Natural Resources and Earth System Science Ph.D. Students
Current students as of Fall 2009
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| Student Name | Home Department | Advisor | Dissertation Topic or Title |
| Tim Algeo | Earth Oceans and Space | Michael Palace | |
| Johnathan Kelvin Alie | Natural Resources and the Environment |
Kelly Giraud Cullen | Environmental Economics |
| Sarah Andrews | Natural Resources and the Environment | Serita Frey | |
| Deana Aulisio | Civil and Environmental Engineering / Environmental Research Group |
Kevin Gardner | Social Impacts of Consumer Products: Developing a Hotspot Database to Quantify Risks and Opportunities Throughout Supply Chains |
| Julie Barkman | Earth Sciences |
Julie Bryce | Isotopic consequences on magmatic processes due to partial melting |
| Elizabeth Burakowski | Earth Oceans and Space/Earth Sciences | Cameron Wake | Wintertime Climate Change in the Northeastern United States |
| Cynthia Carlson | Civil and Environmental Engineering / Environmental Research Group |
Kevin Gardner | Building Stronger Communities--Measuring and Understanding Sustainability and Resiliency in Local Transportation and Built Environment Infrastructure Design |
| Tom Cawthern | Earth Sciences | Joel Johnson | Geochemical Contraints on the Evolution of the Sumatran-Andaman Arc During the Last ~10 Ma |
| Jay Clausen | Civil and Environmental Engineering / Environmental Research Group |
Kevin Gardner | |
| Peter Conklin | Natural Resources and the Environment | John Carroll | Sustainability Curriculum for Community Colleges |
| Alexandra Contosta* | Natural Resources and the Environment |
Serita Frey | Soils Exposed to Simultaneous Warming and Nitrogen Additions: Seasonal Patterns, Biogeochemical Cycling, and Microbial Community Structure and Function |
| John Coon* | Natural Resources and the Environment |
Mimi Becker | You Can Get There from Here: Toward an Integrated Ecosystem Approach to the Management of the Gulf of Maine |
| Chelsea Corr | EOS/Earth Sciences | Jack Dibb | |
| Stephanie Coster | Natural Resources and the Environment | Kim Babbitt | |
| Jamie Cournane* | Natural Resources and the Environment and Ocean Process Analysis Lab |
Andy Rosenberg | Spatial management of groundfish resources in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank |
| Dorn Cox | Natural Resources and the Environment | Kelly Giraud Cullen | Distributed Energy Economics |
| Cassiano D'Almeida | Earth Sciences/Complex Systems Research Center | Charles Vorösmarty | |
| Shannon Davis | Climate Change Research Center |
Robert Talbot | Coastal Boundary Layer Dynamics and Continental Outflow |
| Katelyn Dolan | Natural Resources and the Environment and Complex Systems Research Center | George Hurtt | |
| Sonke Dornblut | Natural Resources and the Environment | John Carroll | |
| Stephen Eayrs | Ocean Process Analysis Lab | Chris Glass | |
| Alyson Eberhardt* | Natural Resources and the Environment and Jackson Estuarine Lab |
Dave Burdick Michelle Dionne |
Wetland restoration |
| Fernando Espírito-Santo* | Complex Systems Research Center |
Michael Keller | Detection of Mortality in Tropical Forests Using Remote Sensing: From Treefall Gaps to Large Disturbances |
| Débora Figueroa-Nieves* | Natural Resources and the Environment |
Bill McDowell | Impacts of Sewage Effluents on Tropical Streams in Puerto Rico |
| Meghan Graham | Natural Resources and the Environment | Russ Congalton | |
| Justin Fisk | Natural Resources and the Environment and Complex Systems Research Center | George Hurtt | Modeling and Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| Deborah Goodwin* | Ocean Process Analysis Lab | Ru Morrison | Seasonal Variations in Phytoplankton Production of Mycosporine-like Amino Acids (MAAs) |
| John Herrmann | Natural Resources and the Environment | John Carroll | |
| Jonathan Higgins | Environmental Engineering |
Kevin Gardner | The Iron Cycle and Shunting of Arsenic and Phosphate |
| Daniel Hocking | Natural Resources and the Environment | Kim Babbitt | The role of amphibians in food webs and ecosystems |
| James Houle | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Kevin Gardner | |
| Maria Hunter | Complex Systems Research Center | Michael Keller | Lidar Remote Sensing of Amazonian Forest Structure |
| Gong-Do Hwang | Climate Change Research Center |
Robert Talbot | Atmospheric Chemistry |
| Patricia Jarema | Natural Resources and the Environment | John Halstead | |
| Julian Jenkins | Complex Systems Research Center |
Scott Ollinger | Scaling Ecosystem Productivity Using Remote Sensing And Biogeochemical/Radiative Transfer Modeling |
| Brad Johnson* | Natural Resources and the Environment | Mimi Becker | Identifying human community adaptations to rapid ecosystem change as a result of global warming in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem |
| Melissa Kalicin | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Kevin Gardner | |
| Eric Kelsey | Complex Systems Research Center | Cameron Wake | Reconstruction of Past Alaska-region Climate Using Ice Cores |
| Neil Kessler | Natural Resources and the Environment | John Carroll | Experiential environmental education focused on the relationship between people and place |
| Su Youn Kim* | Climate Change Research Center |
Robert Talbot | U.S. Outflow and Mercury Chemistry |
| Emily Klein | Natural Resources and the Environment and Ocean Process Analysis Lab | Andy Rosenberg | Understanding long-term change in Gulf of Maine marine ecosystem structure and dynamics |
| Tzu-Ling Lai | Climate Change Research Center |
Robert Talbot | Atmospheric Chemistry |
| Jillian Lennartz | Earth Sciences/EOS | Linda Kalnejais | |
| Dovev Levine | Political Science |
Stacy VanDeveer | Exploring The Links Between Climate Change, Bottom-up Policy Approaches, And University Climate Actions |
| Fabienne Lord-Fonseca* | Natural Resources and the Environment |
Rob Robertson | Ex-post Audit Analysis and Social Impact Assessment: the Case of New England Fishery Management |
| Matthew Magnusson | Management | Ross Gittell | |
| Mashkoor Malik* | Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping |
Larry Mayer | Multibeam Sonar Data Processing |
| Catherine Marzin | Natural Resources and the Environment and Ocean Process Analysis Lab | Andy Rosenberg | Marine Historical Ecology |
| Kalle Matso | Natural Resources and the Environment |
Mimi Becker | Linking federally funded research to coastal decision making: How we can maximize societal use of new knowledge and tools |
| Shelley Mitchell | Whittemore School of Business and Economics | Michael Merenda | Corporate Social Responsibility with an Emphasis on Environmental Stewardship |
| Nathaniel Morse | Natural Resources and the Environment/ | Bill McDowell / Wil Wollheim | |
| Laura Nagy | Natural Resources and the Environment | Tom Lee | Ecology of Northern Forest Communities |
| Luci Nascimento* | Natural Resources and the Environment |
Mimi Becker | The Long Journey to become the " River of National Unity ": The São Francisco River Basin from 1940 to Today and the Interactions of Environment, Government, Law, and Citizens. |
| Alyssa Novak* | Jackson Estuarine Laboratory |
Fred Short | Leaf-reddening in Seagrasses: A Response to Global Climate Change? |
| Philip Nuss | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Kevin Gardner | Comparative Systems Analysis of Thermochemical and Biochemical Recycling of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) towards Industrial Feedstocks |
| Chato Osio* | Natural Resources and the Environment and Ocean Process Analysis Lab |
Andy Rosenberg | Marine Policy |
| Andrew Ouimette | EOS | Erik Hobbie | |
| Amanda Plagge* | Ocean Process Analysis Lab | Doug Vandemark | Ocean Winds |
| Arthur Powers* | Natural Resources and the Environment |
Mimi Becker | Agrarian Reform and Sustainable Rural Development in Brazil. |
| Jonathan Pundsack* | Earth Sciences/Complex Systems Research Center |
Charles Vorösmarty | Science Policy Related to Arctic Hydrology |
| Shivanesh Rao | Ocean Process Analysis Lab | James Pringle | The Interaction of Estuarine Circulation and Wind-Driven Shelf Circulation |
| Alesia Read | Natural Resources and the Environment | Troy Hartley | Cooperative Fisheries Research |
| Mary Robertson* | Natural Resources and the Environment
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Kelly Giraud | Social Capital as a Sustainability Measure in the Lamprey River Watershed: Can Social Capital Predict Water Quality? |
| Jeff Rogers | Earth Sciences |
Larry Ward | Assessment of salt marsh restoration using modeling and remote sensing |
| Shannon Rogers | Civil Engineering/ Natural Resources and the Environment | Kevin Gardner John Halstead | Sustainable Planning and Development |
| Lina M Saavedra Díaz | Natural Resources and the Environment and Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory |
Bill McDowellAndy Rosenberg | Towards Colombian Artisanal Marine Fisheries Management |
| Jeff Schloss | Natural Resources and the Environment |
Bill McDowell | Determinants and Indicators of Lake Productivity: Lessons Learned from a Multi-basin Lake |
| Kabindra Shakya | Climate Change Research Center |
Rob Griffin | Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation |
| Melissa Smith* | Earth Sciences |
Julie Bryce Matt Davis |
Tracking the Fate and Transport of Atmospheric Trace Metal Inputs through the Hydrologic Cycle Using Radiogenic Isotopes. |
| Martha Sunderland | Natural Resources and the Environment | John Carroll | Rural Transportation Issues |
| Robert Swarthout | Climate Change Research Center |
Barkley Sive | Atmospheric fluxes of trace gases involved in climate feedback cycles |
| Mimi Szeto | Earth Sciences/EOS/Ocean Process Analysis Lab | Janet Campbell | |
| Peter Tardie* | Natural Resources and the Environment |
Barry Rock | Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems; Land cover change detection analyses |
| Elena Traister* | Natural Resources and the Environment | Bill McDowell | Effects of physical and chemical disturbance on stream carbon cycling and biotic communities |
| Irina Trubetskova* | Natural Resources and the Environment |
John Carroll | From the biosphere to the noosphere: A challenge for educators in the age of the sustainability revolution (a conceptual model for universal eco-literacy) |
| Matt Vadeboncoeur | Complex Systems Research Center | Erik Hobbie | Mycorrhizal C allocation across a forest N availability gradient |
| Jessica Veysey | Natural Resources and the Environment | Kim Babbitt | Efficacy of Wetland Policies in the State of New Hampshire |
| Carol Fairfield Walsh | Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory |
Janet Campbell | Habitat characterization of marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico and western North Atlantic Oceans . |
| Erika Washburn* | Natural Resources and the Environment |
Andy Rosenberg | Watershed Based Land Use Decision-Making: |
| Michael Whigham | Natural Resources and the Environment | Robert Eckert | Educating for Sustainability |
| David Wilson | Natural Resources and the Environment | John Carroll | Environmental Education |
| Weike Yao | Natural Resources and the Environment | Bill McDowell | |
| Monica Wolfson | Earth Sciences and Ocean Engineering | Larry Mayer |
*At Candidacy: Student completed all coursework required by his/her committee, completed and orally defended the comprehensive exam and written and publically defended his/her proposal.