Cofrin Center for Biodiversity

Sarah Baughman '24

Great Lakes Coastal and Wetland Monitoring Project Technician and Oneida Bird Monitoring Crew Member
Bachelor of Science in Biology
Cofrin Grant Recipient: A bird community science analysis of river mouths along the Western Lake Michigan shoreline
Career Goal: Wetland Restoration Specialist and Wildlife Monitor

Angie Bergstrom

Community Science Coordinator

Fiona Crowley-Oswald

Wild Rice Restoration Crew Member
Bachelors of Science in Environmental Science

Annissa Derbique '24

Wequiock Creek Restoration Crew Member
Master of Science in Environmental Science and Policy with an emphasis in Ecosystem Studies and certificates in Applied Bioinformatics, Sustainability and Wellbeing, and Foundations of Biodiversity Conservation and Management
Cofrin Grant Recipient: The assessment of solidago growth paterns of different rhizome lengths and the comparison between natural and early restoration habitats in Brown County, Wisconsin
Career Goal: Wildlife Ecologist or Conservation/Restoration Biologist

Josh Dietzler '22

Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Project Technician 
Bachelor of Science in Spanish and Biology with an emphasis in Animal Behavior

 

Haillee Fritsch '24

Wequiock Creek Restoration Crew Member
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science with a minor in Chemistry
Cofrin Grant Recipient: Macrofungal diversity study associated with oak trees at Wequiock Creek Natural Area: A preliminary investigation and record of the fungal community
Career Goal: Restoration Biologist

 

Jayda Fritz '22

Wequiock Creek Restoration Crew Member
Bachelor of Science in Biology with an emphasis in Animal Biology
Career Goal: Wildlife Conservation and Rehabilitation

Nick Gabbard 

Wild Rice Restoration Crew Member and Crew Member for the Photographic Atlas of Peatland Bryophytes of Northeaster Wisconsin
Master of Science in Environmental Science and Policy

 

Sam Gerarden '23

Natural Areas Crew Member
Bachelor of Science in Biology with an emphasis in Ecology and Conervation

 

Mack Gore '25

Richter Museum Technician - Egg Database and Cataloging
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science

 

Natalie Hanneman '24

Richter Museum Assistant
Bachelor of Science in Biology with a double emphasis in Ecology and Conservation and Animal Biology
Cofrin Grant Recipient: Fall and winter travel patterns, areas of high use, and diet composition of Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) populations within the Cofrin Memorial Arboretum
Career Goal: Become a a professor researching wolf (Canis lupus) behavior, genetics, and population dynamics

Marissa Helgesen '23

Bachelor of Science in Biology with an emphasis in Conservation and Ecology
Cofrin Grant Recipient: The reproductive habits of anuran species at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay properties
 

Mabel Kirst '23

Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Program Technician
Bachelor of Science in Biology with an emphasis in Conservation and Ecology

 

Tony Klingert '24

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science
Cofrin Grant Recipient: Changes in breeding birds in Door County
Career Goal: Ornithologist or any work in the arena of conservation, biodiversity, and ecology.

Chris Koch

Richter Museum Assistant
Masters of Science in Environmental Science and Policy
 

Ramsey Krings

Richter Museum Assistant
Bachelor of Science in Biology with an emphasis in Animal Biology

Adam McCabe '25

Richter Museum Assistant - Brussels Cave Samples
Bachelor of Science in Biology with an emphasis in Animal Biology and Pre-Veterinary and minors in Chemistry and Applied Human Biology
Career Goal: Veterinary Medicine

Brenna Nicholson '23

Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Porgram Lead Technician and Outreach Assistant
Master of Science in Environmental Science and Policy
 

Alyssa Powell '23

Fewless Herbarium Assistant and Crew Member for the Photographic Atlas of Peatland Bryophytes of Northeaster Wisconsin
Bachelor of Science in Biology with and emphasis in Ecology and Conservation

 

Brooke Schuler '22

Community Science Coordinator
Bachelor of Science in Biology with an emphasis in Ecology and Conservation and Animal Biology with a minor in Environmental Science
Career Goal: Ecologist or Botanist

Ellie Scott '24

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Chemiery with an emphasis in Environmental Chemistry
Cofrin Grant Recipient: Lichen used as a bioindicator of air quality in Door County
Career Goal: Biogeochemist

Haley Spargur '25

Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Anuran Technician, Natural Areas Crew Assistant, and Outreach Assistant
Masters of Science in Environmental Science and Policy with an emphasis in Ecosystems
Cofrin Grant Recipient: Educational bookelet of herpetofaunal ecology within the Cofrin Memorial Arboretum
Career Goal: Habitat Restoration, Reptile and Amphibian Conservation through a zoo or the DNR

Emily Swagel '23

Oneida Bird Monitoring Crew Member and Fewless Herbarium Assistant 
Bachelor of Arts in History and a minor in Environmental Humanities

 

Joseph Torres '23

Oneida Bird Monitoring Crew Member with funding from the Wisconsin Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation
Bachelor of Arts in First Nations Studies

Marissa Wackett '23

Shorewood Restoration and Arboretum Crew Member; Research Assistant for Dr. Wolf on bumblee nest surveys
Bachelor of Science in Biology with an emphasis in Ecology and Conservation; Bachelors of Science in Human Biology with an emphasis in Health Sciences
Career Goal: To work in restoration and conservation and help preserve our important native plants and animals
 

Jack Zamzow

Museum Assistant