Principal InvestigatorElizabeth K. Peterson PhD
Research Faculty, College of STEM Research Faculty Associate, Department of Biology Colorado State University Pueblo Certified Ecologist, Ecological Society of America Address: 2200 Bonforte Blvd, Pueblo CO, 81001-4901 Office Location: Life Science Building 223 Email: elizabeth.peterson@csupueblo.edu or elizabethkpeterson@gmail.com 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 ColbyM.S. Student in Biology
B.S. Biology 2020, Colorado State University Pueblo Email: sacolby95@gmail.com |
Adam LiaoM.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. |
Lab Alumni
Chris Ahmay
B.S. Wildlife & Natural Resources 2022 expected, Colorado State University Pueblo
Cody Back
B.S. Wildlife & Natural Resources 2020, Colorado State University Pueblo
Current: Wildlife Technician, 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
Current: 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
Current: Technician with Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Tyler Harvey
Current: Transferred to University of Nevada Las Vegas
Kevin Healey
B.S. Biology 2018, Colorado State University Pueblo
Current: Gravimetric Laboratory Technician, Chester LabNet
Keshon Jackson
B.S. Biology 2022, Colorado State University Pueblo
Hugh Long
B.S. Biology 2018, Colorado State University Pueblo
Current: Orthopedic Technologist and Medical Assistant, Hanson Orthopedic Clinic
Annalee Losch
Current: Transferred to nursing school
Jenna Morales
B.S. Wildlife & Natural Resources 2021, Colorado State University Pueblo
Oloyede Oluwatobi
B.S. Biology 2020, Colorado State University Pueblo
Makenzie Randall
B.S. Biology 2021, Colorado State University Pueblo
Noah Robison
B.S. Wildlife & Natural Resources 2021, Colorado State University Pueblo
Student Conservation Association Intern, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Rachel Ruiz
B.S. Biology 2018, Colorado State University Pueblo
Current: 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
Current: Junior Environmental Scientist, Pacific Western Technologies
Samantha Ulrich
B.S. Biology 2021, Colorado State University Pueblo
B.S. Wildlife & Natural Resources 2022 expected, Colorado State University Pueblo
Cody Back
B.S. Wildlife & Natural Resources 2020, Colorado State University Pueblo
Current: Wildlife Technician, 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
Current: 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
Current: Technician with Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Tyler Harvey
Current: Transferred to University of Nevada Las Vegas
Kevin Healey
B.S. Biology 2018, Colorado State University Pueblo
Current: Gravimetric Laboratory Technician, Chester LabNet
Keshon Jackson
B.S. Biology 2022, Colorado State University Pueblo
Hugh Long
B.S. Biology 2018, Colorado State University Pueblo
Current: Orthopedic Technologist and Medical Assistant, Hanson Orthopedic Clinic
Annalee Losch
Current: Transferred to nursing school
Jenna Morales
B.S. Wildlife & Natural Resources 2021, Colorado State University Pueblo
Oloyede Oluwatobi
B.S. Biology 2020, Colorado State University Pueblo
Makenzie Randall
B.S. Biology 2021, Colorado State University Pueblo
Noah Robison
B.S. Wildlife & Natural Resources 2021, Colorado State University Pueblo
Student Conservation Association Intern, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Rachel Ruiz
B.S. Biology 2018, Colorado State University Pueblo
Current: 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
Current: Junior Environmental Scientist, Pacific Western Technologies
Samantha Ulrich
B.S. Biology 2021, Colorado State University Pueblo