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Name Degree Research Topic
Acheson, James Ph.D. 1970 University of Rochester economic anthropology
Alyokhin, Andrei Ph.D. 1999 University of Massachusetts, Amherst insect behavior and ecology, integrated pest management, insect-plant interactions
Amirbahman, Aria Ph.D. 1994 University of California, Irvine aquatic chemistry, contaminant transport
Annis, Seanna L. Ph.D. 1995 University of Guelph physiological, molecular, and field studies of fungal pathogens of plants and animals
Beard-Tisdale, Kate Ph.D. 1988 University of Wisconsin geographic information systems and spatial analysis
Belknap, Daniel Ph.D. 1979 University of Delaware sedimentology, marine geology, stratigraphy
Bell, Kathleen Ph.D. 1997 University of Maryland, College Park environmental and resource economics, land-use change, GIS, spatial modeling
Brawley, Susan H. Ph.D. 1978 University of California, Berkeley marine algae: developmental biology and physiology of fertilization; marine ecology; environmental control of reproduction
Brutsaert, Willem Ph.D. 1970 Colorado State University hydraulics, surface water and groundwater hydrology, water resources systems engineering and groundwater modeling
Calhoun, Aram Ph.D. 1996 University of Maine vernal pool ecology and management, role of forested wetlands in enhancing biodiversity, relationship between wetland dynamics and amphibian assemblages
Campbell, Christopher S. Ph.D. 1980 Harvard University plant systematics, molecular phylogeny, reproductive biology, quantitative morphology
Coghlan, Stephen Ph.D. 2004 State University of New York fisheries ecology and management
Cole, Barbara Ph.D. 1986 University of Washington wood chemistry
Criner, George Ph.D. 1983 Washington State University waste management and resource economics
Cronan, Christopher Ph.D. 1978 Dartmouth College biogeochemistry; plant ecology; ecosystem ecology; land use planning
Dail, David Ph.D. 1997 University of Georgia soil microbiology, ecology, and biogeochemistry
Davis, Mary Ph.D. University of Florida health economics; environmental health; public health
Drummond, Frank Ph.D. 1986 University of Rhode Island insect quantitative ecology, pest management, population dynamics, simulation modeling, biostatistics, pollination ecology
Egenhofer, Max Ph.D. 1989 University of Maine geographic databases
Elskus, Adria Ph.D. 1992 Boston University aquatic toxicology, biomarkers of exposure and effect, development of chemical tolerance, fish health
Erich, Susan Ph.D. 1984 Cornell University soil and environmental chemistry
Fernandez, Ivan Ph.D 1981 University of Maine forest soils and biogeochemistry of forested ecosystems
Gallandt, Eric Ph.D. 1994 University of Wisconsin-Madison sustainable agriculture, weed ecology and management
Gilbert, James Ph.D. 1974 University of Idaho population dynamics, biometrics, marine mammals
Glanz, William E. Ph.D. 1977 University of California, Berkeley community and foraging ecology and social behavior of mammals and birds; evolution and biogeography of North and South American rodents
Goodell, Barry Ph.D. 1983 Oregon State University Fungal deterioration of wood, Bioprocessing and Bioconversion
Gosse, Julie Ph.D. 2005 Cornell University Biochemical, molecular, and cellular toxicology to aid in human environmental health risk assessment.
Greenwood, Michael S. Ph.D. 1969 Yale University tree physiology and improvement
Groden, Eleanor Ph.D. 1988 Michigan State University insect ecology, insect pathology, and biological control
Halog, Anthony Ph.D. 2002 University of Karlsruhe Industrial ecology, life cycle assessment, and systems sustainability
Halteman, William Ph.D. 1980 University of Washington biostatistics, statistics, Bayesian statistics
Harrison, Dan Ph.D. 1986 University of Maine wildlife-habitat relationships, interactions among forest management practices and wildlife populations, predator ecology
Hart, David Ph.D. 1979 University of California, Davis watershed science and management
Hiebeler, David Ph.D. 2001 Cornell University Mathematical population ecology, complex adaptive systems, modeling
Holberton, Rebecca Ph.D. 1991 State University of New York, Albany endocrine basis of bird ecology and behavior; reproductive biology, bird migration and conservation
Honeycutt, Wayne Ph.D. 1986 Colorado State University nutrient cycling, cropping systems
Howard, Michael Ph.D. 1981 Boston University environmental ethics, policy
Hunter, Malcom Ph.D. 1978 Oxford University conservation biology, forest wildlife management, landscape ecology, international conservation
Jacobson, George Ph.D. 1975 University of Minnesota plant ecology and paleoecology; long-term history and dynamics of vegetation and climate in the Western Hemisphere
Jagels, Richard Ph.D. 1968 University of Illinois forest ecology, autecological effects on structure of woody plants
Jain, Shaleen Ph.D. 2001 Utah State University hydroclimatology, water resources engineering, climate variability and change, and adaptive environmental management
Jellison, Jody Ph.D. 1983 Oregon State University biochemical characterization of wood decay; metal metabolism in fungi; fungal physiology; bioremediation
Judd, Richard Ph.D. 1979 University of California, Irvine environmental history
Kelley, Joseph Ph.D. 1980 Lehigh University coastal geology
Kenefic, Laura Ph.D. 2000 University of Maine ecology and management of northern forest ecosystems
Kimball, Alan M.S. 1978 University of Maine Integrated forest management
King, Roger Ph.D. 1985 Boston University environmental ethics, philosophy
Kinnison, Michael T. Ph.D. 1999 University of Washington microevolution, aquatic ecology, population and conservation genetics; fish ecology (including salmonids)
Kornfield, Irv Ph.D. 1974 SUNY, Stony Brook population biology, speciation theory, molecular systematics
Krohn, William Ph. D. 1977 University of Idaho habitat assessment, wildlife ecology, GIS
Laverty, Edward Ph.D. 1981 SUNY Albany public administration, environmental policy, sustainable economic development
Leahy, Jessica Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2005 Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Lilieholm, Robert Ph.D. 1988 University of California, Berkeley Forest Economics and Policy
Livingston, William Ph.D. 1985 University of Minnesota forest pathology
Loftin, Cynthia Ph.D. 1998 University of Florida wetlands, systems ecology, hydrology, GIS
MacRae, Jean Ph.D. 1997 University of British Columbia biodegradation and bioremediation, arsenic cycling in groundwater
Mayer, Lawrence Ph.D. 1976 Dartmouth College marine biogeochemistry, organic matter cycling
Norton, Steve Ph.D. 1967 Harvard University environmental geochemistry
Ocampo-Raeder, Constanza Ph.D. 2006, Stanford University ecological anthropology, analysis of indigenous resource management strategies, human ecology of tropical rainforests, anthropogenic ecosystems, conservation, environmental justice
Ohno, Tsutomu Ph.D. 1984 Cornell University soil and environmental chemistry
Olsen, Brian Ph.D. 2007 Virginia Tech Avian ecology, behavior, demography, mating systems, life history evolution
Patterson, Howard Ph.D. 1969 Brandeis University environmental chemistry, photocatalytic decomposition of pesticides, development of techniques for monitoring and decontaminating water supplies
Pearce, Bryan Ph.D. 1972 University of Florida hydraulics and the numerical solution of environmental transport problems
Porter, Gregory Ph.D. 1985 Pennsylvania State University crop physiology, crop management and ecology
Porter, Terry Ph.D. University of Massachusetts strategic change, corporate environmentalism, and organizational theory
Reeve, Andrew Ph.D. 1996 Syracuse University hydrogeology, wetland hydrology
Rhymer, Judith Ph.D. 1988 Florida State University conservation genetics, population biology
Rubin, Jonathan Ph.D. 1993 University of California-Davis environmental policy, energy, transportation
Sader, Steve Ph.D. 1981 University of Idaho Remote sensing and change detection of forest environments
Saros, Jasmine Ph.D. 1999 Lehigh University paleoecology and aquatic ecology
Sarrantonio, Marianne Ph.D. 1987 Cornell University sustainable cropping systems, nitrogen cycling
Schwintzer, Christa Ph.D. 1969 University of Michigan biology of Frankia, a nitrogen-fixing actinomycete, and physiological plant ecology with emphasis on nitrogen fixing and wetland plants
Servello, Fred Ph.D. 1985 Virginia Polytechnic University ecology and management of colonial waterbirds, forest management-wildlife interactions
Seymour, Robert Ph.D. 1980 Yale University forest stand dynamics
Simon, Kevin Ph.D. 2000 Virginia Tech Ecology of streams and groundwater ecosystems
Smith, Stewart Ph.D. 1977 University of Connecticut policy and sustainable agriculture
Solouki, Touradj Ph.D. 1994 Texas A&M University environmental chemistry, mass spectrometry
Steneck, Robert S. Ph.D. 1983 Johns Hopkins University ecology and evolutionary biology of benthic marine algae, invertebrates, and communities; emphasis on crustose coralline algae, herbivores, lobsters
Teisl, Mario Ph.D. 1997 University of Maryland environmental labeling and marketing, environmental and resource economics and policy
Vadas, Robert Ph.D. 1968 University of Washington marine and algal ecology; recruitment; plant-herbivore and predator-prey interactions
Vaux, Peter Ph.D. 1985 University of California, Davis bioindicator research, GIS, limnological and ecological research, population dynamics
Wagner, Robert Ph.D. 1989 Oregon State University forest stand dynamics, silviculture
Watling, Les Ph.D. 1974 University of Delaware benthic ecology
Welcomer, Stephanie Ph.D. 1997 Penn State University sustainability issues in business
White, Alan Ph.D. 1981 University of Minnesota old-growth forest structure and development; disturbance and succession; stand dynamics; ecology of northeastern species; land-use history
Wilson, James Ph.D. 1971 University of Wisconsin marine resource economics and systems modeling
Zydlewski, Joseph D. Ph.D. 1998 University of Massachusetts migratory behavior, ecology and physiology of fishes
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