Program Faculty
TREES program faculty and areas of expertise
Richard Alley, Ph.D.
Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences
Area of Expertise: Glaciology, Ice and climate, Abrupt climate change, Sea level change
Theodore Alter, Ph.D.
Professor of Agricultural, Environmental, and Regional Economics
Area of Expertise: Agriculture economics and policy, Development economics, Public sector economics
Jennifer Baka, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geography
Areas of Expertise: Energy geographies, Political-industrial ecology, Environmental governance
Rebecca Bascom, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences College of Medicine
Area of Expertise: Health and environment, Health and climate, Public health, Science-policy communication and partnerships
Douglas Bird, Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology
Area of Expertise: Human behaviorial ecology, Complex socio-ecological systems, Livelihoods and sustainability
Rebecca Bliege Bird, Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology
Area of Expertise: Human behaviorial ecology, Evolutionary ecology, Community and population ecology
Mallika Bose, Ph.D.
Professor of Landscape Architecture
Area of Expertise: Urban planning, Environment-behavior studies
Beth Boyer, Ph.D.
Professor of Water Resources
Area of Expertise: Hydrological processes, Water quality, Watershed management
Kathryn Brasier, Ph.D.
Professor of Rural Sociology
Area of Expertise: Energy and society, Community development and public engagement, Water quality
Jose Capriles, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Area of Expertise: Environmental archaeology, Human ecology, and Zooarchaeology
Robert Chiles, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Rural Sociology
Area of Expertise: Environmental sociology, Food and agriculture ethics, Culture and consumption
Andy Cole, Ph.D.
Professor of Landscape Architecture and Ecology
Area of Expertise: Wetland ecology, Restoration ecology
Duane Diefenbach, Ph.D.
Professor of Wildlife Ecology
Area of Expertise: Biometrics, White-tailed deer, Harvest management
Ida Djenontin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geography
Area of Expertise: Human-environment geography, Biodiversity conservation, Mitigation, Sustainable natural resource-based livelihoods, Food security, and Socio-economic development goals
Patrick Drohan, Ph.D.
Professor of Pedology & Graduate Program Chair
Area of Expertise: Soil science, Watershed management, Landscape ecology, Natural resource management
Jonathan Duncan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Area of Expertise: Ecohydrology, Biogeochemistry, Terrain analysis, Water quality, Watershed management
Stuart Echols, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
Area of Expertise: Stormwater design, utility and amenity
William Elmendorf, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Extension Specialist Community and Urban Forestry
Area of Expertise: Technical assistance to municipalities in preparation and enactment of environmental ordinances and other oolicy
Semih Eser, Ph.D.
Professor of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Area of Expertise: Carbon materials from petroleum and coal, Preparation of activated carbons
Travis Flohr, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture
Area of Expertise: Urban and regional planning, Climate-resistant communities and ecosystems, Spatial methods
David Gamson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Education
Area of Expertise: Public, urban, and minority education, Civil rights and education, Race and ethnicity
Leland Glenna, Ph.D.
Professor of Rural Sociology, and Science, Technology, and Society
Area of Expertise: Social and environmental impacts of agricultural science and technologies, Role of science and technology in agricultural and natural resource policy-making
Larry Gorenflo, Ph.D.
Professor of Landscape Architecture and Geography
Area of Expertise: Links between cultural and biological diversity, Co-occurrence of important linguistic and cultural conservation areas with areas of high biodiversity
Murali Haran, Ph.D.
Professor of Statistics
Area of Expertise: Computational statistics, Spatial models, Applications to climate and infectious diseases
Jacob Holland-Lulewicz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Area of Expertise: Archeology, Ethnohistory, Institutions of governance, Collective action, Democracy
Carter Hunt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, and Anthropology
Area of Expertise: Environmental anthropology, Ecotourism, Sustainable development, Conservation social science
Lisa Iulo, M.U.P
Professor of Architecture
Area of Expertise: Residential green building practices, Affordable housing, Energy efficiency, Strategies for the implementation of renewable energy at the building and community scale
Jason Kaye, Ph.D.
Distinguished Prof. of Soils and Biogeochemistry
Area of Expertise: Climate and ecosystem change, Global change biology, Biogeochemistry of nitrogen and carbon cycling in ecosystems
Brian King, Ph.D.
Professor of Geography
Area of Expertise: Livelihoods, Conservation and development, Environmental change and human health
Stephen Mainzer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture
Area of Expertise: Decision dynamics, Coupled environmental and political sentiment, Voting behaviors, and Place
Richard Mbih
Assistant Teaching Professor and Graduate Faculty of African Studies
Areas of Expertise: Agro-pastoral sustainability, Climate change and community resilience, Environmental conflicts, Colonialism, Natural resource governance and development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Andrew Mowen, Ph.D.
Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
Area of Expertise: Public attitudes toward park and conservation funding, Urban park and conservation non-profit management
Allyson Muth, Ph.D.
Forest Stewardship Program Associate
Area of Expertise: Forest stewardship, Private forest landowners, Woodland care
DK Osseo-Asare
Associate Professor of Architecture and Engineering Design
Area of Expertise: Humanitarian materials design, Sesign computation, Open-source maker technology
Daniel Perkins, Ph.D.
Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education
Area of Expertise: Youth and family resiliency, Dissemination and implementation science, Applied research and evaluations
Nathan Piekielek, Ph.D.
Geospatial Services Librarian
Area of Expertise: Geographic Information Science, Remote sensing and spatial analysis, Geospatial research support, Landscape ecology and conservation
Anne Pisor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology & Social Science Research Institute
Areas of Expertise: Culture, Climate change adaptation, Social networks
Ute Poerschke, Ph.D.
Professor of Architecture
Area of Expertise: Relationship of Architecture and Technology
David Post, Ph.D.
Professor of Education
Area of Expertise: comparative and international education, Globalization, Education policy
Bronwen Powell, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Geography, and Anthropology (courtesy)
Area of Expertise: Social, cultural, and environmental drivers of human nutrition, Diet, and Food security
Edwin Sabuhoro, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
Area of Expertise: National Parks and protected areas, Transboundary conservation management, Human and wildlife co-existence
Christopher Scott, Ph.D.
Professor and Maurice K. Goddard Chair of Forestry and Environmental Conservation
Area of Expertise: Resilience, adaptation, social-ecological systems, Water-energy-food nexus, Water security, Urban-wastewater irrigation, Water reuse, Agricultural-urban water transfers, Transboundary river basins and aquifers, Mountain water towers
Sanford Smith, Ph.D.
Teaching Professor in Forest Resources
Area of Expertise: Natural resources and youth education programs, Adult volunteerism in conservation and environmental education
Erica Smithwick, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Geography
Area of Expertise: Landscape ecology, Ecosystem ecology, Fire ecology, Biogeochemistry
Andy Smolski
Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology
Area of Expertise: Agricultural production, Environmental sustainability, Farmer and farmworker stress, Race, Scale, Agrarianism
Kaitlyn Spangler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Community Development and Engagement
Area of Expertise: Agri-food systems, Energy justice; Community development, Critical data science; Qualitative methodologies
Jay R. Stauffer, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Ichthyology
Area of Expertise: Endangered fishes, Freshwater fish behavior, Impact of introduced fishes, Systematics, Zoogeography of freshwater fishes
Brendan Taff, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
Area of Expertise: Human behavior, Communication and Well being, Nature-based recreation/leisure engagement
Ryan Thombs
Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology
Area of Expertise: Climate Change, Environmental Health, Social Dimensions of Energy, Political Economy, Quantitative Methods
Nancy Tuana, Ph.D.
Prof. of Philosophy, Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Science, Technology, and Society
Area of Expertise: Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy of Science with an emphasis on Epistemologcial and Ethical Issues
Melissa Wright, Ph.D.
Professor of Women's Studies and Geography
Area of Expertise: Critical Geography, Urban Landscapes, Mexico-US borderlands, Latin America
Karl Zimmerer, Ph.D.
Professor of Geography
Area of Expertise: Environmental Change and Prediction, Food Security and Human Health, Population, Environment, and Governance
Katherine Zipp, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics
Area of Expertise: Environmental and Resource Economics, Land Economics, Spatial modeling, Non-market Valuation