Department of Environmental Biology
Emeritus Faculty
| Faculty | Phone | |
| ALLEN, Douglas C., Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus. PhD, University of Michigan. Forest entomology; ecology of northern hardwood defoliators; insect pests of sugar maple; host/parasite interactions; impacts of insects on growth and quality of northern hardwoods. | 315-470-6743 | |
| BREZNER, Jerome, Professor Emeritus. PhD, University of Missouri, 1959. Insect physiology-pest management; mitochondrial oxidation in insect flight muscle; insecticide residue analysis and pest management assessment; aquatic insect biology. | 315-470-6743 | |
| BROCKE, Rainer, H., Professor Emeritus. PhD, Michigan State University, 1970. Bioenergetics, ecology and management of endangered wildlife species; game management on private lands. | 315-470-6743 | |
| CASTELLO, John, Professor Emeritus MS, Washington State University, 1976; PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1978; plant virology, viruses and mycoplasma in urban and forest tree decline, forest pathology, microbiology, insect vectors |
315-470-6789 | jdcastello@esf.edu |
| CHAMBERS, Robert E., Professor Emeritus. PhD, Ohio State University, 1972. Wildlife ecology; population-habitat relationships; integrated timber and wildlife management; predator-prey relationships; game, non-game and endangered species. | 315-470-6743 | |
| DINDAL, Daniel L., Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus. PhD, Ohio State University, 1967. Soil ecology, microcommunity structure of soil invertebrates; relationships of soil biota to soil micromorphology; evaluation of natural and human influenced soil systems; functional ecology of symbiotic relationships in terrestrial microcommunities. | 315-470-6743 | |
| HALL, Charles, Professor Emeritus, PhD, University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill, 1970; MS, Pennsylvania State University, 1966; 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 | 315-470-6743 | chall@esf.edu |
| GRIFFIN, David H., Professor Emeritus. PhD, University of California, 1963. Mycology and physiology; growth and development of fungi; physiology of parasitism. | 315-470-6743 | |
| KURCZEWSKI, Frank E., Professor Emeritus. PhD, Cornell University, 1964. Insect taxonomy, morphology and behavior; systematics and comparative behavior of predatory wasps; host/parasite relationships of Hymenoptera, Diptera. | 315-470-6743 | |
| MANION, Paul D., Professor Emeritus. PhD, University of Minnesota, 1967. Forest and shade tree pathology; epidemiology of forest and urban tree disease. | 315-470-6783 | pdmanion@esf.edu |
| MITCHELL, Myron J., Distinguished Professor Emeritus; BA, Lake Forest College, 1969; PHD, University of Calgary, 1974 | 315-470-6766 | mitchell@syr.edu |
| MULLER-SCHWARZE, Dietland., Professor Emeritus. PhD, University of Freiburg. Animal behavioral ecology; vertebrate communication; pheromones and chemical ecology | 315-470-6803 | |
| NAKAS, James, Professor Emeritus. 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 |
315-470-6769 | jpnakas@esf.edu |
| RAYNAL, Dudley J., Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus. PhD, University of Illinois, 1974. Plant population and community dynamics; influences of stress and disturbance on forest ecosystems; systematic botany. | 315-470-6599 | |
| SCHAEDLE, Michail, Professor Emeritus. PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 1964. Plant physiology; photosynthetic processes in stem tissues and isolated cells; uptake and utilization of mineral elements. | 315-470-6743 | |
| SHIELDS, William, Professor Emeritus, Environmental and Forest Biology; BA, Rutgers University, 1974; MS, Ohio State University, 1976; PhD, Ohio State University, 1979 | 315-470-6771 | wms1@syr.edu |
| TANENBAUM, Stuart W., Collegewide Professor Emeritus. PhD, Columbia University, 1951. Microbial biochemistry; microbial ecology; bioconversions; molecular effects of natural cytotoxins. | 315-470-6850 | |
| TURNER, Scott, Professor Emeritius. PhD, University of Colorado, 1982; MS, Colorado State University, 1979; BA, University of California, 1976; Philosophy; Department of Zoology and Entomology, Dissertation title: The relationship between heat exchange and blood flow in reptiles. Advisor: Dr C R Tracy. | ||
| VALENTINE, Fredrick A., Professor Emeritus. PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1957. Forest genetics and tree improvement; population and quantitative genetics of natural and urban tree populations with emphasis on wood properties and on insect and tree disease resistance. | 315-470-6743 | |
| VANDRUFF, Larry W., Professor Emeritus. PhD, Cornell University, 1970. Wildlife biology and management; ecology of wildlife in urban and urbanizing areas; population ecology of the gray squirrel and mallard duck; environmental impacts on local and regional mammalian populations. | 315-470-6803 | |
| WANG, Chun-Juan, Professor Emeritus. PhD, University of Iowa, 1955. Mycology; ecology, taxonomy and ultrastructure of microfungi. Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1990. | 315-470-6911 | cjkwang@mailbox.syr.edu |
| WERNER, Robert G., Professor Emeritus. PhD, Indiana University, 1966. Fish ecology; ecology of early life history stages of fishes; aquaculture; limnology; fish movements; foraging behavior of fishes; ichthyology. | 315-470-6743 | rgwerner@mailbox.syr.edu |