School of Earth & Sustainability
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Master’s Students in Climate Science & Solutions
Meet our current students in the CSS Program below, or see recent alumni from this program.
Cosmos Ansah
Email: csa223@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2025-2026
Ryan Battles
Email: rb2564@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2025-2026
Colin Birnbaum
CSS Interest Area: Climate Mitigation and Policy
Internship Interest: Multiple Interest Areas
Email: cbb279@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2024-2025
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
Olivia Drogosz
Email: omd35@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2025-2026
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
Georgia Healey
CSS Cohort: 2025-2026
Leah Katz
CSS Interest Area: Sustainable Communities, Natural Disaster Mitigation and Restoration
Internship Interest: Sustainability
Email: lmk347@nau.edu
CSS Cohort: 2024-2025
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
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
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