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 research keywords


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By Research Keywords
Name   Dept. Areas of Interest
agriculture
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Peter Castro SU Anthropology community forestry, nat resource conflicts, ag change, participatory
development planning
Robin Hoffman ESF LA silviculture, forest aesthetics
John McPeak SU PubAdm African ag devel, nat resource econ
Tom Perreault SU Geog political ecol, agrarian politics, social aspects of resource use
Ramesh Raina SU Biology genetics; plant-pest interactions; functional genomics of signaling in plants
animals
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Guy Baldassarre ESF EFB waterfowl and wetland wildlife ecology; ornithology; wildlife management
F. Reed Hainsworth SU Biology animal physiology, optimization theories
Dietland Müller-Schwarze ESF EFB animal behavior
Scott Turner ESF EFB animal physiology; physiological ecology
J. Albert C.Uy SU Biology sexual selection; animal communication; speciation
Larry Wolf SU Biology behavior and ecology
biodiversity & con. bio.
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Benjamin Bradley SU Philosophy environmental ethics, biodiversity; intrinsic vs. extrinsic value
Steven Brechin SU Sociology environmental, natural resource, and organizational sociology; environment and development
Stewart Diemont ESF ERE ecological engineering, anthropology
Donald Faber-Langendoen ESF EFB conservation biology, biodiversity assessment, plant community classification and dynamics, vegetation ecology, ecological monitoring. Permanent position: Senior Ecologist, NatureServe
Jason Fridley SU Biology Plant ecology and geography, landscape ecology, invasive species, biodiversity
James Gibbs ESF EFB conservation biology, ecol monitoring, population genetics
Ann Gold SU Religion South Asian religion and community, sacred groves, biodiversity
Robin Kimmerer ESF EFB ethnobotany, conservation biology
Mark Lomolino ESF EFB biogeography, conservation biology
David Newman ESF Forestry Forest economics, land use policy, property taxation
Mark Ritchie SU Biology prairie-forest border, biodiversity
Kari Segraves SU Biology co-evolution, mutualism, evolution of plant-insect interactions
William Shields ESF EFB sociobiology, con bio, science and law
J. Albert C.Uy SU Biology sexual selection; animal communication; speciation
Alexander Weir ESF EFB fungal biodiversity
chemistry and toxicology
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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
Andria Costello Staniec SU CEE applied envir. microbiology, bioremediation, global biogeochem. cycles
Theodore Dibble ESF Chemistry organics in atmosphere
Charlie 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
Karin Limburg ESF EFB fisheries ecology, ecosystems ecology, ecological economics,
biogeochem tracers
Tsutomu Nakatsugawa ESF EFB toxicology, pesticides
Suresh Santanam SU ChemEng air pollution, envir. regulations, industrial toxicology, control system design
Mark Teece ESF Chem biogeochem – sea turtles, coral reefs, bird migration,
aquatic food webs
climate & atmosphere
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Steven Brechin SU Sociology environmental, natural resource, and organizational sociology; environment and development
Bruce Dayton SU PoliSci env conflict resolution, climate change discourse
Theodore Dibble ESF Chemistry organics in atmosphere
Douglas Frank SU Biology Plant/ecosystem ecology with emphasis on plant-herbivore interactions; ; global warming and carbon cycling
W. Henry Lambright SU CEPA transboundary issues, sci, tech, & pub policy
Jack Manno ESF EnvStud econ policy and envir, sustainable devel, NGOs and world politics, environmental leadership
Gregory McGee ESF EFB forest ecosystems, restoration, atmospheric nitrogen
Mark Meisner ESF EnvStud environmental thought, media and culture, climate change discourse,
Internet activism
David Popp SU PubAdm econ of nat resources and envir, climate change policy
Suresh Santanam SU ChemEng air pollution, envir. regulations, industrial toxicology, control system design
Christopher Scholz SU EarthSci paleoclimatology
Constanze Weyhenmeyer SU Geology Isotope geochemistry, paleoclimatology, water resources, wetland hydrology
communications & information
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Jacob Bendix SU Geography plant biogeography; geomorphology; human impact on vegetation and landforms; media coverage of envir. and geog. issues
Richard Buttny SU Communic. environmental discourse and politics
Bruce Dayton SU PoliSci env conflict resolution, climate change discourse
Richard Ellison SU Law health law, dispute resolution
John Felleman EFB EST envir. info policy, impact statements, visualization
Myrna Hall ESF EST GIS & human-nature interactions, nat res mgmt, sust.devel
Lee Herrington ESF Forestry GIS, resource info mgmt, urban forestry
Patrick Lawler ESF Env.Stud. media and envir, native issues
Carol Liebler SU Newhouse reporting of envir controversy
Edward McClennen SU Philosophy game theory and applications to soc/pol/econ issues
Mark Meisner ESF EnvStud environmental thought, media and culture, climate change discourse,
Internet activism
Mark Monmonier SU Geog map design, risk maps, role of maps in land use decisions
Giorgos Mountrakis ESF ERFEG GIS and satellite imagery, spatial analysis
Rosemary O’Leary SU PubAdm Nat resource policy and management, law, dispute resolution
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
Stephen Stehman ESF Forestry statistics, environmental sampling, map assessment
Donald Torrance SU Newhouse science and health journalism
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.
culture & community
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Philip Arnold SU Religion native American envir. issues; Erie Canal culture
Steven Brechin SU Sociology environmental, natural resource, and organizational sociology; environment and development
Emanuel Carter ESF LA urban design, city planning, sustainable communities, Director of Master of Landscape Architecture Program.
Julia Czerniak SU Architecture landscape architecture, history, cultural theory
Janine DeBaise ESF EST ecofeminism; nature and pop culture
Stewart Diemont ESF ERE ecological engineering, anthropology
Cheryl Doble ESF LA Community-based design
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
Robin Kimmerer ESF EFB ethnobotany, conservation biology
Tony Miller ESF LA fostering community with landscape architecture
Sharon Moran ESF EnvStud Envir. policy, human dimensions of envir. issues, nature-society relations, water and wastewater mgmt., envir. issues in post-communist countries
Scott Shannon ESF LA sustainable community design
Kathleen Stribley ESF LA neighborhood viability
Robert Wilson SU Geography American and Canadian environmental history, environmental thought and policy
       
ecology
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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
Michael Bridgen ESF Forestry restoration forestry
Allan Drew ESF Forestry tree physiology, Forest ecology
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
Douglas Frank SU Biology Plant/ecosystem ecology with emphasis on plant-herbivore interactions; ; 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
Thomas Horton ESF EFB mycology, restoration ecology
Linda Ivany SU Geol paleoecology, geobiology
Robin Kimmerer ESF EFB ethnobotany, conservation biology
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
Gregory McGee ESF EFB forest ecosystems, restoration, atmospheric nitrogen
James Palmer ESF LA landscape ecol, perception and understdg of envir
Dylan Parry ESF EFB forest insects, invasives in forest
Tom Perreault SU Geog political ecol, agrarian politics, social aspects of resource use
Dudley Raynal ESF EFB plant population and community dynamics, stress and
disturbance in forests
Dayton Reuter ESF LA wetlands ecol in landscape design
Mark Ritchie SU Biology prairie-forest border, biodiversity
Kari Segraves SU Biology co-evolution, mutualism, evolution of plant-insect interactions
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
Stephen Teale ESF EFB forest entomology
Mark Teece ESF Chem biogeochem – sea turtles, coral reefs, bird migration,
aquatic food webs
Scott Turner ESF EFB animal physiology; physiological ecology
J. Albert C.Uy SU Biology sexual selection; animal communication; speciation
Larry Wolf SU Biology behavior and ecology
Ruth Yanai ESF Forestry forest soils, urban soils
economics
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David Driesen SU Law economic dynamics of envir. law
Charles Hall ESF EFB systems ecol, ecol and econ, tropical biol
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
John McPeak SU PubAdm African ag devel, nat resource econ
David Popp SU PubAdm econ of nat resources and envir, climate change policy
David Newman ESF Forestry Forest economics, land use policy, property taxation
John Wagner ESF Forestry forest resource economics
Peter Wilcoxen SU Econ environmental economics
ecotourism & recreation
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Diane Kuehn ESF Forestry great lakes tourism, angling
Brenda Nordenstam ESF EnvStud risk assessment, envir justice, ecotourism, envir
policy and community
Rudolph Schuster ESF Forestry recreation management, wilderness studies
Rick Smardon ESF EnvStud wetland assessment and mgmt, pub partic, sust dev,
ecotourism, biosphere reserve mgmt
engineering
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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
Charlie 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
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
energy
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Lawrence Abrahamson ESF Forestry forest entomology, pesticides, woody biomass for energy crops
Rick Beal ESF Educ.Outreach global environment; energy and history, science teaching
Paul Caluwe ESF Chemistry environmental chemistry; envir. friendly crosslinking agents for cellulosic materials
Mark Glauser SU MAE energy systems
David Sonnenfeld ESF EnvStud environmental sociology, sustainability, industry, environmental transformation, Asia
Jianshun (Jensen) Zhang SU MAE integrated built environmental systems; indoor air quality
       
entomology
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Lawrence Abrahamson ESF Forestry forest entomology, pesticides, woody biomass for energy crops
David Althoff SU Biology species interactions, insect community ecology, molecular ecology
Dylan Parry ESF EFB forest insects, invasives in forest
Kari Segraves SU Biology co-evolution, mutualism, evolution of plant-insect interactions
Stephen Teale ESF EFB forest entomology
ethics and justice
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Leslie Bender SU Law bioethics
Benjamin Bradley SU Philosophy environmental ethics, biodiversity
Kishi Animashaun Ducre SU Af-AmStudies environmental sociology, environmental justice, GIS/spatial analysis
Valerie Luzadis ESF Forestry land ethic, nat resource policy, ecosystem economics
Dianne Quigley SU Relig (G.S.) Principal investogator, Initiative in Research Ethics and Envir. Health
fish and fishing
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John Farrell ESF EFB fisheries, aquatic ecology
Diane Kuehn ESF Forestry great lakes tourism, angling
Karin Limburg ESF EFB fisheries ecology, ecosystems ecology, ecological economics,
biogeochem tracers
Robert Malmsheimer ESF Forestry Forest and natural resources policy and law
Neil Ringler ESF EFB aquatic entomology, fish in Onondaga Lake
Donald Stewart ESF EFB fisheries biology and fish population
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
Peter Castro SU Anthropology community forestry, nat resource conflicts, ag change, participatory
development planning
Chad Dawson ESF Forestry recreation resources mgmt
Stewart Diemont ESF ERE ecological engineering, anthropology, rainforest conservation
Allan Drew ESF Forestry tree physiology, Forest ecology
Ted Endreny ESF Forestry water resources modeling
Donald Floyd ESF Forestry Natural resource policy, public lands, soil and water policy, sustainability
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
Don Leopold ESF EFB forest and freshwater wetland ecol, human impact on plant
communities, management for rare species, dendrology
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
Sarah Pralle SU PoliSci globalization, property rights, forestry conflict, sci and pol
Dudley Raynal ESF EFB plant population and community dynamics, stress and
disturbance in forests
Rudolph Schuster ESF Forestry recreation management, wilderness studies
Stephen Teale ESF EFB forest entomology
Sarah Vonhof ESF Forestry forest policy, property rights, stewardship
Ruth Yanai ESF Forestry forest soils, urban soils
genetics & biotechnology
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John Belote SU Biology genetics, Drosophila development
Philip Borer SU Chemistry biosensors for environmental contaminants
Andria Costello Staniec SU CEE applied envir. microbiology, bioremediation, global biogeochem. cycles
Danilo Fernando ESF EFB plant reproductive biology
Jason Fridley SU Biology Plant ecology and geography, landscape ecology, invasive species, biodiversity
José Giner ESF Chemistry natural plant defenses, biomarkers, org chem.-bio collaboration
James Gibbs ESF EFB conservation biology, ecol monitoring, population genetics
Annette Kretzer ESF EFB molecular ecology and evolution; ectomycorrhizae
Scott Pitnick SU Biology Evolution of reproduction and life history traits
William Powell ESF EFB forest biotechnology
Ramesh Raina SU Biology genetics; plant-pest interactions; functional genomics of signaling in plants
Kari Segraves SU Biology co-evolution, mutualism, evolution of plant-insect interactions
Lawrence Smart ESF EFB plant physiology and genetics, willow genetics
Tom Starmer SU Biology ecol genetics of microorganisms and insects
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.
geology
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Shobha Bhatia SU CivEng Geosynthetic applications, image processing, soil dynamics, geotextiles and soils
Peng Gao SU Geography sediment transport, fluvial geomorphology
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
grasslands
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Douglas Frank SU Biology Plant/ecosystem ecology with emphasis on plant-herbivore interactions; ; global warming and carbon cycling
Sam McNaughton SU Biology Serengeti grasslands
Mark Ritchie SU Biology prairie-forest border, biodiversity
hydrology
   
Siddharth Chatterjee ESF Paper Sci water pollution engineering
Ted Endreny ESF Forestry water resources modeling
Chuck Kroll ESF ERE water resources mgmt
Donald Lake SU CEE storm water management