People

PhD Students

Nisha Koppa

Hi!! I am a first-year PhD student in Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. My research interests are mainly in understanding impacts of extreme weather events and climate change adaptation in agriculture sector (with a focus on Global South). Generally, I love talking about research, history, food, culture, and music.

Email: nisha.koppa@colorado.edu 

Naia Ormaza Zulueta

(co-advised with Zia Mehrabi)

Hi there! My name’s Naia and I’m a second-year PhD student at the ENVS department and the Mortenson Center for Global Engineering and Resilience at the University of Colorado Boulder. My work is mainly focused on analysing environmental human rights, with a particular focus on exposure to toxins, but I’m also interested in agriculture and food security. Contact me at Naia.OrmazaZulueta@colorado.edu if you want to go for a hike, a bike ride, a concert, or a nice meal with a nice chat! Also, always happy to talk about research. :)


Chris Quinn

I am a second-year PhD student in ENVS and the PEEP Lab at CU Boulder. While in the program I have been working with the National Park Service Climate Change Response Program as a Graduate Research Assistant through CU's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES). My research interests include climate change impacts and climate adaptation, policy evaluation, and the application of a suite of quantitative analytic methods to a variety of environmental, health, and social questions. My dissertation research will (hopefully) assess policy effects on recreational visitation patterns at National Parks, measure urban forest ecosystem services and environmental health, and advance analysis and selection methods for future climate scenarios. 

View some of my past work at my Google Scholar page


Old people

Steve is a computer scientist turned economist turned whatever it is that he is now. He tries to keep up with the youngsters.

Primary interests: climate impacts on agriculture & fisheries; biodiversity conservation; machine learning & policy evaluation.

steve.j.miller@colorado.edu
www.stevejmiller.com

Alums

PhD

Ian Luby (UMN), Bixuan Sun (UMN), Kristy Lee (UMN)

MS

Rabia Addison (UMN)

Undergrad

Ziad Lien (Honors '23), Allie Riley (Honors '23), Ben Woods (Honors '23)