Our Alumni
Staff
Tamera Abrams, Undergraduate, Research staff
Shannon Westlake, Ph.D., 21Sustainability, Contractor (2020 - 2021)
Post-Employment: Social Scientist for USFWSMona Nazeri, Ph.D., WFA, Postdoctoral Associate (2018)
Jiangdong (Chuck) Liu, M.S., WFA, Research Associate II (2017 – 2020)
Post-Employment: GIS coordinator for ESRIRachel Greene, M.S., WFA, Research Associate II (2017 – 2020)
Post-Employment: GIS Coordinator Tennessee Division of ForestryJennifer Roberts, M.S., WFA, Research Program Manager (2017 – 2019)
Post-Employment: Army Corps of EngineersToby Gray, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor, Geosystems Research Institute (2014 – 2018)
Post Employment: Assistant Research Professor, Geosystems Research InstituteCarlos Ramirez Reyes, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate
Post Employment: University of Nevada-Reno
Grad Students
Jane Dentinger, MSc. Student
Current PhD student in QuEST LabCraig Sklarczyk, MSc. Student
Current PhD student in QuEST LabDurham Norman, MSc. student (2019 - 2021)
Postgraduate Employment: US Army Corps of EngineersConner Almond, MSc. student (2017 - 2020)
Andrew Shamaskin, PhD candidate (2018 - 2021)
Postgraduate Employment: Kanauss Science Policy Fellow in Washington DCWesley Burger, MSc. student (2017 – 2020)
Postgraduate Employment: works for Southern Ag ConsultingMegan Martin, MSc. student (2018 - 2019)
Postgraduate Employment: works for Ducks UnlimitedKelsey E. Paolini, MSc. student (2016 - 2018)
Postgraduate Employment: Research scientist at the University of WyomingJohannah R. R. McCollum, MSc. student (2016 - 2018)
Postgraduate Employment: Wildlife Refuge Specialist with the USFWSDonald P. Chance, MSc. student (2016 - 2018)
Postgraduate Employment: Wildlife Biologist for the State of TennesseeMadalyn Stoecker, MSc. student
Ryo Ogawa, PhD candidate (Postdoc)
Holly Torado, MSc. student (now PhD student at Oklahoma State University)
Ira Parsons, PhD candidate (Postdoc at South Dakota State University)
Brad Thornton, MSc. student
Jared Elmore, PhD candidate (Assistant Professor at Clemson University)
Rebecca Bracken, PhD candidate (Gulf Coast Bird Observatory)
Undergrads
Grace Bellew, Undergraduate technician (2023)
Still completing degree at Mississippi StateJennifer Sublett, Undergraduate research scholar (2019 - 2021)
Postgraduate Employment: Master's Student, Mississippi StateSydney O'Donald, Undergraduate technician (2021)
Still completing degree at Mississippi StateKimberly Lowery, Undergraduate Research Scholars Program mentee (2020 – 2021); Noxubee NWR Intern Program (2021)
Postgraduate Employment: Research Technician at Coastal Research CenterCara Stewart, Noxubee NWR Intern Program (2020); ORED Undergraduate; Research Scholars Program mentee (2020 – 2021)
Postgraduate Employment: Conservation CorpEmma Steeg, Noxubee NWR Intern Program (2020 – 2021)
Postgraduate Employment: Intern at Fossil Rim Wildlife CenterMadison Gnoose, Shackouls Honors College Summer Research Fellow (2020)
Still completing degree at Mississippi StateUtsaha Gurung, Undergraduate technician (2020)
Alison Marchant, Undergraduate Research Scholars Program mentee (2019 – 2020)
Postgraduate Employment: College of Veterinary Medicine Master's StudentCorianne Schmidt, Noxubee NWR Intern Program (2019)
Will Pigott, Undergraduate Research Scholars Program mentee (2018)
Postgraduate Employment: US Army Corps of EngineersGiles Kelly, Noxubee NWR Intern Program (2018)
Postgraduate Employment: Bottomlands Hardwood Forester with Wildlife MississippiIsabella J. Durham, Undergraduate research scholar (2017 - 2018)
Postgraduate Employment: Master's Student, Mississippi State