Alumni

These students were ESDRI fellows when they graduated from Kent State University. Follow along to see what they are up to now!

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Rae Baba

Environmental Studies; minor in Environment, Peace, and Justice (BA '25)

Research interests: environmental justice, Indigenous knowledge, and African American experience

Kathryn Burns

Environmental Studies; minor in Environment, Peace, and Justice (BA '24)

Research interests: food waste and recovery, environmental education, and environmental justice

Emily Campbell

Laboratory Technician I at Alliance Technical Group

Organismal Biology (BS '24)

Research interests: wetland restoration, soil and water chemistry, and nutrient cycling

Lukas Capatosto

Environmental and Conservation Biology (BS '24)

Research interests: genomics and evolutionary biology

Alicia Costello

M.S. student, Ecology, Pennsylvania State University 

Horticulture (BS '24)

Research interests: sustainable horticulture, botany, plant pathology, forestry, agroforestry, nutrient cycling, and climate change

Olivia Eader

M.S. student, Geography, Kent State University 

Environmental Studies & English (BA '24)

Research interests: environmental justice and outdoor/environmental education

Hana Esber

M.S. student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Kinsman-Costello Lab), Kent State University

Environmental Studies; minors in Geography, Parks Management, and Biology for Environmental Management and Conservation (BA '25)

Research interests: wetland restoration and geospatial analysis

Renae Gizzo

Environmental Scientist, CTL Engineering 

Environmental and Conservation Biology; minor in GIS (BS '23)

Research interests: Remote sensing, UAVs, and ecological modeling

Samuel Large

Environmental Scientist, EnviroScience, Inc.

Environmental and Conservation Biology; minor in Climate Change (BS '24)

Research interests: landscape ecology, nutrient cycling, ecotoxicity, and landscape disturbance

Abigail Leonard

Technician, Pine Environmental

Environmental Studies (BA 24')

Research interests: ornithology, migratory behaviors, environmental justice, wildlife, and botany

Kaylin Mentz

Lab Technician, Davey Tree Plant Diagnostic Laboratory

Environmental Studies; minors in Economics, Park Management, Biology for Environmental Management and Conservation (BA '25)

Research interests: freshwater conservation and resource management, and plant and soil ecology

Max Miller

Environmental Studies; minor in Biology for Environmental Management (BA '23)

Research interests: botany, soil, sustainability, agriculture, agricultural entomology, invasive species/biodiversity, ecology, and pollution

Mitchel Pozwick

M.A. student, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Kent State University
Investigative intern

Environmental Studies; minor in Criminology and Justice Studies (BA '23)

Research interests: wetland classification

Justin Thompson

M.S. student, Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan

Environmental Studies and Political Science; minors in Geology, Geography, and Urban Studies (BA '22)

Research interests: US-Canada transboundary environmental policy, hydraulic fracturing and injection wells and environmental justice, sustainability, and public policy

Cody Ulbricht

Environmental Studies; minor in Geography (BA '23)

Research interests: wildlife conservation and studying invasive species

Carla Wagner

Art Intern, Feverdream

Studio Art with a concentration in Painting; minor in Drawing (BFA '25)

Research interests: the exploration of futurity in the world around us, using the environment to make 3 dimensional and mixed media pieces to portray the issues happening in our environment as a whole

Grace Watson

M.S. student, Aquatic Ecology, Ohio State University 

Environmental and Conservation Biology; minor in Environmental Geology (BS' 24)

Research interests: wetland restoration and monitoring, aquatic ecology, nutrient cycling, and invertebrates