Graduate Students

Janelle Alleman

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: M.S.

Graduate Program: Wildlife Science

Advisor: Dr. David E. Cowley

Office location: Knox 136

Email Address: jalleman@nmsu.edu

Office Phone: 505-646-5613

Office Fax: 505-646-1281

Michael Anderson

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: M.S.

Graduate Program: Wildlife Science

Advisor: Dr. Colleen Caldwell

Office location: Knox Hall 117

Email Address: anderson@nmsu.edu

Office Phone: 505-646-6259

Office Fax: 505-646-1281

Tanya Anderson

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: M.S.

Graduate Program: Wildlife Science

Advisor: Dr. Raul Valdez

Office location: Knox Hall 136

Email Address: tanyaan@nmsu.edu

Office Phone: 505-646-5613

Office Fax: 505-646-1281

Roger Baldwin

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: Ph.D. Studies

Graduate Program: Animal and Range Science

Advisors:
* Dr. Louis C. Bender, Fishery & Wildlife Sciences
* Dr. Andres F. Cibils, Animal & Range Sciences

Office location: Knox 118

Email Address: rbaldwin@nmsu.edu

Office Phone: 505-646-3267

Office Fax: 505-646-1281

Education:

Doctoral Studies, Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University-Las Cruces, 2003-Present.
M.S., Biology, The University of Memphis, TN, 2003.
B.S., Wildlife Biology with a secondary major in Natural Resource and Environmental Science, Kansas State University-Manhattan, 2000.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: "Habitat Utilization, Critical Habitats, and Condition of Black Bears at Rocky Mountain National Park."

Description: Body condition will be related to habitat utilization to determine critical habits of black bears at Rocky Mountain National Park.

Expected Date of Completion: 2007

Professional Memberships Include:

The Wildlife Society
International Association for Bear Research and Management
American Society of Mammalogists
The Southwestern Association of Naturalists

Professional Experience:

2003-Present: Research Assistant, New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University-Las Cruces.
2000-2003: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, The University of Memphis, TN.
1997-2000: Research Assistant, Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Kansas State University-Manhattan.

Selected Recent Publications:

Baldwin, R.A., A.E. Houston, M.L. Kennedy and P.S. Liu. 2004. An assessment of microhabitat variables and capture success of striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis). Journal of Mammalogy 85:1068-1076.

Andrea Campanella

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: Ph.D. Studies

Graduate Program: Wildlife Science

Advisors: Dr. Gary W. Roemer, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences
Dr. Brandon Bestelmeyer, Dept. of Biology

Office location: Knox 104

Email Address: acampane@jornada.nmsu.edu

Office Phone: 505-646-4589

Office Fax: 505-646-1281

Education: B.S.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: "The Demographic and Genetic Structure of Arid-Land Small Mammal Populations in the Chihuahuan Desert: Feedbacks Between Rodents and the Dynamics of Grassland-Shrubland Ecotones."

Description:

Several factors such as grazing, fires, climate and human activities have changed the landscape in many ways. Sometimes vegetation assemblages are completely different from what they were in the past. In the study area it is demonstrated that a major change in the vegetation composition occurred during the last 90 years. What was grassland is today replaced by shrubland. Such alterations have resulted in major revolutions of the animal communities. The purpose of this research is to investigate the demography and population dynamics of small mammals in the different major habitats that were identified in the study area: shrubland (Mesquite Prosopis glandulosa), grassland and transition zone between them, the ecotone.

Expected Date of Completion: Summer II, 2008

Professional Experience:

2004-Present: Doctoral Studies, Department of Biology, New Mexico State University-Las Cruces.
2001-2004: Research Assistant, New Mexico State University-Las Cruces.
2001-2004: Curator, Museum of Flower, Monte Rufeno Natural Reserve, Acquapendente, Italy.
1999-2001: Research Program Officer/Scientific Consultant, Italian Office of WWF-TRAFFIC Europe (Conservation/wild animal rescue)
1999:Coordinator, Volunteer Forest Rangers Corp., Italy; Scientific Consultant, Professional Association "Acquachiara," Acquapendente, Italy; Teaching Assistant, Zoological Gardens, Rome, Italy; Field Assistant, Diet of Cormorants Project, Bolsena Lake, Central Italy.
1996: Research Assistant, National Science Foundation, USA.
1996: Design/installation of Environmental Interpretation Path in Las Chinchillas National Reserve, Corporacion Nacional Forest, Chile.
1995-1996: Director of Field Operations, Research Project, Fondecyt, Chile and National Science Foundation, USA.

Publications:

Campanella, A., P.L. Meserve, W.B. Milstead, L.Boitani, V. Salvatori, G. Vaglio-Laurin. 2004. Changes in predation rates of Culpeo Foxes Pseudalopex culpaes) in response to prey density changes in North-Central Chile. Submitted.
Salvatori V., L. Boitani, A. Campanella, G. Vaglio-Laurin and P.L. Meserve. 2001. (17-21 September) Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Resource Utilization by Culpeo Foxes in Central Chile. Canid Biology and Conservation, Acta of an International Conference, Oxford University, England.
Rocco, M. and A. Campanella. 2001. L'uso alimentare di animali selvatici sta minacciando la loro sopravvivenza in Africa orientale e meridionale (The use of bushmeat is threatening some animal species in East and South Africa). Attenzione-WWF Review for the Environment and Territory 20:29-30 (in Italian).
Campanella, A., W.B. Milstead, G. Vaglio, V. Salvatori, L. Boitani and P.L. Meserve. 2000. (17-21 June) Feeding ecology of the culpeo fox (Pseudalopex culpaeus) during an El Nino (ENSO) disturbance in northcentral Chile. Evidence for functional and numerical response. Poster, Eightieth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Durham, NH.
Milstead W.B., P.L. Meserve and A. Campanella. 2000. The spatial ecology of small mammal populations in northcentral Chile: rainfall, refuges and ratadas, Journal of Mammalogy. Submitted 11/2000, still in prep.
Salvatori, V.G. Vaglio-Laurin, P.L. Meserve, L. Boitani and A. Campanella. 1999. Spatial organization, activity and social interactions of Culpeo foxes (Pseudalopex culpaeus) in northcentral Chile. Journal of Mammalogy 80(3):980-985.

Carl Carrasco

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: M.S.

Graduate Program: Wildlife Science

Advisor: Dr. David Cowley

Office location: Knox Hall 136

Email Address: carl@nmsu.edu

Office Phone: 505-646-5613

Office Fax: 505-646-1281

Sung Jin Cho

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: M.S.

Graduate Program: Wildlife Science

Advisor: Dr. Colleen A. Caldwell

Office location: Knox Hall 117

Email Address: cho@nmsu.edu

Office Phone: 505-646-6259

Office Fax: 505-646-1281

Education: B.A., Marine Biomedical Sciences, Kunsan National University, Kunsan, Jeollabuk-do, Korea, 2002.

Thesis Title: "Stress response of Rio Grande Silvery Minnow during rescue operation"

Thesis Description: Investigate influence of capture handling and transport activities on rescue operation of Rio Grande Silvery Minnow.

Expected Date of Completion: Fall 2006

Hobbies: Basketball; watching NBA; hiking.

"Hometown": Seoul, Korea

Comments: "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you." - Matthew 6:33.

Dayna Dominguez

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: M.S.

Graduate Program: Wildlife Science

Advisor: Dr. Martha J. Desmond

Office location: Knox 128

Email Address: daynad@nmsu.edu

Office Phone: 505-646-1544

Office Fax: 505-646-1281

Justin Fitch

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: M.S.

Graduate Program: Wildlife Science

Advisor: Dr. Mark C. Andersen

Office location: Knox 101

Email Address: jfitch@nmsu.edu

Office Phone: 505-646-1544

Office Fax: 505-646-1281

Brock Hoenes

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: M.S.

Graduate Program: Wildlife Science

Advisor: Dr. Louis C. Bender

Office location: Knox 118

Email Address: bhoenes@nmsu.edu

Office Phone: 505-646-3267

Office Fax: 505-646-1281

Education:

B.S., Fishery and Wildlife Management, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002.

Thesis Title: "Habitat Characteristics and Quality for Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemi___s) in the WSMR-SANWR area."

Thesis Description: My research will be looking at the effects of habitat quality in terms of mule deer nutritional needs, in relation to the recent decline of mule deer numbers in the WSMR-SANWR area.

Expected Date of Completion: Fall 2007

Hometown: Palmyra, MO

Hobbies: Hunting; fishing; archery; camping

Darren James

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: M.S.

Graduate Program: Wildlife Science

Advisor: Dr. Gary W. Roemer

Office location: Wooten 247

Email Address: dkj2@jornada.nmsu.edu

Office Phone: 575-646-3584

Office Fax: 505-646-5889

Gerrad Jones

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: M.S.

Graduate Program: Wildlife Science

Advisor: Dr. Jennifer K. Frey

Office location: Knox

Email Address: gdjones@nmsu.edu

Office Phone: 505-646-1544

Office Fax: 505-646-1281

John Kiseda

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: M.S.

Graduate Program: Wildlife Science

Advisor: Dr. Sanford D. Schemnitz

Office location: El Paso Zoo

Email Address: [kisedajj@ci.el-paso.tx.us] (mail to: kisedajj@ci.el-paso.tx.us)

Office Phone: 915-521-1865

Education:

B.S., Wildlife Biology, Empire College-State University of New York-Old Westbury.

Thesis Title: A Demographic and Attitudinal Survey of El Paso Zoo Multi-cultural Visitors.

Thesis Description: Will conduct a follow-up survey of El Paso Zoo visitors, and then compare 1993 data to current data. Determine visitor demographics attitudes towards wildlife and conservation. Is El Paso Zoo influential in promoting positive attitude changes of the visotor towards natural resource conservation?

Hometown: The Borough of Queens in New York City, NY

Hobbies: Hawk migration project at Wyler Tramway;Â birding;Â trying to find the time to have fun and relax with my wonderful wife, Kathy.

Expected Date of Completion: Fall 2005

Robert Lonsinger

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: M.S.

Graduate Program: Wildlife Science

Advisor: Dr. Gary W. Roemer

Office location: Knox 104

Email Address: [rcl44@nmsu.edu] (rcl44@nmsu.edu)

Office Phone: 505-646-4589

Office Fax: 505-646-1281

Piedad Mayagoitia

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: M.S.

Graduate Program: Wildlife Science

Advisor: Dr. Raul Valdez

Office location: Knox 136

Email Address: [pemg110@hotmail.com] (mail to: pemg110@hotmail.com)

Office Phone: 505-646-5613

Office Fax: 505-646-1281

Ryan McShane

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: M.S.

Graduate Program: Wildlife Science

Advisor: Dr. David E. Cowley

Office location: Gerald Thomas 250

Email Address: [rmcshane@nmsu.edu] (rmcshane@nmsu.edu)

Office Phone: 505-646-3594

Office Fax: 505-646-1281

Education:

B.S., Fisheries & Wildlife (wildlife concentration), North Carolina State University, 2000.
B.S., Zoology, North Carolina State University, 2000.

Thesis Title:

Thesis Description: Will concern small mammals and their effects on vegetation in desert ecosystems.

Expected Date of Completion:

Hometown: Greenville, NC

Hobbies: Watching movies; reading; hiking; camping

Comments: Go Blue!

Alfredo Montoya

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: M.S.

Graduate Program: Wildlife Science

Advisor: Dr. Jennifer K. Frey

Office location:

Email Address: [alfredom@nmsu.edu] (alfredom@nmsu.edu)

Office Phone: 505-646-1544

Education:

B.S., Wildlife Science, New Mexico State University-Las Cruces, 1997.

Martin Moses

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: M.S.

Graduate Program: Wildlife Science

Advisor: Drs. Jennifer K. Frey and Gary W. Roemer

Office location: Knox 135

Email Address: [Moses502@nmsu.edu] (Moses502@nmsu.edu)

Office Phone: 505-646-4589

Office Fax: 505-646-1281

Megan Ruehmann

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: M.S.

Graduate Program: Wildlife Science

Advisor: Dr. Martha J. Desmond

Office location:

Email Address: [ruehmann@nmsu.edu] (ruehmann@nmsu.edu)

Office Phone: 505-646-1544

Office Fax: 505-646-1281

Kristin Swaim

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: M.S.

Graduate Program: Wildlife Science

Advisor: Dr. Wiebke Boeing

Office location:

Email Address: [kswaim@nmsu.edu] (kswaim@nmsu.edu)

Office Phone:

Office Fax: 505-646-1281

Kyle Tator

Title: Graduate Student

Degree: M.S.

Graduate Program: Wildlife Science

Advisor: Dr. Raul Valdez

Office location: Knox 136

Email Address: [ktator@nmsu.edu] (ktator@nmsu.edu)

Office Phone: 505-646-5613

Office Fax: 505-646-1281