Isabella A. Oleksy

Assistant Professor •
• Limnology • Biogeochemistry • Ecosystem ecology

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Bio

The Mountain Limnology Lab investigates the impact of global environmental change on aquatic ecosystems in mountainous regions.

Topics include the interactive effects of nitrogen deposition and warming, the impact of wildfire on water quality, and the consequences of changing ice phenology on lake ecosystem ecology.

Isabella Oleksy, wearing a broad rimmed hat and bright orange floatation vest, paddles an inflatable boat on a mountain lake with a rocky shoreline

Education

PhD (Ecology): Colorado State University, 2019
BS (Environmental Science): University of New Hampshire, 2012

Awards

USGS Graduate Research Fellow, Colorado State University, 2017—2019
NSF-IGERT Graduate Research Fellow, Colorado State University 2014—2017

Research

Mountain Limnology Lab

See my lab website for information about my research and opportunities for prospective grad students and current undergrads.

Limnology researchers stand on a frozen Sky Pond with jagged cliffs in the background

Publications

See Isabella's Google Scholar profile >

Subalpine lake lined with rocks and trees, alpine tundra above

Teaching

Courses

Limnology (CU-Boulder)
Fundamentals of Ecosystem Ecology - Freshwater module (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies)
Advances in Freshwater Metabolism (Colorado State University)

Three researchers with backpacks hike over summer snow while they investigate a steep watershed slope with trees and cliffsspect a

Isabella Oleksy takes depth measurements from an inflatable boat on a subalpine lake with large cliffs overhead

A black inflatable boat sits by itself on a subalpine lake with sun rays and dramatic peaks in the background

Filtering equipment including flasks and tubes sits on a picnic table with a stream and mountains in the background

Isabella A. Oleksy