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

Name Department Email Areas of Interest
Ira R. Adelman Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology adelm001@umn.edu Environmental physiology of fishes, fisheries management, and aquaculture
E. Calvin Alexander Geology alexa001@umn.edu Karst environmental geohydrology; groundwater pollution problems in fractured aquifers; nonpoint source pollution problems; age and residence times of groundwaters; tracing of subsurface flow; isotope geohydrology
David E. Andersen Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
 ander199@umn.edu Impacts of human activity on wildlife populations, ecology and management of raptorial birds and other nongame wildlife, and ecology and conservation of wild birds
Dorothy H. Anderson Forest Resources dha@umn.edu Developing methods and procedures to implement benefits based management for recreation and non-recreation resources
Neil A. Anderson Plant pathology
 neila@umn.edu Forest pathology, hypoxylon resistance in aspen, mycorrhizae
Sandra Archibald Hubert H. Humphrey Institute
 sarch@umn.edu Public policy, water resources economics and policy, western water resources issues
Lori Arent Vet Medicine
 arent@umn.edu Captive-management of raptors
Mark E. Ascerno Jr Entomology
 mascerno@umn.edu Forest entomologyc forest and urban plant pest control
Richard Axler Natural Resources Research Institute-Center for Water and the Environment
 raxler@umn.edu Lake and water quality management and restoration; aquatic ecosystem responses to pollutants; nutrient cycling and food web dynamics
Franklin Barnwell Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 fhb@umn.edu Invertebrate behavior; circadian rhythms; adaptations of intertidal shorecrabs
Subhash Basak Natural Resources Research Institute-Center for Water and the Environment sbasak@d.umn.edu Computation al toxicology, molecular modeling
Marv Bauer Forest Resources
 mbauer@umn.edu Remote sensing inputs to inventory and analysis of natural resources
Mel Baughman Forest Resources
 baugh001@umn.edu Incentives for managing private forest lands
John Beatty Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 beatty@umn.edu History and philosophy of biology; conceptual and methodological problems in evolutionary biology and genetics; history of evolutionary biology and genetics
Robert A Blanchette Plant pathology
 robertb@umn.edu Forest pathology: forest and shade tree diseases
Charles R. Blinn Forest Resources
 cblinn@umn.edu Effects of environmental protection policies on timber harvesting practices
Paul V Bolstad Forest Resources
 pbolstad@umn.edu GIS in natural resource analysis, forest ecology, and spatial data analysis
Patrick Brezonik Civil Engineering, Water Resources Center
 brezo001@umn.edu Water quality; pollutant fate and transport; water chemistry; limnology; elemental cycling; effects of atmospheric contaminants on aquatic systems
Kenneth N. Brooks Forest Resources
 brook007@umn.edu Hydrologic response of natural and disturbed forested watersheds, wetlands and riparian systems
Terry Brown Natural Resources Research Institute-Center for Water and the Environment
 tbrown2@umn.edu Spatial aspects of ecosystems, and the application of computing and simulation techniques to enhance understanding of ecosystem behavior and conservation
Dwight Brown Geography
 dbrown@umn.edu Spatial and temporal variability of water resources; fluvial processes; simulation modeling; geographic information systems; water resources application of remote sensing; environmental change
Eric Brown Large Lakes Observatory etbrown@d.umn.edu Trace element geochemistry in lakes and rivers; cosmic ray exposure dating; climate history
Thomas E. Burk Forest Resources
 tburk@umn.edu Growth modeling and information delivery tools for ecosystem management
Stephen Carlson Minnesota Extension carls009@umn.edu Youth programs, environmental education, interpretation, extension
Anita F. Cholewa Bell Museum
 chole001@umn.edu Curator of Vascular Plants
Yosef Cohen Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
 cohen006@umn.edu Mathematical ecology, ecosystem conservation, system analysis; application of control theory; population modeling; GIS
James Cotner Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 cotne002@umn.edu Biological limnology and oceanography; biogeochemistry; microbial ecology
James Curtsinger Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 jwcurt@umn.edu Genetics of aging; Experimental and theoretical population genetics; frequency-dependent selection; fitness in Drosophila
Edward J. Cushing Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 cushing@umn.edu Ecology and paleoecology of vegetation and landscapes; phytogeography; Quaternary vegetation history of Minnesota and Indonesia; pollen and spore morphology and analysis
Francesca J. Cuthbert Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
 cuthb001@umn.edu Conservation and biology of small avian populations with particular interest in colonial waterbirds and shorebirds; recovery of endangered populations using an ecosystem perpective; forest bird conservation
Andrew David Forest Resources
 adavid@umn.edu Optimization of forest genetic resources through integration of tree improvement & silvicultural processes
Gary E. Duke Vet pathiobiology
 dukex001@umn.edu Avian physiology and digestive physiology
K William Easter Applied Economics
 easte001@umn.edu Water resource management; benefit/cost analysis; water pollution problems in the U.S. (r emphasis on agricultural pollution)
Dan L. Erkkila Forest Resources & Tourism Center
 erkkila@umn.edu Resource analysis, tourism
Lee Frelich Forest Resources
 freli001@umn.edu Forest ecology, natural disturbance, competition and stand development
David C. Fulton Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
 fulto012@umn.edu Human dimensions of fish and wildlife, natural resource policy, wildlife and fisheries planning, natural resource negotiation and decision processes, benefits-based management of fish and wildlife resources
Susan Galatowitsch Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
 galat001@umn.edu Wetland ecology; restoration ecology; landscape ecology
Daniel W Gilmore Forest Resources & NCES
 gilmo009@umn.edu Silvicutural systems
Prasanna Gowda Soil Water and Climate
 gowda001@umn.edu Watershed modeling using geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing technology
Jeff Gunderson Minnesota Sea Grant jgunder1@d.umn.edu Associate Director and Fisheries Specialist: Biology, Fisheries, Aquatic Nuisance Species, Aquaculture, Baitfish, Crayfish, Outreach
Satish C. Gupta Soil Water and Climate

 gupta002@umn.edu Water and contaminant transport through soil; hydrologic processes at the soil surface; frozen soil hydrology; preferential transport processes, erosion, water quality; land application of agricultural processing waste and waste water
Rocky Gutierrez Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
 gutie012@umn.edu Game bird ecology & evolution of galliforms; endangered specifies; habitat relationships of wildlife
Cindy Hagley Minnesota Sea Grant
 chagley@d.umn.edu Water quality, shoreland management, great lakes coastal environments, coastal resource use, facilitation, aquatic plant ecology and management, best management practices, wetland ecology, EPA criteria and standards
JoAnn Hanowski Natural Resources Research Institute-Center for Water and the Environment
 jhanowsk@umn.edu Avian ecology, forest management, ecological indicators
Jay T. Hatch Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology & Bell Museum
 hatch001@umn.edu Distribution and ecology of nongame fishes, conservation of native freshwater fishes, larval fish interactions; curator of Ichthyology; ecology of fishes, and evolution of life histories
Sarah Hobbie Ecology, Evolution and Behavior shobbie@umn.edu Ecosystem ecology, carbon and nutrient cycling, decomposition, species effects on ecosystem processes, plant-soil interactions
Howard M. Hoganson Forest Resources
 hogan001@umn.edu Management and economics: timber supply analysis, harvest scheduling, operations research
George Host Natural Resources Research Institute-Center for Water and the Environment
 ghost@umn.edu Landscape/forest ecology, biostatistics, modeling
Emi Ito Geology & Limnological Research Center
 eito@umn.edu Study of past climates and paleohydrology using proxy records preserved in lake sediments; interaction of groundwater with lakes and wetlands
Doug Jensen Sea Grant
 djensen1@d.umn.edu Exotic species; aquatic nuisance species, water quality and pollution, coastal resource management education, wastewater toxicity identification, freshwater invertebrate biology, biomonitoring
Lucinda Johnson Natural Resources Research Institute-Center for Water and the Environment
 ljohnson@umn.edu Bioindicators, amphibians, watersheds
Catherine Johnson Natural Resources Research Institute-Center for Water and the Environment
 cjohnso7@d.umn.edu Wetland/wildlife ecologist
Gerald W Johnson Civil Engineering
 johns018@umn.edu Surveying, mapping, and photogrammetry
Tom Johnson Geology & Large Lakes Observatory
 tcj@d.umn.edu Sedimentary processes in large lakes, paleoclimatology, seismic reflection profiling, side-scan sonar, geochemistry
Gary Johnson Forest Resources
 grjonson@umn.edu Woodland restoration projects
Carol A. Johnston Natural Resources Research Institute-Center for Water and the Environment
 koepk002@umn.edu Land/water interactions; GIS; erosion; non-point source pollution; beaver ponds; GPS. (NRRI-CWE)
Malcolm Jones - quantitative avian ecologist
Malcolm Jones Natural Resources Research Institute
 jones160@umn.edu or tjones@nrri.umn.edu Quantitative avian ecologist
Peter Jordan Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
 sbme@umn.edu Ecology &management of mammalian herbivores; impacts of herbivores on natural plant communities
Anne R. Kapuscinski Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
 kapus001@umn.edu Fish conservation genetics, sustainable aquaculture, biotechnology environmental issues, policies for environmental sustainability
Mike Kilgore Forest Resources mkilgore@umn.edu Natural resources economics; economic and policy analysis, forest land valuation and taxation
Jennifer King Ecology, Evolution and Behavior jyking@umn.edu Biogeochemistry, Earth system science, environmental change, isotope geochemistry, plant-soil-atmosphere interactions
John Kingston Natural Resources Research Institute-Center for Water and the Environment
 jkingsto@umn.edu Diatom taxonomy and ecology; water quality assessment; quality assurance/quality control of biological data; Great Lakes ecology; paleolimnology; lake acidification, wetlands ecology; stream ecology
John Koepke Landscape Architecture
 koepk002@umn.edu Native American perceptions and use of the landscape; Ecological design
Glenn Kreag Sea Grant
 gkreag@d.umn.edu Recreation and Tourism Specialist; Great Lakes Recreation and Tourism, Recreation/Tourism Education Programs, Community Tourism Development, Sustainable Tourism, Hospitality Training for Local Communities
Rebecca Krinke Landscape Architecture
 rjkrinke@umn.edu Public land art; Memorial places
Vilis Kurmis Forest Resources (612) 624-6726 Ecology
Scott M. Lanyon Bell & Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 lanyo001@umn.edu Biochemical systematics; evolution of mating systems; avian behavioral and vocal repertoires; phylogeny reconstruction; teaching
Diane Larson Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 larso268@umn.edu Ecological effects of alien plants in grassland ecosystems
Clarence Lehman Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 lehman@umn.edu Theoretical ecology and computation in biology; biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; habitat restoration
Barb Liukkonen Sea Grant
 liukk001@umn.edu Education Coordinator; water quality, limnology, drinking water, septic systems, urban runoff, groundwater, shoreland management, nonpoint pollution, environmental education, atmospheric deposition
M.S. Martell Vet Medicine
 marte006@umn.edu Wildlife management, satellite and conventional radio-telemetry
Brian D. May Physics & Large Lakes Observatory
 bmay@d.umn.edu Dynamics of small-scale horizontal and vertical mixing processes, effects of mixing on the thermal structure of lakes and the thermohaline structure of oceans, polar oceanography
Georgiana May Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 gmay@umn.edu Evolution of host/microbe interactions, molecular evolution and genome organization of plant resistance to pathogens, fungal population genetics
Joseph M. Mayasich Natural Resources Research Institute jmayasic@nrri.umn.edu Ecotoxicology, ecological risk assessment, plant physiological ecology and conservation biology
Leo H. McAvoy, Jr Park & Leis Studies
 mcavo001@umn.edu Management of outdoor recreation
Joseph McFadden Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 mcfadden@umn.edu Global and regional ecology; Land-atmosphere interactions; Earth system science
James McManus Large Lakes Observatory jmcmanus@d.umn.edu  Cycling of organic carbon; sediment geochemistry of paleo-proxies; watershed geochemistry; paleoclimate/paleoceanography
Robert Megard Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 megar001@umn.edu Limnology; photosynthetic activity of algae; abundance and spatial distribution of zooplankton
Merle Meyer Forest Resources (612) 624-6726 Remote sensing
Kristine Miller Landscape Architecture
 mille407@umn.edu Public space as a reflection of political process
Ronald Moen Natural Resources Research Institute-Center for Water and the Environment
 rmoen@umn.edu Vertebrate studies, ecology, mammalogy
Carl Mohn Forest Resources mohnx001@umn.edu Genetics and forest tree improvement
Howard Mooers Geology & WRS
 hmooers@d.umn.edu Hydrogeology of glacial sedimentary environments; sedimentology, stratigraphy, and glacial landform genesis; spatial distribution of recharge;surface water/groundwater interaction; isotopic composition of glacial meltwater
Patrice Morrow Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 morrow@umn.edu Community ecology; interactions of plants
Bruce Munson Sea Grant
 bmunson@d.umn.edu Marine Educator; curriculum development, science and environmental education, water quality, native american resource issues, teacher inservice programming, environmental monitoring programs, technology
Lance Neckar Landscape Architecture
 necka001@umn.edu Evolution of Modernism in Landscape Architecture; Urban design for transit systems; Redevelopment of urban brownfield sites
Kristen Nelson Forest Resources kcn@umn.edu Environmental change, human systems, community participation/development/outreach, minority studies, environmental management, policy, dispute resolution; conservation and sustainable development, community forestry and agroforestry
Claudia Neuhauser Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 neuha001@umn.edu Theoretical ecology; role of space in community dynamics; theoretical population genetics; coalescent theory
Raymond M. Newman Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
 newma004@umn.edu Aquatic ecology and fisheries management
John L Nieber Biosystems & Ag Engineering
 nieber@umn.edu Hydrologic modeling; groundwater quality; multiphase flow and transport in porous media; drainage of agricultural lands
Gerald Niemi Natural Resources Research Institute-Center for Water and the Environment
 gniemi@umn.edu Avian ecology, biostatistics, sustainable development of natural resources
Karen Oberhauser Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 oberh001@umn.edu Behavioral ecology, with an emphasis on sexual selection and male reproductive investment
Jacek Oleksyn Forest Resources
 oleks001@umn.edu Ecophysiology and population genetics
Craig Packer Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 packe001@umn.edu Evolution of cooperative behavior; conflicting reproductive strategies of males and females; comparative mammalian reproductive strategies
Gary N Parker Civil Engineering & St. Anthony Falls Lab
 parke002@umn.edu River mechanics and sediment transport
John Pastor UMD-Natural Resources Research Institute-Center for Water and the Environment
 jpastor@umn.edu Analysis of northern ecosystems, climate change, boreal forests nutrient cycling
James A. Perry Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
 jperry@umn.edu Management of forest water quality in a landscape perspective
Hans-Olaf Pfannkuch Geology & Geophysics
 h2olafpf@umn.edu Contaminant hydrology; hazardous wastes and hydrocarbons; transport phenomena in porous media; groundwater vulnerability and risk assessment; wellhead protection
David G. Pitt Landscape Architecture
 pittx001@umn.edu Development of decision-support systems for sustainable planning and design in the exurban and rural landscape; Perceived landscape values and their integration into regional landscape design
Stephen Polasky Ag Economics and  Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 polas004@umn.edu Ecological/environmental economics, biodiversity conservation and endangered species policy
Anne Pusey Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 pusey001@umn.edu Behavioral ecology; parent-offspring interaction; sex differences in development; dispersal patterns; mating systems
Elise A. Ralph Physics & Large Lakes Observatory
 eralph@umn.edu Geophysical fluid dynamics, circulation of large lakes, mesoscale eddy processes
Patrick T. Redig Vet Medicine redig001@umn.edu Veterinary medicine, surgery, toxicology-especially lead poisoning in eagles and condors
Philip Regal Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 regal001@umn.edu Evolutionary mechanisms and patterns; physiological ecology; tropical ecology; implications of genetic engineering; human ecology and evolution
Peter Reich Forest Resources
 preich@umn.edu Forest responses to environmental change: an approach to multiple interactions
Carl Richards Sea Grant
 crichard@d.umn.edu Stream ecosystems, ecological criteria for watersheds, stream restoration, Eurasian Ruffe, biocriteria for estuaries and streams, Great Lakes Lake Trout spawning habitat, aquatic ecology, GIS for fisheries and aquatic ecosystem management
R Douglas Ricketts Large Lakes Observatory ricketts@d.umn.edu Stable isotope gechemistry and paleoclimate
C. Ford Runge Ag Economics
 runge001@umn.edu Natural resource economics, common property, export policy, environmental benefits analysis
Ingrid Schneider Forest Resources ingridss@umn.edu Human dimensions of natural resources with a focus on visitor perceptions, attitudes, behaviors, conflict, and constraints; recreation and tourism planning; nature-based tourism
Steven Seybold Forest Resources sseybold@umn.edu Forest entomology, insect plant interactions, chemical ecology
Ruth Shaw Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 shawx016@umn.edu Evolutionary quantitative genetics; plant population biology
Andrew M. Simons Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology & Bell
 simon060@umn.edu North American freshwater fish systematics, theory and practice of phylogenetic systematics using morphological and molecular data, evolution of complex morphological character systems; curator of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles
Donald B. Siniff Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 sinif001@umn.edu Population dynamics of large mammals; quantitative and population ecology
James L. David Smith Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
 smith017@umn.edu Biology and conservation of Asian mammals, conservation data bases, ecosystem management, and population genetic structure
John Sorenson Physics Department jsorense@d.umn.edu Environmental mercury contamination
Peter W. Sorensen Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
 soren003@umn.edu Physiology and behavior of fish, chemoreception, fish reproductive biology, pheromone function, application of natural odorants to the management of wild and cultured fish, integrated pest management
George R. Spangler Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
 spang001@umn.edu Population dynamics of fish in large lake systems, Native American fish and wildlife management, and biochronology of fishes
Anthony M. Starfield Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 starf001@umn.edu Modeling in conservation biology and resource management
David Stephens Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 steph031@umn.edu Experimental games; spatially-explicit models of feeding behavior; evolutionary models of neural systems
Robert Sterner Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 stern007@umn.edu Limnology; plankton ecology; food webs; aquatic biogeochemistry; nutrient dynamics
Robert A Stine Forest Resources & Cloquet
 rstine@umn.edu Forest Tree Improvement Specialist
Ed Sucoff Forest Resources sucof001@umn.edu Physiology, stress physiology, nutrient/water interactions, forest decline
Deborah Swackhamer Environmental & Occupational Health
 dswack@umn.edu Fate and transport of hydrophobic organic contaminants; fate of pesticides; bioaccumulation in aquatic food webs; environmental analytical chemistry
Edward B. Swain Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
 swain006@umn.edu Effects of air pollution on lakes, fish and wildlife
Carol Swenson Landscape Architecture & DCAUL
 swens029@umn.edu Landscape architecture, urban design, urban sprawl
Michael Sydor Physics
 msydor@d.umn.edu Remote sensing of coastal zone waters; optical properties of suspended particulate; numerical modeling of mass transport and heat budget; hydrodynamics
Robert Sykes Landscape Architecture
 sykes002@umn.edu Role of water and water management in the land development process; Development and use of water quality cooperatives to provide sanitary sewer service in rural areas; Redevelopment of urban brownfield sites
Steven J. Taff Ag Economics
 sjtaff@umn.edu Agricultural industries and marketing, natural resource economics and policy
G. David Tilman Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 tilman@umn.edu Ecological effects of human domination of the earth; population ecology and theory of community dynamics and biodiversity; role of resource competition; biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; effect of habitat destruction
Bruce C. Vondracek Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
 vondr001@umn.edu Fish community ecology and stream ecology
Nigel J. Wattrus Large Lakes Observatory
 nwattrus@d.umn.edu Marine geophysics: acoustic remote sensing of lake basins using high-resolution, digital, seismic reflection profiling and multi-beam bathymetric systems
Cliff Wetmore Plant Biology & Bell Museum
 wetmore@umn.edu Curator of cryptogram
Xiwei Yin Large Lakes Observatory
 yinxx005@umn.edu Forest ecology, modeling, and oak regeneration
Marie Zhuikov Sea Grant
 mzhuikov@d.umn.edu Communications Coordinator; science journalism, communications leadership, marketing, public relations, media relations, web site development, publications
Robert Zink Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
 zinkx003@umn.edu Evolution, biogeography, and molecular systematics of birds at the population and species level