Alumni Dissertation Titles

NRESS alumnus Mark Anthony

"The NRESS program connected me with diverse faculty studying genetics, community ecology, and physical soil ecology. The staff, faculty and students involved in NRESS overwhelmingly support each other. I really benefited from the collaborative nature of my peers in NRESS, and I know this is a unique experience chatting with folks from other programs and universities."

—Mark Anthony, NRESS ’19G, Postdoctoral researcher, Crowther Lab, ETH Zürich

AlumniYearDegreeDissertation Title
Tamara Sade Marcus2024EESEco-Resonance at the Arctic's Edge: Unraveling Microbial Methane Mysteries and Quantifying Collaborative Research Challenges
Jess K. Steketee2024NRESEnvironmental Change and Population Dynamics of Small Mammals in Northern Alaska
Michal Zahorik2024NRESLand Conservation Planning for Flood Resilience in New Hampshire's Coastal Watershed
Allison Herreid2023EESImplications of Global Change on Biogeochemical Cycling in Aquatic Ecosystems Across Biomes
Michael R. Routhier2023EESCharacterizing New Hampshire Salt Marshes using Geospatial Technologies
Emily Whalen2023EESClarifying the Role of Microorganisms and their Traits in Soil Organic Matter Formation
Christopher Thomas Whitney2023EESUnderstanding the Role of Impounded Water Bodies in River Network Nutrient Exports in a Dynamic Landscape
Clarice Perryman2022EESInfluence of Permafrost Thaw, Microtopography, and Precipitation on Methane Cycling in Northern Peatlands
Lauren C. Breza2022EESThe Fate of Organic Nitrogen in Agroecosystems: Drivers and Outcomes
Heather Grybas2022NRESUnmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) as a Tool For Investigating Edge Influences in New Hampshire Forests
Sarah Johnson Widlansky2022EESClimatic and Biotic Interactions in Terrestrial Systems During Ancient Warm Periods
Shan Zuidema2022EESInterventions Towards Sustainable Watershed Management as Demonstrated by Hydrologic Simulation
Jeffrey T. Malloy2021NRESImplementing Socially Just Climate Adaptation: A Case Study of Boston, Massachusetts
Natalie Lounsbury2021EESCover crop-based no-till for small farms: tradeoffs of termination time, method, and ecosystem services
Benjamin Fraser2021NRESCharacterizing Forest Stands Using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Digital Photogrammetry: Advancements and Challenges in Monitoring Local Scale Forest Composition, Structure, and Health
Natallia Leuchanka Diessner2021NRESUn-Dam The River? Public Opinion and Engagement with Issues of Dam Removal in New England
Alexandra Evans2021EES

A Bird’s Eye View of Stream Ecology: Evaluating Stream Condition and Restoration Impacts Using Drones, Structure-from-Motion Photogrammetry, and Machine Learning Methods

Adele Fenwick2021NRESFire Regimes and Red Pine Stand Development in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
Andrew Robison2021EESCarbon Emissions from Streams and Rivers: Integrating Methane Emission Pathways and Storm Carbon Dioxide Emissions into Stream and River Carbon Balances
Kiley Remiszewski2020EESNutrient Cycling Along Microbial and Lithologic Gradients and Fostering Student Self-Confidence in Science
Katherine Ineson2020NRESDemography of a Recovery: Tracking the Rebound of Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) Populations
Sophia Burke2020EES
Bianca Rodriguez-Cardona2020EES

Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in Fluvial Systems across Biomes

Pamela Moyer2020EES

Understanding Earthquake Rupture Processes: Insights from Mid-ocean Ridge Transform Faults and Submarine Volcanoes

Alyson Eberhardt2019EESEvaluation of New England Salt Marsh Support of the American Eel, Anguilla Rostrata, and the Impacts of Hydrologic Restriction
Mashkoor Malik2019EESEstimation of Measurement Uncertainty of Seafloor Acoustic Backscatter
Ashley Norton2019EESAcoustic Methods for Mapping and Characterizing Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Using a Multibeam Echosounder
Lindsey Williams2019NRESCoastal Conflicts and Cross-Sectoral Engagement: Learning from Disputes Over Science in Coastal and Ocean Systems
Olivia Bartlett Fraser2019EESLong-Term Forest Growth and Decadal Soil Chemistry Change Across the White Mountain National Forest
Robert Colter2019NRESAdvancing the Terrestrial Ecological Unit Inventory Within the White Mountain National Forest Using Lidar
Mary Jensen2019NRESDish It Up! The Influence of Kind Dining & Green House Model Food and Food Service Innovations on the Resident Experience in Residential Care Facilities
Andrea Jilling2019EESAssessing the Agronomic and Ecological Relevance of Mineral-Associated Organic Matter
Brooks Kohli2019EESMammals on Mountainsides Revisited: Analyzing Multiple Dimensions of Diversity to Gain New Insight on Community Assembly and Biogeography
Mark Anthony2019EESFungal Community and Soil Responses to Invasive Alliaria Petiolata (Garlic Mustard), Soil Warming, and Nitrogen Deposition
Rory Carroll2019EESDirect and Indirect Effects of Anthropogenic Land Use on Bobcats (Lynx rufus) in New England
Jose Gutierrez-Lopez2019NRESEcohydrology of Aspen and Eucalyptus Plantations: Considerations for Management
Kamini Yadav2019NRESAccuracies, Errors, and Uncertainties of Global Cropland Products
Allison Leach2018NRESAddressing the Nitrogen Challenge: Footprint Tools and On-Farm Solutions
Katherine Sinacore2018NRESVariation in Plant Water Use, Growth, and Water-Use Efficiency of Planted Mixtures and Monocultures: Toward Proper Species Selection for Reforestation Efforts in the Seasonally Dry Tropics
Ryan Stephens2018NRESSmall Mammal Community Dynamics and the Dispersal of Mycorrhizal Fungi
Abigail Carroll2018EESEcosystems, Communities, and Species: Understanding Mammalian Response to Ancient Carbon Cycle Perturbations
Cameron McIntire2018NRESImpacts and Management of Foliar Pathogens of Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus) in the Northeastern United States
Rosa Affleck2017NRESInfrastructure Impact for Human Safety and Resilience: A Case Study
Richard Brereton2017EESNitrogen Dynamics and Retention in the River Network of a Tropical Forest, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico
Ryan Cassotto2017EESUnraveling  Short-Term Variations in Tidewater Glacier Flow: Insights from Terrestrial Radar Interferometric Studies
Lauren Koenig2017EESHydrological and Biogeochemical Controls on Carbon and Nitrogen Export from River Networks
Eric Morrison2017EESFungi as Drivers of Ecosystem Response to Global Change
Andrew Ouimette2017NRESPatterns and Drivers of Carbon Fluxes in Temperate Forests
Lesley Atwood2017EESEffects of Agricultural Practices on Soil Communities and Their Associated  Ecosystem Services
Matthew Tarr2017NRESEffects of Alien Shrubs on Caterpillars and Shrubland-Dependent Passerines within Three Transmission Line Rights-Of-Way in Southeastern New Hampshire
Kimberly Aviado2017EESMagma Genesis Beneath Active Continental Rifts
Jennifer Wilhelm2017NRESExploring the Socio-Ecological Dimensions of Agricultural Expansion in New Hampshire
Stephen Eayrs2016NRESOrganizational Change Management in Fisheries: Critical Evaluation and Potential to Facilitate the Sustainable Development of the New England Groundfish Industry
Danielle Grogan2016EESGlobal and Regional Assessments of Unsustainable Groundwater Use in Irrigated Agriculture
Neil Kessler2016NRESOntology of Close Human-Nature Relationships
Matthew MacDowell Smith2016NRESCreating an Economically Viable, Closed-System, Energy-Independent Dairy Farm Through the On-Farm Production of Animal Bedding and Heat Capture from an Aerated Static Pile Heat Recovery Composting Operation
Rachel Feeney2015NRESCatch Share Management in the Northeast Multispecies Fishery: Implications for the Commercial Groundfish Fishery in New Hampshire
James Houle2015NRESCommunity Decisions About Innovations in Water Resource Management and Protection
Ian Honsberger2015EESMetamorphism, Deformation, Geochemistry, and Tectonics of Exhumed Ultramafic and Mafic Rocks in the Central and North-Central Vermont Appalachians
Cynthia Kallenbach2015EESMicrobial Influences on Decomposition and Soil Organic Matter Formation in Agricultural Soils
Dovev Levine2015NRESBeyond Campus Borders: How External Environments Impact College and University-Based Renewable Energy Activity
Jennifer Walsh2015NRESHybrid Zone Dynamics Between Saltmarsh (Ammodramus caudacutus) and Nelson's (Ammodramus nelson) Sparrows
Jay Clausen2015EESSampling of Soils with Metallic Residues Collected from Military Small-Arms Ranges
Dorn Cox2015NRESA Physiocratic Systems Framework for Open Source Agricultural Research and Development
Justin Fisk2015EESNet Effects of Disturbance: Spatial, Temporal, and Societal Dimensions of Forest Disturbance and Recovery on Terrestrial Carbon Balance
Joseph Orefice2015NRESSilvopasture in the Northeastern United States
Nathaniel Morse2014EESQuantifying the Impact of Urbanization on N and P Inputs, Transformations, Removal and Fluxes in Watersheds Draining to the Plum Island Estuary
Jeffrey Rogers2014EESFull_Waveform and Discrete-Return Lidar in Salt Marsh Environments: An Assessment of Biophysical Parameters, Vertical Uncertainty, and Nonparametric DEM Correction
Jessica Veysey2014NRESConserving Wetlands for Humans and Amphibians: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Social and Ecological Effectiveness of New England's Wetland Policies
Timothy Algeo2014NRESAssessing Raccoon (Procyon Lotor) Habitat Use and Predicting Potential Corridors for Rabies Spread with Maximum Entropy and Circuit Theory Modeling
Sarah Andrews2014EESRelationships between Structure and Function: System Structure Matters Whether You are in a Wetland or a College Classroom
Chelsea Corr2014EESThe Analysis of In Situ and Retrieved Aerosol Properties Measured During Three Airborne Field Campaigns
Debora Figueroa-Nieves2014EESImpacts of Treated Sewage Effluents on Stream Ecology in Puerto Rico
Maria Hunter2014EESCarbon Stocks and Cycling in the Amazon Basin: Measurement and Modeling of Natural Disturbance and Recovery Using Airborne Lidar
Claire Treat2014EESEffects of Climate Change on Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Permafrost Soils of Alaska
Eric Kelsey2014EESTowards Understanding North Pacific Climate Variability with Instrumental and Ice Core Records
Laura Nagy2014NRESVernon Bailey and Wolf Extermination: Economy, Ecology and Progressive Era Policy
Robert Swarthout2014EESVolatile Organic Compound Emissions from Unconventional Natural Gas Production: Source Signatures and Air Quality Impacts
Elizabeth Burakowski2013EESWinter Climate Impacts of Historical Deforestation in New England
Martha Carlson2013NRESMonitoring The Health of Sugar Maple, Acer Saccharum
Thomas Cawthern2013EES:GeologyReconstructing the Late Miocene to Recent Volcanic, Geologic, and Oceanographic Evolution in the Andaman Sea and Northern Bay of Bengal, Northeast Indian Ocean
Stephanie Coster2013NRESLandscape Genetics of Pond-Breeding Amphibians in a Managed Forest
Emily Klein2013NRESChange in Nonlinear Dynamics and Spatial Structure of Coastal Socio-Ecological Systems: Bay of Fundy as Case Study
Alesia Read2013NRESUnderstanding the Role of Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations Within the Federal Fishery Management Council Process
Yvette Garner2013NRESThe Effects of Biotic and Abiotic Factors on Byssogenesis, Growth and Movement Patterns of the Blue Mussel, Mytilus Edulis
M. Susana Alvarado-Barrientos2013EESPlant Water Use and Canopy-Fog Interactions across a Land Use Change Trajectory of Pine Reforestation in a Tropical Montate Cloud Belt
Heather Ballestero2013NRESBacterial Biodegradation of Soluble Crude Oil Hydrocarbons and the Influence of Protists in Simulated Arctic Seawater and Sea Ice
Patricia Jarema2013NRESThe Role of Social Capital in Understanding Ecosystem Resilience with Application of Spatial Extensions
Matthew Vadeboncoeur2013EESMechanisms of Nutrient Limitation and Nutrient Acquisition in Managed and Unmanaged Forest Ecosystems
Meghan MacLean2012NRESA Multi-Temporal Image Analysis of Habitat Modification in the Coastal Watershed, NH
Kalle Matso2012NRESProducing Science that Actually Gets Used by Coastal Communities: What Funders Should Do to Link More Science with Decisions
Shelley F. Mitchell2012NRESAn Empirical Investigation: How Small to Mid-Sized Enterprises Use Innovation on the Path Toward Ecological Sustainability
Shivanesh Rao2012EES:
Oceanography
Interaction Between the Coastal Ocean and the Estuarine Systems
Giacomo Chato Osio2012NRESThe Historical Fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea: A Reconstruction of Trawl Gear, Effort and Trends in Demersal Fish Stocks
John R. Coon2012NRESCan We Get There From Here? Ecosystem Based Governance in the Bay of Fundy/Gulf of Maine Region
Daniel Hocking2012NRESThe Role of Red-backed Salamanders in Ecosystems
Amanda Plagge2012EESObservational Studies of Scatterometer Ocean Vector Winds in the Presence of Dynamic Air-Sea Interactions
Melissa Smith Lombard2012EESTrace Metal Applications in Atmospheric and Watershed Dynamics: Case Studies of Mercury Deposition in New England and Bedrock Groundwater - Surface Water Mixing
Philip Nuss2012EESComparative Systems Analysis of Thermochemical and Biochemical Recycling of Organic Waste Towards Industrial Feedstocks
Lina Saavedra-Diaz2012NRESTowards Colombian Small-Scale Marine Fisheries Management
Hacia un Manejo de la Pesca Marina Artesanal en Columbia
Robert Vincent2012EESEcological Effects of Ditching and Ditch-Plugging in New England Salt Marshes
Shannon R. Davis2011EESMarine Atmospheric Influences on Trace Gas Observations and Transport during the ICARTT 2004 Campaign
Fernando Espirito-Santo2011EESDetection of Mortality in Tropical Forests Using Remote Sensing: From Treefall Gaps to Large Disturbances
Brad Johnson2011NRESAssessing Social-Ecological Resilience and Adaptive Capacity in the Face of Climate Change: An Examination of Three Communities in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem
Tzu-Ling Lai2011EESOccurrence of Major Ozone Episodes and Their Time-Series Trends over the Past Decade in New England
Deborah Goodwin2011EES: OceanographySatellite-Derived Fluorescence Quantum Yields as Indicators of Phytoplankton Photophysiology
Alyssa B. Novak2011EES: OceanographyUnraveling the Mystery of Leaf Reddening in Seagrasses
Shannon H. Rogers2011NRESExamining the Relationship between Social Capital and the Built Environment: A Case Study in Measuring Community Sustainability
Fabienne Lord2011NRESAn Exploratory Approach to Social Impact Assessment of Public Policy Decisions: Multiple Stakeholders Perspectives on the Social Impact of Overfishing in New England Groundfisheries in the 1990s
Cynthia Carlson2011EESEfficiency of the Built Environment: Interdependencies in Transportation, Development Form and Public Health
Alexandra Contosta2011EESSeasonal, Biogeochemical, and Microbial Response of Soils to Simultaneous
Warming and Nitrogen Additions
Su Youn Kim2010EESContinental Outflow of Polluted Air from the U.S. to the North Atlantic and
Mercury Chemical Cycling in Various Atmospheric Environments
Lucigleide Nascimento2010NRESThe Long Journey to Become the 'River of National Unity': The Sao Francisco
River Basin from 1940s to 2008 and the Interactions of Environment, Government
and Local Citizens
Elena Traister2010NRESEffects of Physical and Chemical Disturbance on Stream Ecosystem Structure
and Function
Jamie Marie Cournane2010NRESSpatial Management of Groundfish Resources in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank
Mary A. Friedman2010NRESSocial Science and Social Capital in the Lamprey River Watershed: A Resident Survey for Community and Environmental Planning and Predicting Support for Innovative Land Use
Arthur G. Powers2010NRESAn Initial Evaluation of Market-Based Land Reform in Brazil: Can it Create Sustainable Communities?
Peter Sean Tardie2010NRESLand Development in Massachusetts: Its Effect on the Environment Within Essex and Middlesex Counties from 1990 to 2007
Irina Trubetskova2010NRESFrom Biosphere to Noosphere: Vladimir Vernadsky's Theoretical System as a Conceptual Framework for Universal Sustainability Education
Erika L. Washburn2009NRESTo Pave Or Not To Pave: A Social Landscape Analysis of Land Use Decision-Making in the Lamprey River Watershed
Luke Ziemba2009EESAmbient Measurements of Chemical and Physical Properties of Organic Aerosols: Insights into Formation, Growth, and Heterogeneous Chemistry
Verna DeLauer2009NRESThe Mental Demands of Marine Ecosystem-Based Management: A Constructive Developmental Lens
Mary Hopkins2009NRESA Wild Web: The Tangled History of Attitudes Toward Wildlife in a Dynamic New England Culture, 1945-1985
Rachel Russo2009EESTemporal Variation, Regional Sources, and Removal Processes of Volatile Organic Compounds in New England
Jennifer Hegarty2009EESSynoptic Controls on Ozone Over the Northeastern U.S. and Continental Export
Charles French2008NRESThe Social Production of Community Garden Space: Case Studies of Boston, Massachusetts and Havana, Cuba
Erika Zollett2008NRESConserving Dolphins and Fishermen: Combining Science and Local Knowledge to Reduce Cetacean Bycatch
William Strauss2008EESThe Fallacy of Endless Growth Exposing Capitalism's Insustainability
Xuyi Cai2008EESSecondary Organic Aerosol Formation of Relevance to the Marine Boundary Layer
Marguerite White2008EESSources and Sinks of Selected Trace Gases in the Tropospheric Boundary Layer of the Eastern United States
Stefan Claesson2008NRESSustainable Development Of Maritime Cultural Heritage In The Gulf Of Maine
John Alexander Lough2008NRESStratified-Drift Aquifers in New Hampshire with Potential to Serve as Future, Large Public Water-Supplies: Status, Circa 200; Projected Losses, Circa 2025; and Data Accuracy
Clayton Mitchell2008NRESThe Local Land Use Process in New Hampshire: Does it Contribute to Sprawl?
Caroline Ochieng2008NRESSurvival Strategies of Eelgrass in Reduced Light
Garrett Barr2007NRESThe Roles of Brook Trout and Larval Two-lined Salamanders as Predators in Streams
Jianjun Chen2007EESModeling Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Biogenic Hydrocarbon
William Fleeger2007NRESStanding Closer to the Flame: Community Wildfire Protection Planning and the Healthy Forest Restoration Act
Difei Zhang2007NRESA Spatial Equilibrium Model of Northern New England and Southern Quebec in Forest Products and Wood Flow
Jeffrey Gaeckle2006NREelgrass(Zostera marina L.) Leaf Growth and Restoration Ecology
Michael Rawlins2006EESToward an Improved Understanding of Pan-Arctic Terrestrial Hydrology
Michael Palace2006EESTropical Forest Structure: Ground Measurements of Coarse Woody Debris and Satellite Observations of Crown Structure
Stephen Hagen2006EESLinking multivariate observations of the land surface to vegetation properties and ecosystem processes
Brian Frappier2006NRESStream Community Patterns and Classification of Minimally Impacted New Hampshire Streams and a Comparison of Novel Approaches for Predicting Biological and Physical Habitat Reference Conditions
Amy Frappier2006EESRecent Extreme Events in a Tropical Stalagmite: Multiproxy Records and an Analysis of Ecosystem Carbon 13 Isotope Sensitivity to Weak Climate Forcing
Jeanne Anderson2006EESRemote Detection of Forest Structure in the White Mountains of New Hampshire: An Integration of Waveform Lidar and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data
Yong Zhou2006EESAtmospheric volatile organic compound measurements:Distributions and effects on air quality in coastal marine, rural and remote continental environments
John Iiames2006NRESAssessing the Accuracy of the Modis LAI 1-KM Product in Southeastern United States Loblolly Pine Plantations: Accounting for Measurement Variance from Ground to Satellite
Penelope Morrow2006NRToward Ecocitizenship: A Praxis for Empowerment
Qingyuan Zhang2006NRESImproving Estimation of Gross Primary Productivity of Terrestrial Ecosystems
Emily LaFiandra2006NRESGonadal Histology and Reproductive Steriodogenesis of Anurans Exposed to Potential Endocrine Disrupting Contaminants
David Howland2006NRESGood Press, Bad Press: A 25-year Comparison of Arguments and Trends in American News Coverage of Climate Change and the Ozone Hole
Maya Bhatt2005NRESEvolution of Chemical Composition Along River Drainage Networks
Evilene Lopes Bowley2005NRESWoody Tissue Carbon Dioxide Flux Measurements
Kaplan Yalcin2005EESA Glaciochemical Record of Natural and Anthropogenic Environmental Change form Eclipse Icefield, Yukon Territory, Canada
Nancy Miaoulis2005NRESThe Ecological Christ: Discovering an Ecological Consciousness in the Sermon on the Mount
Katharine York2005NRAn Examination of Students' Attitudes Toward the Environment as Shaped by the Phenomenon of Dissection
Mark Brennan2005NRSpatial Distribution Analysis of Colonization and Nest Site Characteristics of the Common Loon in New Hampshire
Brian Pellerin2004NRESInfluence of Land Use on Water and Nutrient Fluxes in the Ipswich Watershed, Massachusetts
Jennifer Pontius2004EESUsing NIR Spectroscopy and Foliar Chemistry to Assess Hemlock Wooly Adelgid Success and Hemlock Decline
Manoel Carduso2004EESLarge-Scale Fire Dynamics in Amazonia
Julie Newman2004NRESReaching Beyond Compliance: Obstacles to Integrating Sustainability into Decision-Making Processes in an Institution of Higher Learning
Lynda Bruschett2004NRESExamining the Role of Social Capital in Community Development: How the Creation of a Land Trust Set a Small Town on the Path to Sustainability
Gabriel Fabian Bautista2003NRESIntimacy with the Natural World: A Humanistic Perspective
Joseph Salisbury2003EES: OceanographyClassification of Coastal Waters Using Satellite and Fluvial Discharge Data: Moving Towards a Better Understanding of Terrigenous Constituent Dynamics in Coastal Waters
Raymond Konisky2003EESRestoring Our New England Saltmarshes:Modeling and Visualizing Habitat Response to Hydrologic Restoration
Melinda Salazar2002NRESImplementation and Evaluation of A Gender Equity Project in Bolivia