Principal Investigator

Elizabeth 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

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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

cirilo mejia

Biology & Engineering Major
Central Community College​

izabella sheppard

Wildlife & Natural Resources Major
​Colorado State University Pueblo

Lab Alumni

Chris Ahmay
B.S. Wildlife & Natural Resources 2022 expected, Colorado State University Pueblo
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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