Master’s Students in Climate Science & Solutions
Meet our current students in the CSS Program below, or see recent alumni from this program.
Lance Adams
CSS Interest Area: Snow Science, Watershed, Resource Access/Ethics/Dynamics
Internship Interest: Government/Policy related to water access, conservation, and distribution
Email: lha45@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2024-2025
Sadie Beattie
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship (Pursuing): Multiple Interest Areas
Email: stb247@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2023-2024
Colin Birnbaum
CSS Interest Area: Climate Mitigation and Policy
Internship Interest: Multiple Interest Areas
Email: cbb279@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2024-2025
Dwayne Canfield
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship (Pursuing): Climate Adaptation and Policy
Email: dc2799@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2023-2024
Ava Carr
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship Interest: Multiple Interest Areas
CSS Cohort: 2024-2025
Mia Chavez
CSS Interest Area: Sociological aspects of climate change and its solutions, adapting sustainability, and environmental communication
Internship Interest: Sociological research on climate change and environment consulting
Email: mjc725@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2024-2025
Sadie Denson
CSS Interest Area: Sustainability/sustainable urban planning and climate mitigation/adaptation
Internship Interest: Sustainable urban planning
Email: snd244@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2024-2025
Chase Flickinger
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship (Pursuing): Multiple Interest Areas
Email: ckf68@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2023-2024
Jude Ekow Gyesi
CSS Interest Area: Atmospheric carbon mitigation, water resource conservation, and climate policy
Internship Interest: Greenhouse gas accounting and water resource management
Email: jeg469@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2024-2025
McKenna Hanson
CSS Interest Area: GHG accounting, sustainability policy/planning in multi-national industries, Nature-based Solutions, Wetland conservation, sustainability analytics, resiliency planning
Internship Interest: Same as above
Email: mnh343@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2024-2025
Hassan Ibrahim
CSS Interest Area: Climate change mitigation and adaptation, with a focus on developing strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance community resilience
Internship Interest: Greenhouse Gas Accounting & Sustainability Intern, aiming to gain hands-on experience in measuring and managing carbon footprints, and implementing sustainability initiatives within organizations
Email: hi56@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2024-2025
Leah Katz
CSS Interest Area: Sustainable Communities, Natural Disaster Mitigation and Restoration
Internship Interest: Sustainability
Email: lmk347@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2024-2025
Kallie Klein
Graduate Student Council
CSS Interest Area: Climate Adaptation, Mitigation, and Policy
Internship (Pursuing): Policy and Urban Sustainability
Email: klk472@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2023-2024
Kayla Maggio
CSS Interest Area: Corporate Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Accounting
Internship Interest: Internship at a corporation or local government as a sustainability analyst or an internship at the NAU Office of Sustainability
Email: kjm547@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2024-2025
Dayna McKay
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship Interest: Data visualization, innovative carbon neutrality solutions, and greenhouse gas accounting in higher education
Email: djc478@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2024-2025
Felicia Mills
CSS Interest Area: Agriculture and Rivers
Internship (Pursuing): Multiple Interest Areas
Email: frm46@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2023-2024
Lovemore Mphamba
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship (Pursuing): Multiple Interest Areas
Email: lmm653@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2023-2024
Kathryn (Katy) Nardone
CSS Interest Area: Paleoclimatology, Greenhouse Gas Accounting, and GIS
Internship (Pursuing): Multiple Interest Areas
Email:ken223@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2023-2024
Shelby Oliver
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship Interest: Multiple Interest Areas
CSS Cohort: 2024-2025
Katherine (Katie) Seals
CSS Interest Area: Environmental Communication & Hydrology
Internship (Pursuing): Water Resource Specialist
Email:kms2356@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2023-2024
Kerry Spence
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas (greenhouse gas accounting, climate education)
Internship Interest: Multiple Interest Areas
Email: kes686@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2024-2025
Cory Tompkins
CSS Interest Area: Environmental Policy, Urban Planning
Internship Interest: Environmental Policy
Email: cjt382@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2024-2025
Catherine (Rose) Vejvoda
CSS Interest Area: Multiple Interest Areas
Internship (Pursuing): Municipal Sustainability or Greenhouse Gas Accounting
Email: crv92@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2023-2024
Mahi Washim
CSS Interest Area: Wildlife Conservation, Ecology, Climate Science and GHG Accounting
Internship Interest: Multiple Interest Areas
Email: mw2523@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2024-2025
Patrick Wickstrom
CSS Interest Area: Climate Adaptation and Policy
Internship Interest: Climate and Environmental Policy
Email: pcw43@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2024-2025
Sam Wiley
CSS Interest Area: Food System Adaptation
Internship (pursuing): Regenerative Agriculture
Email: sw2426@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2023-2024