CHRISTINE BIELSKI
Chapline Fellowship Recipient 2015
Hometown: Chanhassen, Minnesota
Degree: B.S. Biology, minor in Art, Augustana University, May 2014
Thesis Topic: Role of pyric-herbivory to heterogeneity in a changing climate and grassland fuel
Adviser: Dirac Twidwell
JOSIAH DALLMANN
Hometown: Monument, Colorado
Degrees: B.S. Agronomy, B.S. Fisheries & Wildlife, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, December 2014
Thesis Topic: Disturbance and plant community composition in Nebraska Sandhills uplands
Adviser: John Guretzky
Email: josiah.dallmann@gmail.com
TORI DONOVAN
Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Degrees: B.Sc. in Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, May 2012
M.Sc. in Biology, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, October 2015
Thesis Topic: Climate change, disturbance regimes and system resilience
Adviser: Dirac Twidwell
Email: tori.m.donovan@gmail.com
BRITTANY DUEKER
Hometown: Fort Dodge, Iowa
Degree: B.S. Biology, Iowa State University, 2013
B.S. Anthropology, Iowa State University, 2013
Research:
- Human dimensions of grassland systems
Adviser: Dirac Twidwell
Email: bdueker@huskers.unl.edu
DILLON FOGARTY
Hometown: Belle Plaine, Minnesota
Degree: B.S. Biology, emphasis in Wildlife Management, Bemidji State University
M.S. Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University
Research:
- Woody invasion of grasslands
- Ecosystem service assessment and scenario planning as conservation tools
- Resilience of social ecological systems in the Middle West
Adviser: Dirac Twidwell
CALLIE GRIFFITH
Hometown: Paso Robles, California
Degree: B.S. Ecology, Range, Wildlife, and Fisheries (Emphasis in Plant Biology), Brigham Young University–Idaho, May 2013
Thesis Topic: Rangeland ecology and management in invaded tallgrass prairie
Advisers: Walter Schacht and Dirac Twidwell
Email: Callie.griffith.13@gmail.com
CASEY MCCOY
Hometown: Crawford, Nebraska
Degree: B.S. Forest Management, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, May 1998
Thesis Topic: Estimating Wildland Urban Interface Hazard and Risk
Adviser: Dirac Twidwell
Email: cmccoy3@unl.edu
CALEB ROBERTS
Hometown: Murray, Kentucky
Degrees: B.S. Biology and Creative Writing, Murray State University, May 2011
M.S. Wildlife Science, Texas Tech University, August 2015
Thesis Topic: Quantifying multi-scale resilience Landscape and community ecology
Advisers: Dirac Twidwell and Craig Allen
BRADLEY SCHICK
Hometown: Battle Creek, Nebraska
Degree: B.S. Biology (Organismal Biology, Environmental Biology) with minors in Chemistry and Physical Science, Concordia University, Nebraska, May 2014
Thesis Topic: Nutrient cycling in smooth bromegrass pasture
Advisers: John Guretzky and Walter Schacht
Email: bschick2@unl.edu
AARON SHROPSHIRE
Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska
Degree: B.S. Mechanized Systems Management, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, December 2013
Thesis Topic: Mob Grazing on Sandhills meadow
Advisers: Jerry Volesky and Walter Schacht
Email: aaronjshropshire@gmail.com
JACE STOTT
Hometown: Emmett, Idaho
Degree: B.S. Ecology, Range, Wildlife, & Fisheries, Brigham Young University–Idaho, July 2013
Thesis Topic: Cattle Distribution on the Nebraska Sandhills
Advisers: Mitchell Stephenson and Walter Schacht
Email: jace.stott@huskers.unl.edu
KAYLA TARR
Sampson Fellowship Recipient 2015
Hometown: Lincoln, Nebraska
Degree: B.S. Plant Biology and Grassland Ecology and Management, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, May 2014
Thesis Topic: Plant community response to drought timing
Advisers: John Guretzky and Walter Schacht
Email: kayla.tarr@gmail.com