Abby Powell's
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Kelly Overduijn
M.S. Student, 2012 - present: Effects of thermokarst and fire on avian habitats in the boreal forest
B.S., Wildlife Ecology, University of Georgia, 2007
Heather Craig
M.S. Student, 2012 - present: Breeding ecology of Smith's Longspurs in northern Alaska
B.S., Biology (Ecology), Northwest Nazarene University, 2010
Chris Harwood
M.S. Student, 2010 - present: Breeding ecology of Whimbrels in interior Alaska
B.A., Biology, College of the Holy Cross, 1984
Matt Sexson
Ph.D. Student, 2009 - present: Spatiotemporal variation in the non-breeding distribution of Spectacled Eiders
M.S., Biology, Fort Hayes State University, 2006; B.S., Wildlife Biology, Baker University, 2004
Lila Tauzer
M.S. Student, 2009 - present: Ecosystem and avian community shifts in response to environmental change
B.S., Biology, Humboldt State University, 2003
Roy Churchwell
Ph.D. Student, Fall 2008 - present: Shorebird use of coastal lagoons on Alaska's North Slope
M.S., Zoology, Oklahoma State University, 2005; B.S., Zoology, University of Idaho, 1999
River Gates
M.S. Student, Spring 2008 - 2011: Reproductive ecology and morphometric subspecies comparisons of Dunlin, an Arctic shorebird.
B.A., Field Ecology and Environmental Education, Prescott College, 2000
Teri Wild
M.S. Student, Fall 2007- present: Habitat characteristics of Smith's Longspurs in Alaska's Brooks Range
B.S., Biology and Environmental Science, Colby College, 1998
Valerie Steen
M.S. Student, Fall 2007 - 2010: Waterbird distribution and habitat in the Prairie Pothole Region, USA.
B.S., Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, 1999
Emily Weiser
M.S. Student, Fall 2007- 2010: Use of anthropogenic foods by Glaucous Gulls in Northern Alaska
B.S., Biology, Colby College, 2004
Steffen Oppel
Current Employer - The Royal Society for Protection of Birds, UK
Ph.D. Student, 2005 - 2008: Ecology of King Eiders.
M.S., Landscape Ecology, Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany, 2003
Rebecca (McGuire) Bentzen
Current Employer - University of Alaska Fairbanks, Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. Student, 2002
- 2009: Reproductive patterns of King Eiders.
B.S., Biology and Wildlife,
University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1998
Audrey Taylor
Ph.D. Student, Fall 2003 - 2010:
Post-breeding
ecology of shorebirds on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska.
M.S., Biology, Wildlife Biology,
Colorado State University, 2002; B.S., Natural Resources, Cornell
University, 1997
Stacia Backensto
M.S. Student, Interdisciplinary Studies, 2002 - 2010: Common ravens in Alaska's North Slope oil fields: an integrated study using local knowledge and science.
B.S., Biology, Fort Lewis College,
1997
Christopher Latty
Current Employer - US Fish and Wildlife Service, Fairbanks Alaska
M.S. Student, 2005 - Spring 2008: Effects of implantable satellite transmitters on Common Eiders
B.S., Biomedical Science, Grand Valley State University, 2000
Heather Wilson
Current Employer - US Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska
Ph.D. Student, 2002
- 2007: Population Ecology of Pacific Common Eiders on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
B.A., Biology, University of
California Santa Cruz, 1998
Julie Morse
Current Employer - The Nature Conservancy, Washington
M.S. Student, 2002 - Fall 2005: Effects of recreational disturbance on Black Oystercatchers at Kenai Fjords National Park
B.S. Biology and Geology, Earlham College, 1995
Laura Phillips
Current Employer - National Park Service, Seward, Alaska
M.S., Fall 2001 - 2005: Migration Ecology and Distribution of King Eiders
B.S., Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, 1997
Mike Knoche
M.S., 2002 - 2004: King Eider Wing Molt: Inferences from Stable Isotope Analyses
B.S., Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1997
Corey Adler
M.S. Student, 2001 - 2004: Winter habitat use by cow moose on the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge
B.S., Forestry and Wildlife, Virginia Tech, 1995
Abby N.
Powell
Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife
Research Unit
last modified 01/31/2012