Fellows
NEST GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS 2024
Ivan Espinosa, PhD candidate, Theatre & Performance
Mary K. Childress, PhD candidate, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Dati Alsaedi, MFA student, Art & Art History
Emma Piper-Burket, PhD candidate, Emergent Technologies & Media Arts Practices
NEST GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS 2023
Reclamation
Alston Tyndall, MFA student, Theater & Dance
Sierra Jech, PhD student, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
UNTITLED
Sasha de Koninck, PhD student, Intermedia Art Writing and Performance
Eldy Lazzaro Vasquesz, PhD student, Creative Technology & Design ATLAS
Threads of Resistance: A Woven Narrative of the Women Life Freedom Revolution
Samira Hemmat, MFA student, Art & Art History
Neill Kaipo Shikada, MS student, Creative Technology & Design ATLAS
Decolonizing the Diorama: Contemporary Practices
Rachel Denagy, MS student, Museum & Field Studies
Elana Lompe, MS student, Museum & Field Studies
Cody Norton, MFA student, Art & Art History
Unlocked: Dichotomous Keys for Interdisciplinary Art & Science Identification
Sam Collier, PhD student, Theatre & Performance Studies
Sara Garcia, PhD student, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
NEST GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS 2022
Sympoietic Movement
Brad Gallager, PhD Student, Intermedia Art, Writing & Performance
Katie Williams, MA Student, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Human Computer Intimacy
Andy DiLallo, MFA Student, Department of Art & Art History
Paulus van Horne, PhD Student, Department of Critical Media Practices
Attending to the Atmosphere: Aerosol Detection, Air Monitors, and Public-Engaged Art
Bri Dobson, PhD Student, Department of Chemistry
Dennis Doyle, MFA Student, Department of Art and Art History
NEST GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS 2021
FULL FELLOWSHIP
Sensing Ice: Explorations of Knowing Nature
Chris Dunn, PhD Student, Environmental Studies Program
Brie Corsa, PhD Student, ESOC/CIRES
Tasha Snow, PhD Student, Geography/CIRES
Swallowed Whole: An Art/Science Musical for Youth-authored Climate Action
Heather Kenny, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Ben Stasny, MA Student, Theatre and Performance Studies
Mycelium
Netta Ofer, MS Students, Creative Technologies and Design
Eileen Roscina Shoup, MFA Student, Art Practices
MINI GRANTS
Elizabeth Menezes, PhD student, Geology
Darija Medic, PhD student, Intermedia Art, Writing and Performance
Allison Lemon, MFS student, Art and Art History
Roberto Azaretto, PhD student, Critical Media Practices
Dennis Doyle, MFA student, Art and Art History
Marcella (Lauren) Marsella, MFA student, Art and Art History
NEST GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS 2020
From Doom and Gloom to Laughing with a Boom—A Climate Comedy Video Experiment
Rayna Benzeev, PhD student, Environmental Studies Program
Nolan Carey, PhD student, Department of Theatre & Dance
A Nature Art Installation to Study Art as a Social Experience
Jennifer Cole, PhD student, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience
Amy Hoagland, MFA student, Department of Art & Art History
Interactive Jungle
Ethan Frier, MS student, ATLAS Institute
Karan Vivek Dikshit, PhD student, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Math & Dance
Sarah Mauney, MFA student, Department of Theater & Dance
Erik Knutsen, PhD student, Department of Mathematics
Installation @ Above Boulder: People, Planes, & Place
Amelia Brackett Hogstad, PhD student, Department of History
Damennick Henry, PhD student, Department of Aerospace Engineering
Passive Monuments: Sustainable Air Cooling and Purification Systems in Low-Income Family Housing
Aniya Khalili, PhD student, Department Mechanical Engineering
Emily Irvin, MFA student, Department of Art & Art History
La Sierra
Sarah McCormick, MFA student, Department of Art & Art History
Kevin Sweet, PhD student, Department of Critical Media Practices
NEST GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS 2019
Know Your Neighbors: Urban Coyotes in the Denver Metropolitan Area
Emily Beam, MS student, Environmental Studies Program
Joelle Cicak, MFA student, Department of Art & Art History
“Hey, I know you!” Enhancing Biophilia Through Species Identification: A Field Guide of С Boulder
Robert Buehler, MFA student, Department of Art and Art History
Mathew Sharples, PhD student, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Joanne Marras Tate, PhD student, Department of Communication
Salt Flats
Jonathan Raberg, PhD student, Department of Geological Sciences
Claire McCahan, AD student, College of Music
The Cultural Ecological Politics of Hydraulic Fracturing and its Production Process
Shelby McAuliffe, MFA student, Department of Art and Art History
Denise Fernandes, PhD student, Environmental Studies Program
Tough Skin: Sankofa Journey
Jasmine Colgan, MFA student, Department of Art & Art History
Marissa Martinez, PhD student, Department of Chemistry
Microplastics in Boulder Creek and the South Platte River
Patrick Chandler, PhD student, Environmental Studies Program
David Oonk, PhD student, ATLAS Institute
Boulder Apple Tree Project: Create, Experience and Appreciate
Irfanul Alam, PhD student, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Jasmine Baetz, MFA student, Department of Art & Art History
NEST GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS 2018
Air-Cleaning Ceramic Artwork for Volatile Organic Compound Removal in Nail Salons
Camila Friedman-Gerliczb, MFA candidate, Art & Art History
Aaron Lamplugh, PhD candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Panoramic Methods: New Approaches to Interdisciplinary Research
Maya Livio, PhD candidate, Intermedia Art, Writing and Performance
Ashley Whipple, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
Water - Dust
Alice F. Hill, post-doctoral student, National Snow & Ice Data Center, INSTAAR, CIRES
Toma Peiu, PhD candidate, Department of Critical Media Practices
Baffin Island Climate Change through Woodblocks & Watercolors
Sarah Crump, PhD candidate, Department of Geological Sciences and INSTAAR
Nodin de Saillan, PhD candidate, Department of English and the Center for the Study of Origins.
Project Re-Nest: Barn Swallows
Molly McDermott, PhD Student, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Aaron Treher, MFA Candidate, Art & Art History
Promontory Project: A Case Study of the Annihilation of Time and Space
Laura Hyunjhee Kim, PhD Candidate, Intermedia Art, Writing and Performance
Jen Liu, PhD candidate, ATLAS, College of Engineering
Scale in Art and Science
Megan Blanchard, PhD candidate, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Amy Richman, MFA candidate, Department of Critical Media Practices
Thinking with Glaciers
Carly Anderson Stewart, PhD Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Joe Steele, PhD Candidate, Department of Critical Media Practices
Christa Torrens, PhD Candidate, Department of Environmental Studies, the Hydrologic Sciences Program and INSTAAR
Visualizing Music as Image and Sculpture
Zachary Patten, DMA candidate, Department of Music
Nicholas Landry, PhD candidate, Department of Applied Mathematics