New Hampshire

Luke Nugent ’26 is a forestry major fand is currently conducting research on two non-native insects threatening eastern hemlock trees, which are widespread in the Northeastern U.S.

Westley Mitchell ’26 is a wildlife and conservation biology major contributing to research addresses growing threats of invasive species, tree diseases and climate-related disturbances in New Hampshire’s forests.

Braden Foulks ’25 has been working with Professor Becky Sideman and Professor Iago Hale on their respective research.

Caylin Grove is a genetics: genomics major from Hollis, New Hampshire, who is researching the presence of two diseases that affect oysters in Great Bay.

Matthew Farbaniec is a genetics major from Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Matthew has been working in Assistant Professor Anna O’Brien’s lab.

Dakota Mako is an environmental sciences: ecosystems science major who has worked in Professor Heidi Asbjornsen's and Professor Mark Ducey's labs.

Nicolas Forestell is a double major in forestry and French who is working in Professor Heidi Asbjornsen's Ecohydology Lab.

Durga Raja ’25 is an environmental and resource economics and sustainability dual major from Nashua, New Hampshire.

Olivia Elliott ’26 is a nutritional sciences major from Exeter, New Hampshire who received a Sustainability Fellowship from the UNH Sustainability Institute.

Grace Higgins is a double major in biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology and music. She is one of 17 COLSA students to receive a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in 2022.

Isabelle Lopez is a wildlife and conservation biology major with a geospatial analysis minor who received a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) to study the use of drones to monitor and protect natural resources. 

A passion for wildlife and its habitats has been propelling Grace McCulloch out of bed very early this summer. On weekday mornings, Grace wakes at 3:30 a.m. and heads to one of the many sites in New Hampshire where she’s studying the birds that depend on the climate-change-threatened…