Faculty by Department
Profile |
Research Areas |
Email |
| Biological Sciences |
| Nancy
A. Auer |
Fish ecology, larval fish biology, aquatic ecology |
naauer@mtu.edu |
| Susan
T. Bagley |
Environmental microbiology, bio-based fuels and bio-polymers,
bioremediation, microbial control |
stbagley@mtu.edu |
| Rupali
Datta |
Plant Biochemistry, Environmental Remediation, Plant-Microbe Interactions
|
rupdatta@mtu.edu |
| Casey
J. Huckins |
Aquatic ecology, fish biology |
cjhuckin@mtu.edu |
W. Charles
Kerfoot
Faculty
home page
Great Lakes Research Center |
Aquatic ecology, predator-prey interactions, lake ecosystems,
chemical defenses, paleoecology, limnology
|
wkerfoot@mtu.edu |
Amy
Marcarelli
Faculty
home page |
biogeochemistry, streams and rivers, ecosystem ecology, energy
and nutrient cycling |
ammarcar@mtu.edu |
| Chemistry |
| Sarah
A. Green |
Oceanographic Institution Environmental chemistry, Great Lakes
biogeochemistry, carbon cycle, radical reactions, photochemistry |
sgreen@mtu.edu |
| Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Martin
T. Auer
Faculty
home page |
Cladophora, Phosphorus bioavailability, Diporeia, Lake Superior
lower food web, Sediment modeling
|
mtauer@mtu.edu |
Brian
D. Barkdoll
Faculty
home page |
water distribution systems, scour and erosion, stream restoration,
stormwater low impact development, hydraulics |
barkdoll@mtu.edu |
| Jennifer
G. Becker |
Bioremediation of chlorinated solvents and other groundwater contaminants,
bioenergy, wastewater treatment, biological treatment processes,
environmental microbiology, and microbial ecology |
jgbecker@mtu.edu |
| Paul
Doskey |
Environmental dynamics of climate-forcing gases, aerosol precursors,
organic aerosols
|
pvdoskey@mtu.edu |
Veronica
Griffis
Faculty
home page |
Water resources, uncertainty analysis, flood frequency and analysis
of extreme events, impacts of climate and land use changes
|
vgriffis@mtu.edu |
| David
W. Hand |
Advanced oxidation processes, adsorption processes, water reuse,
drinking water treatment, pollution prevention, environmental engineering
software design tools |
dwhand@mtu.edu |
| Neil
J. Hutzler |
Fate and transport of chemicals in soils and groundwater, risk
analysis, soil vapor extraction systems, water distribution system
design |
hutzler@mtu.edu |
Alex
S. Mayer
Faculty
home page |
Human-biophysical interactions in water systems, water resources
management, watershed modeling, and groundwater flow, transport,
and remediation
|
asmayer@mtu.edu |
Kurtis
G. Paterson
D80 Center |
Public health, environmental data analysis, air pollution source
identification, educational design |
paterson@mtu.edu |
Judith
A. Perlinger
Faculty home
page |
Air quality, water quality
|
jperl@mtu.edu |
| Eric
A. Seagren |
In situ bioremediation, nonaqueous phase liquid contaminants,
biological treatment processes, treatment systems for urban stormwater
runoff, use of recycled waste |
eseagren@mtu.edu |
Noel
R. Urban
Faculty
home page |
Biogeochemistry, surface water quality, wetlands, impacts of human
activities on the environment
|
nurban@mtu.edu |
David
W. Watkins
Faculty
home page |
System dynamics modeling, Seasonal hydroclimate forecasting, Climate
change risk assessment, Integrated water resources management, Robust
decision-making
|
dwatkins@mtu.edu |
| Educational Opportunity |
| Christine
S. Anderson |
Diversity and Inclusion |
csanders@mtu.edu |
| Geological & Mining Engineering
& Sciences |
Suzanne
J. Beske-Diehl
Faculty home page |
Paleomagnetism, rock magnetism, sedimentology, geophysics
|
sbeske-d@mtu.edu |
John
S. Gierke
Faculty home page |
water supply exploration and development, water treatment, remote
sensing |
jsgierke@mtu.edu |
Jason Gulley
|
water supply exploration and development, water treatment, remote
sensing |
jdgulley@mtu.edu |
Colleen
Mouw
|
water supply exploration and development, water treatment, remote
sensing |
cbmouw@mtu.edu |
| Essa
L. Paterson |
hydrogeology, remotes sensing, watershed protection
|
elgross@mtu.edu |
Alex
S. Mayer
Faculty home page |
Human-biophysical interactions in water systems, water resources
management, watershed modeling, and groundwater flow, transport,
and remediation |
asmayer@mtu.edu |
| Wayne
D. Pennington |
Petroleum geophysics, well logging, seismology, induced seismicity |
wayne@mtu.edu |
William
I. Rose
Faculty home page |
Volcanology, geochemistry, remote sensing, volcano/atmosphere
interactions, global change
|
raman@mtu.edu |
| Humanities |
R.
Craig Waddell
Faculty
home page |
Examining and facilitating public participation in deliberative
decision-making on such issues as environmental protection, neighborhood/community
enhancement, and global poverty relief; and the relationship of
the following to this end: classical rhetoric; risk communication;
journalism; qualitative research methods
|
cwaddell@mtu.edu |
| Michigan Tech Research Institute
(MTRI) |
| Colin
Brooks |
Environmental Science |
colin.brooks@mtu.edu |
| Liza
(Liversedge) Jenkins |
Environmental Science |
liza.liversedge@mtu.edu |
| Nathaniel
Jessee |
Environmental Science |
nljessee@mtu.edu |
| School of Business & Economics |
| William
S. Breffle |
Latent-class modeling; optimal design of conjoint choice experiments;
the economics of outdoor recreation; restoration of fishing and
other ecological services impaired by releases of contaminants;
estimating willingness to pay to avoid marginal changes in the risk
of mortality from different illnesses and motor vehicle accidents |
wsbreffl@mtu.edu |
| Gary
A. Campbell |
Mineral economics, natural resource economics and policy, sustainability
and mining |
gacampbe@mtu.edu |
| Daya
Muralidharan |
Water management and drainage in agriculture; developing an agricultural
production model and estimating water demand; management of groundwater
resources; sustainable use of groundwater resources; modeling seawater
intrusion into groundwater aquifers; analysis of factors affecting
use of forest resources; effect of access to credit on forest resource
use
|
dmuralid@mtu.edu |
| School of Forest
Resources & Environmental Science (SFRES) |
| Molly
A. Cavaleri |
Forest canopy structure and function, forest response to global
change, carbon and water cycling through forests, tree ecophysiology,
stable isotope ecology, invasive tree species
|
macavale@mtu.edu |
| Rodney
A. Chimner |
Wetland ecology, ecosystem ecology, global change biology, restoration
ecology |
rchimner@mtu.edu |
| David
J. Flaspohler |
Conservation biology, ornithology, reproductive ecology of migratory
songbirds, behavioral ecology, tropical ecology |
djflaspo@mtu.edu |
| Margaret
R. Gale |
Forest productivity, quantitative ecology, root ecology, wetland
ecology |
mrgale@mtu.edu |
| Kathleen
E. Halvorsen |
water policy, social dimensions of climate change, bioenergy policy
|
kehalvor@mtu.edu |
| Martin
F. Jurgensen |
Forest soils, soil microbiology, nutrient cycling |
mfjurgen@mtu.edu |
| Evan
S. Kane |
Soil carbon, plant/soil relationships, decomposition, dissolved organic carbon, wildfire, black carbon
|
eskane@mtu.edu |
| Linda
M. Nagel |
Silviculture, forest vegetation dynamics, tree ecophysiology,
invasive plants
|
lmnagel@mtu.edu |
| Blair
D. Orr |
Economics, international forestry |
bdorr@mtu.edu |
| Thomas
G. Pypker |
Forest hydrology, micrometeorology, carbon cycling, stable isotopes,
tree physiology |
tgpypker@mtu.edu |
| James
M. Schmierer |
Sustainable management of forest resources
|
jmschmie@mtu.edu |
| Amy
J. Schrank |
aquatic conservation and monitoring, fish communities, stream
ecology, amphibian conservation |
ajschran@mtu.edu |
Kenneth J. Vrana
Isle Royale Institute |
Science, education, and resource management on Isle Royale and
Lake Superior |
kjvrana@mtu.edu |
| Social Sciences |
| Hugh
Gorman |
The historical interactions between science, technology, policy,
and human interactions with the environment |
hsgorman@mtu.edu |
| Kathleen
E. Halvorsen |
water policy, social dimensions of climate change, bioenergy policy
|
kehalvor@mtu.edu |
| Carol
A. MacLennan |
Environmental anthropology; anthropology of industry (mining,
sugar); Hawai`i and the Pacific; anthropology of public policy |
camac@mtu.edu |
| Patrick
E. Martin |
Historical archaeology, industrial archaeology, eastern U.S. prehistory |
pemartin@mtu.edu |
| Susan
R. Martin |
Native American technologies, industrial heritage, history of
anthropology |
srmartin@mtu.edu |
| Emma
S. Norman |
Water Governance, Political Geography, Cultural and Political
Ecology |
esnorman@mtu.edu |
| Timothy
Scarlett |
Historical and industrial archaeology, Mormons and the American
intermountain West, ecobiography and landscape studies, globalization,
ceramic technologies, archaeological and materials sciences |
scarlett@mtu.edu |
| Bruce
E. Seely |
Transportation history, especially development of American highways;
history of engineering and engineering education; industrial archaeology;
American iron and steel industry; societal implications of nanotechnology |
bseely@mtu.edu |
| Visual & Performing Arts |
Mary
Ann Beckwith
Faculty home
page |
watercolor,
watermedia art |
mabeckwi@mtu.edu |
| Western UP Center
for Science, Mathematics & Env. Education |
Joan
F. Schumaker Chadde
WUP Center |
K-12 Education,
Teacher Professional Development, Community Outreach, Water Quality/Watershed
Management, Great Lakes |
jchadde@mtu.edu |
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