Principal Investigator

Elizabeth K. Peterson PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Eastern Illinois University
Certified Ecologist, Ecological Society of America
Address: 600 Lincoln Avenue, Charleston IL 61920
Office Location: Room 2154 Life Science
Email: ekpeterson@eiu.edu
For more information about Dr. Peterson, check out her CV:
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I am an integrative ecologist and conservation biologist with interdisciplinary training in both research and teaching. As Research Faculty at Colorado State University-Pueblo, I run an independent research program involving a team of graduate and undergraduate researchers. My research explores how anthropogenic stressors impact behavioral responses and adaptive life history strategies that are important for fitness at the individual and population levels, to develop methods to improve species conservation. In pursuit of this goal, I have worked with a diversity of organisms (chickadees, Old World monkeys, New World monkeys, chimpanzees, Drosophila, and prairie dogs), using an integrative approach in both field and laboratory settings.

Graduate Research Students

Sara Colby

M.S. Student in Biology
​B.S. Biology 2020, Colorado State University Pueblo
Email: ​sacolby95@gmail.com

Adam Liao

M.S. Student in Biology
​B.S. Wildlife & Natural Resources 2020, Colorado State University-Pueblo
Email: a.liao22@yahoo.com

Adam is a M.S. student and is interested in engaging in wildlife research to solve real-world conservation problems. His master's thesis focuses on investigating the cues that animals use when crossing highways to mitigate future wildlife-vehicle collisions. Adam has additional experience in small mammal trapping, avian banding and mist-netting, GPS and radio telemetry, large mammal tracking, and camera trapping.​

undergraduate student researchers

maxwell martell

Wildlife & Natural Resources Major
​Colorado State University Pueblo

TIMBER McGUIN

Wildlife & Natural Resources Major
Colorado State University Pueblo

izabella sheppard

Wildlife & Natural Resources Major
​Colorado State University Pueblo

KATELYNN RANDOLPH

Wildlife & Natural Resources Major
​Colorado State University Pueblo

MARLENE CASTILLO

Wildlife & Natural Resources Major
​Colorado State University Pueblo

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Lab Alumni

  • Chris Ahmay, B.S. Wildlife & Natural Resources 2023 expected (Colorado State University Pueblo)
  • ​Cody Back, B.S. Wildlife & Natural Resources 2020 (Colorado State University Pueblo), currently works as a Wildlife Technician for US Fish & Wildlife Services
  • Brittany Bohn, B.S. Biology 2021 (Colorado State University Pueblo)
  • Allaura Bryant-Watkins, B.S. Biology 2021 (Colorado State University Pueblo)
  • Stephanie Dudley, B.S. Biology and Wildlife & Natural Resources 2022 (Colorado State University Pueblo)
  • Kyle Espinoza, B.S. Biology 2021 (Colorado State University Pueblo)
  • Zack Giltner, currently enrolled in 3-2 Program to pursue M.S. Biology (Colorado State University Pueblo)
  • Gabriela Hall, B.S. Wildlife & Natural Resources 2022 (Colorado State University Pueblo)
  • Tyler Harvey, transferred to University of Nevada Las Vegas
  • Kevin Healey, B.S. Biology 2018 (Colorado State University Pueblo), currently works as a Gravimetric Laboratory Technician at Chester LabNet
  • Keshon Jackson, B.S. Biology 2022 (Colorado State University Pueblo)
  • Hugh Long, B.S. Biology 2018 (Colorado State University Pueblo), currently enrolled in DO school in Kansas
  • Annalee Losch, currently enrolled in nursing school
  • Cirilo Mejia, currently enrolled in Central Community College
  • Jenna Morales, B.S. Wildlife & Natural Resources 2021 (Colorado State University Pueblo), currently enrolled in the M.S. Biology degree program at Colorado State University Pueblo
  • Oloyede Oluwatobi, B.S. Biology 2020 (Colorado State University Pueblo), currently enrolled in medical school
  • Makenzie Randall, B.S. Biology 2021 (Colorado State University Pueblo)
  • Noah Robison, B.S. Wildlife & Natural Resources 2021 (Colorado State University Pueblo)
  • Rachel Ruiz, B.S. Biology 2018 (Colorado State University Pueblo), currently working as an EMT
  • Teyah Schiffer, B.S. Biology 2021 (Colorado State University Pueblo)
  • Klow Si, B.S. Wildlife & Natural Resources 2022 (Colorado State University Pueblo)
  • Sean Kyle Staples, B.S. Biology 2018 (Colorado State University Pueblo)
  • Samantha Ulrich, B.S. Biology 2021 (Colorado State University Pueblo)