Environmental Science Faculty

Wetland restoration and ecosystem development, wetlands and water quality, wetlands and climate change, including carbon sequestration and peat accretion

Forestry, particularly silviculture and urban forestry; growth and development of Central Hardwood forest stands; community and urban forest management practices and issues; forest resources policy and state government management; collaborative forestry

Sublethal health effects of environmental pollutants, especially pollutant effects on the developing organism, including the effects of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and related congeners on the developing nervous system of birds exposed in the wild and under controlled laboratory conditions

Lake and watershed management, especially diagnosing lake and watershed water quality problems; preparing management plans to address problems identified; stream ecology. Also works in Caribbean coral reef ecology and underwater archaeology.

Ecology and management of rare species, biocomplexity, landscape-level species and community conservation, temporal patterns in biodiversity, and integrating ecosystem research and endangered species management within adaptive management

Forest ecology. Ecological aspects of global environmental change, with particular interests in forestry and agriculture. Environmental consequences of energy production, distribution, and use. Applications of geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing in environmental and natural resources management. Physiological ecology of woody plants and of small mammals.

Environmental Toxicology, Comparative Physiology, Functional Genomics                                                                                                                                      

Development of growth simulation models for sustainable management of indigenous community forests, experimental designs in tropical forestry research, service-learning research, classroom action research on student active learning via group research projects in undergraduate introductory statistical techniques courses, and how pre-service teachers conceptualize mathematics (philosophically) indexed with their beliefs and conceptions about mathematics learning and teaching.