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Kristin E. Brzeski, Assistant Professor
Principle Investigator Kristin is a wildlife biologist interested in research at the intersection of applied conservation and evolutionary theory. Her work utilizes a wide range of tools including genomic sequencing, epigenetic sequencing, camera traps, and a multitude of field based techniques. Kristin's past research has focused on wild canid genetics and she remains a contributor to the Canine Ancestry Project. Kristin integrates her research into teaching during her Mammalogy and Conservation Genetic courses at MTU. CV email: kbrzeski 'at' mtu.edu |
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Tiffany DeGroot
Forest Ecology and Management MSc student in SFRES Project collaborators: Biodiversity Initiative Tiff is a master’s student in the Brzeski Lab studying biodiversity and conservation in tropical forests. Her research project utilizes DNA metabarcoding of carrion flies and camera trapping to survey wildlife in Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa. Tiff studied biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology as an undergraduate, and has worked in the wildlife conservation NGO space for the past two years. Her interests lie primarily in human impacts on conservation and applied research to mitigate them. Tanner Barnes
Undergraduate student in SFRES Tanner is a senior at MTU studying Wildlife Ecology and Management. His research interests include population dynamics and evolutionary biology. Tanner developed a passion for wildlife while hunting and fishing with his father, who helped him appreciate that wildlife is something we need to protect, not exploit. Tanner is an Earn and Learn student with the Brzeski Lab working on an independent camera trap study. |
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Rachel Christensen
Undergraduate student in SFRES Project collaborators: Dr. Jared Wolfe Rachel is a senior at Michigan Technological University studying Wildlife Ecology and Management. She is interested in wildlife toxicology and how habitat influences pathogen host interactions. She is working in the Brzeski lab on her senior thesis on the presence of avian malaria in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. |
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Teal Sackett
Undergraduate student in SFRES Teal is an undergraduate majoring in Forestry and Wildlife Ecology and Management and a volunteer for Biodiversity Initiative sorting camera trap photos. Growing up in the UP as an avid hunter and fisher, Teal has always felt home outside and in the woods. Her interests include any and all creatures, especially Cervids, and hopes to understand Chronic Wasting Disease and how it will impact our deer populations. |
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Mason Steele
Undergraduate student in SFRES Mason is a senior at MTU receiving his degree in Wildlife Ecology and Management spring 2019. His interests include entomology and wildlife conservation. Mason has been a volunteer for the Brzeski Lab and Biodiversity Initiative where he has been pivotal in sorting camera trap data. |
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