Academic Advisors Environmental and Sustainability Sciences (ESS)

2016 - 2017

Name Department Affiliation Contact Info

Research Interests and Courses Taught

Anurag Agrawal Professor

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

425 Corson Hall

AA337@cornell.edu 607-254-4255

Community ecology of local plants and insects, evolutionary origins of biodiversity, impacts of additions and deletions of species for community and ecosystem processes, conservation of iconic organisms such as the monarch butterfly, interdisciplinarity and sustainability science, chemical ecology. BIOEE 1610: Intro Biology: Ecology & the Environment BIOEE 3611: Field Ecology BIOEE 3690: Chemical Ecology

Shorna B. Allred Associate Professor

Natural Resources

102 Fernow Hall SRB237@cornell.edu

607-255-2149

Human dimensions of natural resource management with emphasis on forest and water resources and conservation related attitudes and behavior. NTRES 4940/6940: Global Env. Service Learning-Thailand NTRES 6000: Introduction to Graduate Study in Natural Resources

C. Lindsay Anderson Assistant Professor

Norman R. Scott Sesquicentennial Fellow

Biological & Environmental Engineering

316 Riley-Robb Hall CLA28@cornell.edu

607-255-2488

Effective and reliable integration of renewable energy sources into existing energy systems. The Anderson group pursues this objective through computational methods for optimal decision making under uncertainty. BEE 4880/6880: Applied Simulation and Optimization for Renewable Energy Systems

Christopher B. Barrett Professor

Stephen B and Janice G.

Ashley Professor of Applied

Economics & Management

Deputy Dean and Dean of

Academic Affairs, College of

Business

Applied Economics & Management

210B Warren Hall CBB2@cornell.edu

607-255-4489

One major thread of my research focuses on the

interactions between poverty reduction and environmental

management in rural areas of developing countries, with

an emphasis on modeling and policy related to coupled

human and natural systems in the low-income tropics.

AEM 2000: Contemporary Controversies in the Global Economy

Name Department Affiliation Contact Info

Research Interests and Courses Taught

Rachel Bezner Kerr Associate Professor

Development Sociology

262 Warren Hall RBEZNERKERR@cornell.edu

607-255-3213

Sustainable agriculture, food security, health, nutrition and social inequalities, with a primary focus in southern Africa. DSOC 3400: Agriculture, Food, Sustainability and Social

Justice DSOC 4900: Development Sociology Capstone Course

Bernd Blossey Associate Professor

Natural Resources

206 Fernow Hall BB22@cornell.edu

607-255-5314

I evaluate effects of invasive plants, invasive earthworms and native deer on native species and food webs using a conservation biology framework. My emphasis is not only on discovery of impacts, but also development of appropriate management techniques, including biological control using insect herbivores.

Joshua F. Cerra Assistant Professor

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Landscape Architecture

444 Kennedy Hall JFC299@cornell.edu

607-255-1694

Joshua Cerra has practiced in environmental design and environmental systems analysis for over 20 years combined. His professional and academic work addresses relationships between urban ecosystems and site development processes across a range of habitat and land use types. He has project experience and research interests in urban ecological design, sustainable development, climate-adaptive design, stormwater systems planning, species-specific habitat planning, and restoration design. LA 3170/5170: Design and Environmental Systems LA 4010: Urban Design Studio LA 4070/6070: Emerging Dimensions in Urban Ecology

and Sustainable Practices LA 6020: Integrating Theory and Practice II

Howard Chong Assistant Professor

Hotel Administration, Services Marketing

545C Statler Hall

HC757@cornell.edu 607-255-9163

Environmental economics, with specific interest on residential energy efficiency markets and sustainable business particularly in the hospitality context. HADM 4415: Sustainable Business and Economics with

Hospitality Applications

Jon M. Conrad Professor

Applied Economics & Management

409 Warren Hall

JMC16@cornell.edu 607-255-7681

Resource and environmental economics.

Name Department Affiliation Contact Info

Research Interests and Courses Taught

Evan Cooch Associate Professor

Natural Resources

202 Fernow Hall EGC7@cornell.edu

607-255-1368

Wildlife ecology and management, population dynamics, population modeling, quantitative methods, theoretical ecology, decision theory. NTRES 3100: Applied Population Ecology NTRES 4100: Conservation Biology: Concepts and Techniques NTRES 4120/6120: Wildlife Population Analysis: Techniques and Models

Paul Curtis Associate Professor

Natural Resources

222 Fernow Hall PDC1@cornell.edu

607-227-5927

Population biology of birds and mammals, public policy education, management of human-wildlife conflicts. NTRES 4280/6280: Principles and Practices of Applied Wildlife Science

Daniel Decker Professor

Natural Resources

101 Fernow Hall DJD6@cornell.edu

607-255-5444

Human dimensions of wildlife management and policy.

Art DeGaetano Professor and

Associate Chair

Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

1119 Bradfield Hall ATD2@cornell.edu

607-255-0385

Climate variability, climate data quality, applications of climate information. EAS 2680: Climate and Global Warming EAS 3410: Atmospheric Thermodynamics and Hydrostatics EAS 4470 Physical Meteorology

Janis Dickinson Professor

Natural Resources

G02A Fernow Hall and

252B Johnson Center Cornell Lab of Ornithology

JLD84@cornell.edu 607-254-2194

Behavioral ecology and conservation biology of birds. Citizen Science Program

Name Department Affiliation Contact Info

Research Interests and Courses Taught

Antonio DiTommaso Professor

Richard C. Call Director of Agricultural Sciences

Soil and Crop Sciences

903 Bradfield Hall AD97@cornell.edu

607-254-4702

My interests are in the ecology and management of weedy species in both natural areas and croplands. Ecology of invasive plant species and impact on the environment. Sustainable agricultural production. PLSCS 2940: Introduction to Agricultural Machinery PLSCS 3150: Weed Biology and Management PLSCS 4440: Integrated Pest Management PLSCS 6140: Weed Ecology and Management

Laurie Drinkwater

Associate Professor

Horticulture

124 Plant Science LED24@cornell.edu

607-255-9408

I have a broad interest in using science to develop sustainable societies that provide for all people while preserving natural resources and biosphere integrity for future generations. My over-arching goal in teaching and mentoring students is to contribute to the development of scientists who will be equipped to address the global challenges we face in agriculture and environmental management.

John (Jack) Elliott Associate Professor

Design & Environmental Analysis

4235 MVR Hall

JRE15@cornell.edu 607-255-9714

I am interested in regenerative interventions for the built environment, both personally and professionally. DEA 1010: Studio I DEA 2030: Digital Communications DEA 4220: Ecological Literacy and Design

Stephen P. Ellner Professor

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

E339 Corson Hall

SPE2@cornell.edu 607-254-4221

Modeler and theoretical ecologist; quantitative ecology. BIOEE 3610: Advanced Ecology BIOEE/MATH 3620: Dynamic Models in Biology BIOEE 7600: Introduction to Modeling in Ecology and

Evolutionary Biology

Gary W. Evans Elizabeth Lee Vincent

Professor of Human Ecology

Depts. of Design & Environmental Analysis and

Human Development

E3415 Martha Van GWE1@cornell.edu

607-342-1214

Environmental and developmental psychologist interested in how the physical environment (e.g. noise, housing, crowding) affects human development. Much of his work focuses on the environment of childhood poverty. Interested in children’s environmental attitudes as well. DEA 1500: Intro to Human-Environment Relations DEA 2500/6600: The Environment and Social Behavior

Name Department Affiliation Contact Info

Research Interests and Courses Taught

Timothy Fahey Liberty Hyde Bailey

Professor Undergraduate

Advising Coordinator Chair, ESS Honors Program

Natural Resources

G16 Fernow Hall TJF5@cornell.edu

607-255-5470

Dynamics of forest ecosystems. NTRES 3301: Sustainability Science NTRES 4200/4201: Forest Ecology, Lecture and Lab

Shelley Feldman Professor

Development Sociology

391 Uris Hall RF12@cornell.edu

607-255-6480

Animating my research and teaching commitments is a long-term interest in integrating structural changes and cultural productions. Broadly, my research goals are to better understand processes of global social change, especially as these processes are expressed in particular social and spatial contexts and differently, among diverse social constituencies.

Alexander S. Flecker Professor

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

E211 Corson Hall

ASF3@cornell.edu 607-254-4263

Ecology of stream ecosystems. Importance of biodiversity in ecosystems. Influence of animals on ecosystem structure and function. BIOEE 1610: Ecology and the Environment BIOEE 4560: Stream Ecology

Marc Goebel Research Associate

Natural Resources

G09 Fernow Hall MG567@cornell.edu

Forest ecology, plant root and soil ecology, decomposition. NTRES 2100: Introduction to Field Biology

Name Department Affiliation Contact Info

Research Interests and Courses Taught

Christine Goodale Associate Professor

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

E215 Corson Hall

CLG33@cornell.edu 607-254-4211

Forest ecosystem ecology, carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas balance, impacts of air pollution and climate change, catchment biogeochemistry. BIOEE 1610: Ecology and the Environment BIOEE 4780: Ecosystem Biology BIOEE 6680: Principles of Biogeochemistry

Nelson Hairston Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor

of Environmental Science

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

E305 Corson Hall

NGH1@cornell.edu 607-254-4231

Dr. Hairston studies how organisms (especially freshwater plankton) respond ecologically and evolutionarily to environmental change (both human-caused and natural changes). Algae and small animals with very short generation times can evolve quickly changing their sensitivity to conditions where they live, and also altering the environment of other species living in the same food web. Understanding this eco-evolutionary process is important for understanding the natural world. BIOEE 1610: Ecology and the Environment BIOEE 4570/4571: Limnology: Ecology of Lakes

Lecture/Lab BIOEE 6601: Tropical Field Ecology

Ann E. Hajek Professor

Entomology

6126 Comstock Hall AEH4@cornell.edu

607-254-4902

Ecology and sustainable management of insect species in natural areas, the urban environment and croplands. Emphasis on non-native invasives and impacts of climate change on their ecology. ENTOM 2020: Invasions: Trading Species in a Shrinking World ENTOM 4630: Invertebrate Pathology ENTOM 6900: Ecology and Evolution of Infection and Disease

Matthew Hare Associate Professor

Natural Resources

205 Fernow Hall MPH75@cornell.edu

607-255-5685

Lab: 213 Bradfield Hall 607-255-7615

Population and conservation genetics NTRES 2830: DNA, Genes and Conserving Diversity NTRES 4100: Conservation Biology: Concepts and Techniques NTRES 7283: Molecular Genetic Approaches to the Study of Ecology and Evolution

Drew Harvell Professor

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

E321 Corson Hall CDH5@cornell.edu

607-254-4274

Marine Ecology and Sustainable Marine Ecosystems, Invertebrate Biology, Ecology of Infectious Disease, Invertebrate Immunology

BIOEE 3730: Marine Invertebrate Biodiversity BIOEE4620: Marine Ecosystem Sustainability EAS 3510: Conservation Oceanography (Hawaii) Offering a Research Apprenticeship for students in Spring (off-campus)

Name Department Affiliation Contact Info

Research Interests and Courses Taught

Peter Hess Professor

Biological & Environmental Engineering

228 Riley Robb Hall PGH25@cornell.edu

607-255-2495

My research investigates the mutual relation between the chemistry and composition of the atmosphere of the atmosphere and global change (including climate change). Global change, with impacts relating to atmospheric pollution, not only drive climate change but also directly threaten human health, agricultural productivity, and natural ecosystems. BEE 4940/6940: Cross Scale Biogeochemical Modeling BEE 4940: Terrestrial Hydrology in a Changing Climate BEE/EAS 4940: Climate Change Solutions

Ian Hewson Associate Professor

Department of Microbiology

403 Wing Hall HEWSON@cornell.edu

607-255-0151

Biological oceanography, with focus specifically on marine microbiology, and marine environmental virology. Examine the responses of marine microorganisms to their habitat, and the composition of viruses associated with marine organisms, using a variety of molecular biological tools.

BioMI 3500: Biological Oceanography and Ocean Biogeochemistry

Robert Howarth David R. Atkinson

Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

E309 Corson Hall

HOWARTH@cornell.edu 607-255-6175

Earth system science, oceanography, and aquatic ecology, with an emphasis on how human activity is changing our planet and evaluating ways to reduce human impacts through changes in agriculture and energy sources and use. BIOEE 1610: Ecology and the Environment (alt S) BIOEE 6680: Principles of Biogeochemistry

Karim-Aly Kassam Associate Professor

International Professor

Natural Resources and

American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program

122 Fernow Hall

KSK28@cornell.edu 607-255-9757

Biocultural Diversity, Ethnobiology, Human Ecology, Indigenous Studies, International Agriculture and Rural Development, Natural Resource Policy, Socio-Cultural and Environmental change. NTRES 3330: Ways of Knowing: Indigenous and Local Ecological Knowledge NTRES/IARD 4800: Global Seminar Building Sustainable Environmental and Secure Food Systems NTRES 7330: Socio-cultural and Ecological Role of Diversity AIIS 1110: Introduction to American Indian Studies II: Contemporary Issues in Indigenous North America AIIS 6010: American Indian Studies Proseminar

Name Department Affiliation Contact Info

Research Interests and Courses Taught

Barbara Knuth Senior Vice Provost

Dean of Graduate School Professor

Natural Resources

501G Day Hall 350 Caldwell

BAK3@cornell.edu 607-255-5864

Natural resource and environmental policy; human dimensions of natural resource management.

Clifford Kraft Associate Professor

Natural Resources

203 Fernow Hall CEK7@cornell.edu

607-255-2775

Fish and aquatic ecology, aquatic ecosystem management NTRES 1101: Introduction to Environmental Science and

Sustainability NTRES 4300: Environmental Policy Processes NTRES/BIOEE 4560: Stream Ecology

Marianne Krasny Professor

Natural Resources

221 Fernow Hall MEK2@cornell.edu

607-255-2827

Environmental education, urban youth and community environmental programs, civic ecology education.

James Lassoie International Professor

of Conservation

Natural Resources

201 Fernow Hall JPL4@cornell.edu

607-255-2810

Conservation science, community-based natural resource management, ecoagriculture, international development, sustainability science and management IARD/LATA 4011: Experience Latin America – Building

Student-Community Partnerships in Intag, Ecuador I (Fall 2015) IARD/NTRES/SNES 4850: Case Studies in International

Eco agriculture and Environmental Conservation IARD 4940: Worldly Explorations: The Gateway to

Engaged International Experiences for Cornell Undergraduate Students (new Spring 2016)

Name Department Affiliation Contact Info

Research Interests and Courses Taught

Bruce Lauber Senior Research Associate

Natural Resources

105 Fernow Hall TBL3@cornell.edu

607-254-2892

Collaborative and community-based natural resource management. Invasive species. Human dimensions of Great Lakes fisheries. NTRES 3300: Planning for Environmental Conservation

and Sustainability NTRES 4300: Environmental Policy Processes

Johannes Lehmann Professor

Soil and Crop Sciences

909 Bradfield Hall CL273@cornell.edu

607-254-1236

Biogeochemistry of soils as it relates to functioning of terrestrial ecosystems and the human disturbance such as deforestation, agriculture and climate change. PLSCS 3720: Nutrient Management and Research in

Agroecosystems PLSCS 6720: Nutrient Cycling in Natural and Managed

Ecosystems ESS 2000: Environmental and Sustainability

Sciences Colloquium

Bruce V. Lewenstein Professor

Department Chair

Communication and Science & Technology

Studies

321 Kennedy Hall B.LEWENSTEIN@cornell.edu

607-255-8310

Public communication of science and technology; science museums; science journalism. Comm 2850/STS 2851: Communication, Environment, Science and Health Comm 3020: Science Writing for Media Comm 4660: Public Communication of Science and Technology

Shanjun Li Associate Professor

Applied Economics & Management

405 Warren Hall

SL2448@cornell.edu 607-255-1832

Environmental and energy economics, Empirical industrial organization, Applied microeconomics.

Name Department Affiliation Contact Info

Research Interests and Courses Taught

Eugene L. Madsen Professor

Microbiology

B57A Wing Hall ELM3@cornell.edu

607-255-2417

Molecular microbial ecology. Biogeochemistry. Biodegradation of environmental pollutants. “Who,” “what,” “how,” when,” “where,” “why” of microorganisms in soils, waters, and sediments. BIOMI 3970: Environmental Microbiology NTRES 1101: Introduction to Environmental Science and

Sustainability

Natalie Mahowald Professor

Director of Graduate Studies

Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

1112 Bradfield Hall MAHOWALD@cornell.edu

607-255-5166

Atmospheric biogeochemistry, atmospheric aerosols, earth system modeling. EAS 3050: Climate Dynamics EAS 4400: Climate Change Seminar

Carmen Enid Martinez Associate Professor

Soil and Crop Sciences

906 Bradfield Hall CEM20@cornell.edu

607-255-0895

Soil and environmental chemistry and biogeochemistry. Current research projects focus on nitrogen-iron-organic matter cycling and organic matter interactions at mineral surfaces. EAS 3050: Climate Dynamics EAS 4400: Climate Change Seminar

Philip McMichael Professor

Development Sociology

113 Academic Surge A PDM1@cornell.edu

607-255-5495

Research examines capitalist modernity through the lens of agrarian questions, food regimes, agrarian/food sovereignty movements, and most recently the implications for food systems of agrofuels and land grabbing. DSOC 2050: International Development DSOC 7500: Food Ecology and Agrarian Change

Name Department Affiliation Contact Info

Research Interests and Courses Taught

Stephen Morreale Senior Research Associate Adjunct Associate Professor

Natural Resources

108 Fernow Hall SJM11@cornell.edu

607-54-4912

Conservation ecology, vertebrate zoology, amphibians and reptiles, wildlife, forest conservation, marine conservation. NTRES 3260: Applied Conservation Ecology

Paul Nadasdy Associate Professor

Department of Anthropology/

American Indian Studies

229 McGraw Hall

PNADASDY@cornell.edu

607-255-4040

Research focus is on the politics surrounding the production and use of environmental knowledge in wildlife management, land claim negotiations and pother political arenas. ANTHR 3417: Nature/Culture: The Politics of Human-Environment Relations ANTHR 3422/AIS 3422: Culture, Politics, and Environment in the Circumpolar North ANTHR 4410: Indigenous Peoples, Ecological Sciences, and Environmentalism

Max J. Pfeffer CALS Senior Associate

Dean and Professor

Development Sociology

267 Roberts Hall MJP5@cornell.edu

607-254-6765

Teaching concentrates on environmental sociology and sociological theory. Research spans several areas including land use and environmental planning, rural labor markets, rural to urban and international migration. Empirical work covers a variety of rural and urban communities, including rural/urban fringe areas.

Gregory P. Poe Professor

Applied Economics & Management

407 Warren Hall

GLP2@cornell.edu 607-255-4707

Environmental Policy, Non-Market Valuation, Water My interests lie in empirically investigating factors that affect individual decisions to participate in public programs and incorporating this information into environmental policy design. AEM 1500: An Introduction to the Economics of Environmental and Natural Resources AEM 6510: Environmental and Resource Economics

Sara B. Pritchard Associate Professor

Director of Graduate Studies

Science & Technology Studies

311 Morrill Hall

SBP65@cornell.edu 607-255-3691

Historian of technology and an environmental historian specializing in twentieth-century France and the French empire, including the history and politics of water management. Current research examines the history of light pollution. BSOC/STS 2061: Ethics and the Environment BSOC/STS 3181: Living in an Uncertain World: Science,

Technology and Risk BSOC/STS 4131: Comparative Environmental History

Name Department Affiliation Contact Info

Research Interests and Courses Taught

Joe M. Regenstein Professor Emeritus

Food Science

B92 Morrison Hall JMR9@cornell.edu

607-255-8041

Interests include food waste management with an emphasis on use of fishery byproducts for food and non-food use. Composting of food waste. Working with students to improve Cornell’s sustainability.

Susan J. Riha Professor

Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

1110 Bradfield Hall SJR4@cornell.edu

607-255-1729

Soil-plant-atmosphere interactions; land use change, climate change, water resource management. EAS 1600: Environmental Physics EAS 3010: Evolution of the Earth System EAS 4830: Environmental Biophysics EAS 6750: Modeling the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Systems ESS 2000: Environmental and Sustainability Sciences

Colloquium

Amanda Rodewald Professor

Director of Conservation Science

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Natural Resources

G11A Fernow Hall; Lab of Ornithology,

159 Sapsucker Woods Rd

ARODEWALD@cornell.edu 607-254-2176

Conservation biology, wildlife population and community ecology, avian ecology and conservation in temperate and tropical regions. BIOEE 2670: Introduction to Conservation Biology

Paul Rodewald Senior Lecturer

Senior Research Associate Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Natural Resources

G11A Fernow Hall; Lab of Ornithology,

159 Sapsucker Woods Rd

PGR35@cornell.edu

Ornithology, ecology of songbirds during migration, movement ecology, factors that influence distributional change of birds. NTRES 2100: Introduction to Field Biology

Lars Rudstam Professor

Natural Resources

211A Fernow Hall LGR1@cornell.edu

607-255-1555

Aquatic ecology from fish to nutrients. Current research topics range from analysis of deep chlorophyll layers in the Great Lakes, to zooplankton dynamics, diseases in benthic crustaceans, restoration of native fish species, and fisheries. NTRES 3110/3111: Fish Ecology Conservation and Management

Name Department Affiliation Contact Info

Research Interests and Courses Taught

Rebecca Schneider Associate Professor

Natural Resources

220 Fernow Hall RLS11@cornell.edu

607-255-2110

Sustainable management of water resources, wetland ecology and hydrology, plants and groundwater. NTRES 3240: Sustainable, Ecologically Based Management of Water Resources

Jonathon Schuldt Assistant Professor

Communication

329 Kennedy Hall JPS56@cornell.edu

607-255-1543

My research focuses on the factors that influence judgments, decisions, and public opinion in the health and environment domains. Specific topics of interest include message framing, health claims and food labeling, and political communication. Recent work examines the intersection of online search behavior, issue framing, and political identity. Comm 2760: Persuasion and Social Influence Comm 3189: Taking America’s Pulse: Creating and Conducting a National Survey Comm 4200: Public Opinion and Social Processes

Peter Smallidge NY. Extension Forester

Natural Resources

219 Fernow Hall PJS23@cornell.edu

607-592-3640

Control of interfering vegetation, forest regeneration, production of high quality timber, maple syrup production. NTRES 3250: Forest Management and Maple Syrup

Production

Jed Sparks Professor

Director, Office of Undergraduate Biology

(OUB)

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

E408A Corson Hall JPS66@cornell.edu

607-254-4270

Interested in ways that organisms influence the cycling of elements and energy within ecosystems and between ecosystems and the atmosphere. Tend to focus on the ecology of arid and semi-arid terrestrial landscapes. BIOEE 3610: Advanced Ecology

Richard Stedman Professor

Director, Human Dimensions Research Unit

Natural Resources

104 Fernow Hall RCS6@cornell.edu

607-255-9729

Natural resource based communities, natural resources and social change, coupled human and environmental systems, environmental attitudes, social science methods, and environmental risk. NTRES 2201: Society and Natural Resources NTRES 4320: Social Science and Resource Policy: Applications DSOC/NTRES 6201: Community, Place, and Environment

Name Department Affiliation Contact Info

Research Interests and Courses Taught

Patrick Sullivan Professor

Department Chair Career Development

Faculty Representative

Natural Resources

111B Fernow Hall PJS31@cornell.edu

607-255-8213

Quantitative population and community dynamics, natural resource assessment and modeling, biological statistics, spatial statistic, marine and freshwater fisheries. NTRES 3130: Biological Statistics I NTRES 4130: Biological Statistics II NTRES 4110/6110: Quantitative Ecology and Management of Fisheries Resources NTRES 6140: Introduction and Application of Bayesian Methods for Inference in Ecology (Fall 2012) NTRES 6700: Spatial Statistics

James Tantillo Lecturer

Research Associate

Natural Resources

G22 Fernow Hall JAT4@cornell.edu

607-255-2821

Environmental philosophy, environmental history, science policy, and animal ethics. NTRES 2320: Nature and Culture NTRES 3320: Introduction to Ethics and the Environment NTRES 4330: Applied Environmental Philosophy

Janice Thies Associate Professor

Soil and Crop Sciences

722 Bradfield Hall JET25@cornell.edu

607-255-5099

Soil biology and ecology, rhizosphere biology, agroecology, soil health, molecular microbial ecology and biodiversity, biogeochemistry, microbial inoculants, N2 fixation, bacterial source tracking and systems science. PLSCS 3210: Soil Management for Sustainability PLSCS 4660: Soil Ecology PLSCS 4303: The GMO Debate: Science and Society (also Govt, BSoc, STS, PlBio 4303) PLSCS 4500: Master Composters PLSCS 6660: Applied Plant/Microbe Interactions

Peter J. Trowbridge Professor

Department Chair

Landscape Architecture

440 Kennedy Hall PJT4@cornell.edu;

PJT@twla.com 607-255-2738

Scholarship focuses on the rehabilitation and re-greening of brownfield sites. This work specifically engages the successful establishment of plants in urban areas. LA 4910: Creating the Urban Eden LA 3180/6180: Site Construction LA 3010/6010: Theory and Practice of Landscape

Architecture

M. Todd Walter Associate Professor

Director, Water Resources Institute

Biological & Environmental Engineering

222 Riley-Robb Hall MTW5@cornell.edu

607-255-2488

Hydrology with emphases on interactions between ecological and hydrological systems, water quality protection, and applications of nanobiotechnology to environmental science. BEE 3710: Physical Hydrology for Ecosystems

Name Department Affiliation Contact Info

Research Interests and Courses Taught

Thomas Whitlow Associate Professor

Horticulture

23 Plant Science THW2@cornell.edu

607-255-1793

Plant ecologist; focus on using plants to restore ecosystem functions to cities and other human impacted landscapes. Takes an interdisciplinary approach, using physiological ecology, atmospheric science, soil science and hydrology. PLHRT 2240: Ecology and Politics of the Metropolis. PLHRT 4400: Restoration Ecology

David W. Winkler Professor

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

E241 Corson Hall

DWW4@cornell.edu 607-254-4216

Ornithologist with strong interests in physiological, evolutionary and behavioral ecology; explores the causes of temporal and spatial variation in the life histories of birds, focusing mostly on breeding biology and movements. BIOEE 3610: Advanced Ecology BIOEE 4750: Ornithology

Steven Wolf Associate Professor

Natural Resources

121 Fernow Hall SAW44@cornell.edu

607-255-0282

Political economy of environment, environmental governance, multifunctional landscapes, agrienvironmental policy. NTRES 3301: Sustainability Science NTRES/STS/BSOC 3311 and NTRES 6310: Environmental Governance DSOC/NTRES 7600: Economy, Ecology and Limits: A Graduate Seminar in Environmental Sociology

David W. Wolfe Professor

Horticulture

117 Plant Science DWW5@cornell.edu

607-255-7888

Climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies for agriculture and natural ecosystems. Soil health and water and nitrogen management for sustainable crop production. Science communication. PLHRT 1160: Nature Writing (First-Year Writing Seminar) PLHRT 3600: Climate Change and the Future of Food

Wendy Wolford Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson

Professor Associate Director, ACSF

Development Sociology

263 Warren Hall WWW43@cornell.edu

607-255-2146

Issues within and between the political economy of development, agrarian studies, social mobilization, land reform and political ecologies of conservation. IARD/DSOC 2020: Principles of International Agriculture and Rural Development DSOC 3200/5200: Political Economy of Global Development DSOC 6150: Qualitative Methods DSOC 7290: Agrarian Social Movements

Name Department Affiliation Contact Info

Research Interests and Courses Taught

Mark Wysocki Senior Lecturer

Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

1114 Bradfield Hall MWW3@cornell.edu

607-255-2568

Air pollution and weather analysis. EAS 1310: Basic Principles of Meteorology EAS 1340: Basic Meteorology Lab EAS 2500: Meteorological Observations and Instruments EAS 3410: Atmospheric Thermodynamics and Hydrostatis EAS 3520: Synoptic Meteorology EAS 4570: Atmospheric Air Pollution EAS 4700: Advanced Weather Forecasting and Analysis EAS 5050: Fluid Dynamics in the Earth Sciences

Joseph Yavitt Professor

Director of Graduate Studies

Natural Resources

G21 Fernow Hall JBY1@cornell.edu

607-255-6601

Biogeochemistry, microbial ecology, forests and wetlands. NTRES 2010: Environmental Conservation NTRES/EAS 3030: Introduction to Biogeochemistry NTRES 3220: Global Ecology and Management

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM COORDINATORS

Marian Hovencamp Undergraduate Program

Assistant

Natural Resources/ESS G15 Fernow Hall

MTH6@cornell.edu 255-2809

Oversees Department undergraduate activities, course registration, provides advising assistance and serves as a general information resource for all Natural Resources and Environmental and Sustainability Sciences undergraduates.

Suzanne Wapner

Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Natural Resources Environmental and

Sustainability Sciences G15 Fernow Hall

SW38@cornell.edu 607-255-1269

Undergraduate program coordinator for Environmental and Sustainability Sciences (ESS). Provides advising assistance for undergraduates. Teaching support for NTRES 1101, ESS 2000.