Student Employees

Levi Boy 

Cofrin Grant Recipient: Genetic Assessment of Northeastern Green Bay White and Bur Oaks

Adam Bruce

Cofrin Grant Recipient: Examining the Current Water Quality at Mahon Creek

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
Career Goal: Wetland Restoration Specialist and Wildlife Monitor

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
Ruth St. John and John Dunham West Foundation Grant Recipient: Breeding Birds and Small Mammals of Kingfisher Farm Natural Area

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 

Miranda Holloway '27

Degree:  Master of Science in Biology, Animal Biology (Accelerated) & Ecology and Conservation Emphases
Friends of Toft Point Grant Recipient: A Comparison of Seasonal Rates of Carbon Capture in Sphagnum Communities as a Function of Biodiversity and Colony Density at Peat-Forming Wetlands in Door County, WI
Career Goal: Conservation Biologist

Ethan Johnson

Cofrin Grant Recipient: Inventory of Lichen and Bryophyte Species in Dolomite Composed Natural Communities

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
Ruth St. John and John Dunham West Foundation Grant Recipient: Breeding Birds and Small Mammals of Kingfisher Farm Natural Area
Career Goal: Conservation Biologist in the greater Green Bay area

Megan Oliva

Cofrin Grant Recipient: Mammal Monitoring in the Point au Sable and Wequiock Creek Natural Areas

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

Taylor Shumaker 

Roles: Fewless Herbarium Assistant
Friends of Toft Point Grant Recipient: A Vascular Plant Inventory of Toft Point and The Ridges Sanctuary

Haley Spargur '26

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
Career Goal: Habitat Restoration, Reptile and Amphibian Conservation through a zoo or the DNR

Ben Whitaker

Charlotte Lukes Research Award Grant Recipient: A Survey of Northeast Wisconsin Odonata: Abundance and Habitat Preference

Edwin Wilke '27

Roles:  Bird Monitor at Wequiock Creek and Point au Sable Natural Areas, Piping Plover Monitoring at Cat Island Bird Technician, Oneida Bird Monitoring Program Bird Assistant
Degree: Master of Science in Environmental Science and Policy
Cofrin Grant Recipient: “Habitat Use and Diet of Songbirds at Wequiock Creek and Point au Sable Natural Areas.”
Career Goal: Inspire people to love birds as much as I do!