Masters Student, NSF Fellow

Previous Degrees: B.S. 2002, UA, General Biology

Hometown: Lake Havasu City, AZ

Email: bunting@email.arizona.edu

Thesis: Using Existing Agricultural Infrastructure for Restoration Practices: Factors Influencing Successful Establishment of Cottonwood over Saltcedar

Career Objectives: Water is a precious and limited resource; I would like to contribute to innovative and advanced research that will allow us to provide resources to a sustainable economy while still enhancing our wildlife for the future. I aspire to be an asset to a well-rounded environmental consulting company or play my hand in the government focusing on conservation issues at the state or federal level.

Research Technician

Previous Degrees: B.S. 2000, NAU, Geography; M.S. 2009, UA, Natural Resources

Thesis Title: Effects of Urbanization on Microclimate of Riparian Corridors

Hometown: Tucson, AZ or Bemidji, MN

Email: jrm5@email.arizona.edu

Career Objectives: I like living in the desert but have this nagging sensation that we're not optimizing our water resources. Understanding how we affect the water cycle while pursuing techniques to mitigate any adverse impacts is my primary goal in and out of school.

PhD Student

Previous Degrees: B.S. 2005, Cornell, Science of Earth Systems; M.S. 2008, UA, Hydrology

Hometown: Fayetteville, NY

Email: aneal@hwr.arizona.edu

Thesis: Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Carbon and Water Flux in Dryland Ecosystems

Career Objectives: I would like to continue to work in an academic research setting to address questions related to the detection of ecohydrological processes in complex terrain. This includes field measurements as well as model approaches and data assimilation to quantify hydrological fluxes in upland environments, which are generally source areas for municipal water supplies as well as regions of critical ecosystem function.

Student Worker

Previous Degrees: B.S. 2009, UA, Aerospace Engineering

Hometown: Phoenix, AZ

Email: krystine.nelson@gmail.com

Project: Using image analysis to detect flowering phenology of desert shrubs.

Career Objectives:

Currently Employed At: USDA-ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center in Tucson, AZ

Thesis Title: A Two-Site Comparison of Transpiration by Larrea Tridentata

Degrees: B.S. 2004, Gettysburg College, Env. Studies; M.S. 2009, UA, Natural Resources

Email: michelle.cavanaugh@gmail.com

Currently Employed At: Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) in Austin, TX

Thesis Title: Phenology and Seasonal Water Use of Creosotebush in the Sonoran Desert

Degrees: B.S. 2005, UT Austin, Biology, M.S. 2009; UA Tucson, Natural Resources

Email: lisalatson@gmail.com

Undergraduate Student

Previous Degrees: B.S. 2008, UNM, Biology

Hometown: Carlsbad, NM

Email: aguilera@unm.edu

Current Position: Unknown.