at Syracuse University and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

 

Directory
of SUNY-ESF and Syracuse University faculty and staff
with interests in interdisciplinary environmental research

Alphabetical

Please note: The following list selects faculty whose research we judged to have interdisciplinary potential. Virtually all the faculty at SUNY-ESF are engaged in research relating to the environment, but many are not listed here. To find other ESF faculty, go to the ESF Home Page. To suggest additions to our listings below, e-mail the Office of Environment and Society.

Alphabetical
Name   Dept. Areas of Interest
A - B
Lawrence Abrahamson ESF Forestry forest entomology, pesticides, woody biomass for energy crops
David Althoff SU Biology species interactions, insect community ecology, molecular ecology
Animashaun - see Ducre      
Philip Arnold SU Religion native American envir. issues; Erie Canal culture
Guy Baldassarre ESF EFB Waterfowl and wetland wildlife ecology; ornithology; wildlife management
Rick Beal ESF Educ.Outreach global environment; energy and history, science teaching
Leslie Bender SU Law bioethics
John Belote SU Biology genetics, Drosophila development
Jacob Bendix SU Geography plant biogeography; geomorphology; human impact on vegetation and landforms; media coverage of envir. and geog. issues
Shobha Bhatia SU CivEng Geosynthetic applications, image processing, soil dynamics, geotextiles and soils
Peter Black ESF Forestry Watershed hydrology, Soil and Water Conservation Policy, Environmental impact analysis
Philip Borer SU Chemistry biosensors for environmental contaminants
Benjamin Bradley SU Philosophy environmental ethics, biodiversity, intrinsic vs. extrinsic value
Steven Brechin SU Sociology environmental, natural resource, and organizational sociology; environment and development
Stuart Bretschneider SU PubAdmin envir policy evaluation, technology and envir politics
Michael Bridgen ESF Forestry restoration forestry
Russell Briggs ESF Forestry forest soils
Margaret Bryant ESF LA environmental and land use planning
Richard Buttny SU Communic. environmental discourse and politics
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Elet Callahan SU Management envir policy, whistle-blowing
Paul Caluwe ESF Chemistry environmental chemistry; envir. friendly crosslinking agents for cellulosic materials
Emanuel Carter ESF LA urban design, city planning, sustainable communities
John Castello ESF EFB forest pathology
Peter Castro SU Anthropology community forestry, nat resource conflicts, ag change, participatory
development planning
Siddharth Chatterjee ESF Paper Sci air and water pollution engineering
Lisa Cleckner SU CEE environmental engineering; grant development
Samuel Clemence SU CEE applied envir. microbiology, bioremediation, global biogeochem. cycles
Julia Czerniak SU Architecture landscape architecture, history, cultural theory
D - E
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Doug Daley ESF ERE Environmental engineering
Chad Dawson ESF Forestry recreation resources mgmt
Bruce Dayton SU PoliSci env conflict resolution, climate change discourse
Janine DeBaise ESF EST ecofeminism; nature and pop culture
Elen Deming ESF LA landscape representation, Director of Master of Science in Landscape Architecture Program
Theodore Dibble ESF Chemistry organics in atmosphere
Stewart Diemont ESF ERE ecological engineering, anthropology
Cheryl Doble ESF LA Community-based design, Director, Center for Community Design Research
Allan Drew ESF Forestry tree physiology, Forest ecology
David Driesen SU Law economic dynamics of envir. law
Charles Driscoll SU CEE aquatic chemistry; acid rain; chem of NY lakes
Kimberly Driscoll SU CEE environmental systems
Kishi Animashaun Ducre SU Af-AmStudies environmental sociology, environmental justice, GIS/spatial analysis
Richard Ellison SU Law health law, dispute resolution
Ted Endreny ESF Forestry water resources modeling
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Donald Faber-Langendoen ESF EFB conservation biology, biodiversity assessment, plant community classification and dynamics, vegetation ecology, ecological monitoring. Permanent position: Senior Ecologist, NatureServe
John Farrell ESF EFB fisheries, aquatic ecology
John Felleman EFB EST envir. info policy, impact statements, visualization
Danilo Fernando ESF EFB plant reproductive biology
Douglas Frank SU Biology Plant/ecosystem ecology with emphasis on plant-herbivore interactions; global warming and carbon cycling
Thomas French SU Law historic preservation, Native American law
Jason Fridley SU Biology Plant ecology and geography, landscape ecology, invasive species, biodiversity
Peng Gao SU Geography sediment transport, fluvial geomorphology
Rene Germain ESF Forestry sustainable forestry
James Gibbs ESF EFB conservation biology, ecol monitoring, population genetics
José Giner ESF Chemistry natural plant defenses, biomarkers, org chem.-bio collaboration
Mark Glauser SU MAE energy systems
Ann Gold SU Religion South Asian religion and community, sacred groves, biodiversity
H -I
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F. Reed Hainsworth SU Biology animal physiology, optimization theories
Charles Hall ESF EFB systems ecol, ecol and econ, tropical biol
Myrna Hall ESF EST GIS & human-nature interactions, nat res mgmt, sust.devel
James Hassett ESF ERE  
John Hassett ESF Chemistry org chemicals in envir, water analysis
Richard Hawks ESF LA brownfields, large-scale landscape change, Chair, Faculty of Landscape Architecture
Lee Herrington ESF Forestry GIS, resource info mgmt, urban forestry
Robin Hoffman ESF LA silviculture, forest aesthetics
Thomas Horton ESF EFB mycology, restoration ecology
Linda Ivany SU EarhSci paleoecology, geobiology
J -K
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Chris Johnson SU CEE biogeochem, soil chem., envir statistics
David Johnson ESF Chemistry urban soils, heavy metals in soils
Bernard Jump, Jr. SU PubAdmin envir finance
H. Ezzat Khalifa SU Mech.Eng energy conversion and environmental control systems
Swiat Kaczmar SU CEE hazardous waste management
David Kieber ESF Chemistry marine sulfur cycle, Antarctic photochem
Robin Kimmerer ESF EFB ethnobotany, conservation biology
Annette Kretzer ESF EFB molecular ecology and evolution; ectomycorrhizae
Chuck Kroll ESF ERE water resources mgmt
Diane Kuehn ESF Forestry great lakes tourism, angling
L - M
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Donald Lake SU CEE storm water management
Robert LaLonde ESF Chem Results of water chlorination
W. Henry Lambright SU CEPA transboundary issues, sci, tech, & pub policy
Laura Lautz ESF Forestry hydrology, surface water - groundwater interaction
Patrick Lawler ESF Env.Stud. media and envir, native issues
Don Leopold ESF EFB forest and freshwater wetland ecol, human impact on plant
communities, management for rare species, dendrology
Raymond Letterman SU CEE physical-chem. separation in wastewater treatment
Carol Liebler SU Newhouse reporting of envir controversy
Karin Limburg ESF EFB fisheries ecology, ecosystems ecology, ecological economics,
biogeochem tracers
Mark Lomolino ESF EFB biogeography, conservation biology
Valerie Luzadis ESF Forestry land ethic, nat resource policy, ecosystem economics
Eleanor Maine SU Biology  
Robert Malmsheimer ESF Forestry Forest and natural resources policy and law
Paul Manion ESF EFB forest pathology, urban trees
Jack Manno ESF EnvStud econ policy and envir, sustainable devel, NGOs and world politics, environmental leadership
Rachel May both EnSPIRE Urban ecology, urban rivers, humanities-science interface
Allan Mazur SU PubAdmin envir policy and sociology
Gregory McGee ESF EFB forest ecosystems, restoration, atmospheric nitrogen
Edward McClennen SU Philosophy game theory and applications to soc/pol/econ issues
Sam McNaughton SU Biology Serengeti grasslands
John McPeak SU PubAdm African ag devel, nat resource econ
Mark Meisner ESF EnvStud environmental thought, media and culture, climate change discourse,
Internet activism
John Mercer SU Geog comparative urbanization
Susan Millar SU Geog earth surface processes, geomorphology
Tony Miller ESF LA fostering community with landscape architecture
Myron Mitchell ESF EFB water resources
Mark Monmonier SU Geog map design, risk maps, role of maps in land use decisions
Sharon Moran ESF EnvStud Envir. policy, human dimensions of envir. issues, nature-society relations, water and wastewater mgmt., envir. issues in post-communist countries
Doug Morrison ESF Forestry urban forestry
Anne Mosher SU Geog urban geography
Giorgos Mountrakis ESF ERFEG GIS and satellite imagery, spatial analysis
Henry Mullins SU EarthSci geol records of global change
Dietland Müller-Schwarze ESF EFB animal behavior
N - Q
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James Nakas ESF EFB microbiology
Tsutomu Nakatsugawa ESF EFB toxicology, pesticides
James Napoleon SU CivEng Transportation engineering, traffic design and operation
David Newman ESF Forestry Forest economics, land use policy, property taxation
Cathy Newton SU EarthSci  
Brenda Nordenstam ESF EnvStud risk assessment, envir justice, ecotourism, envir
policy and community
Roy Norton ESF EFB soil biology, human distribution of soil
David Nowak USDA   urban forestry
Rosemary O’Leary SU PubAdm Nat resource policy and management, law, dispute resolution
Emmet Owens SU CivEng Hydraulics, environmental fluid mechanics, water quality modeling
Dylan Parry ESF EFB forest insects, invasives in forest
Melissa Pepling SU Biology Regulation of mouse oocyte development; Hormone signaling in oocyte differentiation
Tom Perreault SU Geog political ecol, agrarian politics, social aspects of resource use
Scott Pitnick SU Biology Evolution of reproduction and life history traits
David Popp SU PubAdm econ of nat resources and envir, climate change policy
Robert Odawi Porter SU Law Seneca-Indigenous nations law
William Powell ESF EFB forest biotechnology
Sarah Pralle SU PoliSci globalization, property rights, forestry conflict, sci and pol
Lindi Quackenbush ESF ERE GIS
Dianne Quigley SU Relig (G.S.) Principal investogator, Initiative in Research Ethics and Envir. Health
R - S
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Ramesh Raina SU Biology genetics; plant-pest interactions; functional genomics of signaling in plants
Dudley Raynal ESF EFB plant population and community dynamics, stress and
disturbance in forests
Jane Read SU Geog Central/So Am, tropical forest envir and humans
Dayton Reuter ESF LA wetlands ecol in landscape design
Neil Ringler ESF EFB aquatic entomology
Mark Ritchie SU Biology prairie-forest border, biodiversity
David Robinson SU Geog Latin American development
David Rubin SU Newhouse media and environment
Suresh Santanam SU ChemEng air pollution, envir. regulations, industrial toxicology, control system design
Christopher Scholz SU EarthSci paleoclimatology
Kimberly Schulz ESF EFB zooplankton nutrition, exotics in L Superior, nutrient cycling
Rudolph Schuster ESF Forestry recreation management, wilderness studies
Kari Segraves SU Biology co-evolution, mutualism, evolution of plant-insect interactions
Susan Senecah ESF EnvStud communication and env. policy, conflict res, grassroots leadership
Scott Shannon ESF LA sustainable community design, Director, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Program
Yongwei Sheng ESF ERE photogrammetry, remote sensing, GIS, and their applications
William Shields ESF EFB sociobiology, con bio, science and law
Don Siegel SU EarthSci hydrogeology, geochemistry
Rick Smardon ESF EnvStud wetland assessment and mgmt, pub partic, sust dev,
ecotourism, biosphere reserve mgmt
Lawrence Smart ESF EFB plant physiology and genetics, willow genetics
David Sonnenfeld ESF EnvStud environmental sociology, sustainability, industry, environmental transformation, Asia
Andria Costello Staniec SU CEE applied envir. microbiology, bioremediation, global biogeochem. cycles
Tom Starmer SU Biology ecol genetics of microorganisms and insects
Stephen Stehman ESF Forestry statistics, environmental sampling, map assessment
John Stella ESF Forestry Riparian and stream ecology; Physical/biological linkages in watersheds; Water resources and watershed management; Mediterranean ecology; River corridor restoration; Plant ecophysiology; Dendrochronology
Donald Stewart ESF EFB fisheries biology and fish population
Kathleen Stribley ESF LA neighborhood viability
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Wendong Tao ESF ERE ecological engineering, constructed wetlands, ecological wastewater treatment
Stephen Teale ESF EFB forest entomology
Mark Teece ESF Chem biogeochem – sea turtles, coral reefs, bird migration,
aquatic food webs
Tim Toland ESF LA landscape design
Donald Torrance SU Newhouse science and health journalism
Scott Turner ESF EFB animal physiology; physiological ecology
Brian Underwood ESF EFB applied population analysis; life-history evolution; trophic dynamics; quantitative ecology and biostatistics; modeling and simulation; spatial analysis and geographical information systems.
J. Albert C.Uy SU Biology sexual selection; animal communication; speciation
Sarah Vonhof ESF Forestry forest policy, property rights, stewardship
John Wagner ESF Forestry forest resource economics
David Wazenkiewicz SU CivEng Solid waste management
Laura Webb SU EarhSci field geology, structural analysis, and thermochronology
Alexander Weir ESF EFB fungal biodiversity
Roy Welch SU Biology soil bacterium and self-organization
John Western SU Geog urban geography
Constanze Weyhenmeyer SU EarthSci Isotope geochemistry, paleoclimatology, water resources, wetland hydrology
William Wiecek SU Law nuclear power
Peter Wilcoxen SU Econ environmental economics
Robert Wilson SU Geography American and Canadian environmental history, environmental thought and policy
Larry Wolf SU Biology behavior and ecology
Ruth Yanai ESF Forestry forest soils, urban soils
Jianshun (Jensen) Zhang SU MAE integrated built environmental systems; indoor air quality