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EFB Faculty & Staff
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Faculty Members |
Phone |
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| ABRAHAMSON, Lawrence P. Senior Research Associate Emeritus, Entomologist, Director Salix Consortium (and Coordinator, Extension and Continuing Education). PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1969. Forest entomology; IPM of gypsy moth and other defoliators; insect monitoring and survey; pest management (insects, fungi and weeds); pesticide science; Vegetation Management; Rights-of-Way Management; Short-Rotation Woody Crops (willow biomass crops). www.esf.edu/willow |
470-6777 | labrahamson@esf.edu |
| BALDASSARRE, Guy Distinguished Teaching Professor. PhD, Texas Tech University, 1982. Waterfowl and wetland wildlife ecology; shorebird ecology; nongame birds; ornithology; wildlife management. |
470-6739 | gabaldas@esf.edu |
| BEIER, Colin Research Associate (Adirondack Ecological Center and Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management). PhD, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2007. Coupled natural and human systems; forest ecology (physiological, community and landscape); climate change and dendrochronology (tree rings); ecological economics and forest ecosystem services; policy and governance of resource systems; conservation; GIS; forest management for renewable energy. |
(518) 582 4551 x106 | cbeier@esf.edu |
| CASTELLO, John D. Professor and Associate Chair. PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1978. Plant virology; viruses and mycoplasma in urban and forest tree decline; forest pathology; microbiology. |
470-6789 | jdcastel@.syr.edu |
| COHEN, Jonathan Assistant Professor. PhD, Virginia Tech, 2005. Wildlife ecology and management, population and habitat ecology, threatened and endangered species. |
470-6737 | jcohen14@esf.edu |
| DOVCIAK, Martin Assistant Professor. PhD, University of Minnesota, 2001. Plant Ecology; Forest Ecology; Biodiversity; Global Change Ecology; Spatial Ecology; Ecosystem Management & Restoration. |
470-6749 | mdovciak@esf.edu |
| FARRELL, John Associate Professor and Director of the Thousand Islands Biological Station), PhD, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1998. Fisheries Science and Management, Aquatic Ecology, Wetlands Restoration, Invasive Species. |
470-6990 | jmfarrell@esf.edu |
| FERNANDO, Danilo D. Associate Professor. PhD, University of Alberta, 1996. Plant reproductive biology, plant structure and development, in vitro fertilization in conifers, pollen transformation, genomics and proteomics of pollen tube development, and willow flowering and genomics. |
470-6746 | dfernando@esf.edu |
| FIERKE, Melissa K. Assistant Professor. PhD, University of Arkansas, 2006. Forest entomology, forest ecology, invasive forest pests, insect-tree interactions. |
470-6809 | mkfierke@esf.edu |
| FOLTA, Beth Assistant Professor. PhD, NC State University, 2010. Natural History & Interpretation, informal biology education, environmental education. |
470-4938 | efolta@esf.edu |
| FRAIR, Jacqueline L. Assistant Professor. PhD, University of Alberta, 2005. Wildlife and landscape ecology; animal movements and habitat use; predator-prey interactions. |
470-4905 | jfrair@esf.edu |
| GIBBS, James P. Professor and Associate Chair. PhD, Yale University, 1995. Conservation biology, ecological monitoring, population genetics, applied demography, undergraduate conservation education. |
470-6764 | jpgibbs@syr.edu |
| HALL, Charles A. S. Professor. PhD, University of North Carolina, 1970. Systems ecology; meaning synthetic studies of populations and ecosystems, including studies of fish migrations, estuaries, tropical land use change and energetics of both natural and human-dominated ecosystems. Emphasis on measuring and modeling human-dominated ecosystems and geographic modeling as well as biophysical economics. |
470-6870 | chall@esf.edu |
| HORTON, Thomas R. Associate Professor. PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 1997. Mycorrhizal plant ecology, molecular ecology, mycology, fire ecology. |
470-6794 | trhorton@esf.edu |
| KAPUSCINSKI, Kevin L. Adjunct Assistant Professor. PhD, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 2011. Fish ecology, fisheries science and management, muskellunge, non-native fishes, Great Lakes connecting channels. |
877-2923 | klkapusc@esf.edu |
| KIMMERER, Robin W. Professor. PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1983. Ethnobotany, conservation biology and bryophyte ecology. |
470-6785 | rkimmer@esf.edu |
| LEOPOLD, Donald J. Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair. PhD, Purdue University, 1984. 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. |
470-6760 |
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| LIMBURG, Karin E. Associate Professor. PhD, Cornell University, 1994. Fisheries ecology, ecosystem ecology, watershed ecology, fish migration, biogeochemical tracers, modeling, ecological economics. |
470-6741 | klimburg@esf.edu |
| LOMOLINO, Mark V. Professor. PhD, SUNY Binghamton, 1983. Biogeography; conservation biology; diversity in isolated ecosystems and habitat islands. |
470-6805 | island@esf.edu |
| McGEE, Gregory G. Biology Instructor, PhD, SUNY-ESF, 1998. Ecology, management and restoration of forest ecosystems; effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on northern hardwood forests. |
470-6792 | ggmcgee@esf.edu |
| McGRATH, Kathleen E. Adjunct Assistant Professor in Residence, PhD., University of Idaho, 2003. Coldwater stream systems; salmonid ecology; aquatic habitat restoration; hyporheic-surface interaction; spatial distribution of aquatic habitats; watershed influences. |
470-4814 | kmcgrath@esf.edu |
| McNULTY, Stacy A. Resesarch Associate. M.S., Environmental and Forest Biology, SUNY-ESF, 1997. Forest ecology, landscape ecology, long-term monitoring, and applied Geographic Information Systems. Focused on exploring long-term changes, conservation of biodiversity, and impacts of recreation, development, and forest management in the Adirondack Mountains and Northern Forest. |
518-582-4551 | smcnulty@esf.edu |
| MITCHELL, Myron J. Distinguished Professor. PhD, University of Calgary, 1974. Biogeochemical cycling in forests and freshwater ecosystems. |
470-6765 | mitchell@syr.edu |
| NAKAS, James P. Professor. PhD, Rutgers University, 1976. Microbiology; transformation and decomposition processes; nutrient cycling; soil and aquatic microbiology; microbial biomass; solvent production; microbial ecology. |
470-6769 |
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| NAKATSUGAWA, Tsutomu Professor. PhD, Iowa State University, 1964. Toxicology; role of liver in chemical defense; chemical ecology and health impacts of nature's chemical warfare; health effects of pesticides and other pollutants. |
470-6942 | tnakatsu@esf.edu |
| NEWMAN, Lee Assistant Professor. PhD, Rutgers University and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1993. Phytoremediation and molecular and cellular biology. |
470-4937 | lanewman@esf.edu |
| NORTON, Roy A. Professor (and Curriculum Director). PhD, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1977. Acarology; soil biology; systematics and ecology of oribatid mites; arachnid community structure; effect of human disturbances on soil microarthropods; mite-insect interrelationships. |
470-6752 |
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| 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, and conservation of moths and butterflies. |
470-6753 |
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| POWELL, William A. Professor. PhD, Utah State University, 1986. Forest biotechnology, molecular plant-microbe interactions, plant genetic engineering, antimicrobial peptide design, and plant gene design. Please visit my faculty home page for more information. |
470-6744 |
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| RINGLER, Neil H. Distinguished Teaching Professor and Vice Provost for Research. PhD, University of Michigan, 1975. Fish ecology, foraging behavior of fishes; salmon reproduction; vertebrate anatomy; aquatic insect ecology; stream ecology and management. |
470-6606 |
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| RYAN, Sadie J. Assistant Professor. PhD, University of California at Berkeley, 2006. Disease and landscape ecology, wildlife conservation biology, public health, climate change. |
sjryan@esf.edu | |
| SAUNDERS, D. Andrew Research Associate Emeritus. MS, Utah State University, 1970. Environmental Interpretation. Science Communications; Nature Photography and Illustration; Natural History Literature; Applications of Environmental Interpretation to Conservation/Science Education. Using environmental interpretation to engage students in the process of science through the guided exploration of conservation themes and nature in the local environment. |
470-6759 | dasaunde@esf.edu |
| SCHULZ, Kimberly L. Associate Professor. Ph.D., University of Michigan, 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. |
470-6808 |
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| SHIELDS, William M. Professor. PhD, Ohio State University, 1979. 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. |
470-6771 |
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STELLA, John C. |
470-4902 |
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| STEWART, Donald J. Professor, PhD, University of Wisconsin 1980. Fish ecology and fisheries management; ecological energetics; modeling predation and production processes; Great Lakes ecosystems; Amazonian ecosystems; ecology and systematics of Neotropical freshwater fishes. |
470-6924 | djstewart@esf.edu |
| TEALE, Stephen A. Associate Professor, PhD, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1990. Forest entomology; chemical ecology; pheromones of forest insects; evolution of pheromone communication. |
470-6758 | sateale@esf.edu |
| TURNER, J. Scott Professor. PhD, Colorado State University, 1982. Animal physiology; physiological ecology; thermal energetics; biology of body size; physiology of gas exchange. |
470-6806 | jsturner@syr.edu |
| UNDERWOOD, H. Brian Adjunct Associate Professor in Residence, PhD, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1990. Applied population analysis; life-history evolution; trophic dynamics; quantitative ecology and biostatistics; modeling and simulation; large mammal management. Permanent position: Field Station, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, SUNY-ESF |
470-6820 | hbunderw@syr.edu |
VIDON, Philippe |
470-4765 | pgvidon@esf.edu |
| WEIR, Alexander Associate Professor. PhD, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1997. Systematics and evolutionary biology of fungi using classical and modern molecular approaches; fungal biodiversity and conservation; fungal-arthropod interactions; biology of parasites and symbionts. |
470-6791 | alexw@esf.edu |
| WHIPPS, Christopher Assistant Professor, Fish and Wildlife Diseases. PhD, Oregon State University, 2004. Evolution and biology of disease causing organisms in animal populations using molecular systematics. Diagnosis, epidemiology and control of pathogens of ecological and veterinary importance. |
470-4762 | cwhipps@esf.edu |
