We are pleased to announce the selection of 20 early career scholars as our 14th cohort of Sustainability Leadership Fellows for the 2024-2025 academic year. This cohort represents 18 departments and units and seven colleges at CSU. The SoGES Sustainability Leadership Fellows program prepares future innovators and thought leaders with state-of-the-art science communication and career development training.

Lexi Firth, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences

Mentor: Megan Machmuller

Erin Jackson, Ph.D. student, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology

Advisor: Meagan Schipanski

Katherin Meza, Ph.D. student, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology

Advisor: Steven Fonte

Ashley Schilling Hazlett, Ph.D. student, Department of Animal Sciences and CSU AgNext

Advisor: Kim Stackhouse-Lawson

Sylvia Lee, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition

Advisor: Sarah Johnson

Lauren Vilen, Ph.D. candidate, School of Education

Advisor: Jill Zarestky

Milena Dehn, Ph.D. student, Department of Economics

Advisor: Elissa Braunstein

Azmal Hossan, Ph.D. student, Department of Sociology and InTERFEWS

Advisor: Michael Carolan

Julia Choolwe Munsaka, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Political Science

Advisor: Julia Lee

Kathleen Condon, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology

Advisor: Alan Knapp

Elizabeth Diaz-Clark, Ph.D. student, Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology

Advisor: Meena Balgopal

Kord Dicke, Ph.D. student, Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology

Advisor: Dhruba Naug

Tucker Melles, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Chemistry

Mentor: Megan Willis

Katelyn Rediger, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Chemistry

Advisor: Delphine Farmer

VETERINARY MEDICINE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE

Kalani Williams, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Pathology

Advisor: Rebekah Kading

Sajjad Hossain, Ph.D. student, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Advisor: Chris Weinberger

Muhammad Raffae, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Advisor: Ryan Bailey

Amy Gill, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship

Advisor: Carrie Havrilla

Miguel (Miggy) Jimenez, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology

Advisor: Kyle Horton

Ana Perez, Ph.D. student, Department of Geosciences

Advisor: Sean Gallen