Faculty

Name	Areas of Interest	Email
Jean Albrecht Librarian Emeritus	Forestry Librarian	jeanalbrecht@comcast.net
Alvin Alm Professor Emeritus	Reforestation and site preparation techniques, Christmas tree culture
Abbie Anderson Researcher 3, Program Coordinator: 'Cover It Up' and 'Pesky Plant Trackers'	Community science (also called citizen science), invasive plants, urban ecology, and education.	and04598@umn.edu
Dorothy Anderson Professor Emeritus	Recreation resources management, policy and planning, environmental learning and leadership	dha@umn.edu
Brian Aukema Adjunct Faculty	Landscape ecology of forest insects	bhaukema@umn.edu
Chad Babcock Assistant Professor	Remote Sensing, Forest Inventory, Geospatial Analysis, and Bayesian Statistics.	cbabcock@umn.edu
Frederick Baker Adjunct Faculty		fab384@gmail.com
Marvin Bauer Professor Emeritus	Applications of digital remote sensing to inventory, monitoring, and analysis of land, vegetation, and water resources.	mbauer@umn.edu
Melvin Baughman Professor Emeritus	Recreational trail design	baughman@umn.edu
David Bengston Adjunct Faculty	Economics of technical change, research planning, management, and evaluation	david.bengston@usda.gov
Raimundo Bermudez Post-Doctoral Associate		bermu019@umn.edu
Robert Blanchette Adjunct Faculty	Forest pathology: Forest and shade tree diseases	robertb@umn.edu
Charlie Blinn Professor, Extension Specialist	Forest management, harvesting, best management practices, economics, marketing	cblinn@umn.edu
Paul Bolstad Professor	Ecology, tree physiology, ecophysiology, silviculture, remote sensing, and geographic information systems.	pbolstad@umn.edu
Leslie Brandt Adjunct Faculty		lbrandt@fs.fed.us
Kenneth Brooks Professor Emeritus	Hydrology—modeling impacts of forest land use on water resources	brook007@umn.edu
Thomas Burk Professor Emeritus	Biometrics—forest growth modeling and experimental design	tburk@umn.edu
Ethan Butler Researcher 5	Statistics, agriculture, functional ecology, adaptation to climate change, phenology, plant physiology, carbon cycle	eebutler@umn.edu
Stephan Carlson Lecturer, Researcher 6	Outdoor recreation, environmental education, interpretation, trail design and youth development.	carls009@umn.edu
Jennifer Corcoran Adjunct Faculty		Jennifer.corcoran@state.mn.us
Meredith Cornett Adjunct Faculty		mcornett@tnc.org
Jason Crabtree Researcher 5		crabtree@umn.edu
Thomas Crowther Adjunct Faculty	Community ecology, ecosystem ecology, global change ecology	tom.crowther@usys.ethz.ch
Dean Current Researcher 6, Director, Center for Integrated Natural Resource and Agricultural Management (CINRAM)	Natural resource-based sustainable development, community-based natural resource management/community forestry, agroforestry, market based conservation, economic and environmental impact assessment, multifunctional agriculture, payments for environmental/ecosystem services, biomass energy options.	curre002@umn.edu
Anthony D Amato Adjunct Faculty	Silviculture	Anthony.DAmato@uvm.edu
Mae Davenport Professor, Director-Center for Changing Landscapes	Human dimensions of natural resources and recreation management.	mdaven@umn.edu
Andrew David Associate Professor, Director of Operations for the Cloquet Forestry Center and Hubachek Wilderness Research Centers	Forest genetics and tree improvement	adavid@umn.edu
Michael Dockry Assistant Professor	American Indian and Indigenous Natural Resource Management, Tribal Partnerships, Integration of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western Ecological Knowledge, Strategic Foresight and Planning, Institutional Diversity, and Environmental History	mdockry@umn.edu
Grant Domke Adjunct Faculty	Forest Inventory and Analysis	gmdomke@fs.fed.us
Karlyn Eckman Adjunct Faculty	International forestry, agroforestry, water quality and watershed management	eckma001@umn.edu
Chris Edgar Research Assistant Professor	Measurements and biometrics	cedgar@umn.edu
Alan Ek Professor Emeritus	Development of forest regeneration, growth, and change models for resource planning and long-term analysis of ecosystem trends; development of survey and monitoring designs for forest and related resources; forestry and related natural resources research including its funding, function, direction, conduct, and benefits.	aek@umn.edu
Paul Ellefson Professor Emeritus	Policy and administration; Economics, management & planning	pellefso@umn.edu
Lisa Elliott Post-doctoral Associate		harnx012@umn.edu
Forrest Fleischman Assistant Professor	Environmental politics, policy, governance, and decision-making; social-ecological systems; forest policy and administration; public management; public participation in democratic decision-making; 3rd world development, particularly India and Mexico.	ffleisch@umn.edu
Lee Frelich Researcher 6, Director The University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology, Institute on the Environment (IonE) Fellow	Climate change, wind and fire, deer and moose browsing, invasive species, earthworms	freli001@umn.edu
Hannah Friesen Researcher 5		fries060@umn.edu
Chad Giblin Researcher 5	Urban forestry outreach, research & Extension nursery	gibli002@umn.edu
Jared Gottlieb		jgottlie@umn.edu
Emily Green Research Professional 1		gree0307@umn.edu
Hans Gregersen Professor Emeritus	Economics, management and planning; Policy and administration	hans@walk-about.net
David Grigal Adjunct Faculty	Forest soils: Vegetation-soil relationships, nutrient cycling, land classification	dgrigal@umn.edu
Angela Gupta Adjunct Faculty	Natural resource management and utilization	agupta@umn.edu
Mark Hansen Adjunct Faculty		hanse034@gmail.com
Dan Heins Researcher 5 - Remote Sensing & Unmanned Systems	Remote Sensing & Unmanned Systems	hein0041@umn.edu
Julie Hendrickson Tree Improvement Specialist: Minnesota Tree Improvement Cooperative @ Cloquet Foresty Center		hendr065@umn.edu
Howard Hoganson Professor	Management and economics: Timber supply analysis, harvest scheduling, operations research
Andrew Jenks Researcher 5	Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	ajenks@umn.edu
Gary Johnson Extension Professor Emeritus	Urban and community forestry, urban forest health, stress disorders (deicing salt damage), urbanized soils, diseases of trees and shrubs, risk assessment and management, tree preservation during construction activities, dysfunctional root systems (including stem girdling roots), and nursery tree production.	johns054@umn.edu
Diana Karwan Associate Professor	Hydrology, water science, and water quality.	dlkarwan@umn.edu
Christel Kern Adjunct Faculty		cckern@fs.fed.us
Mike Kilgore Department Head and Professor, Director: Center for Environment & Natural Resource Policy	Natural Resources Economics, Policy, and Administration	mkilgore@umn.edu
Paul Klockow Post-Doctoral Associate		pklockow@umn.edu
Joe Knight Professor, Director, Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory, Major Coordinator: Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management	Geospatial Science: Remote Sensing and GIS	jknight@umn.edu
Randy Kolka Adjunct Faculty	Soils and hydrology-landscape and riparian ecosystems.	rkolka@fs.fed.us
Joshua Kragthorpe Researcher 5		jkragtho@umn.edu
Patrick Landisch Researcher 5		land0397@umn.edu
David Lime Senior Research Associate Emeritus	Recreation resources management	dwl@umn.edu
Zachary McEachran Post-Doctoral Associate		mcea015@umn.edu
Ronald McRoberts Adjunct Faculty	Nonlinear methods for forest growth modeling.	rmcroberts@fs.fed.us
Ronald McRoberts Senior Fellow		mcrob001@umn.edu
Rebecca Montgomery Professor, Institute on the Environment (IonE) Fellow	Forest ecology, ecophysiology, tropical ecology	rebeccam@umn.edu
Ryan Murphy Researcher 5	Urban and Community Forestry	murph523@umn.edu
Linda Nagel Adjunct Faculty	Forest & Rangeland Stewardship	Linda.Nagel@colostate.edu
Byju Nambidiyattil Govindan Researcher 6		ngbyju@umn.edu
Kristen C Nelson Professor in the Department of Forest Resources, Professor in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, & Conservation Biology	Governance of urban ecosystems, social drivers of homeowner and land manager vegetation management, beekeeper stewardship, and alternative futures for urban ecosystems.	nelso468@umn.edu
Mark Nelson Adjunct Faculty		mdnelson@fs.fed.us
Eric North Lecturer		nort0105@umn.edu
Leif Olmanson Researcher 6	Remote sensing of water resources	olman002@umn.edu
Brian Palik Adjunct Faculty	Forest ecology	bpalik@fs.fed.us
Keith Pelletier Researcher 5		pelle155@umn.edu
Charles Perry Adjunct Faculty	Forest soils, multiresource assessment	charleshperry@fs.fed.us
Emily Peters Adjunct Faculty	Forest Ecologist; forest ecosystem ecology, forest management, policy and landscape planning	emily.peters@state.mn.us
Ann Pierce Adjunct Faculty		ann.pierce@dnr.state.mn.us
Amit Pradhananga Researcher 6	Human dimensions of natural resources and recreation management	prad0047@umn.edu
Valquiria Quirino Researcher 5		fquirino@umn.edu
Monica Randazzo Researcher 1	Urban and Community Forestry	randa318@umn.edu
Peter Reich Regents Professor, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, F.B. Hubachek, Sr. Chair in Forest Ecology and Tree Physiology	Forests, grasslands, biology, ecology, climate change, and social justice.	preich@umn.edu
Jason Reinhardt Researcher 6	Applied forest ecology and landscape ecology	reinh215@umn.edu
Laura Reuling Researcher 5	Applied forest ecology, silviculture, natural disturbance-based management	lreuling@umn.edu
Claudia Rodriguez Solorzano Adjunct Faculty		rodr0423@umn.edu
Dietmar Rose Professor Emeritus	Forest economics, management, and planning	rosex003@umn.edu
Lucy Rose Researcher 6	Forest hydrology and watershed management	larose@umn.edu
Sarah Roth Researcher 3	Environmental outreach, conservation behavior and decision making, and specifically understanding the beliefs, drivers, and barriers associated with conservation action.	fello067@umn.edu
Matt Russell Associate Professor, Extension Specialist, Director of Graduate Studies, Natural Resources Science and Management (NRSM)	Forest ecosystem health, forest analytics, and forest carbon.	russellm@umn.edu
Eli Sagor Adjunct Faculty, Extension Specialist	Forest ecology and management	esagor@umn.edu
Ingrid Schneider Professor	Human dimensions of natural resource management, policy, and recreation management.	ingridss@umn.edu
Mike Schuster Post-doctoral Associate	Forest and Grassland Ecology, Decomposition, Climate Change, Invasive Plant Species	schuster@umn.edu
Stephen Sebestyen Adjunct Faculty		ssebestyen@fs.fed.us
Robert Slesak Adjunct Faculty	Forests soils, applied forest ecology, forest management practices	raslesak@umn.edu
James Smith Adjunct Faculty	Conservation biology	smith017@umn.edu
Stephanie Snyder Adjunct Faculty		stephanie.a.snyder@usda.gov
Susan Stafford Professor and Dean Emeritus	Applied statistics, environmental science, policy and management; research information and data management, environmental leadership, frameworks for interdisciplinary research and education.	stafford@umn.edu
Artur Stefanski Researcher 5	Forest ecology, ecophysiology	stefa066@d.umn.edu
Brian Sturtevant Adjunct Faculty		bsturtevant@fs.fed.us
Alan Toczydlowski Researcher 5	Wetland and forest soils, soil and watershed biogeochemistry, and geographic information systems.	toczy003@umn.edu
Michael Tuma Researcher 3		tumax919@umn.edu
Molly Van Appledorn Adjunct Faculty		mvanappledorn@usgs.gov
Carl Vogt Extension Specialist Emeritus	Conservation education, hardwood management, maple syrup, and Christmas trees.	tectrees@aol.com
Sonja Wilhelm Stanis Adjunct Faculty		sonjaws@missouri.edu
Laura Williams Post-doctoral Associate		will3972@umn.edu
Marcella Windmuller Campione Assistant Professor of Silviculture, Major Coordinator: Forest and Natural Resource Management	Silviculture, Applied Forest Ecology, Adaptative Management, and Ecological Forestry.	mwind@umn.edu
Christopher Woodall Adjunct Faculty		cwoodall@fs.fed.us
Kally Worm Assistant Scientist: Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve	Field manager for BioCON project which examines the interactions among CO2, N, and diversity in a perennial grassland system.	wormx004@umn.edu
Peter Wragg Post-doctoral Associate	Forest ecology, invasive buckthorn.	wragg004@umn.edu
Kirk Wythers Researcher 5	Spatial ecology, ecological simulation modeling	kwythers@umn.edu
Tao Zhang Researcher 6	Ecosystem modeling and spatial analysis, forest dynamics, climate change, landscape ecology, remote sensing.	zhan6705@umn.edu
John Zobel Assistant Professor	Forest and natural resource biometrics, measurements and modeling	jzobel@umn.edu

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