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Dr. Trisha Atwood is an Associate Professor at Utah State University & is a National Academies of Sciences Gulf Research Early Career Fellow
email: trisha.atwood(at)usu.edu
Current Graduate Students
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Katia Quezada Villa (MSc)
Katia's work focuses on how chronic low salinity exposure affects behavior, fecundity and physiology in Dwarf cuttlefish. Katia received her B.S. in Biology from Brigham Young University in 2021, where she participated in several aquatic invertebrate research projects (marine crabs and snails, freshwater crayfish). Prior to starting her Master's degree at USU, she worked as a Saltwater Aquarist at Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, gaining a deeper understanding and appreciation for marine life and ocean ecosystems, as well as finding a new passion for scuba diving. |
Alumni
Dr. Jaron Adkins (Postdoc)
At USU, Jaron studied links between soil microbial communities and nutrient cycling in the Y-K Delta, Alaska
At USU, Jaron studied links between soil microbial communities and nutrient cycling in the Y-K Delta, Alaska
Lindsay Miller (MSc)
At USU, Lindsay studied the role of birds and photodegradation on wetland ecosystem functioning in the Y-K Delta.
Dr. Ryan Choi (Project Manager)
At USU, Ryan ran the Y-K Delta examining how grazing influences above- and belowground linkages in carbon cycling within a high-latitude coastal wetland.
At USU, Ryan ran the Y-K Delta examining how grazing influences above- and belowground linkages in carbon cycling within a high-latitude coastal wetland.
Emily Chavez (MSc)
At USU, Emily studied the impacts of herbivory on plant root traits and greenhouse gas fluxes in the Yukon-Kuskowim Delta, Alaska.
Adrián González Ortiz (MSc)
At USU, Adrián studied the impacts of industrial fisheries on marine nutrient cycling
At USU, Adrián studied the impacts of industrial fisheries on marine nutrient cycling
Dr. John Draper (PhD)
At USU, John studied the effects of coyotes on plant seed dispersal and landscape-level carbon storage
MAYA PENDLETON (MSc) At USU, Maya studied ecosystem services and functions of wetlands on the Great Salt Lake.
JOSH EPPERLY (MSc) Josh studied the effects of river flow on aquatic communities and ecosystem functioning in Diamond Fork River/Sixth Water Creek
SUSAN WASHKO (MSc) At USU, Susan studied the effects of beavers on stream macroinvertebrates and fish communities.
SHALEY VALENTINE (MSc) Shaley's research focused on global extinction risk of species based on trophic level and diet.
Current & Past Undergraduate Research Assistants
SAM SEDGWICK
DYLAN ANDERSON
BRYCE BOLLINGER
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AUDREE VAN VALKENBURG
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SARIT (CAMP) CHANPRAME |
Interested in joining the Atwood Aquatic Ecology & Global Change Lab?
Students wishing to join the lab should email Trisha with a CV (please include GRE scores and GPA) and a brief personal statement about which ecosystems and research questions you are interested in.
Students wishing to join the lab should email Trisha with a CV (please include GRE scores and GPA) and a brief personal statement about which ecosystems and research questions you are interested in.
