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- Biophysical and Ecological Economics (BEE)
- Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNHS)
- Ecosystem Restoration (ER)
- Environmental Communication and Participatory Processes (ECPP)
- Environmental and Community Land Planning (ECLP)
- Environmental Monitoring and Modeling (EMM)
- Environmental Policy and Democratic Processes (EPDP)
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Coupled Natural and Human Systems
GPES Areas of Study
Leader: Colin Beier
The Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNHS) area of study fosters interdisciplinary research and scholarship that explicitly integrates the social and biophysical dimensions of environmental issues using a systems approach. Our research addresses the challenges of sustaining natural and social capital during the Anthropocene—the current era in which humans shape all major Earth system processes. Drawing on diverse backgrounds, CNHS students and faculty recognize humans as integral components of ecosystems and seek to understand their interactions and dynamics of change at multiple scales. Faculty mentors form collaborative and cross-disciplinary teams to advise CNHS students based on their wide range of expertise and experiences. An emphasis is placed on research and graduate training experience with applications to emerging sustainability issues in real-world settings.
Course Lists
- GPES Core (PDF)
- CNHS Specific (PDF)
CNHS Faculty
NAME | SPECIALTY | ADDRESS | |
| Beier, Colin M. | systems ecology, forest landscapes, social-ecological systems, climate change, ecosystem services, landscape change modeling, resilience, adaptive management, resource governance, applied geoinformatics | cbeier@esf.edu | 311 Bray Hall |
| Daley, Douglas J. | water resources, solid and hazardous waste management, ecological engineering, environmental restoration, phytoremediation, bioremediation, soil and water pollution, solid and hazardous waste management, environmental engineering | djdaley@esf.edu | 420 Baker Laboratory |
| Diemont, Stewart | ecological engineering, traditional ecological knowledge, ecosystem restoration, sustainability analysis, natural wastewater treatment systems and re-use, lesser-developed countries, agroecology | sdiemont@esf.edu | 421 Baker Laboratory |
| Dölle, Klaus | pulp & paper and related environmental topics, design, constructed wetlands, fossil energy, bioenergy, hydropower, water and waste water treatment, paper recycling, filler materials, energy savings, renewable energy & processess, engineering & machine design | kdoelle@esf.edu | 416 Walters Hall |
| Gibbs, James | 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 | jpgibbs@esf.edu | 405 Illick Hall |
| Hall, Myrna H. | integrating simulation modeling and geographical information systems for studying interaction between humans and their environments, natural resources management, sustainable development, graphic information visualization, foreign language communication, land use change, modeling, urban ecology, coupled human and natural systems | mhhall@esf.edu | 112 Marshall Hall |
| Hall, Charles A. | 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 and ecological economics, GIS, energy, general systems thinking, coupled human and natural systems | chall@esf.edu | 354 Illick Hall |
| Hirsch, Paul D. | integrative thinking and problem-solving, water planning, biodiversity conservation, science-policy interface, environmental thought and ethics, policy analysis, public participation and decision-making, environmental valuation, complexity, participant-observation and survey methods, discourse analysis, environmental policy, climate governance, policy science divide | pahirsch@esf.edu | 114 Marshall Hall |
| Kelleher, Michael J. | energy resources, applied economics, energy markets, sustainability, renewable energy, energy and environmental policy, financial analysis, energy efficiency, decision-making | mkellehe@esf.edu | 220 Bray Hall |
| Kroll, Charles N. | stochastic and deterministic hydrology, environmental modeling, water resource systems engineering, ecological engineering, urban forestry, drought assessment, environmental systems engineering, stochastic and deterministic modeling, risk assessment, coupled human and natural systems | cnkroll@syr.edu | 424 Baker Laboratory |
| Limburg, Karin E. | 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 | klimburg@esf.edu | 249 Illick Hall |
| Luzadis, Valerie A. | ecological economics, ecosystem services, policy, social and recreational dimensions, forest management for renewable energy, watershed management, natural resources policy and values, sustainable development, renewable energy, participatory decision-making | vluzadis@esf.edu | 106 Marshall Hall |
| Mao, Huiting | environmental chemistry, atmospheric chemistry, air quality, regional to global budgets of trace gases, long range transport, continental export, climate change | hmao@esf.edu | 420 Jahn Laboratory |
| Moran, Sharon D. | environmental policy, human dimensions of water/wastewater issues, political ecology, environment-society relations, green and innovative technologies, environmental issues in post-communist countries, qualitative research methods, gender and nature, sustainability indicators, emergent technologies, environmental justice, ethical frameworks in public policy | smoran@esf.edu | 113 Marshall Hall |
| Newman, Lee | phytoremediation and molecular and cellular biology | lanewman@esf.edu | 246 Illick Hall |
| Nomura, Christopher T. | biochemistry, polymer chemistry, biopolymer chemistry, molecular biology, biotechnology, energy, biodegradable plastics, microarray analysis | ctnomura@esf.edu | 318 Jahn Laboratory |
| Parker, Andrea M. | environmental communication; science and technology communication; wildlife conservation and policy; climate change mitigation and adaptation discourse and decision-making; environmental advocacy; environmental and natural resources conflict management; qualitative and critical methods; program evaluation methods; conflict; public participation; energy;wildlife management | amparker@esf.edu | 108A Marshall Hall |
| Quackenbush, Lindi J. | geospatial information systems, spatial measurements, remote sensing and image processing, particularly focused on spatial techniques for both urban and forest classification, spatial analysis | ljquack@esf.edu | 416 Baker Laboratory |
| Ryan, Sadie J. | disease and landscape ecology, wildlife conservation biology, public health, climate change | sjryan@esf.edu | 134 Illick Hall |
| Schulz, Kimberly L. | 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 | kschulz@syr.edu | 456 Illick Hall |
| Selfa, Theresa | environmental sociology, rural sociology, sociology of agriculture, sociology of development, political sociology, qualitative methods, comparative-historical methods, biofuels, land use planning, water policy and politics | tselfa@esf.edu | 109 Marshall Hall |
| Shaw, Stephen B. | hydroclimatology, water resources engineering, ecohydrology in a changing climate, water resources, climate change, hydrology, systems modeling, stormwater management | sbshaw@esf.edu | 418 Baker Laboratory |
| Teece, Mark A. | environmental chemistry, food web biochemistry, stable isotope biogeochemistry, coral, stable isotopes, metabolomics, biogeochemistry | mteece@esf.edu | 415 Jahn Laboratory |
| Vidon, Philippe G. | 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). | pgvidon@esf.edu | 309 Bray Hall |
| Volk, Timothy A. | silviculture, forest management for renewable energy, biomass and bioenergy, energy, agroforestry, phytoremediation, management and sustainability of short rotation woody crops, life cycle analysis, ecophysiology, international forestry | tavolk@esf.edu | 346 Illick Hall |
| Yanai, Ruth D. | forest ecology, watershed ecology, soils, biogeochemistry, forest health, ecological modeling, watershed management, ecosystem nutrient cycling, uncertainty | rdyanai@esf.edu | 210 Marshall Hall |
Graduate Students in Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Current Students
Only currently registered students appear—new student names are added at the start of the academic year.
| Coupled Natural and Human Systems Degree Sought: MPSAdvisor(s): Bevilacqua |
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| Coupled Natural and Human Systems Degree Sought: PHDAdvisor(s): Moran |
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| Coupled Natural and Human Systems Degree Sought: PHDAdvisor(s): Hall |
Previous Graduate Study: SUNY ESF (EPDP ) |
| Coupled Natural and Human Systems Degree Sought: MSAdvisor(s): Hall |
Undergraduate Institute: SUNY Center Albany Graduate Research Topic Favorite Quote Research Interests |
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Previous Graduate Study: Drexel University (Environ Eng ) |
| Coupled Natural and Human Systems Degree Sought: MPSAdvisor(s): Hall |
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| Coupled Natural and Human Systems Degree Sought: MSAdvisor(s): Vidon |
Undergraduate Institute: SUNY Center Buffalo Favorite Quote |
| Coupled Natural and Human Systems Degree Sought: MSAdvisor(s): Nomura |
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| Coupled Natural and Human Systems Degree Sought: MPSAdvisor(s): Volk |
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| Coupled Natural and Human Systems Degree Sought: MSAdvisor(s): Volk |
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| Coupled Natural and Human Systems Degree Sought: MSAdvisor(s): Doelle and Volk |
Undergraduate Institute: Beijing Normal University (Environmental Science) |
| Coupled Natural and Human Systems Degree Sought: MSAdvisor(s): Smardon and Volk |
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| Coupled Natural and Human Systems Degree Sought: PHDAdvisor(s): Hall |
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| Coupled Natural and Human Systems Degree Sought: PHDAdvisor(s): Hall |
Undergraduate Institute: University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez (Biology) Previous Graduate Study: University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez (Biology ) Personal Statement Graduate Research Topic Favorite Quote |
| Coupled Natural and Human Systems Degree Sought: PHDAdvisor(s): Hall |
Undergraduate Institute: University of Nacional Autonoma Mexico (Industrial Engineeri) Previous Graduate Study: El Colegio de Mexico (Economics ) Research Interest Graduate Research Topic |
| Coupled Natural and Human Systems Degree Sought: MPSAdvisor(s): Hirsch |
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