Ph.D. 2002,
University
Soil-landscape modeling, relating soil
of
variability to landscape characteristics.
WisconsinMadison
David
Brown
Assistant
Professor,
LRES
Scott Creel
Ph.D. 1991, Behavioral endocrinology; conservation
Professor,
Purdue
biology; population biology; social
ECOLOGY
University evolution; biology of carnivores.
Paul C.
Cross
Wildlife
Research
Biologist,
USGS
NRMSC
Ph.D. 2005,
University
Wildlife disease; epidemiological
of
modeling; population dynamics
California,
Berkeley
Asst.
Professor,
PSPP
Ph.D. 1995,
Virginia
Polytechnic
Institute &
State
University
Stephan
Custer
Professor,
Earth
Sciences
Ph.D. 1976,
Geology,
Ground water, streams, snow, and water
University
quality; GIS modeling
of
Montana,
Missoula
Robert
Garrott
Ph.D. 1980,
Ecology; population dynamics;
Professor, University
management; and conservation of
ECOLOGY of
mammalian species.
Minnesota
Daniel
Goodman
Applied mathematical demography;
Professor, Ph.D. 1972, evolutionary demographic theory;
ECOLOGY Ohio State environmental statistics; environmental
modeling.
Cathy
Cripps
Professor,
Lisa J.
LRES &
Graumlich
BSI
Robert
Gresswell
Research
Biologist,
USGS
NRMSC
Ph.D. 1985,
University
of
Washington
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
Interaction of climatic variation at multiple
scales, ecological processes, land-use and
social factors in governing change in
mountain regions.
Ph.D. 1994,
Salmonid habitat relationships; effects of
Oregon
fire on aquatic ecosystems; ecology of high
State
mountain lakes
University
Ph.D. 1993,
Affiliate
South
Applied fisheries science; population
Christopher Associate
Dakota
ecology; predator-prey interactions;
Guy
Professor,
State
fisheries management.
ECOLOGY
University
Andrew J. Professor,
Ph.D. 1984, Effects of natural disturbance and land use
Hansen
ECOLOGY University on vertebrate diversity; landscape ecology
of
and management; computer simulation of
Tennessee forest dynamics; conservation biology.
Economics of hunting and the conservation
of habitats as a result of that economic
input. Also, changes in mountain
environments, primarily caused by human
activities. These activities include grazing
impacts, fire suppression, forestry,
subdivision placement, and recreation.
Katherine
J. Hansen
Professor,
Earth
Sciences
Ph.D.,
University
of
Colorado,
Boulder
Jeffrey L.
Kershner
Director,
USGS
NRMSC
Ph.D. 1991,
University
of
Aquatic ecology and fisheries
California,
Davis
Professor,
William P.
LRES &
Inskeep
TBI
Soil chemical processes important in
PhD. 1985, agricultural systems and environmental
University sciences; fate and mobility of chemicals in
of
the environment, and mechanisms of
Minnesota chemical adsorption, precipitation and
dissolution in natural systems.
Michael
Ivie
Professor,
PSPP
Ph.D 1985,
Systematics of the Coleoptera and insect
Ohio State
conservation biology.
University
Professor,
PSPP
Ph.D. 1986,
The Univ.
of TexasAustin
Matt Lavin
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.
Assistant Ph.D. 1999, Conservation genetics; evolutionary
Steven
Professor, Arizona
biology; wildlife and fisheries
Kalinowski
ECOLOGY State
management.
Billie L.
Kerans
Behavior; ecology and evolution of
Associate
Ph.D. 1989, freshwater macro-invertebrates; assessing
Professor,
Ohio State the impact of human disturbances on
ECOLOGY
freshwater ecosystems.
Rick L.
Lawrence
Associate
Professor,
LRES
Ph.D. 1998,
Oregon
State
University
Teaching and research programs in the use
and application of remote sensing
technologies in managed and natural
ecosystems.
Clayton B. Professor,
Marlow
ARNR
Identification and definition of the
Ph.D. 1978,
processes that create and maintain riparian
University
ecosystems. Interactive processes between
of
herbivory and vegetation with specific
Wyoming
emphasis on water quality/erosion patterns.
Lucy
Ph.D. 2005, Quantitative analysis of hydrological data
Assistant
Marshall
Bruce D.
Maxwell
Professor,
LRES
Professor,
LRES
Professor,
Timothy R.
LRES &
McDermott
TBI
University
of New
South
Wales,
Australia
and processes, with emphases on
uncertainty analysis probabilistic modeling,
and risk analysis in water resources
planning and hydrology.
Agroecology and weed biology research on
the design and development of
Ph.D. 1990, nonchemical weed management strategies
Oregon
for annual and perennial weeds in cereals,
State
row crops and forage cropping systems;
University crop-weed competition, weed population
dynamics and identifying measures of
ecosystem integrity.
PhD. 1989,
University
of
Minnesota
Soil microbiology, focusing on plantmicrobe interactions, biological
transformations in soils, and microbial
diversity in extreme thermal soils.
Wild trout management; fish-habitat
Thomas
Professor, Ph.D. 1984,
relationships; winter ecology; conservation
McMahon ECOLOGY Arizona
biology of salmonids.
Brian
McGlynn
Assistant
Professor,
LRES
Ph.D. 2002,
State
University
of New
York
Clifford
Montagne
Associate
Professor,
LRES
Soil-landscape relationships, including
Ph.D. 1976,
geology, landscape ecology, landscape
Montana
inventory, soil genesis and classification,
State
and holistic resource management of
University
agricultural and non-agricultural soils
Bret E.
Olson
Professor,
ARNR
Livestock use on the landscape on winter
range; prediction of winter nutrient needs
Ph.D. 1987,
for livestock; grazing recommendations for
Utah State
controlling noxious weeds. Develop
University
effective grazing recommendations for
minimizing grasshopper outbreaks.
Duncan
Patten
Research
Professor,
LRES
Dynamics of plant communities and
Ph.D 1962,
ecosystems; desert to subalpine spruce-fir
Duke
communities including riparian ecosystems
University
that link the altitudinal zones together.
John C.
Priscu
Professor,
LRES
Ph.D. 1982,
University
of
California,
Davis
Bruce
Statistician, Ph.D. 1982, Quantitative population ecology; animal
Study of watershed hydrology and
determination of the controls on stream
water sources, flow paths, and age using
tracing and landscape analysis techniques.
Microbial biogeochemistry in aquatic
systems emphasizing the roles of nitrogen
and phosphorus in microbial growth. Life
associated with Antarctic ice and its
relationship to global change and
astrobiology.
Pugesek
USGS
NRMSC
Bowling
behavior; life history evolution; waterbirds;
Green State applied statistics
University
Lisa Rew
Assistant
Research
Professor,
LRES
Ph.D. 1993,
University
of Reading,
Britain
Spatial distribution & dynamics of nonindigenous/weed populations & how to
detect, map & model such populations,
both in agricultural and natural systems.
Adam
Richman
Assoc.
Professor,
PSPP
Ph.D. 1991,
Univ. of
NebraskaLincoln
Population and evolutionary genetics of
self-recognition systems, island
biogeography, evolutionary community
ecology.
David W.
Roberts
Ph.D. 1984,
Professor, U. of
Vegetation ecology, ecological modeling,
ECOLOGY Wisconsin- multivariate analysis of ecological data.
Madison
Jay J.
Rotella
Ph.D. 1990, Ecology; population dynamics; habitat
Professor,
University relationships; and management of avian
ECOLOGY
of Idaho
species.
Mark L.
Skidmore
Assistant
Professor,
Earth
Sciences
Ph.D. 2001,
University Biogeochemistry and Geomicrobiology of
of Alberta, Glaciated Systems
Canada
Richard
Sojda
Wildlife
Biologist,
USGS
NRMSC
Ph.D.
Colorado
State
University
Associate
Professor,
ARNR
Rangeland ecology and management with
an emphasis on grazing ecology of
Ph.D. 1989,
livestock and wildlife, forage intake, forage
New
quality, grazing behavior, cattle and sheep
Mexico
grazing, and livestock - wildlife
State
interactions. Rangeland vegetation
University
monitoring techniques, forage utilization
and improvement practices.
Professor,
ARNR
Ph.D. 1971,
University
of
Wyoming
Shrub Ecology & Management; shrubs and
their role in range ecosystems to benefit
management opportunities for a variety of
rangeland resources.
David M
Ward
LRES
Ph.D. 1975,
University
of
Wisconsin
Microbial diversity, ecology and evolution.
Fundamental studies of microbial
population biology and community ecology
in relation to principles of macroecology.
David K.
Weaver
Associate
Professor,
LRES
Chemical ecology and behavior, biological
Ph.D. 1990,
control, plant-insect interactions, and
McGill
spatial ecology. Plant and insect
University
semiochemical interactions
Bok F.
Sowell
Carl
Wambolt
Wetland and waterfowl ecology; public
land management; artificial intelligence;
decision support; wind energy and radar
ornithology
Physiological; community and ecosystem
Professor, Ph.D. 1969,
T. Weaver
ecology of the Northern Rocky Mountains;
ECOLOGY Duke
long-term field experiments.
Research
Molly A.H. Fishery
Webb
Biologist,
USFWS
Ph.D. 2000,
University
of
California
Davis
Reproductive physiology of fishes;
physiological ecology; effects of
temperature and contaminants on
reproductive function of fishes
Cathy
Whitlock
Professor,
Earth
Sciences
Ph.D. 1983,
University
of
Washington
Quaternary environmental change;
vegetation, fire, and climate history of the
western U.S. and southern South America;
climatic variability through the Cenozoic;
data-model comparison of past climatic
change
David W.
Willey
Research
Assistant
Professor,
ECOLOGY
Ph.D. 1998,
Ecology; population dynamics; habitat
Colorado
relationships; and management of avian
State
species.
University
Professor,
PSPP &
TBI
Utilizing viruses to understand viral
diseases and as model systems to explore
Ph.D. 1987,
cell biology; combining biochemical and
Univ. of
genetic approaches with the tools of
Californiamolecular and structural biology to
Davis
examine the interplay of viral and host
gene products
Asst.
Professor,
LRES
PhD. 1991,
University
of
Minnesota
Mark
Young
Cathy
Zabinski
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
Affiliate
Ph.D. 1984, Applied aquatic ecology; effects of
Alexander
Professor, University hydropower and reservoirs on fish
V. Zale
ECOLOGY of Florida populations; fisheries management.