COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY - Key Persons


Aaron Jacobs

Job Titles:
  • Administrator
  • Award Grants Administrator

Aaron Vanasse

Job Titles:
  • IT Coordinator
Aaron moved to Fort Collins in the summer of 2011. He comes from the private sector, having work at IBM as a Server Outage Coordinator and most recently for Information Technology Experts (ITX) here in Fort Collins as a Systems Administrator. He has a love for the outdoors and can often be found at Horsetooth reservoir and the Poudre river, kayaking, paddle boarding as well as taking advantage of all the great hikes in the area.

Abbey Willison


Abbie Reade

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Undergraduate Committee
  • Academic Success Coordinator

Adam Bayless

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Fellow

Aemilia Mosswood

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Aimee Ward

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Alan Knapp

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Alex Adams

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Alex Siggers

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Alex Tate

Job Titles:
  • Bioinformatician & Research Associate - Montgomery Lab

Alex Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Alia Zieg-Link

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Alpana Damle

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Undergraduate Committee
  • Lab Coordinator

Aly Pillard

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Student Representative

Amanda Broz

Job Titles:
  • Research Scientist II

Amanda Carpenter

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Manager - Ruegg Lab

Amanda Cicchino

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Amanda MacDonald

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Amandeep Cheema

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Ami Wangeline

Job Titles:
  • Instructor

Amir Alayoubi

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Andrew Draper

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Andrew Paton

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Anireddy Reddy

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Graduate Admissions Committee

Anna Bautista

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate I

Anna De Jong


Annie Wallin

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Program Assistant Coordinator for Professional Science Master 's ( PSM ) in Zoo, Aquarium, and Animal Shelter Management

Anping Chen

Job Titles:
  • Research Scientist II

Ari Schlumbohm

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Arjun Khakhar Plant

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Space Use Committee
  • Biologist Assistant Professor

Ashley Larson

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate I

Ashley Miller

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate I

Austin Allison

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Avery Schneider

Job Titles:
  • Professional Science Master 's in Zoo, Aquarium, and Animal Shelter Management Candidat

Ayo Garner

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Business Officer
  • Department Business Officer
  • Ex Officio

Ben Golas

Job Titles:
  • Research Scientist / Scholar II

Ben Rosen


Beth Wittmann

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Brandon Hylton

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Brenna Forester

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Scientist

Britney Tennant

Job Titles:
  • Instructor - Workplace Wellness

Brooke Berger

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Brooke Montgomery

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate IV

Cameron Ghalambor

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Carina Donne

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Casey Lee

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Catherine Herzog

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Fellow

Cecilia Milano

Job Titles:
  • Tomasel Research Associate IV

Celena Romero

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Charlie Payne

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Student / Research Associate Animal Technician

Chase Alsup

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Chloe Butler

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Chris deRoux Graduate

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Chris Funk

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Christen Bossu Resch

Job Titles:
  • Office: Biology 308

Christina Fournier


Cole Deal


Colleen Webb

Job Titles:
  • Dean of the Graduate School

Conor Bertucci

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Corryn Zylstra

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

Cortney Salmen

Job Titles:
  • Academic Success Coordinator

Cory Williams

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Dahlia Kopycienski

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Dale Lockwood

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Undergraduate Committee

Dan Sloan

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Program Committee

Daniel Bush

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor and Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs

David Steingraeber

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor

Deborah M. Garrity

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman of the Space Use Committee
  • Member of the Undergraduate Committee
  • Department Chair
  • DEPARTMENT CHAIR and ADMINISTRATION
  • Professor and Department Chair

Dee Dee Wright

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Awards Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Undergraduate Committee
  • Experiential Education

Devin Mosswood Graduate

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Dhruba Naug

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman of the Graduate Admissions Committee
  • Member of the Space Use Committee
  • Professor

Diana Wall

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Donald Mykles

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Dorothy Ramirez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Graduate Program Committee
  • Ex Officio
  • Graduate Coordinator

Dylan Moss

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Elizabeth Diaz-Clark

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Elizabeth Harp

Job Titles:
  • Instructor

Elizabeth Pilon-Smits

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor

Elizabeth Saunders

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Space Use Committee
  • CEF Coordinator, Ex Officio
  • Communications, Events and Facilities Coordinator

Emily Lowmon


Emily Moore

Job Titles:
  • Event Coordinator

Emmalee Carruth

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Student

Erica Robertson

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Erica Sokoloski

Job Titles:
  • Instructor

Erik Arthun

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Evan Campbell

Job Titles:
  • IT Coordinator

Francis Chaves Rodriguez

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate I

Graham Peers

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Undergraduate Committee

Greg Tooley

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Gregory Florant

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Gus Waneka

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Hanna Royals

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate III

Hannah Borntrager

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Hannah Grant


Hannah Horowitz

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Hannah Knox

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Harper Appel

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Heather Blackburn

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Henry Millard

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Holden Fox

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Jacob Job

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate III

Jacob Lamb

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Jacy Stampes

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Jae Chung

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Jai Modi

Job Titles:
  • Methane Mapping Data Analyst

James Detling

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Janice Moore

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Jennie Willis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Program Committee

Jennifer Brady

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Museum Curation Committee
  • Graduate Assistant

Jennifer Neuwald

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Member of the Awards Committee

Jessie Mader

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Joe von Fischer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Professor

Jonathan Bertram

Job Titles:
  • Livestock Vectorborne Disease Research Associate

Jorge Perez Moreno

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Fellow

Josie Otto

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Julianna Mendez

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Julie Wenzel

Job Titles:
  • Research Proposal Coordinator & Prof / Indiv Contrib II

June Medford

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Kalia Kodrich Saavedra

Job Titles:
  • Lab Manager & Research Associate - Peers Lab

Kara Dietz

Job Titles:
  • Instructor

Karen Raines

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Kate Miller

Job Titles:
  • HABIC Animal Trainer & Volunteer Coordinator

Kate Wilsterman

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Member of the Space Use Committee

Kathy Condon

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Katie Dugan

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Instructor

Kaylie Adams

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Ken Kassenbrock

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Kendra Gilbertson

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Kevin Morey

Job Titles:
  • Research Scientist - Khakhar Lab

Kim Hoke

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Undergraduate Committee
  • Director, Ex Officio
  • Professor

Kira Kapit

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Kord Dicke

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Kristen Ruegg

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Chairman of the Awards Committee
  • Member of the Museum Curation Committee
  • Chairman of Awards Committee

Kristin Kerr

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Undergraduate Committee
  • Office: Biology 111M
  • Undergrad Coordinator, Ex Officio
  • Undergraduate Coordinator

Laura Acevedo


Lauren Farina

Job Titles:
  • Lab Manager & Research Technician - Khakhar Lab

Lauren Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Lindsay Beck-Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Research Scientist III

Lindsay Martin

Job Titles:
  • Admin Assistant III

Lindsey Seastone

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate II

Lisa Angeloni

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman of the Graduate Program Committee
  • Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
  • Associate Chair, Ex Officio
  • Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies

Liz DeCosmo


Liz Hysen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Undergraduate Committee
  • Lead Academic Success Coordinator

Lizzy Rylance

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Lydia Garner

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate Animal Technician

Mackenzie Woods

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate II & Lab and Collections Manager - Funk Lab

Maddie Amick

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Maggie Weir

Job Titles:
  • Academic Success Coordinator

Makenna Juergens

Job Titles:
  • Student

Marc Nishimura

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman of the Undergraduate Committee

Mariana Rodriguez Santiago

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Scientist / Schola

Marina Rodriguez

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Marinus Pilon

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor

Mary Linabury

Job Titles:
  • Office: Biology 339

Matthew Sturchio

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Max Combest

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate I

Max Golovkin

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Fellow - Reddy Lab

Maylou Flores

Job Titles:
  • Office: Biology 111R

Meena Balgopal

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Undergraduate Committee
  • Professor

Meg Hemmerlein Graduate

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Mel Morado

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Melinda Smith

Job Titles:
  • Director Semi - Arid Grassland Research Center

Melissa Islam

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate IV

Michael Antolin

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Michael Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Library Liaison

Michelle Roy

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Miles Whedbee

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Monica Kerr Plant

Job Titles:
  • Synthetic Biology Research Associate

N LeRoy Poff

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Natalie Ervin

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Nathan Dorff

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Nathan Ooms

Job Titles:
  • Professional Science Masters ( PSM )

Nico Matallana-Mejia

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Nicole Heskin


Patricia Bedinger

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor

Patty Vail Sloan

Job Titles:
  • Lab Research Associate

Paul Langlois

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate III

Peyton Haifley

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant, Spur LIFE Biology Program Coordinator

Porsche Robison

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate Aquatics Technician Lead

Rachael DeTar

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Scientist / Scholar

Rachel Mueller

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Awards Committee
  • Member of the Museum Curation Committee
  • Professor

Rebekah Wilson


Ren Hellmuth

Job Titles:
  • Lab Coordinator

Rena Masoutis Graduate

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Rita Knoll

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Department Office Manager
  • Ex Officio
  • Office Manager and Assistant to the Chair
Rita Knoll Office Manager and Assistant to the Chair rita.knoll@colostate.edu

Robyn Bortner


Ross Madden

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Undergraduate Committee
  • Assistant Director of Information Technology

Ryan McShane

Job Titles:
  • USGS Water Scientist and PhD Candidat

Saeideh Fathi

Job Titles:
  • Moghanloo Graduate Assistant

Salah Abdel-Ghany

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Sam Ogden

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Samantha Sherry Stu

Job Titles:
  • Researcher

Samantha Ward


Samuel Smith

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate II

Sarah Kerr

Job Titles:
  • Student

Shady Kuster

Job Titles:
  • Student

Shane Kanatous

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Museum Curation Committee
  • Professor

Shanelle Wikramanayake

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Sheela Turbek

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Fellow

Stephen Stack

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor

Sydney Hedberg

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Sydney Spiller

Job Titles:
  • Academic Success Coordinator

Tai Montgomery

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Program Committee
  • Member of the Space Use Committee

Talia Head

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Tanya Dewey

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman of the Undergraduate Committee
  • Member of the Museum Curation Committee
  • Member of the Space Use Committee
  • Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies
  • Associate Chair, Ex Officio
  • Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies

Tatiana Jourdan

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Tawni Bull

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Fellow - Khakhar Lab

Tech Fee

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Tech Fee Committee

Tessema Kassaw

Job Titles:
  • Research Scientist I

Thiago Knittel

Job Titles:
  • Guest Associate

Timothy Ohlert

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Researcher - Smith Lab

Travis Livieri


Tyler Heyne

Job Titles:
  • HR Technician & Key Manager
  • Human Resources Technician

Tyler Todd

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Vanessa Bentley

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Yichen Zhang