Program Faculty
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| Faculty/ Email | Department | Research Interests |
| John Aber john.aber@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment / Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space | Forest ecosystems, acid rain, modeling, agroecosystems |
| Eleanor Abrams eleanor.abrams@unh.edu |
Education | Science education reform, educational technology |
| Heidi Asbjornsen heidi.asbjornsen@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | Forest ecology |
| Semra Aytur semra.aytur@unh.edu |
Health Management and Policy | Relationships between policy, environment, and systems change to promote healthy behaviors and prevent chronic diseases |
| Kimberly J. Babbitt kbabbitt@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | Wildlife ecology, amphibian ecology; ecology of temporary aquatic systems |
| Mimi Larsen Becker mimi.becker@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | Natural resources and environmental policy |
| Margaret Boettcher margaret.boettcher@unh.edu |
Earth Sciences | Earthquake physics, rock mechanics, and frictional behavior of faults |
| Julie Bryce julie.bryce@unh.edu |
Earth Sciences | Applications of trace element and isotope geochemistry to lithospheric, hydrologic, atmospheric and biogeochemical processes |
| David Burdick david.burdick@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment and Jackson Estuarine Laboratory | Physiology and restoration ecology of marsh plants and sea grasses; cumulative impact management |
| Rosemarie Came rosemarie.came@unh.edu |
Earth Sciences | Paleoclimatology, with a specific interest in the forcings that initiate climate changes, and the mechanisms by which climatic signals propagate globally |
| John E. Carroll carroll@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | Ecological ethics and values, sustainable agriculture, food and energy sustainability |
| Michael Carter mike.carter@unh.edu |
Electrical & Computer Engineering | Ethical issues in resource allocation and use, and quantitative methods, policies, environmental values and ethics |
| William Clyde will.clyde@unh.edu |
Earth Sciences | Vertebrate Paleontology, Stratigraphy |
| Russell Congalton russ.congalton@unh.edu | Natural Resources and the Environment | Remote sensing and geographic information systems |
| J. Matthew Davis matt.davis@unh.edu |
Earth Sciences | Hydrogeology |
| Jack Dibb jack.dibb@unh.edu |
Earth Systems Research Center | Atmospheric Chemistry, Air-Snow Exchange |
| Kurk Dorsey kd@unh.edu |
History | U.S. foreign relations, environmental history, Canada |
| Mark Ducey mjducey@unh.edu |
Natural Resourcesand the Environment | Forest biometrics and management |
| Robert Eckert r.eckert@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | Systems Thinking in the Context of Sustainability, Nature-Based Education |
| Richard England rwe@cisunix.unh.edu |
Economics | Ecological economics, sustainable development, green taxation |
| Serita Frey serita.frey@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | Soil science, microbial ecology, ecosystem science |
| Stephen Frolking steve.frolking@unh.edu |
Earth Systems Research Center/Earth Sciences | Ecosystem modeling and carbon balance. |
| Kevin Gardner kevin.gardner@unh.edu |
Civil Engineering/ Environmental Research Group | Contaminant behavior in estuarine environments, contaminated sediment chemistry and management, trace chemical behavior in the environment. |
| Christopher Glass chris.glass@unh.edu |
Ocean Process Analysis Lab | Sustainable fisheries |
| Stuart Grandy stuart.grandy@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | Soil fertility and biogeochemistry |
| Curt Grimm curt.grimm@unh.edu |
The Carsey Institute | Rural community development; organizational and project strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation |
| John Halstead john.halstead@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | Solid waste management |
| Lawrence Hamilton lawrence.hamilton@unh.edu |
Sociology | Statistics, survey research, the Arctic |
| Joel Hartter joel.hartter@unh.edu |
Geography | Natural resource use in rural communities, human-environment interactions, protected areas, and land use/land cover change. |
| David Hiley david.hiley@unh.edu |
Philosophy | Ethics and environmental policy |
| Erik Hobbie erik.hobbie@unh.edu |
Earth Systems Research Center | Mycorrhizal fungi, isotopes, carbon and nitrogen cycling |
| Theodore Howard tehoward@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | Economics of natural resources |
| Jennifer Jacobs jennifer.jacobs@unh.edu |
Civil Engineering/Environmental Research Group | Surface water hydrology and land-surface water and energy dynamics |
| Joel Johnson joel.johnson@unh.edu |
Earth Sciences | Marine geology, sedimentology |
| Paul Johnson pcj@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | Insect ecology and integrated pest management of forest insects |
| Linda Kalnejais linda.kalnejais@unh.edu |
Earth Sciences | sediment geochemistry, trace-metal chemistry, coastal oceanography, acid-mine drainage |
| Nancy Kinner nancy.kinner@unh.edu |
Civil Engineering/ Environmental Research Group | Bioremediation of contaminated subsurface environments and more generally, environmental microbiology |
| Paul Kirshen Paul.Kirshen@unh.edu |
Civil Engineering/ Environmental Research Group | |
| Adrienne Kovach adrienne.kovach@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | Molecular ecology, population biology and conservation genetics of vertebrates |
| Jo Laird jl@cisunix.unh.edu |
Earth Sciences | Metamorphic Petrology |
| Richard Lammers richard.lammers@unh.edu |
Water Systems Analysis Group | Hydrological cycle and human influences |
| Thomas Lee tom.lee@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | Community and physiological ecology |
| Changsheng Li changsheng.li@unh.edu |
Earth Systems Research Center | Carbon and nitrogen biogeochemistry and modeling |
| Joseph Licciardi joe.licciardi@unh.edu |
Earth Sciences | Glacial Geology |
| Anne Lightbody anne.lightbody@unh.edu |
Earth Sciences | Flow and transport within surface water systems, including rivers, streams, lakes, fresh-water wetlands, and salt-water marshes |
| Bruce Lindsay bruce.lindsay@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | Marine economics, freshwater economics, non-market valuation of natural resources |
| John Litvaitis john@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | Population dynamics, landscape ecology and conservation biology |
| Marian Litvaitis m.litvaitis@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | Biodiversity, phylogenetics, and connectivity of marine invertebrates; conservation genetics of vertebrates |
| Mary Martin mary.martin@unh.edu |
Earth Systems Research Center | Hyperspectral remote sensing |
| Larry Mayer larry@ccom.unh.edu |
Earth Sciences, Ocean Engineering | Ocean Mapping |
| William McDowell bill.mcdowell@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | Land use and water quality, biogeochemical cycles |
| Michael Merenda mmerenda@christa.unh.edu |
Management | Strategic management, entrepreneurship, international business and SME competitiveness |
| Samuel B. Mukasa sam.mukasa@unh.edu |
Dean of CEPS Earth Sciences |
Petrology, Geochemistry and Geochronology |
| Scott Ollinger scott.ollinger@unh.edu |
Earth Systems Research Center | Forest ecology, nutrient cycling, air pollution impacts on forest ecosystems, modeling |
| Michael Palace palace@guero.sr.unh.edu |
Earth Systems Research Center | Tropical forest ecology and structure |
| Peter Pekins pete.pekins@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | Ecological energetics of wildlife |
| Jonathan Pennock jonathan.pennock@unh.edu |
Marine Program and Natural Resources and the Environment | Estuarine and Coastal Phytoplankton Ecology and Nutrient Biogeochemistry |
| James Pringle jpringle@cisunix.unh.edu |
Earth Sciences and Ocean Process Analysis Lab | Physical Oceanography |
| Robert Robertson rob.robertson@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | Human dimensions in natural resources management, sustainable tourism development |
| Rebecca J. Rowe rebecca.rowe@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | Vertebrate Community Ecology, Landscape Ecology,
Impacts of Land Use and Climate Change, Ecosystem Sustainability, Historical Ecology |
| Thomas Safford tom.safford@unh.edu |
Sociology | Analyzing inter-organizational relationships and understanding the roles different public and private sector organizations play in environmental management |
| Joseph E. Salisbury | Ocean Process Analysis Lab/Earth Sciences | Characterize distributions of carbon dioxide, air-sea carbon exchange, acidification and productivity in riverine-influenced coastal regions, developing methods for understanding community productivity dynamics and plume detection using satellite ocean color data |
| Annette Schloss annette.schloss@unh.edu |
Earth Systems Research Center | Global climate change, earth science education and outreach through web-based resources, aquatic ecosystems, including remote sensing of freshwater resources |
| Fredrick Short fred.short@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment and Jackson Estuarine Laboratory | Ecology of marine plants ecosystems |
| Richard G. Smith richard.smith@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | Agroecology, sustainable agricultural systems, weed ecology and management, functional role of biological diversity in agroecosystems, plant invasions, community ecology |
| Stacia Sower sasower@unh.edu |
Center for Molecular and Comparative Endocrinology | Molecular & biochemical endocrinology & neuroendocrinology integrates a system approach that includes multidisciplinary, comparative, genomics, neuroendocrine, physiological, biochemical and molecular studies |
| Michael Swack michael.swack@unh.edu |
Economics and The Carsey Institute | Development finance, community development, economic development and microfinance |
| Douglas Vandemark doug.vandemark@unh.edu |
Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory | Air-sea interaction and ocean remote sensing |
| Stacy VanDeveer stacy.vandeveer@unh.edu |
Political Science | Global and regional environmental politics and policymaking; the role of expertise is policy making; European and North American environmental politics. |
| Ruth Varner ruth.varner@unh.edu |
Earth Systems Research Center | Trace gas measurements of methyl bromide and carbon dioxide |
| Cameron Wake cameron.wake@unh.edu |
Earth Systems Research Center/Earth Sciences | Ice Chemistry, Glaciology, Air Quality and Human Health Interactions |
| Larry Ward larry.ward@unh.edu |
Earth Sciences | Coastal Geology, Sedimentation |
| Wil Wollheim wil.wollheim@unh.edu |
Water Systems Analysis Group and Earth Systems Research Center | Watershed nutrient and carbon dynamics, Aquatic ecosystems, Watershed and ecosystem modeling |
| Jingfeng Xiao j.xiao@unh.edu |
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space | Terrestrial carbon cycle, remote sensing, ecological modeling, disturbances, vegetation dynamics, land cover/land use change, and human-environment interactions |
| Affiliate Faculty/ Email | Department | Research Interests |
| Janet Campbell janet.campbell@unh.edu |
Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory/Earth Sciences | Remote sensing of phytoplankton pigments and primary productivity in the ocean, optics of the ocean |
| John Campbell jlcampbell@fs.fed.us |
U.S. Forest Service | Biogeochemical cycling, water quality, forest ecosystems |
| Andrew Cooper andrew.cooper@unh.edu |
Natural Resources and the Environment | The development and application of statistical and mathematical methods to explore ecological processes and natural resource management |
| Mark Fahnestock mark.fahnestock@unh.edu |
Earth Systems Research Center | Glaciology of large ice sheets, remote sensing of ice and snow. |
| Ross Gittell ross.gittell@unh.edu |
Whittemore School of Business & Economics | Climate, health and the economy and sustainable development |
| Richard Hallett rah@unh.edu |
U.S. Forest Service | Forest nutrient cycling, remote sensing, forest health, regional studies |
| Pingguo He pingguo.he@unh.edu |
Ocean Process Analysis Lab | Fisheries management |
| David Hollinger davidh@cisunix.unh.edu |
U.S. Forest Service | Forest-atmosphere interactions, global policy change |
| George Hurtt george.hurtt@unh.edu |
Earth Systems Research Center/Natural Resources and the Environment | Theory and application of community and ecosystem ecology; global change |
| Michael Keller michael.keller@unh.edu |
Earth Systems Research Center | Effects of land use change and agricultural intensification in Central and South America on ecosystems and the control of atmospheric chemistry and composition |
| John G.W. Kelley john.kelley@noaa.gov john.kelley@unh.edu |
NOAA/National Ocean Service at NOAA-UNH Joint Hydrographic Center | GIS-based web mapping and coastal, estuarine, and Great Lakes oceanographic forecast modeling systems |
| Rakesh Minocha rminocha@hopper.unh.edu |
USDA Forest Service | Acid rain, stress physiology, biochemical stress indicators, forest health |
| Barrett Rock barry.rock@unh.edu |
Earth Systems Research Center | Remote sensing and forest damage, pollution damage in conifer forests |
| Andrew Rosenberg andy.rosenberg@unh.edu |
Ocean Process Analysis Lab/Natural Resources and the Environment | Marine policy |
| Barkley Sive bcs@gust.sr.unh.edu |
Earth Systems Research Center | Trace gas measurements, local and regional air quality |
| Robert Talbot robert.talbot@unh.edu |
Earth Systems Research Center | Atmospheric Chemistry |
| Charles Vorosmarty cvorosmarty@ccny.cuny.edu |
CUNY Environmental Crossroads Initiative | Development of computer models and geospatial data sets used in synthesis studies of the interactions among the water cycle, climate, biogeochemistry and anthropogenic activities |
