Faculty Advisors for EES Program
Ph.D. 2013, University of California Santa Barbara
Freshwater organism ecology and physical stream geomorphology; feedbacks between animals and sediment erosion; impacts of changing flow regimes and species invasions on ecogeomorphic linkages.
Fundamental and applied research on animal behavior, with a focus on terrestrial wildlife; behavioral ecology; wildlife ecology and management; animal movement and spatial ecology; species interactions; population dynamics; quantitative ecology.
Ph.D. 2006, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Biogeochemistry and ecosystem analysis with emphasis on nutrient cycling and limitation. Interests include: ecosystem response and feedback to atmospheric and climate variation; watershed biogeochemistry; plant-soil interactions; natural abundance isotope analysis; ecosystem modeling; global change.
Ph.D. 2008, Dartmouth College
Community & pollination ecology; effects of environmental context (including climate, land use, wildfire, & invasive species) on plant-insect interactions.
Ph.D. 2008, Oregon State University
Non-equilibrium ecological dynamics; restoration ecology; disturbance ecology, hydrology and watershed management in arid and semi-arid ecosystems; grazing management; woody plant expansion.
Understanding the physical, biological, and human influences on hydrological, biogeochemical, and ecosystem processes, specifically for watershed analysis.
Ph.D. 1991, Purdue University
Behavioral endocrinology; conservation biology; population biology; social evolution; biology of carnivores.
Ph.D. 2005, University of California, Berkeley
Wildlife disease; epidemiological modeling; population dynamics
Ph.D. 2004, University of Georgia
Aquatic food webs and ecosystem; ecological stoichiometry; cross-ecosystem material subsidies
Ph.D. 1995, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Study of the basic and applied aspects of higher fungi, particularly in extreme environments such as the alpine life zone and high-elevation smelter-impacted sites
Ph.D. 1991, Montana State University
Research and teaching in the fields of conservation biology, landscape ecology, and restoration ecology. Areas of research include biodiversity assessment with remote sensing and GIS applications, spatial analysis, metapopulation dynamics, habitat fragmentation, population viability assessment, genetics of small populations, climate change, and grassland restoration.
Ph.D. 2007, University of California, Berkeley
Isotope biogeochemistry of soils in the Earth system. Effects of disturbance (pollution, climate change) on soil-atmosphere and soil-hydrology interactions. Innovative use of multiple isotope systems to explore the interaction of geochemical, geomorphic, and biological processes in driving biogeochemical cycling in terrestrial environments.
Ph.D. 2018, Colorado State University
Plant physiological, community and ecosystems ecology, ecohydrology, scale, grasslands, rangelands, drylands, remote sensing, climate change, climate extremes, global change
Ph.D. 1993, South Dakota State University
Applied fisheries science; population ecology; predator-prey interactions; fisheries management.
Ph.D. 2004, University of Colorado-Boulder
Environmental governance, resources management, and energy policy.
Ph.D. 1984, University of Tennessee
Effects of natural disturbance and land use on vertebrate diversity; landscape ecology and management; computer simulation of forest dynamics; conservation biology.
Ph.D. 2003, University of California, Davis
Interests include geoscience education, plant-soil interactions, soil respiration, nutrient cycling, land rehabilitation, global change.
Ph.D. 1985, University of Minnesota
Soil chemical processes important in agricultural systems and environmental sciences; fate and mobility of chemicals in the environment, and mechanisms of chemical adsorption, precipitation and dissolution in natural systems.
Ph.D 1985, Ohio State University
Systematics of the Coleoptera and insect conservation biology.
Ph.D. 1998, Montana State University
Developing educational resources and materials on soil fertility and nutrient management for county agents, crop advisers, producers, and other agricultural professionals; current primary research emphasis on soil fertility in cropping systems, nutrient management in conservation tillage systems, and soil testing.
Ph.D. 1999, Arizona State
Conservation genetics; evolutionary biology; wildlife and fisheries management.
Ph.D. 2014, University of Montana
System Ecology, Wetlands , Ecological Assessment, Ecosystem Services.
Ph.D. 1986, The Univ. of Texas-Austin
Molecular systematics and biogeography of the plant family Leguminosae. The emphasis of my research is on the phylogeny, biogeography, and systematics of the plant family Leguminosae, including the cultivated species.
Ph.D 2007, University of Arizona
Effects of human activities on wildlife populations and communities (including invasive species, changes in land-use, disturbance regimes, and climatic patterns); plant-animal interactions; restoration ecology; quantitative ecology
Ph.D. 2004, Montana State University
Development and dissemination of information about ecologically-based, integrated invasive plant management for range and wildlands. Emphasis on restoration/revegetation of invasive plant-infested landscapes.>
Ph.D. 1978, University of Wyoming
Identification and definition of the processes that create and maintain riparian ecosystems. Interactive processes between herbivory and vegetation with specific emphasis on water quality/erosion patterns.
Ph.D. 1990, Oregon State University
Invasive plant ecology in managed systems. Plant population and community ecology in agroecosystems and wildlands with an emphasis on applying science to solve management problems. Research approach often includes the use of simulation models to clarify and explore hypotheses associated with complex interactions associated with spatial and temporal plant population and community dynamics.
Ph.D. 1989, University of Minnesota
Soil microbiology, focusing on plant-microbe interactions, biological transformations in soils, and microbial diversity in extreme thermal soils.
Ph.D. 2013, University of Arizona
Human-environment interactions in Mexico and U.S. West, political ecology of water management, climate change vulnerability and adaptation, governance at climate-water-energy nexus, science and technology studies.
Ph.D. 2010, Kansas State University
Wildlife habitat use and spatial ecology, population ecology, wildlife conservation and management
Ph.D. 1996, University of Massechusetts
Research and extension focused on integrated management of agricultural weeds. Understanding the mechanisms conditioning the abundance and distribution of annual and perennial weeds in agricultural systems. Weed population and community dynamics, crop-weed competition, herbicide resistance, and weed management in conventional and alternative cropping systems.
Ph.D. 1992, University of Minnesota
Development of diversified cropping systems under water-limited conditions to maintain or improve soil quality, economic returns and sustainable practices. Resource-use-efficiency in no-till and organic systems, spring and winter pulse crop agronomy, annual pea forage and green manure systems, and farming strategies for reducing green house gas emissions.
Ph.D. 1981, Colorado State University
Insect behavior and ecology, with particular reference to foraging, pollination, thermoregulation, and parental strategies; influence of land management practices on insect communities; biological constraints on insect population and community sampling.
Ph.D. 2009, Colorado School of Mines
Role of water movement in the structure and function of watershed ecosystems; integration of biogeochemical and hydrologic models; inference of watershed ecosystem behavior from spatially distributed stream water quality; influence of valley floor hydrologic systems on whole-watershed behavior and on stream-riparian ecosystem behavior.
Ph.D. 1995, University of Lincoln - Nebraska
Human and ecological risk assessments for agricultural technologies, physiological responses of plants to biotic stressors, plant-insect interactions, economic decision level theory and development, and integrated pest management theory.
Raina Plowright
Ph.D. 2007, University of California, Davis
Integrate epidemiology, ecology, and veterinary medicine to investigate the dynamics of disease systems that connect human and animal populations, with a focus on pathogens that occur in wildlife but can spill over to domestic animals and humans, as well as infectious diseases that impact wildlife conservation.
Ph.D. 2000, University of Montana
Integrate knowledge to understand the spatial ecology of stream and river ecosystems. Diverse interests include Landscape Ecology, Stream Ecology, Forest Ecology, Hydrology, Geomorphology, and Hydrogeology. Most efforts relate to the study of flood plains and river networks in the emerging field of Fluvial Landscape Ecology.
Ph.D. 2004, Montana State University
Forest ecology and dynamics; integration of remote sensing data, GIS, and field data for ecological applications; modeling aboveground biomass and carbon sequestration; land cover and land use change analysis; invasive species monitoring.
Ph.D. 1990, University of Idaho
Ecology; population dynamics; habitat relationships; and management of avian species.
Ph.D. 2001, University of Alberta, Canada
Biogeochemistry and geomicrobiology of glaciated systems
Ph.D. 2017, University of California - Davis
Sub-alpine forest ecology, alpine plant community ecology, plant community responses to climate change, botany, and fire ecology in Sierra Nevada, Great Basin, and Rocky Mountain ecosystems.
Ph.D. 1989, New Mexico State University
Habitat ecology and management. Wildlife and livestock herbivory.
Ph.D. 1988, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Weed physiology research centering on understanding how environmental, insect, and herbicide stresses influence crop and weed productivity. Emphasis on role of oxidative stress tolerance mechanisms in weed/crop interactions, and alkaloid biosynthesis by the locoweed/endophyte complex.
Ph.D. 2017, Oregon State University
Plant physiological responses to and interactions with the environment (especially drought and heat stress) in high-elevation pine and grass species.
Ph.D. 2013, University of British Columbia
Physiological mechanisms underlying organismal and population responses in aquatic ecosystems. Focuses include climate change impacts and bioenergetics.
Ph.D. 1990, McGill University
Chemical ecology and behavior, biological control, plant-insect interactions, and spatial ecology. Plant and insect semiochemical interactions
Ph.D. 2000, University of California Davis
Reproductive physiology of fishes; physiological ecology; effects of temperature and contaminants on reproductive function of fishes
Ph.D. 1983, University of Washington
Quaternary environmental change, vegetation, fire, and climate history of the western U.S. and southern South America
David W. Willey
Ph.D. 1998, Colorado State University
Ecology; population dynamics; habitat relationships; and management of avian species.
Ph.D. 1991, University of Minnesota
Below-ground ecology of weed-invaded systems, metal-contaminated sites, and recreation-impacted high elevations sites; restoring impacted areas on both disturbed and undisturbed natural systems impacted areas
Ph.D. 1984, University of Florida
Applied aquatic ecology; effects of hydropower and reservoirs on fish populations; fisheries management.