Jane Fencl
jfencl@ksu.edu

Project: Fisheries
Advisor: Dr. Martha Mather
Expected Completion: May 2014
Degree Seeking: M.S
Background: Research looking at food web ecology in an arid-land river and
monitoring endangered fish populations as part of Multi-Species
Conservation Project - Lower Colorado River
Education: Received B.S. from the University of New Mexico in 2009
Research Interests: Riverscape ecology, especially related to fish distribution, diversity, and abundance

Sean Hitchman
hitchman@ksu.edu

Project: Developing a spatially-explicit model for riverscape-scale management conservation: Implications for endangered native stream fish
Advisor: Dr. Martha Mather
Expected Completion: 2016
Degree Seeking: Ph.D.
Education: Received B.S. from the University of South Carolina, and M.S. from University of San Diego

Brian Kearns
bvkearns@k-state.edu

Project:   Lead exposure risk assessment and body condition modelling of Mottled Ducks on the Texas Gulf Coast
Advisor: Dr. David Haukos
Expected Completion: 2015
Degree Seeking: Ph.D.
Education: Received B.A. Biology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA and M.S., Geographic Information Sciences and Technologies, University of Southern California
Research Interests: Geospatial Modelling, Spatial Ecology, Demographic Modelling, and Avian Ecology of all types

Joseph Lautenbach
lautenba@k-state.edu

Project: Population demography and habitat use of Lesser Prairie-Chickens in Western Kansas.
Advisor: Dr. Dave Haukos
Expected Completion: Dec 2014
Degree seeking: M.S.
Education background: B.S. from Grand Valley State University

Zachary Peterson
peterson1zach@ksu.edu

Project: Understanding spatially, and temporally, explicit drivers of distribution and movement of a mobile top predator in a heterogeneous riverscape
Advisor: Dr. Martha Mather
Expected Completion: 2015
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Education: Received B.S. from Texas A&M University in 2011

Rachel Pigg
rmpigg@ksu.edu

Project: A multiscale investigation of the movement patterns of black-tailed prairie dogs
Advisor: Dr. Jack Cully
Expected Project Completion: 2013
Degree Seeking: Ph.D.
Education: Received B.S. from Rhodes College

Reid Plumb
rtplumb@ksu.edu

Project: Population Demographics and Habitat Utilization of Lesser Prairie-Chickens
Advisor: Dr. David Haukos
Expected Project Completion: December 2014
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Education: Received a B.S. from the University of Rio Grande in 2010
Research Interests: Avian ecology researching popluation demographics, habitat use, and movement patterns

Andrew Stetter
astetter@k-state.edu

Project:   I am investigating the health and parasitemia prevalence, and relating this to body condition and breeding status, in lesser scaup females at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. I am also looking at factors that influence lesser scaup duckling survival.
Advisor: Dr. David Haukos
Expected Project Completion: May 2014
Degree Seeking: M.S.
Education: Received B.S. from University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, 2011

Brandon Weihs
bweihs@k-state.edu

Project:   Spatio-temporal inundation patterns of playa wetlands and Ogallala aquifer recharge rates in the Southern High Plains, USA.
Advisor: Dr. David Haukos
Expected Project Completion: May 2014
Degree Seeking: Ph.D.
Education: Received B.S. (2007) and M.S. (2009) from University of Nebraska at Omaha
Research Interests:   Biogeomorphology, Landscape Ecology, Landslides, Geoarchaeology, Glacial & Fluvial Geomorphology