development on groundwater resources | James Saiers |
| Paul Wolfram | Effects of co-occuring plant invaders in soil nutrient availability | Edgar Hertwich |
| Jonghyun Yoo | The Development of Recursive Integrative Assessment Model | Robert Mendelsohn |
| Wen Zhou | The new concessionary regimes of Gabon, Central Africa | Michael Dove |
2015-2016 YIBS Graduate Student Support
Chemical & Environmental Engineering
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Akshay Deshmukh | Theory-Guided Membrane Design for Efficient Desalination | Menachem Elimelech |
| Michael Giannetto | The Roles of Alkynes in Improving the Control and Sustainability of Carbon Nanotube Synthesis | Desiree Plata |
| Anna Hagstrom | Solid-State Dual-Sensitizer Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion Systems for Broadband Photocatalysis | Jaehong Kim |
| Humberto Jaramillo | Thin-Film Composite Membranes to Reduce Gypsum Scaling and Biofouling in Desalination and Wastewater Treatment | Menachem Elimelech |
| Sarah Kwan | From Homes to Schools The Impact of Ventilation and Cleaning on The Bacterial and Fungal Ecology of The Built Environment | Jordan Peccia |
| Stephanie Loeb | Light Harvesting Nanomaterials for Solar Water Disinfection | Jaehong Kim |
| Ratanachat Racharaks | Development and demonstration of a high-throughput genetic engineering and screening platform for the production of photosynthetic commodity chemicals | Jordan Peccia |
| Roger Sheu |
Unpacking the Analytical Power of Soft Ionization and Tandem Mass Spectrometry to
Study the Chemistry of Intermediate Volatility and Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds
|
Drew Gentner |
| Anthony Straub | Membrane-Based Processes for Energy Production from Salinity Gradients and Low-Grade Heat | Menachem Elimelech |
| Andrew Sumner | Chemical Transformations in the Shale Well Subsurface | Desiree Plata |
| Jay Werber | Permeability and Selectivity Limits of Polymeric and Biomimetic Desalination Membranes | Menachem Elimelech |
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Stacy Arnold |
Multi-level Selection and the Evolution of Cooperation Using Bacteriophage and In-Silico Systems |
Paul Turner |
| Larry Bowman |
How intraspecific diversity shapes populations through space and time |
David Post |
| Ben Carlson |
Organism-environment associations and geographic distributions – from individuals to species |
Walter Jetz |
| Madelon Case |
Rainfall variability and savanna vegetation |
Carla Staver |
| Brian Park |
The evolution of sterile marginal flowers in Viburnum (Adoxaceae) |
Michael Donoghue |
| Siyang Xia |
Oviposition site selection in sylvatic and domestic forms of Aedes aegypti |
Jeffrey Powell |
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Kelly Aho | Greenhouse gas flux in the Connecticut river watershed | Peter Raymond |
| Robert Buchkowski | Feedbacks between detritivores and herbivores | Oswald Schmitz |
| Deepti Chatti | Household energy decisions in rural India: Lowering barriers to behavioral change | Robert Bailis |
| Guilherme DePaula | Modeling land-use change in Brazilian agricultural sector with farm-level data | Robert Mendelsohn |
| Kangning Huang | Mapping the remote linkages between urban consumption and hinterland | Karen Seto |
| Lan Jin | Traffic pollution and congenital heart defects in Lanzhou, China | Michelle Bell |
| Meghna Krishnadas | Disentangling ecological mechanism of edge-effect: Tree community regeneration in fragmented forests | Liza Comita |
| Tamar Makov | The useful durability of consumer electronics/Who wants my half eaten artisinal sandwich? Uncovering the Structure & Dynamics of the Sharing Economy | Marian Chertow |
| Meredith Martin | Ecology and management of tropical oak forest in Oaxaca, Mexico for the sustainable production of mezcal | Mark Ashton |
| Lauren Pincus | The role of surfactant properies in SMC selectivity towards removal of organic contaminants | Julie Zimmerman |
| Paige Weber | Quantifying the local co-benefits of global warming policy | Kenneth Gillingham |
2014-2015 YIBS Graduate Student Support
Chemical & Environmental Engineering
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| James Gutierrez | Nitrogen Recycling and Reactor Ecology: Implication for Industrial Scale Biofuel Production from Microalgae | Jordan Peccia |
| Anna Hagstrom | Solid-State Dual-Sensitizer Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion Systems for Broadband Photocatalysis | Jaehong Kim |
| Humberto Jaramillo | Thin-Film Composite Membranes to Reduce Gypsum Scaling and Biofouling in Desalination and Wastewater Treatment | Menachem Elimelech |
| Sarah Kwan | From Homes to Schools The Impact of Ventilation and Cleaning on The Bacterial and Fungal Ecology of The Built Environment | Jordan Peccia |
| Thomas Kwan | Tuning Supercritical Carbon Dioxide for Selective Extraction of Microalgae Lipids and Carotenoids | Julie Zimmerman |
| Amanda Lounsbury | Mechanistic Understanding of How Characteristics of Hematite Nanoparticles Impact Sustainable Functionality Towards Water Treatment | Julie Zimmerman |
| Jon Powell | Enabling and Enhancing Sustainable Materials Management through Waste Informatics | Marion Chertow |
| Devin Shaffer | Design of Anti-Fouling and Anti-Scaling Membranes for Forward Osmosis Desalination | Menachem Elimelech |
| Anthony Straub | Membrane-Based Processes for Energy Production from Salinity Gradients and Low-Grade Heat | Menachem Elimelech |
| Marissa Tousley | Nanomaterial Modification and Molecular-Level Assembly of Materials Aimed Toward the Development of Next Generation Membranes | Menachem Elimelech |
| Jay Werber | Permeability and Selectivity Limits of Polymeric and Biomimetic Desalination Membranes | Menachem Elimelech |
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Robert Buchkowski | The impact of soil fauna on soil N cycling | Oswald Schmitz |
| Jesse Burkhardt | Unexpected gains from trade: Do strategic polluters benefit from Cap and Trade? | Robert Mendelsohn |
| Hao Deng | Deconstructing drivers behind the case of China’s solar photovoltaic manufacturing industry | Kenneth Gillingham |
| Guilherme DePaula | Quantifying price and technology effects on soybeans expansion in Brazi l | Robert Mendelsohn |
| Lan Jin | Developing a 3-dimentional surface of air pollution in Lanzhou, China/ Traffic pollution and congenital heart defects in Lanzhou, China | Michelle Bell |
| Meghna Krishnadas | Disentangling abiotic and biotic drivers of tree community recruitment in fragmented forests | Liza Comita |
| Tamar Makov | The useful durability of products | Marian Chertow |
| Fjodor Melnikov | Safer chemical design | Julie Zimmerman |
| Alexandria Moore | Weltland Restoration: Evaluating the effect of community structure on ecosystem functioning | Oswald Schmitz |
| Juan Carlos Penagos Zuluaga | Ecology and evolution of flowers in the Lauraceae | Liza Comita |
| Chris Shughrue | Teleconnected Resource-Climate Vulnerabilities | Karen Seto |
| Lisa Weber | Analysis of pharmaceutical levels and their potential ecological implications in Connecticut river watershed | Peter Raymond |
2013-2014 YIBS Graduate Student Support
Chemical & Environmental Engineering
| Student | Research Topic |
| Laura Arias-Chavezorb |
Membranes for renewable energy from natural salinity gradients |
| James Gutierrez |
Micro-algae cultivation for biofuels |
| Sarah Swan |
Biofilm formation and biofueling mechanisms |
| Thomas Kwan |
Optimization of catalyst for extraction of fatty acid from biofuel |
| Amanda Lounsbury |
Green approaches for selen removal from wate |
| Leanne Paquini |
Bacterial toxicity of carbon nanotube |
| Candice Peligra |
Polymer-ZnO composite materials for renewable solar energy |
| Devin Shaffer |
Membrane desalination of high salinity brines |
| Anthony Straub |
Membrane-based process for converting waste heat to electricity |
| Marissa Tousley |
High selectivity membranes for environmental applications |
| Jamila Yamani | Novel absorption processes for removal of arsenic from water |
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
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April Dinwiddle |
Development and evolution of butterfly wing scales | Richard Prum |
| Elizabeth Forrestel |
Biodiversity and climate change in grassland ecosystems | Michael Donoghue |
| Jacob Musser |
Development of evolution of feather complexity | Richard Prum |
| Amanda Subalusky |
Wildlife-mediated subsidies and their impact on ecosystem function | David Post |
| Daniel Wieczynski |
Eco-evolutionary interactions and the maintenance of biodiversity | David Vasseur |
| Derek West | Influence of climate change on consumer-resource dynamics and ecosystem function | David Post |
Geology & Geophysics
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Shuang Zhang |
Reaction kinetics between CO2-bearing solution and mafic/ultramafic rocks |
Zhengrong Wang |
| Azusa Takeishi |
Aerosol effects on atmospheric convection, with particular focus on the influence on cloud life cycle and precipitation |
Trude Storelvmo |
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Erica Barth | Frac water withdrawls from streams in Pennsylvania | James Saiers |
| Deepti Chatti | Towards a political ecology of improved cookstoves | Michael Dove |
| Jill Kelly | Confronting the off-Nadir problem | Timothy Gregoire |
| Max Lambert | Can lawn weeds change frox sex? | David Skelly |
| Fjodor Melnikov | Safer chemical design | Julie Zimmerman |
| Alexandria Moore | Impacts of Biodiversity and species interactions on wetland ecosystem services and restoration | Oswald Schmitz |
| Amruta Nori-Sarma | Examining the health impacts of extreme temperature in sensitive populations in western India | Michelle Bell |
| Emily Oldfield | Testing a new theory to understand the balance between soil carbon gains and losses | Mark Bradford |
| Zhemin Xuan | The influence of pH variations on copper speciation in a coastal river | Gaboury Benoit |
2012-2013 YIBS Graduate Student Support
Chemical & Environmental Engineering |
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| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Lindsay Soh | Single-Pot Extraction and Transesterification of Algae Biomass for Fuel Production | Menachem Elimenech |
| Kyle Bibby | Viral Metagenomics for Determining the Diversity of Human Viruses Emitted to the Environment from Wastewater Effluent | Jordan Peccia |
| Wenqing Xu | Black Carbon-Catalyzed Degradation of Organic Contaminants by Sulfides in Marine Sediments | Joseph Pignatello |
| Laura Hoover | Design of New Membranes for Energy Production | Menachem Elimelech |
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Alex Dornburg | Evolution and Systematics of Reef Fish | Thomas Near |
| Elisabeth Forrestel | The Effects of Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity in Plants on Ecosystem Function | Michael Donoghue |
| Natalie Pilakouta | Environmental Causes and Evolutionary Consequences of Plasticity in Female Mate Preferences | Suzanne Alonzo |
| Jason Shapiro | The Evolution of Communication and Its Role in Infectious Disease Evolution and Dynamics | Paul Turner |
| Amanda Subalusky | Wildlife-mediated Subsidies and Their Impact on Ecosystem Function | David Post |
| Derek West |
Interacting Effects of Initial Conditions |
David Post |
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| Matthew Archer | The Relevance of Eco-Marxism in Modern Chinese Environmental Governance | Karen Hebert/ Robert Mendelsohn | ||||||||
| Kandice Harper | Forcings and feedbacks in the climate system: The role of reactive compounds in the atmosphere | Karen Hebert | ||||||||
| Jennifer Hoyle | Quantifying and Comparing Benefits of Source Water Protection Strategies Used to Manage Sediment Export from New York City Water Supply Watersheds | James Saiers | ||||||||
| Coco Liu | Health Impacts from Forest Fires Under Climate Change in the Western United States | Michelle Bell | ||||||||
| Dan Maynard | Will Climate Warming Accelerate Termite-Mediated Wood Decomposition in the Eastern United States | Mark Bradford | ||||||||
| Natalie Schultz | Exploring Forests’ Role in Climate Change Mitigation | Xuhui Lee | ||||||||
| Noah Sokol | Ecosystem Consequences of Forest Invasions: The Underground Story | Mark Bradford | ||||||||
| Nikki Springer | Alex Felson | |||||||||
| Bryan Yoon | Dissolved Organic Carbon Uptake Rate Analysis Using Optical Sensors | Peter Raymond | ||||||||
2011-2012 YIBS Graduate Student Support
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Alex Dornburg | Evolution and Systematics of Reef Fish | Thomas Near |
| Elisabeth Forrestel | The Effects of Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity in Plants on Ecosystem Function | Michael Donoghue |
| Andre Hodgins-Davis | Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity and Gene Expression | Jeffrey Townsend |
| Jason Shapiro | The Evolution of Communication and Its Role in Infectious Disease Evolution and Dynamics | Paul Turner |
| Derek West | Interacting Effects of Initial Conditions and Climate Change on Consumer-Resource Dynamics and Ecosystem Function in Lakes | David Post |
| Erica Westerman | Influence of the Environment on Reproductive Patterns of Benthic Communities and of Social Interactions on Mating Behavior and Mate Choice in Butterflies | Antonio Monteir |
2009-2010 YIBS Graduate Student Support
Chemical & Environmental Engineering |
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| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Jui Shan (Shan) Yong |
Engineered osmosis for green production of power and low energy desalination In these novel membrane-based processes, osmosis is cleverly exploited to tackle the global need for affordable clean water and inexpensive sustainable energy. |
Menachem Elimenech |
| Lindsay Soh |
Fate and transport of sucralose in the environment Research will include assessing the concentrations of sucralose in wastewater, surface waters, and drinking water, as well as identifying by-products of any treatment processes. |
Julie Zimmerman |
| Denina Hospodsky | Integrating aerosol physics with bacterial and fungai phylogenetics to describe the origins and sources of airborne bacterial in the atmosphere and indoor environment | Jordan Peccia |
| Ning Dai | Understanding nitrosamine and nitramine formation during amine-based carbon capture | William Mitch |
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Cynthia Chang | Ecosystem function in the tall grass prairie | Melinda Smith |
| Natasha Kelly | Honest male display, paternal care and female choice | Suzanne Alonzo |
| Andrea Hodgins-Davis | Population genetic diversity in gene expression reaction norms among natural isolates of S. cerevisiae | Jeffrey Townsend |
| Richard Harrington | Species delimitation and phylogeny using gene trees and the multi-species coalesecent | Thomas Near |
| Erica Westerman | The effect of female experience on mating patterns in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana | Antonio Monteiro |
| Christen Bossu | Linking population genetic patterns of hybridization to reproductive isolating mechanisms in darters: Systematics and reproductive isolation, population genetics, phylogeography | Thomas Near |
Geology & Geophysics |
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| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Adam Behike | Phylogeny of Cretaceous marine lizards (mosasaurs): origin, diversification and extinction in the marine realm; Cretaceous biogeography and epicontinental sea geochemistry | Jacques Gauthier |
| Rachel Racicot | Phylogeny of (endangered) delphinoid whales, species diversity, disparity, ontogenetic and individual variation, and patterns of extinction | Jacques Gauthier |
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School of Forestry & Environmental Studies |
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| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Catherine Fontana |
Advancing the understanding of the carbon cycle: Does climate history affect rates of microbially-mediated respiration? |
Mark Bradford |
| Mary Rogalski |
Using freshwater zooplankton metacommunities as barometers of long term ecological integrity |
David Skelly |
| Steven Brady | Road induced dynamics in wetland dwelling amphibians | David Skelly |
| Alder Keleman | Local Purchase and Local Diversity: Synergies for conserving agrobiodiveristy and alleviating hunger | Michael Dove |
| Sarah Osterhoudt | Uncertain Landscapes: Cyclones, Trade and Land-Use in Northeastern Madagascar | Michael Dove |
| Troy Hill | Ecosystem State Change in Coastal Wetlands: Causes and Consequences | Shimon Anisfeld |
| Jeffrey Chow | Economic Analysis of Protective Benefits from Mangrove Forests in Vietnam | Robert Mendelsohn |
| Jennifer Miller | Impacts of a changing climate on predator-prey relationships and human-wildlife conflict in northwestern India | Oswald Schmitz |
| Ashley Keiser | Exploring the soil microbial community: functional convergence in common environments and the consequences | Mark Bradford |
| Curt DellaValle | Development of a Spatial Aeroallergen Model and the Association of Aeroallergen Concentrations on Asthma Symptoms | Michelle Bell |
| Na Xu | Effects of Land Use and Agricultural Management on Soil-Carbon Leaching and Liability | James Saiers |
2008-2009 YIBS Graduate Student Support
Chemical & Environmental Engineering |
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| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Anna S. Brady-Estevez |
Carbon nanotube based filter for removal of viral and bacterial pathogens from water |
Menachem Elimenech |
| Lindsay Soh |
Fate and transport of sucralose in the environment Research will include assessing the concentrations of sucralose in wastewater, surface waters, and drinking water, as well as identifying by-products of any treatment processes. |
Julie Zimmerman |
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Jean Eric Rakotoarisoa | Historical biogeography, phylogeography of Malagasy rodents, conservation biology, niche modeling | Jeffrey Powell |
| Erem Kazancioglu | Fish reproduction; alternative reproductive tactics; sex change; modeling techniques | Suzanne Alonzo |
| Sara Carlson | Evolution of plant development; systematics and evolution of fruiting structures in Dipsacaceae | Michael Donoghue |
| Jura Pintar | Mathematical and conceptual foundations of evolutionary theory; individuation of biological entities (especially organisms and characters); short-term vs. long-term evolution | Gunter Wagner |
| Natasha Kelly | Honest signaling, alternative male reproductive behaviours and life history strategies | Suzanne Alonzo |
| Cynthia Chang | Community and ecosystem ecology, plant population biology, invasion biology | Melinda Smith |
Geology & Geophysics |
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| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Keith Laskowski | Interaction between climate, glaciation and uplift in tectonically activev mountain belts, such as the Chilean Andes | Mark Brandon |
| Jakob Vinther | Early animal evolution, specifically on the divergence of annelids and mollusks, using molecular biological methods on modern organisms and the fossil record to understand how these two distinct invertebrate groups diversified in a markedly changing biosphere | Derek Briggs |
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies |
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| Student | Research Topic | Advisor |
| Noah Aloysius | Water and land resourcecs planning and managagement and satellite remote sensins | James Saiers |
| Dwi Astiani | The effect of land use and global climate change on the ecology of peat swamp forests in West Kalimantan, Indonesia | Lisa Curren |
| Jennifer Baka | Jatropha and the social impacts of biofuels in developing countries | Robert Bailis |
| Stephen Brady | How local environmental variation generates genotypic mosaics within metapopulation structures | David Skelly |
| Adrian Cerezo | Environmental Education | Stephen Kellert |
| Jeffrey Chow | Climate change impacts and potential amelioration and forest management in developing countries | Robert Mendelsohn |
| Heather Clark | Anthropogenic perturbation of the chlorine biogeochemical cycle | Gaboury Benoit |
| Dylan Craven | The role played by plant physiological characteristics in modulating species composition of tropical secondary forests along environmental gradients | Graeme Berlyn |
| Keita Ebisu | Traffic exhaust dispersion modeling and the impacts of PM2.5 land use on health using ArcGIS and satellite imaging | Michelle Bell |
| Maya Leonard-Cahn | How patterns of species interactions relate to community structure, especially with regard to ecosystem stability, resistance and resilience | Oswald Schmitz |
| Sarah Osterhoudt | Globalism, environmental anthropology and the vanilla bean trade in Madagascar | Michael Dove |
| Joo Young Park | Industrial Ecology | Marian Chertow |
| Sara Smiley Smith | Environmental health and safety | John Wargo |
| Yaniv Stopnitzky | Environmental resource and development economics | Robert Mendelsohn |
| Xin Zhan | Regional air pollution and climate change | Xuhui Lee |