Information for Prospective Graduate Students

Current Graduate Students

Matt Pyne, PhD student (2006 - present)

Dan Auerbach, PhD student (2007 - present)

Thomas Wilding, PhD student (2007 - present)

Ryan McShane, PhD student (2008 - present)

Former Graduate Students

Julia McCarthy, MS (2005 - 2008)

Thesis Title: Factors influencing ecological recovery downstream of diversion dams in southern Rocky Mountain streams

Angie Moline, PhD (2002 - 2007)

Dissertation Title: A survey of Colorado Plateau stream insect communities: the roles of riparian leaf litter and hydrologic variation on species growth and communtiy structure

Christine Albano, MS (2003 - 2006)

Thesis Title: Structural and functional responses of aquatic macroinvertebrate communities to streamflow diversion in Rocky Mountain streams

Debra Finn, MS (1997 - 2000); PhD (2000 - 2006)

Dissertation Title: Factors influencing the structure of benthic invertebrate communities in Colorado Rocky Mountain streams

Aaron Hoffman, PhD (2001 - 2006; co-advised by John Wiens)

Dissertation Title: The importance of current velocity, scale and patchiness for aquatic invertebrate movement and colonization

Julian Olden, PhD (2000 - 2004)

Dissertation Title: Fish fauna homogenization of the United States, life-history correlates of native extinctions and non-native invasions in the American Southwest, and the bi-directional impacts of dams in the American Southeast

Jeremy Monroe, MS (2000 - 2002)

Thesis Title: Scales and sources of habitat structure shaping grazer distributions in the upper Colorado River

Post-docs / Visiting Scientists

Dr. Nicolas Lamouroux, Visiting Scientist (1998)

Dr. David Lytle, Visiting DH Smith Fellow (2001)

Dr. David Merritt, DH Smith Post-doctoral Fellow (1999-2001)

Maria Alba Solans Verdu, Visiting Graduate Student (2006)

Dr. Nicole M. Vieira (2004-2005)

Dr. Todd A. Wellnitz (1997-2001)

Dr. Julie Zimmerman (2006-2007)