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This list of experts is limited to those names provided by this institution's technical representative for the GLNF- CESU proposal (October 2001). Contact us to add to this expertise list.

Name	Department	Contact Info	Areas of Interest
Dwayne Baker	Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources	dbaker@msu.edu	User perceptions of USFS sites, facilities and resources
Robert E. Batie	Fisheries and Wildlife	rbatie@msu.edu	Marine resource conservation; conservation biology of invertebrates
Ted R. Batterson	Fisheries and Wildlife	batters2@msu.edu	Limnology; Great Lakes wetlands; aquatic plant control, aquaculture
Joann Beckwith	Resource Development	beckwi21@msu.edu	Environmental planning, environmental assessment
James R. Bence	Fisheries and Wildlife	bence@msu.edu	Great Lakes fisheries, fish population assessment, fisheries modeling
Mary Bremigan	Fisheries and Wildlife	bremigan@msu.edu	Fisheries management, food web dynamics, recruitment in fishes
Thomas M. Burton	Fisheries and Wildlife	burtont@msu.edu	Stream and marsh ecology with emphasis on bioassessment
Henry Campa, III	Fisheries and Wildlife	campa@msu.edu	Management of forest wildlife, forest-wildlife relationship, wildlife nutrition, biological diversity
Joseph Chartkoff	Anthropology	(517) 432-3627	Archeology, cultural ecology cultural evolution, research methods
Walter Chomentowski	Geography	chomento@msu.edu	Land use changes and carbon in the atmosphere
Thomas G. Coon	Fisheries and Wildlife	coontg@msu.edu	Stream fish ecology, Great Lakes fish ecology
Shari L. Dann	Fisheries and Wildlife	sldann@msu.edu	Human dimensions of fisheries management; environmental and aquatic stewardship education
Laura DeLind	Anthropology	delind@msu.edu	Sociolocultural change, sustainable agriculture, local food systems
Donald I. Dickmann	Forestry	dickman1@msu.edu	Silviculture and tree physiology
Tracy Dobson	Fisheries and Wildlife	dobson@msu.edu	International conservation policies; international fisheries management
Bryan K. Epperson	Forestry	epperson@msu.edu	Population genetics and forest genetics
Mohammed Faisel Abdel-Kariem	Fisheries and Wildlife	abdelka1@msu.edu	Fish health and marine diseases
Joe Fridgen	Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources	jfridgen@msu.edu	Tourist behavior and perception
Steven K. Friedman	Forestry	friedm69@msu.edu	Forest management and geographical information systems
Donald L. Garling	Fisheries and Wildlife	garlingd@msu.edu	Aquaculture, physiology and nutrition of fish, intensive culture systems
Lynne Goldstein	Anthropology	lynneg@msu.edu	Great Lakes archeology, North American archeology, quantitative methods
Richard Groop	Geography	groop@msu.edu	Land use planning, GIS system
Geoffrey B. Habron	Fisheries and Wildlife	habrong@msu.edu	Community-based adaptive watershed management; geographic information systems; fishery management; participatory action research
Daniel B. Hayes	Fisheries and Wildlife	hayesdan@msu.edu	Fish habitat, fisheries statistics, fish population dynamics
Donald Holecek	Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources	dholecek@msu.edu	Tourism marketing, Great Lakes region tourist travel & perceptions
Margaret Holman	Anthropology	n/a	Cultural ecology, subsistence and settlement, Great Lakes
David I. Johnson	Fisheries and Wildlife	johnso76@msu.edu	Environmental issues; environmental education; waste management
Michael Jones	Fisheries and Wildlife	jonesm30@msu.edu	Great Lakes fisheries management; adaptive management and decision analysis; stream fish population ecology
Peter Kakela	Resource Development	kakela@msu.edu	Mining economics and impacts in Michigan and upper Midwest
Michael Kaplowitz	Resource Development	kaplowit@msu.edu	Environmental law, natural resource policy, natural resource valuation, exotic nuisance species in the Great Lakes
Larry A. Leefers	Forestry	leefers@msu.edu	Forest economics and planning
Ken Lewis	Anthropology	lewisk@msu.edu	Historical archeology, archeological methodology
Weiming Li	Fisheries and Wildlife	liweim@msu.edu	Fish physiology and chemical ecology; fish migratory and reproductive behavior; fish chemoreception
Jianguo Liu	Fisheries and Wildlife	liuji@msu.edu	Modeling and simulation for ecosystem/landscape management and biodiversity conservation, integration of ecological, economic and social factors
William Lovis	Anthropology	lovis@msu.edu	Ethnography, archaeology, settlement systems, analytic methods
Frank Lupi	Fisheries and Wildlife	lupi@msu.edu	Economics, non-market valuation, human dimensions
David Lusch	Geography	lusch@msu.edu	Remote sensing, GIS, natural resource management
Patricia Machemer	Geography	machemer@msu.edu	Land use changes, rural planning
Ed Mahoney	Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources	mahoneye@msu.edu	Commercial recreation, Great Lakes water-based businesses and users, impacts of Great Lakes water levels
Brian A. Maurer	Fisheries and Wildlife	maurerb@msu.edu	Wildlife ecology, biogeography and macroecology, quantitative ecology
Maureen H. McDonough	Forestry	mcdono10@msu.edu	Forest sociology and social forestry
Richard Merritt	Fisheries and Wildlife	merrittr@msu.edu	Ecology, immature aquatic insects; feeding behavior of filter feeding aquatic insects, biomonitoring of streams and rivers
Angela G. Mertig	Fisheries and Wildlife	mertig@msu.edu	Human dimensions of wildlife management; human attitudes about environmental issues
Kelly F. Millenbah	Fisheries and Wildlife	millenba@msu.edu	Ecological restoration; wildlife management of nongame species with an emphasis on threatened and endangered species
Mindy Morgan	Anthropology	morgan37@msu.edu	Linguistic anthropology
Charles Nelson	Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources	nelsonc@msu.edu	Dispersed recreation, resource based recreation policy, trails research
John Norder	Anthropology	norder@msu.edu	Archeology
Pat Norris	Resource Development	norrisp@msu.edu	Land use planning, economics of land use change
Jodie O’Gorman	Anthropology	n/a	Archeology
Richard Paulsen	Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources	paulsen@msu.edu	Rural recreation planning, recreation system administration
Scott Peacor	Fisheries and Wildlife	peacor@msu.edu	Aquatic ecologist, aquatic ecosystem modeling
R. Ben Peyton	Fisheries and Wildlife	peyton@msu.edu	Human aspects of resource management; public attitudes and behaviors; resource issue management
Karen Potter-Witter	Forestry	karen@msu.edu	Forest economics
Harold H. Prince	Fisheries and Wildlife	hhprince@msu.edu	Environmental and genetic interactions affecting reproduction and survival of waterfowl, wildlife response to wetland restoration
Dennis Propst	Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources	propst@msu.edu	Economic impact study, public participation, protected lands policy
Jiaguo Qi	Geography	qi@msu.edu	GIS systems, land use change
Shawn Riley	Fisheries and Wildlife	rileysh2@msu.edu	Wildlife population ecology; human dimensions of wildlife management; natural resource management systems
Orlando Sarnelle	Fisheries and Wildlife	sarnelle@msu.edu	Biological limnology, trophic interactions, plankton biology, experimental ecology, exotic species
Kim Scribner	Fisheries and Wildlife	scribne3@msu.edu	Population genetics of managed or exploited populations, development & application of molecular markers and methods for study of vertebrate population ecology
David Skole	Geography	skole@msu.edu	GIS, land use and ecosystem changes
Patricia A. Soranno	Fisheries and Wildlife	soranno@msu.edu	Limnology, nutrient cycling and ecosystem ecology
Daniel Stynes	Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources	stynes@msu.edu	Economic impact modeling
William W. Taylor	Fisheries and Wildlife	taylorw@msu.edu	Ecology, population dynamics, production, policy, and management of Great Lakes fishes
Michael Thomas	Resource Development	thoma180@msu.edu	Land use planning, agency decision making
Betty van der Smissen	Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources	vandersm@msu.edu	Environmental law, risk management
Gail Vander Stoep	Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources	vanders1@msu.edu	Cultural and maritime resource management, cultural tourism
J. Michael Vasievich	Forestry	mvasie@msu.edu	Adjunct associate professor – USDA Forest Service
Christine Vogt	Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources	vogtc@msu.edu	Tourism marketing, trails research, social science of fire
Robert Walker	Geography	rwalker@msu.edu	Deforestation, GIS systems, environmental impacts
Michael B. Walters	Forestry	mwalters@msu.edu	Forest ecology
Scott R. Winterstein	Fisheries and Wildlife	winterst@msu.edu	Ecology, ethology, and dynamics of wildlife populations; biometry
Scott Witter	Resource Development	witter@msu.edu	Watershed management, land use policy, water systems
Lois Wolfson	Fisheries and Wildlife	wolfson1@msu.edu	Lake and algal ecology; growth rates and buoyancy in blue-green algae in relation to light, temperature and carbon interactions