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

By discipline

By Discipline
Name   Dept. Areas of Interest
Anthropology & Sociology
   
Steven Brechin SU Sociology environmental, natural resource, and organizational sociology; environment and development
Peter Castro SU Anthropology community forestry, nat resource conflicts, ag change, participatory
development planning
Stewart Diemont ESF ERE ecological engineering, anthropology
Kishi Animashaun Ducre SU Af-AmStudies environmental sociology, environmental justice, GIS/spatial analysis
Ann Gold SU Religion South Asian religion and community, sacred groves, biodiversity
David Sonnenfeld ESF EnvStud environmental sociology, sustainability, industry, environmental transformation, Asia
Art and Design
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Margaret Bryant ESF LA environmental and land use planning
Michael Carroll SU Architecture urban housing design for sustainability
Emanuel Carter ESF LA urban design
Julia Czerniak SU Architecture landscape architecture, history, cultural theory
Daniel de Riva SU Architecture Solar-powered and energy-efficient design, using parametric modeling software to design sustainable architecture; processing rain and sewer water for irrigation in a public park
Cheryl Doble ESF LA Community-based design
Richard Hawks ESF LA brownfields, large-scale landscape change
Robin Hoffman ESF LA silviculture, forest aesthetics
Tony Miller ESF LA fostering community with landscape architecture
Dayton Reuter ESF LA wetlands ecol in landscape design
Scott Shannon ESF LA sustainable community design
Kathleen Stribley ESF LA neighborhood viability
Tim Toland ESF LA landscape design
Biology
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David Althoff SU Biology species interactions, insect community ecology, molecular ecology
Guy Baldassarre ESF EFB Waterfowl and wetland wildlife ecology; ornithology; wildlife management
John Belote SU Biology genetics, Drosophila development
Jesse Brunner ESF EFB wildlife health and infectious diseases
John Castello ESF EFB forest pathology
Andria Costello Staniec SU CEE applied envir. microbiology, bioremediation, global biogeochem. cycles
Martin Dovciak ESF EFB plant/forest ecology; plant population and community dynamics; spatial ecology; ecosystem management and restoration; conservation biology and biodiversity theory
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
Danilo Fernando ESF EFB plant reproductive biology
Melissa Fierke ESF EFB forest entomology; forest ecology; invasive forest pests; insect-tree interactions
Jacqueline Frair ESF EFB Wildlife and landscape ecology; animal movements and habitat use; predator-prey interactions
Douglas Frank SU Biology Grasslands biology; ; global warming and carbon cycling
Jason Fridley SU Biology Plant ecology and geography, landscape ecology, invasive species, biodiversity
James Gibbs ESF EFB conservation biology, ecol monitoring, population genetics
F. Reed Hainsworth SU Biology animal physiology, optimization theories
Charles Hall ESF EFB systems ecol, ecol and econ, tropical biol
Thomas Horton ESF EFB mycology, restoration ecology
Linda Ivany SU Geol paleoecology, geobiology
Robin Kimmerer ESF EFB ethnobotany, conservation biology
Annette Kretzer ESF EFB molecular ecology and evolution; ectomycorrhizae
Don Leopold ESF EFB forest and freshwater wetland ecol, human impact on plant
communities, management for rare species, dendrology
Karin Limburg ESF EFB fisheries ecology, ecosystems ecology, ecological economics,
biogeochem tracers
Mark Lomolino ESF EFB biogeography, conservation biology Back to top
Eleanor Maine SU Biology  
Paul Manion ESF EFB forest pathology, urban trees
Gregory McGee ESF EFB forest ecosystems, restoration, atmospheric nitrogen
Kathleen McGrath SU EFB stream ecology and conservation
Sam McNaughton SU Biology Serengeti grasslands
Myron Mitchell ESF EFB water resources
Dietland Müller-Schwarze ESF EFB animal behavior
James Nakas ESF EFB microbiology
Tsutomu Nakatsugawa ESF EFB toxicology, pesticides
Roy Norton ESF EFB soil biology, human distribution of soil
Dylan Parry ESF EFB forest insects, invasives in forest
Scott Pitnick SU Biology  
William Powell ESF EFB forest biotechnology
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
Neil Ringler ESF EFB aquatic entomology
Mark Ritchie SU Biology prairie-forest border, biodiversity
Martin Schlaepfer ESF EFB Conservation biology; evolutionary ecology; herpetology; behavioral ecology
Kimberly Schulz ESF EFB zooplankton nutrition, exotics in L Superior, nutrient cycling
Kari Segraves SU Biology co-evolution, mutualism, evolution of plant-insect interactions
William Shields ESF EFB sociobiology, con bio, science and law
Tom Starmer SU Biology ecol genetics of microorganisms and insects
Donald Stewart ESF EFB fisheries biology and fish population
Stephen Teale ESF EFB forest entomology
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
Alexander Weir ESF EFB fungal biodiversity
Roy Welch SU Biology soil bacterium and self-organization
Christopher Whipps ESF EFB animal health and infectious diseases; evolutionary history of pathogens; molecular systematics
Jason Wiles SU Biology Education research in the Life and Earth Sciences with special attention to teaching and learning about biological evolution; Science education at all academic levels
Larry Wolf SU Biology behavior and ecology
Chemistry
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Philip Borer SU Chemistry biosensors for environmental contaminants
Paul Caluwe ESF Chemistry environmental chemistry; envir. friendly crosslinking agents for cellulosic materials
Samuel Clemence SU ChemEng soil mechanics
Theodore Dibble ESF Chemistry organics in atmosphere
Charles Driscoll SU CEE aquatic chemistry; acid rain; chem of NY lakes
José Giner ESF Chemistry natural plant defenses, biomarkers, org chem.-bio collaboration
John Hassett ESF Chemistry org chemicals in envir, water analysis
Chris Johnson SU CEE biogeochem, soil chem., envir statistics
David Johnson ESF Chemistry urban soils, heavy metals in soils
David Kieber ESF Chemistry marine sulfur cycle, Antarctic photochem
Robert LaLonde ESF Chem Results of water chlorination
Raymond Letterman SU CEE physical-chem. separation in wastewater treatment
Mark Teece ESF Chem biogeochem – sea turtles, coral reefs, bird migration,
aquatic food webs
Communications
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Richard Buttny SU Communic. environmental discourse and politics
John Felleman EFB EST envir. info policy, impact statements, visualization
Carol Liebler SU Newhouse reporting of envir controversy
Mark Meisner ESF EnvStud environmental thought, media and culture, climate change discourse,
Internet activism
David Rubin SU Newhouse media and environment
Susan Senecah ESF EnvStud communication and env. policy, conflict res, grassroots leadership
Yongwei Sheng ESF ERE photogrammetry, remote sensing, GIS, and their applications
Donald Torrance SU Newhouse science and health journalism
Economics
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Bernard Jump, Jr. SU PubAdmin envir finance
Karin Limburg ESF EFB fisheries ecology, ecosystems ecology, ecological economics,
biogeochem tracers
Valerie Luzadis ESF Forestry land ethic, nat resource policy, ecosystem economics
David Newman ESF Forestry Forest economics, land use policy, property taxation
David Sonnenfeld ESF EnvStud environmental sociology, sustainability, industry, environmental transformation, Asia
John Wagner ESF Forestry forest resource economics
Peter Wilcoxen SU Econ environmental economics
Engineering and Paper Sci.
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Shobha Bhatia SU CivEng Geosynthetic applications, image processing, soil dynamics, geotextiles and soils
Siddharth Chatterjee ESF Paper Sci air and water pollution engineering
Lisa Cleckner SU CEE environmental engineering; grant development
Samuel Clemence SU ChemEng soil mechanics
Andria Costello Staniec SU CEE applied envir. microbiology, bioremediation, global biogeochem. cycles
Doug Daley ESF ERE Environmental engineering
Stewart Diemont ESF ERE ecological engineering, anthropology
Klaus Dölle ESF Paper Sci Paper making, paper recycling, filler materials, energy savings, renewable energy and processes
Charles Driscoll SU CEE aquatic chemistry; acid rain; chem of NY lakes
Kimberly Driscoll SU CEE environmental systems
Mark Glauser SU MAE energy systems
Chris Johnson SU CEE biogeochem, soil chem., envir statistics
James Hassett ESF ERE  
Swiat Kaczmar SU CEE hazardous waste management
H. Ezzat Khalifa SU Mech.Eng energy conversion and environmental control systems
Chuck Kroll ESF ERE water resources mgmt
Donald Lake SU CEE storm water management
Raymond Letterman SU CEE physical-chem. separation in wastewater treatment
Giorgos Mountrakis ESF ERFEG GIS and satellite imagery, spatial analysis
James Napoleon SU CivEng Transportation engineering, traffic design and operation
Emmet Owens SU CivEng Hydraulics, environmental fluid mechanics, water quality modeling
Suresh Santanam SU ChemEng air pollution, envir. regulations, industrial toxicology, control system design
Wendong Tao ESF ERE ecological engineering, constructed wetlands, ecological wastewater treatment
David Wazenkiewicz SU CivEng Solid waste management
Jianshun (Jensen) Zhang SU MAE integrated built environmental systems; indoor air quality
Environmental Studies
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Steven Brechin SU Sociology environmental, natural resource, and organizational sociology; environment and development
Janine DeBaise ESF EST ecofeminism; nature and pop culture
John Felleman EFB EST envir. info policy, impact statements, visualization
Myrna Hall ESF EST GIS & human-nature interactions, nat res mgmt, sust.devel
Patrick Lawler ESF Env.Stud. media and envir, native issues
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
Mark Meisner ESF EnvStud environmental thought, media and culture, climate change discourse,
Internet activism
Sharon Moran ESF EnvStud Envir. policy, human dimensions of envir. issues, nature-society relations, water and wastewater mgmt., envir. issues in post-communist countries
Brenda Nordenstam ESF EnvStud risk assessment, envir justice, ecotourism, envir
policy and community
Susan Senecah ESF EnvStud communication and env. policy, conflict res, grassroots leadership
Rick Smardon ESF EnvStud wetland assessment and mgmt, pub partic, sust dev,
ecotourism, biosphere reserve mgmt
David Sonnenfeld ESF EnvStud environmental sociology, sustainability, industry, environmental transformation, Asia
Forestry
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Lawrence Abrahamson ESF Forestry forest entomology, pesticides, woody biomass for energy crops
William Bentley ESF Forestry policy and management
Peter Black ESF Forestry Watershed hydrology, Soil and Water Conservation Policy, Environmental impact analysis
Michael Bridgen ESF Forestry restoration forestry
Russell Briggs ESF Forestry forest soils
John Castello ESF EFB forest pathology
Chad Dawson ESF Forestry recreation resources mgmt
Allan Drew ESF Forestry tree physiology, Forest ecology
Ted Endreny ESF Forestry water resources modeling
Rene Germain ESF Forestry sustainable forestry
Lee Herrington ESF Forestry GIS, resource info mgmt, urban forestry
Robin Hoffman ESF LA silviculture, forest aesthetics
Diane Kuehn ESF Forestry great lakes tourism, angling
Valerie Luzadis ESF Forestry land ethic, nat resource policy, ecosystem economics
Robert Malmsheimer ESF Forestry Forest and natural resources policy and law
Paul Manion ESF EFB forest pathology, urban trees
Gregory McGee ESF EFB forest ecosystems, restoration, atmospheric nitrogen
Doug Morrison ESF Forestry urban forestry
David Newman ESF Forestry Forest economics, land use policy, property taxation
David Nowak USDA   urban forestry
Dylan Parry ESF EFB forest insects, invasives in forest
William Powell ESF EFB forest biotechnology
Rudolph Schuster ESF Forestry recreation management, wilderness studies
Yongwei Sheng ESF ERE photogrammetry, remote sensing, GIS, and their applications
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
Sarah Vonhof ESF Forestry forest policy, property rights, stewardship
John Wagner ESF Forestry forest resource economics
Ruth Yanai ESF Forestry forest soils, urban soils
Geography
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Jacob Bendix SU Geography plant biogeography; geomorphology; human impact on vegetation and landforms; media coverage of envir. and geog. issues
Peng Gao SU Geography sediment transport, fluvial geomorphology
Matthew Huber SU Geography Energy policy; fossil fuels
John Mercer SU Geog comparative urbanization
Susan Millar SU Geog earth surface processes, geomorphology
Mark Monmonier SU Geog map design, risk maps, role of maps in land use decisions
Anne Mosher SU Geog urban geography
Giorgos Mountrakis ESF ERFEG GIS and satellite imagery, spatial analysis
Tom Perreault SU Geog political ecol, agrarian politics, social aspects of resource use
Jane Read SU Geog Central/So Am, tropical forest envir and humans
David Robinson SU Geog Latin American development
Farhana Sultana SU Geography nature-society relationships, political ecology, development geography, feminist theories, and water resources management
John Western SU Geog urban geography
Robert Wilson SU Geography American and Canadian environmental history, environmental thought and policy
Geology
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Peng Gao SU Geography sediment transport, fluvial geomorphology
Greg Hoke SU Earth Sci tectonic geomorphology, interactions between landscapes, climate and tectonics, stable isotope paleoaltimetry and understanding mountain belt evolution through the sedimentary record
Linda Ivany SU EarhSci paleoecology, geobiology
Laura Lautz ESF Forestry hydrology, surface water - groundwater interaction
Susan Millar SU Geog earth surface processes, geomorphology
Henry Mullins SU EarthSci geol records of global change
Cathryn Newton SU EarthSci  
Christopher Scholz SU EarthSci paleoclimatology
Don Siegel SU EarthSci hydrogeology, geochemistry
Laura Webb SU EarhSci field geology, structural analysis, and thermochronology
Constanze Weyhenmeyer SU EarthSci Isotope geochemistry, paleoclimatology, water resources, wetland hydrology
Law
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Leslie Bender SU Law bioethics
David Driesen SU Law economic dynamics of envir. law
Richard Ellison SU Law health law, dispute resolution
Thomas French SU Law historic preservation, Native American law
Robert Malmsheimer ESF Forestry Forest and natural resources policy and law
Robert Odawi Porter SU Law Seneca-Indigenous nations law
William Shields ESF EFB sociobiology, con bio, science and law
William Wiecek SU Law nuclear power
Management
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Elet Callahan SU Management envir policy, whistle-blowing
Rudolph Schuster ESF Forestry recreation management, wilderness studies
Philosophy and Religion
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Philip Arnold SU Religion native American envir. issues; Erie Canal culture
Benjamin Bradley SU Philosophy environmental ethics, biodiversity
Ann Gold SU Religion South Asian religion and community, sacred groves, biodiversity
Edward McClennen SU Philosophy game theory and applications to soc/pol/econ issues
Dianne Quigley SU Relig (G.S.) Principal investigator, Initiative in Research Ethics and Envir. Health
Poli. Science and Pub. Policy
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Stuart Bretschneider SU PubAdmin envir policy evaluation, technology and envir politics
Bruce Dayton SU PoliSci env conflict resolution, climate change discourse
Bernard Jump, Jr. SU PubAdmin envir finance
W. Henry Lambright SU CEPA transboundary issues, sci, tech, & pub policy
Valerie Luzadis ESF Forestry land ethic, nat resource policy, ecosystem economics
Jack Manno ESF EnvStud econ policy and envir, sustainable devel, NGOs and world politics, environmental leadership
Allan Mazur SU PubAdmin envir policy and sociology
John McPeak SU PubAdm African ag devel, nat resource econ
Sharon Moran ESF EnvStud Envir. policy, human dimensions of envir. issues, nature-society relations, water and wastewater mgmt., envir. issues in post-communist countries
Rosemary O’Leary SU PubAdm Nat resource policy and management, law, dispute resolution
David Popp SU PubAdm econ of nat resources and envir, climate change policy
Sarah Pralle SU PoliSci globalization, property rights, forestry conflict, sci and pol
Physics
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Eric Schiff SU Physics solar cells - building integration