Student Employees
Nature called. They answered.
Our primary goal is to support hands-on experiences for our students.
The UW-Green Bay student employees at the CCB play a crucial role in conservation efforts, bringing diverse expertise and fresh perspectives while gaining invaluable experience, expanding professional network, exploring career options and earning a little green. You could be our next student employee!
Meet Our Student Employees
Leo Aguilar
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering Technology
Cofrin Grant Recipient: An introductory guide to graminoids: Wisconsin edition education science poster to breakdown botanic misunderstandings
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Sarah Baughman '25
Roles: Great Lakes Coastal and Wetland Monitoring Project Bird Technician and Trainer; Oneida Bird Monitoring Field Crew Leader, Outreach Assistant and Plant Technician; Oneida Bird Field Guide Illustrator/Author; Piping Plover Monitoring at Cat Island Field Crew Leader
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Biology, Ecology and Conservation Emphasis
Friends of Toft Point Grant Recipient: "Upland Bryophytes of Toft Point State Natural Area"
Career Goal: Wetland Restoration Specialist and Wildlife Monitor

Fiona Crowley-Oswald
Role: Wild Rice Restoration Crew Member
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science
Kiera Danielczak
Role: Bird and Monarch Monitoring at Wequiock Creek and Kingfisher Farm Natural Areas Monarch Bird and Monarch Assistant

Danny Erickson '27
Roles: Richter Museum Assistant; Great Lakes Coastal and Wetland Monitoring Project Bird and Anuran Technician; Oneida Bird Monitoring Program Bird Technician, Program Outreach Assistant and Summer Camp Counselor; Ken Euers Post-Enhancement Wildlife Monitoring Field Crew Leader; Piping Plover Monitoring at Cat Island Bird Technician
Degree: Master of Science in Environmental Science and Policy
Career Goal: Wildlife Study and Science Communication
Ethan Fenlon
Roles: Oneida Bird Monitoring Program Bird Assistant; Bird and Monarch Monitoring at Wequiock Creek and Kingfisher Farm Natural Areas Bird and Monarch Assistant; Piping Plover Monitoring at Cat Island Bird Technician

Haillee Fritsch '24
Roles: Bird and Monarch Monitoring at Wequiock Creek and Kingfisher Farm Natural Areas Monarch Crew Leader and Bird Assistant; Ecological Restoration Assistant
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and a minor in Chemistry
Career Goal: Restoration Biologist

Jared Ganeles '25
Roles: Great Lakes Coastal and Wetland Monitoring Project Bird Technician; Oneida Bird Monitoring Project Bird Analyst and Bird Technician; Ken Euers Post-Enhancement Wildlife Monitoring Wildlife Technician; Piping Plover Monitoring at Cat Island Bird Technician
Degree: Master of Science in Environmental Science and Policy
Career Goal: Field Researcher and Data Analyst with a focus on Ornithology
Sam Gerarden '25
Roles: Bird and Monarch Monitoring at Wequiock Creek and Kingfisher Farm Natural Areas Monarch Crew Leader and Bird Technician; Ecological Restoration Assistant
Degree: Master of Science in Biodiversity Conservation and Management; Bachelor of Science in Biology, Ecology and Conservation Emphasis
Career Goal: Land Management and Ecological Restoration

Mack Gore '25
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science (Accelerated) & Biology, Animal Biology Emphasis
Cofrin Grant Recipient: A bird community science analysis of river mouths along the Western Lake Michigan shoreline
Career Goal: Conservation and Community Involvement/Education
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Tony Klingert '24
Roles: Great Lakes Coastal and Wetland Monitoring Project Technician, Oneida Bird Monitoring Crew Member, Herbarium Peatland Bryophyte Assistant, and Bryophytes and Water Quality of Rich Fens in Door County Intern
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Biology, Ecology and Conservation Emphasis
Cofrin Grant Recipient: Phenology-guided survey of sedges and natural community delineation at Toft Point State Natural Area
Career Goal: Ornithologist or any work in the arena of conservation, biodiversity and ecology
Ramsey Krings '25
Role: Richter Museum Assistant
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Biology, Animal Biology Emphasis

Gweni Malokofsky '26
Roles: Ecological Restoration Assistant; Oneida Bird Monitoring Program Outreach Assistant, Bird Assistant, Anuran Assistant, Summer Camp Counselor and Data Assistant; Bird and Monarch Monitoring at Wequiock Creek and Kingfisher Farm Natural Areas Bird Assistant; Piping Plover Monitoring at Cat Island Bird Technician
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Biology, Animal Biology (Accelerated) & Ecology and Conservation Emphases
Career Goal: Conservation Biologist in the greater Green Bay area
Morley Remitz
Roles: Richter Museum Assistant; Great Lakes Coast Wetland Monitoring Program Bird Assistant and Anuran Technician; Oneida Bird Monitoring Program Bird Assistant and Anuran Technician; Piping Plover Monitoring at Cat Island Bird Technician
Ellie Scott
Friends of Toft Point Grant Recipient: Lichen Used as a Bioindicator of Air Quality at Toft Point Natural Area
Taylor Shumaker
Roles: Fewless Herbarium Assistant

Haley Spargur '25
Roles: Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Field Crew Leader, Anuran Technician, and Habitat Technician; Oneida Bird Monitoring Program Outreach Assistant; Oneida Bird Field Guide Illustrator/Author; Piping Plover Monitoring at Cat Island Bird Technician
Degree: Master of Science in Environmental Science and Policy, Ecosystems Emphasis
Cofrin Grant Recipient: Turtle habitat enhancement for Teal and Dragonfly Ponds in the Arboretum
Career Goal: Habitat Restoration, Reptile and Amphibian Conservation through a zoo or the DNR

Emily Swagel
Role: Oneida Bird Monitoring Project Data Assistant
Jack Zamzow
Degree: Bachelor's of Science in Biology, Animal Biology Emphasis
Cofrin Grant Recipient: Four-toed salamander surveying at the Toft Point Natural Area
Have Questions?
Want to work with us? Need to get in touch with one of our student employees? Just want to talk all things biodiversity? Anyone on our staff, like Professor Daniel Meinhardt, can supply answers.