School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences
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Garrett Adler
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsGarrett is interested in better understanding connections between environmental variability (and change) and human security. In particular, he works to explore relationships between climate variability and violent conflict, and hopes to better identify some of the mechanisms that may link these phenomena.
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Laura Bloomfield
MD Student, expected graduation Spring 2020
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
MSTP StudentCurrent Research and Scholarly InterestsLaura studies how land-use changes facilitate interactions between people and wildlife affecting infectious disease emergence. She currently focuses on the spatial dispersion and transmission of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases along and between human and non-human primate networks.
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Nina Brooks
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
Master of Arts Student in Economics, admitted Spring 2019Current Research and Scholarly InterestsNina’s research interests lie at the intersection of environmental, health, and development economics and she is broadly interested in the social and environmental determinants of population health. Her dissertation looks at the health and environmental externalities of brick manufacturing in Bangladesh. Her other work is focused on reproductive health access and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Israel.
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Nicole Buckley
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
BioNic studies rural land use change and governance in the context of rangeland ecology and management. Her research interests include environmental governance, habitat conservation, payments for ecosystem services, social-ecological systems, and conservation program design. Before graduate school, she worked as Campaign Director for the Northern Sierra Partnership project at The Nature Conservancy and as Assistant Director of the Aspen Institute’s Energy & Environment Program.
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Marissa Childs
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMarissa’s research interests are in the ecology of infectious diseases. She studies the environmental and social conditions that promote vector-borne disease transmission. Her current research focuses on spillover of yellow fever virus in Brazil and the effects of temperature on dengue transmission.
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Rachel Engstrand
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsRachel studies ecosystem resilience to gold mining and agriculture in the Peruvian Amazon. www.rachelengstrand.com
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Caroline Ferguson
Ph.D. Student in Environment and Resources
BioCaroline Ferguson is a Stanford PhD student in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER). She is currently engaged in two research endeavors: one investigating gender in Palau's sea cucumber fishery through an intersectional lens, and another addressing forced migration and climate adaptation in the Marshall Islands. As part of her work with Marshallese immigrants, she also conducts research in her home state, Arkansas. www.ceferguson.com
