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EFB Directory
| Faculty and Staff | Office | Phone (315 Area code) |
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| Abrahamson, Lawrence, Senior Research Associate PhD, University Of Wisconsin Colleges, 1969; MS, University Of Wisconsin Colleges, 1967; entomology, pathology, pesticides, vegetation management, forest insects | 126 Illick Hall | 470-6777/470-6742 | labrahamson@esf.edu |
| Adams, Kim, Director, Tree Pest Information Service MS, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1994; MS, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1993; | 125 Illick Hall | 470-6751/470-6745 | kbadams@esf.edu |
| Beier, Colin, Research Associate PhD, University Of Alaska Fairbanks, 2007; MS, Virginia Tech, 2002; systems ecology, forest landscapes, social-ecological systems, climate change, ecosystem services, landscape change modeling, resilience, adaptive management, resource governance, applied geoinformatics | 311 Bray Hall | 470-6578 | cbeier@esf.edu |
| Castello, John, Professor PhD, University Of Wisconsin Colleges, 1978; MS, Washington State University, 1976; plant virology, viruses and mycoplasma in urban and forest tree decline, forest pathology, microbiology, insect vectors | 332 Illick Hall | 470-6789 | jdcastello@esf.edu |
| Cohen, Jonathan, Assistant Professor wildlife ecology and management, population and habitat ecology, threatened and endangered species | 246 Illick Hall | 470-6760 | jcohen14@esf.edu |
| Dovciak, Martin, Assistant Professor PhD, University Of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2001; plant ecology, forest ecology, biodiversity, global change ecology, spatial ecology, ecosystem management & restoration, plant diversity | 459 Illick Hall | 470-6749/470-6743 | mdovciak@esf.edu |
| Ettinger, Terry, Greenhouse Manager MS, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1984; | 529 Illick Hall | 470-6772/470-6760 | tlettinger@esf.edu |
| Farrell, John, Associate Professor PhD, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1998; MS, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1991; riverine fish ecology, freshwater coastal wetlands, great lakes, fisheries science & management, aquatic ecology, wetlands restoration, st. lawrence river studies, invasive species, zooplankton ecology | 250 Illick Hall | 470-6990/315-686-4300 | jmfarrell@esf.edu |
| Fernando, Danilo, Associate Professor PhD, University of Alberta, 1996; PhD, University of Alberta, 1995; MS, University of The Philippines, 1986; plant reproductive biology, plant structure and development, in vitro fertilization in conifers, pollen transformation, genomics and proteomics of pollen tube development, willow flowering and genomics, genetic diversity, rare and endangered plants, plant reproductive biology, plant development, plant diversity | 461 Illick Hall | 470-6790 | fernando@esf.edu |
| Fierke, Melissa, Assistant Professor PhD, University Of Arkansas, 2006; MS, Oregon State University, 2002; forest entomology, forest ecology, invasive forest pests, insect-tree interactions, tree defenses | 135 Illick Hall | 470-6809/470-6743 | mkfierke@esf.edu |
| Folta, Elizabeth, Assistant Professor natural history & interpretation, informal biology education, environmental education. | 356 Illick Hall | 470-4938/470-6760 | efolta@esf.edu |
| Folta, Joseph Visiting Instructor | 226 Illick Hall | 470-4855 | jefolta@esf.edu |
| Frair, Jacqueline, Associate Professor PhD, University of Alberta, 2005; MS, University Of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 1999; vertebrate and landscape ecology, wildlife and landscape ecology, animal movements and habitat use, predator-prey interactions | 257 Illick Hall | 470-4905 | jfrair@esf.edu |
| Gibbs, James, Professor PhD, Yale University, 1995; MA, University Of Missouri-Columbia, 1988; herpetology, vertebrate conservation biology, genetics and ecology in birds, reptiles and amphibians, songbirds, giant tortoise, statistics, wildlife population monitoring, galapagos islands, conservation biology, ecological monitoring, population genetics, applied demography, undergraduate conservation education | 405 Illick Hall | 470-6764 | jpgibbs@esf.edu |
| Giegerich, Ronald Instructional Support Specialist | 215 Illick Hall | 470-6761/470-6743 | rjgieger@esf.edu |
| Horton, Thomas, Associate Professor PhD, University Of California-Berkeley, 1997; MA, San Francisco State University, 1992; mycorrhizal plant ecology, molecular ecology, ecology, fungal communities, mycology, fire ecology | 350 Illick Hall | 470-6743 | trhorton@esf.edu |
| Kapuscinski, Kevin, Principal Investigator Fish ecology, fisheries science and management, muskellunge, non-native fishes, Great Lakes connecting channels. | 304 Illick Hall | klkapusc@syr.edu | |
| Kimmerer, Robin, Professor PhD, University Of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983; PhD, University Of Wisconsin-Madison, 1982; MS, University Of Wisconsin-Madison, 1978; plant restoration ecology, bryology, bryoecology, restoration ecology, ethnobotany, conservation biology and bryophyte ecology, traditional ecological knowledge | 351 Illick Hall | 470-6785/470-6760 | rkimmer@esf.edu |
| Leopold, Donald, Distinguished Teaching Professor Chair and Distinguished Teaching Professor 12 PhD, Purdue University, 1984; MS, University Of Kentucky, 1981; forest and freshwater wetland ecology, conservation, and restoration, peatland ecology and conservation, local and regional controls of species richness and rarity, dynamics of plant communities as affected by man and environment, management for unique communities and rare species, dendrology, native plants, restoration ecology, rare species conservation | 242 Illick Hall | 470-6760 | djleopold@esf.edu |
| Limburg, Karin, Professor PhD, Cornell University, 1994; MS, University Of Florida, 1981; riverine fish and estuarine ecology, fisheries ecology, watershed ecology, systems ecology, ecological economics, fisheries and ecosystem science, coupled human-natural systems, biogeochemistry, fisheries ecology, ecosystem ecology, biogeochemical tracers, modeling | 249 Illick Hall | 470-6741 | klimburg@esf.edu |
| Lomolino, Mark, Professor PhD, Binghamton University, 1983; MS, University Of Florida, 1977; conservation biology, wildlife, ecology, evolution and biogeography | 240 Illick Hall | 470-6805 | island@esf.edu |
| McGee, Gregory, Assistant Professor PhD, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1998; MS, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1993; ecology, management and restoration of forest ecosystems, effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on northern hardwood forests, plant ecology | 146 Illick Hall | 470-6792/470-6760 | ggmcgee@esf.edu |
| McGrath, Kathleen, PhD, University Of Idaho, 2003; | 304 Illick Hall | 470-4814 | kmcgrath@esf.edu |
| McHale, Patrick, Instructional Support Specialist MS, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1996; | 203 Illick Hall | 470-6766 | pmchale@esf.edu |
| McMaster, Bridget, Instructional Support Specialist MS, Virginia Tech, 1982; MS, SUNY At Fredonia, 1980; | 402 Illick Hall | 470-6748 | bjmc@esf.edu |
| McNulty, Stacy, Research Associate MS, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1997; forest ecology, landscape ecology, long-term monitoring, and applied geographic information systems. focused on exploring long-term changes, biodiversity conservation in the northern forest, and impacts of recreation, development, and forest management in the adirondack mountains and northern forest, phenology, amphibians, beaver, songbirds, white-tailed deer, animal movements and habitat use, wildlife management | Newcomb | 518-582-4551 | smcnulty@esf.edu |
| Mitchell, Myron, Distinguished Professor PhD, University of Calgary, 1974; biogeochemistry, environmental energetics | 210 Illick Hall | 470-6766 | mitchell@syr.edu |
| Muller-Schwarze, Dietland, Professor Emeritus PhD, University of Freiburg, 1963; | 224 Illick Hall | 470-6801/470-6742 | dmullers@esf.edu |
| Nakas, James, Professor PhD, Rutgers The State University Central , 1976; MS, Seton Hall University, 1970; microbiology, transformation and decomposition processes, nutrient cycling, soil and aquatic microbiology, microbial biomass, solvent production, microbial ecology, microbial physiology | 201 Illick Hall | 470-6743 | jpnakas@esf.edu |
| Newman, Lee, Associate Professor phytoremediation and molecular and cellular biology | 246 Illick Hall | 470-4937 | lanewman@esf.edu |
| Parry, Dylan, Associate Professor PhD, Michigan State University, 2000; population dynamics and evolutionary ecology of defoliating Lepidoptera and their natural enemies (predators, parasitoids, and pathogens), invasive species in forested environments, insect-plant interactions, conservation of moths and butterflies, forest entomology, biological control | 109 Illick Hall | 470-6753/470-6742 | dparry@esf.edu |
| Polimino, Sandra Secretary 1 | 242 Illick Hall | 470-6760 | smpolimi@esf.edu |
| Powell, William, Professor PhD, Utah State University, 1986; forest biotechnology, molecular plant-microbe interactions, genetic engineering in plant conservation, antimicrobial peptide design, plant gene design, plant pathology, molecular biology | 319 Illick Hall | 470-6761/470-6744 | wapowell@esf.edu |
| Rappleyea, Joanne Keyboard Specialist 1 | 241 Illick Hall | 470-6743 | jrappleyea@esf.edu |
| Ringler, Neil, Vice Provost of Research and Director of McIntire-Stennis Forestry Research PhD, University Of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1975; MS, Oregon State University, 1970; fish ecology and behavior, foraging behavior of fishes, salmon reproduction, vertebrate anatomy, aquatic insect ecology, stream ecology and management, aquatic and fisheries restoration, aquatic entomology | 200 Bray Hall | 470-6606 | neilringler@esf.edu |
| Rundell, Rebecca, Assistant Professor PhD, University Of Chicago, 2008; MS, University Of Chicago, 2004; evolutionary biology, conservation biology, speciation, adaptive and nonadaptive radiations, biogeography, phylogenetics, systematics, Pacific island radiations and biodiversity conservation, land snails, marine/aquatic microscopic invertebrates | 355 Illick Hall | 470-6619/470-6760 | rundell@esf.edu |
| Ryan, Sadie, Assistant Professor disease and landscape ecology, wildlife conservation biology, public health, climate change | 134 Illick Hall | 470-6757 | sjryan@esf.edu |
| Schulz, Kimberly, Associate Professor PhD, University Of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1996; nutrient and exotic species effects on aquatic ecosystems, ecological stoichiometry, aquatic community and ecosystem ecology, bioenergetics, nutrient cycling, lower food web studies, great lakes, finger lakes, plankton, limnology, aquatic ecology, biogeochemistry, invasive species | 456 Illick Hall | 470-4753 | kschulz@syr.edu |
| Shields, William, Professor PhD, Ohio State University, 1979; MS, Ohio State University, 1976; animal behavior, evolution and genetics, evolution of animal communication and dispersal systems, effects of genetic constraints on the evolution of social behavior, sociobiology and behavioral ecology, the use of DNA in identity testing and conservation biology, the interface between science and the law, conservation theory, behavior in birds and mammals, forensic DNA analysis | 116 Illick Hall | 470-6771/470-6742 | wms1@syr.edu |
| Stella, John, Assistant Professor PhD, University Of California-Berkeley, 2005; MS, University Of California-Berkeley, 1998; riparian and stream ecology, restoration ecology, watershed management, ecological modeling, tree-ring science, river restoration | 344 Illick Hall | 470-4902/470-6536 | stella@esf.edu |
| Stewart, Donald, Professor PhD, University Of Wisconsin-Madison, 1980; MS, University Of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1976; PhD, University Of Wisconsin-Madison; ecology and systematics, lake systems ecology, aquatic ecology, fish conservation, ecology and population biology in tropical and temperate systems, fish ecology and fisheries management, ecological energetics, modeling predation and production processes, Great Lakes ecosystems, Amazonian ecosystems, ecology and systematics of neotropical freshwater fishes | 103 Illick Hall | 470-6761 | djstewart@esf.edu |
| Teale, Stephen, Professor PhD, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1990; MS, University Of Kansas, 1983; forest entomology, insect behavior, pheromones of forest insects, insect ecology, pest management, chemical ecology, evolution of pheromone communications | 151 Illick Hall | 470-6758 | sateale@esf.edu |
| Turner, J. Scott, Professor PhD, Colorado State University, 1982; MS, Colorado State University, 1979; animal physiology, physiological ecology, thermal energetics, biology of body size, physiology of gas exchange | 206 Illick Hall | 470-6742 | jsturner@syr.edu |
| Underwood, Brian, Adjunct Associate Professor wildlife ecology, deer, small mammals, songbirds, quantitative ecology and biostatistics, population surveys, ecological modeling and simulation, national park management, applied population analysis, life-history evolution, trophic dynamics, large mammal management | 426 Illick Hall | 470-6820/470-6985 | hbunderw@syr.edu |
| VanDruff, Larry, Professor Emeritus PhD, Cornell University, 1970; MS, Cornell University, 1966; | 224 Illick Hall | 470-6803 | larryvan@esf.edu |
| Vidon, Philippe, Associate Professor Stream Restoration, Ecological Engineering, Riparian Zone and Watershed Management, Water Quality, Riparian Zone/Watershed Biogeochemistry and Hydrology, Best Management Practices, Surface and Subsurface Hydrology, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Mercury, Carbon Cycling, Greenhouse Gases (N2O, CO2, CH4). | 309 Bray Hall | 470-4765/470-6536 | pgvidon@esf.edu |
| Wang, Chun, Professor Emeritus PhD, University Of Iowa, 1955; MS, Vassar College, 1952; | 428 Illick Hall | 470-6911/470-6760 | cjkwang@syr.edu |
| Weir, Alexander, Associate Professor PhD, University of New Castle Upon Tyne, 1997; conservation mycology, fungal biodiversity and conservation, fungal-arthropod interactions, biology of parasites and symbionts, systematics and evolutionary biology of fungi, fungi and humans, biology of parasites and symbionts | 353 Illick Hall | 470-6791 | alexw@esf.edu |
| Whipps, Christopher, Assistant Professor Associate Professor PhD, Oregon State University, 2004; fish parasites and diseases, wildlife diseases, parasitology, microbiology, taxonomy, molecular systematics, diagnostics, parasites as biological tags and ecological indicators, epidemiology and control of pathogens of ecological and veterinary importance, evolution and biology of disease causing organisms in animal populations using molecular systematics | 246 Illick Hall | 470-4762/470-6760 | cwhipps@esf.edu |
