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Aquatic Systems

Conservation and Forest Management

Human Interactions

Faculty

Stephen Dinsmore
- Department Chair
- Leopold Center Interim Chair
- Professor
- Wildlife
cootjr@iastate.edu
Billy Beck
- Assistant Professor, Extension Forestry Specialist
- Conservation and Forest Management
wjbeck@iastate.edu
Julie Blanchong
- Associate Professor
- Director of Graduate Education (DOGE)
- Wildlife
julieb@iastate.edu
Miranda Curzon
- Assistant Professor
- Conservation and Forest Management
mcurzon@iastate.edu
Thomas Harrington
- Professor
tcharrin@iastate.edu
Thomas Isenhart
- Professor
- Conservation and Forest Management
- Sustainability
isenhart@iastate.edu
Adam Janke
- Associate Professor
- Extension Wildlife Specialist
ajanke@iastate.edu
Robert Klaver
- Professor
- Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader
- Wildlife
bklaver@iastate.edu
Katherine Kral-O'Brien

she/her/hers
- Assistant Professor
- Wildlife
kralob@iastate.edu
Gunnar Kramer

he/him/his
- Assistant Professor
- Wildlife
grk@iastate.edu
Catherine McMullen
- Adjunct Associate Professor
mabry@iastate.edu
Michael Moore
- Assistant Professor
- Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
- Aquatic Systems
mooremj@iastate.edu
Peter Moore
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Conservation and Forest Management
pmoore@iastate.edu
Michael Rentz
- Assistant Teaching Professor
- Sustainability
- Wildlife
msrentz@iastate.edu
Kevin Roe
- Associate Professor
kjroe@iastate.edu
Ann Russell
- Adjunct Associate Professor
- Conservation and Forest Management
- Sustainability
arussell@iastate.edu
Jennifer Schieltz

she/her
- Associate Teaching Professor
- Rod & Connie French Conservation Camp director
- Conservation and Forest Management
- Wildlife
jms3@iastate.edu
Lisa Schulte Moore
- Professor, Natural Resource Ecology and Management
- Principal Investigator, Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Management Lab
- Co-Director, Bioeconomy Institute
- Director, C-CHANGE
lschulte@iastate.edu
Richard Schultz
- University Professor
- Conservation and Forest Management
- Sustainability
rschultz@iastate.edu
Lidia Skrynnikova
- Assistant Teaching Professor
- Conservation and Forest Management
- Sustainability
lrskryn@iastate.edu
Timothy Stewart
- Associate Professor
- Harmon Family Professor
- Aquatic Systems
twstewar@iastate.edu
Jan Thompson
- Morrill Professor
jrrt@iastate.edu
Anna Tucker
- Assistant Professor, Iowa Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
- Wildlife
tuckera@iastate.edu
John Tyndall
- Professor
jtyndall@iastate.edu
Michael Weber
- Associate Professor
- Aquatic Systems
mjw@iastate.edu
Peter Wolter
- Associate Professor
- Conservation and Forest Management
ptwolter@iastate.edu
Emily Zimmerman
- Assistant Professor
- Conservation and Forest Management
emilyz@iastate.edu

Student Services

John Burnett
- Student Services Specialist IV
- Student Accessibility Services Liaison
jburnett@iastate.edu
Chase Olsen

he/him/his
- Student Services Specialist I
cmolsen@iastate.edu
Douglas Stokke
- Student Services Specialist
dstokke@iastate.edu

Staff

Julia Baker

she/her/hers
- Industry Extension Specialist I
jaclymer@iastate.edu
John Burnett
- Student Services Specialist IV
- Student Accessibility Services Liaison
jburnett@iastate.edu
Jason Cataldo
- Montana Camp Maintenance Coordinator
cataldo@iastate.edu
Troy Heeren
- Agricultural Specialist I
taheeren@iastate.edu
Ryan Lamont
- Wildlife Research Associate
- Wildlife
rlamont@iastate.edu
Jennifer McGill
- Administrative Assistant II
mcgill1@iastate.edu
Chase Olsen

he/him/his
- Student Services Specialist I
cmolsen@iastate.edu
Tamara Porter
- Business Administrator III
tkporte@iastate.edu
Sandra Schroeder

she/her/hers
- Administrative Assistant II
- Graduate Student Support
sandras2@iastate.edu
Matt Stephenson
- Data Analyst II
mattstep@iastate.edu
Douglas Stokke
- Student Services Specialist
dstokke@iastate.edu

Affiliates

James Adelman
- Affiliate Faculty
- Wildlife
adelmanj@iastate.edu
Heidi Asbjornsen
- Affiliate Associate Professor
heidi.asbjornsen@unh.edu
W. Sue Fairbanks
- Affiliate Associate Professor
Karen Kinkead
- Affiliate Assistant Professor
Randall Kolka
- Affiliate Assistant Professor
Erin Muths
- Affiliate Assistant Professor
Brian Palik
- Affiliate Assistant Professor
Jesse Randall
- Affiliate Associate Professor
- Human Interactions
- Sustainability
randallj@iastate.edu
Keith Schilling
- Affiliate Assistant Professor
Brian Sturtevant
- Affiliate Assistant Professor
Mark Tomer
- Collaborator Assistant Professor
Ronald Zalesny, Jr.
- Affiliate Assistant Professor

Emeritus Faculty

Gary Atchison
- Professor Emeritus
atchison@iastate.edu
Marilyn Bachmann
- Professor Emeritus
mdbach@ufl.edu
Roger Bachmann
- Professor Emeritus
rbach@ufl.edu
Lou Best
- Professor Emeritus
loubest44@yahoo.com
Sue Blodgett
- Retired
sblodg@iastate.edu
Steven Bradbury
- Professor
- Sustainability
spbrad@iastate.edu
Joe Colletti
- Senior Associate Dean
colletti@iastate.edu
David Countryman
- Professor Emeritus
davidc@iastate.edu
James Dinsmore
- Professor Emeritus
oldcoot@iastate.edu
William Franklin
- Professor Emeritus
wlf@myomnitel.com
Richard Hall
- In Memoriam
Mary Harris
- Assistant Professor Emeritus
- Conservation and Forest Management
- Sustainability
maharris@iastate.edu
Elwood Hart
- Professor Emeritus
Paul Hinz
- Professor Emeritus
Steven Jungst
- Professor Emeritus
sejungst@iastate.edu
Erwin Klaas
- Professor Emeritus
eklaas@iastate.edu
Rolf Koford
- Assistant Professor Emeritus
rolfruns@gmail.com
Monlin Kuo
- Associate Professor Emeritus
mlkuo@iastate.edu
Floyd Manwiller
- Professor Emeritus
Harold McNabb
- Professor Emeritus
snabb18@iastate.edu
Bruce Menzel
- Professor Emeritus
Carl Mize
- Associate Professor Emeritus
cwmize@iastate.edu
Robert Moorman
- Professor Emeritus
Joseph Morris
- Professor
- Center Dirctor
- Aquatic Systems
jemorris@iastate.edu
David Otis
- Assistant Professor Emeritus
James Pease
- Associate Professor Emeritus
jlpease@iastate.edu
Clay Pierce
- Emeritus Collaborating Faculty Member
- Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Assistant Leader – Retired
cpierce@iastate.edu
Dean Prestemon
- Professor Emeritus
James Pritchard

he/him/his
- Adjunct Associate Professor Emeritus
jpritch@iastate.edu
Douglas Stokke
- Student Services Specialist
dstokke@iastate.edu
Robert Summerfelt
- Professor Emeritus
rsummerf@iastate.edu
Paul Wray
- Professor Emeritus, In Memoriam

Postdoctoral Researchers

David Delaney

he/him
- Postdoc Research Associate
- Dinsmore lab
- Wildlife
dmdelane@iastate.edu
Jonathan Harris
- Postdoc Research Associate
- Wildlife
jpharr@iastate.edu
Suraj Upadhya
- Postdoc Research Associate
upadhaya@iastate.edu

Graduate Students

Kelvin Baah

he/him/his
- Graduate Research Assistant
- Dr. Peter Moore
kadubaah@iastate.edu
Brandt Boekhout
- Graduate Research Assistant
- Dr. Michael Weber
bboek@iastate.edu
Melanie Bogert
- Graduate Research Assistant, Wildlife Ecology and Sustainable Agriculture
mgbogert@iastate.edu
Nicole Bosco
- Graduate Research Assistant
- Wildlife
nbosco@iastate.edu
Caitlyn Campbell
- Graduate Research Assistant
caitlyn@iastate.edu
Dalton Clayton
- Graduate Assistant
daltonc@iastate.edu
William Cope
- Graduate Assistant-Research
wrcope@iastate.edu
Victoria Fasbender
- Graduate Assistant
- Dr. Stephen Dinsmore
- Wildlife
vfasb@iastate.edu
Connor Fiolek
- Graduate Assistant
fiole1cr@iastate.edu
Kiara Fish

she/her/hers
- Graduate Assistant
- Dr. Jan Thompson
kiaraf@iastate.edu
Johanna Ford
- Graduate Research Assistant
ford@iastate.edu
Lindsey Gapinski

she/her/hers
- Graduate Assistant
- Dr. Anna Tucker
gapin1@iastate.edu
Sierra Geer
- Graduate Assistant
- Dr. Billy Beck
sgeer@iastate.edu
Erik Griffen
- Graduate Assistant
- Aquatic Systems
egriffen@iastate.edu
Britney Hall
- Graduate Assistant
britneyh@iastate.edu
Justin Harms
- Graduate Assistant
- Aquatic Systems
jharms@iastate.edu
Sarah Hoepfner
- Graduate Research Assistant, Wildlife Ecology
- Dr. Stephen Dinsmore
hoepfner@iastate.edu
Erin Huckins
- Graduate Research Assistant, Sustainable Agriculture
ehuckins@iastate.edu
Gabriel Johnson

he/him/his
- Graduate Research Assistant
- Dr. Tom Isenhart
- Conservation and Forest Management
- Sustainability
gjohnson@iastate.edu
Juliana Kaloczi

she/her/hers
- Graduate Assistant
- Aquatic Systems
jkaloczi@iastate.edu
Kelsey Karnish
- Graduate Assistant
kkarnish@iastate.edu
Eli Lagacy
- Graduate Research Assistant
ejlagacy@iastate.edu
Elizabeth Lang

She/Her/Hers
- Graduate Research Assistant
- Dr. Anna Tucker
- Dr. Stephen Dinsmore
- Wildlife
emlang1@iastate.edu
Madeline Lewis
- Graduate Research Assistant
mlewis2@iastate.edu
Richard Magala
- Graduate Research Assistant, Wildlife Ecology
rmagala@iastate.edu
Ámbar Meléndez Pérez

she/her/hers
- Graduate Research Assistant
- Dr. Jan Thompson
- Conservation and Forest Management
- Human Interactions
aamp@iastate.edu
Jen Merryman

she/her/hers
- Graduate Research Assistant, Environmental Science
- Dr. Tom Isenhart
- Conservation and Forest Management
- Sustainability
jmerry@iastate.edu
Thomas Miles
- Graduate Assistant
- Dr. Michael J Weber
tpm144@iastate.edu
Jason Palmer
- Graduate Research Assistant, Environmental Science
jpalmer1@iastate.edu
Daniel Paulson
- Graduate Assistant
- Fisheries Biology
- Dr. Michael Moore and Dr. Michael Weber
- Aquatic Systems
dcp003@iastate.edu
Anne Poincon
- Graduate Research Assistant
apoincon@iastate.edu
Annika Preheim
- Graduate Research Assistant
- Dr. Michael J Weber
- Aquatic Systems
preheim@iastate.edu
Seth Renner
- Graduate Research Assistant
Fanny Riand

she/her/hers
- Graduate Research Assistant
- Human Interactions
- Wildlife
friand@iastate.edu
Annika Richards
- Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant
- Dr. Kevin J Roe
arich18@iastate.edu
Dalena Rogers
- Graduate Assistant
drrogers@iastate.edu
Michael Rohde

he/him/his
- Graduate Assistant
- Dr. Adam Janke
- Aquatic Systems
- Wildlife
rohdeml@iastate.edu
Claire Rude
- Graduate Assistant
clrude@iastate.edu
Andrew Rupiper
- Graduate Assistant
- Dr. William Beck
- Aquatic Systems
- Conservation and Forest Management
arupiper@iastate.edu
Noah Schultz

he/him/his
- Graduate Assistant
noasch23@iastate.edu
Kelsey Shepherd
- Graduate Research Assistant
kelshep@iastate.edu
Taylor Siddons
- Graduate Assistant
tsiddons@iastate.edu
Rachel Siller
- Graduate Research Assistant, Wildlife Ecology
siller@iastate.edu
Martin Simonson
- Graduate Research Assistant
martysim@iastate.edu
Christian Slone
- Graduate Assistant
- Aquatic Systems
cslone@iastate.edu
Mark Steffen
- Graduate Assistant
mark2@iastate.edu
Jessica Stephenson

she/her/hers
- Graduate Assistant
- Conservation and Forest Management
- Sustainability
jnel@iastate.edu
Tiffanie Stone
- Graduate Assistant
tstone@iastate.edu
Haleigh Summers

she/her
- Graduate Research Assistant, Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Science
hsummers@iastate.edu
McKensie Vaske

she/her/hers
- Graduate Assistant
- Dr. Michael Moore and Dr. Michael Weber
- Aquatic Systems
mckensie@iastate.edu
Evangelin Von Boeckman

She/Her/Hers
- Graduate Research Assistant
- Dr. Adam Janke
- Aquatic Systems
- Wildlife
erv224@iastate.edu
Hunter Wells

she/her/hers
- Graduate Assistant
- Dr. Stephen Dinsmore
- Wildlife
hwells@iastate.edu
Riggs Wilson

He/Him/His
- Graduate Assistant
- Dr. Adam Janke
- Wildlife
rowilson@iastate.edu
Aaron Yappert

he/him/his
- Graduate Research Assistant
- Dr. Anna Tucker
- Dr. Stephen Dinsmore
ayappert@iastate.edu

Undergraduate Students

Madalyn Boehm
- Student
meboehm@iastate.edu
Caitlyn Clemmer
- Student
cclemmer@iastate.edu

Jimena Golcher Benavides
- Research Scientist I
jgolcher@iastate.edu
Kathryn Keck
- Student Employee
web_kkeck@iastate.edu
Role Misty Treanor
- Role
train_mcarder@iastate.edu