Graduate Students

Matthew Conrad

Effects of bisphosphonate use on endocrine biomarkers in growing horses

Advisor: Amanda Bradbery

Rachael Dines | Fall '27

Past, present, and future trends of whitebark pine status in the northern tier of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Advisor: Dan Atwater

Thomas Hamilton

Assessing mid and late gestation cattle grazing dormant rangeland during the winter months

Advisor: Timothy DelCurto

Danielle Knighton 

Collecting data and analyzing human impact within the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness that will then be compared to grizzly bear distribution

Advisors: Clayton Marlow, Dan Tyers, Craig Olwert

Makayla Ogg

Advisor: Sarah McCoski

Nathan Schaff | Spring '27 

The use of blood metabolites to predict flavor profiles in sheep

Advisors: Jennifer Thomson, Jane Ann Boles

Alex Trauner | Spring '27 

Digestive aids with or without L-glutamine on gastrointestinal barrier integrity and subsequent systemic response in horses

Advisor: Amanda Bradbery

Macy Collins | Spring '24

Characterizing the wool microbiome and its influence on wool and lamb production

Advisor: Chris Posbergh

Caroline Gatschet | Fall '25

Influence of Delayed Grazing on Rangeland Soil Health Indicators & Microbial Community Response

Advisor: Caroline Gatschet

Amanda Grube | Fall '24 

Assessing sulfur fertilizations as a means to improve statewide forage quality and value by reducing nitrate accumulations in cereal forages

Advisor: Hayes Goosey

Autumn Keller | Fall '25

Aspen and wolf trophic cascade on the northern Yellowstone elk winter range

Advisors: Clayton Marlow and Dan Tyers

Janessa Kluth | Spring '24 

Comparing the botanical composition and quality of beef cattle diets on unburned and/or burned rangeland 

Advisor: Timothy DelCurto

Jack Nance | Spring '26

The Response of Dung Beetles, Soil Health, and Dung Pat Degradation Rates to Herd Parasite Management

Advisor: Hayes Goosey

Jeremiah Peterson | Spring '24 

Evaluating the influence of protein status on intake, ruminal digestion, thermal regulation and metobolic rates in beef cattle consuming low-quality forages

Advisor: Timothy DelCurto

Denali Smith | Spring '26

Beaver impacts on stream geomorphology and the impacts of a 500-year flood event on stream geomorphology and beaver colonies in southwestern Montana

Advisors: Dan Atwater and Dan Tyers

Kaylen Stearns | Spring '25

Evaluating the relationship between yearling Angus pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) estimates with maternal, growth, and carcass traits

Advisor: Tim DelCurto

Aubrey Sullivan | Fall '24 

Ecology of reintroduced sharp-tailed grouse in Western Montana

Advisor: Lance McNew

Abigail Zezeski | Spring '25

Evaluating preimplantation embryo development using flow cytometry

Advisor: Sarah McCoski