Graduate Faculty
Alan C. Ashworth, Ph.D.
University of Birmingham, 1969
Research Interests: Quaternary Paleoecology, Paleoclimatology
Allan.Ashworth@ndsu.edu
Stefan Balaz, Ph.D.
Slovak University of Technology, 1986
Research Interests: Environmental Toxicology
Stefan.Balaz@ndsu.edu
William Barker, Ph.D.
University of Kansas, 1968
Research Interests: Plant Systematics, Floristics of the Northern Great Plains, Range Ecological Studies
William.Barker@ndsu.edu
Achintya Bezbaruah, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2002
Research Interests: Nanomaterials for Pollution Control, Recalcitrant and micro pollutants, Contaminant fate and transport, Small community water and wastewater treatment, Environmental sensors, Environmental management
A.Bezbaruah@ndsu.edu
Chris F. Biga, Ph.D.
Washington State University, 2006
Research Interests: Environmental sociology and sociological social psychology. Influence of identities (environmental, gender, and consumer) on the occurrence of environmentally significant individual behaviors
Chris.Biga@ndsu.edu
Mario E. Biondini, Ph.D.
Colorado State University, 1984
Research Interests: Study and Analysis of Ecosystems, Use of Multivariate Statistical Techniques in the Study of Ecosystems, Modeling of Ecological Systems, Landscape Ecology, Plant-Soil Relationships
Mario.Biondini@ndsu.edu
William J. Bleier, Ph.D.
Texas Tech University, 1975
Research Interests: Vertebrate Pest Management, Habitat Management, Geographic Information Systems
William.Bleier@ndsu.edu
Deborah P. Buitron, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota, 1982
Research Interests: Behavioral Ecology Of Aquatic Birds
c/o Gary.Nuechterlein@ndsu.edu
Malcolm G. Butler, Ph.D.
University of Michigan, 1980
Research Interests: Aquatic Invertebrate Biology, Limnology, And Wetland Ecology
Malcolm.Butler@ndsu.edu
Patrick M. Carr, Ph.D.
Montana State University, 1989
Research Interests: Sustainable Agriculture, Cropping Systems
Patrick.Carr@ndsu.edu
Frank Casey, Ph.D.
Iowa State University, 2000
Research Interests: Transport Of Bioactive Chemicals In Soil-Water Systems, Soil Water Flow Measurement
Francis.Casey@ndsu.edu
Larry Cihacek, Ph.D.
Iowa State University, 1979
Carbon Sequestration In Soils, Soil Physical Properties, Soil Management For Waste Disposal
Larry.Cihacek@ndsu.edu
Gary K. Clambey, Ph.D.
Iowa State University, 1975
Research Interests: Ecology And Biogeography, Environmental Analysis And Planning, Structure Function Relations In The Midwestern Ecosystems
Gary.Clambey@ndsu.edu
Mark E. Clark, Ph.D.
University of Tennessee, 1996
Research Interests: Population Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Fish And Wildlife Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Spatial Modeling, Species Interactions
M.E.Clark@ndsu.edu
Dennis Cooley, Ph.D.
University of Rochester, 1995
Research Interests: Ethics of Science
Dennis.Cooley@ndsu.edu
Davis Cope, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University, 1980
Research Interests: Partial Differential Equations, Numerical Methods, Applied Mathematics
Davis.Cope@ndsu.edu
David B. Danbom, Ph.D.
Stanford University, 1974
Research Interests: Agriculture And Rural Life, Recent U.S., Progressive Period
David.Danbom@ndsu.edu
Theodore L. Esslinger, Ph.D.
Duke University, 1974
Research Interests: Lichenology, Taxonomy, Chemosystematics, Floristics of Lichens, Emphasis on the Alectoriacea, Parmeliaceae and Physciacae
Ted.Esslinger@ndsu.edu
Gary A. Goreham, Ph.D.
South Dakota State University, 1985
Research Interests: Rural Sociology, Community, Family Research Methods, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Agriculture
Gary.Goreham@ndsu.edu
Marion O. Harris, Ph.D.
Michigan State University, 1986
Research Interests: Insect-Pest Management, Host-Plant Relationships
Marion.Harris@ndsu.edu
Mark Harvey, Ph.D.
University of Wyoming, 1986
Research Interests: American West, Environmental History, Public History
Mark.Harvey@ndsu.edu
Harlene Hatterman-Valenti, Ph.D.
Iowa State University, 1993
Research Interests:
H.Hatterman.Valenti@ndsu.edu
Robert R. Hearne, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota, 1995
Research Interests: Economic Analysis of Emerging Environmental and Resource Issues in the Northern Great Plains
Robert.Hearne@ndsu.edu
David Hopkins, Ph.D.
North Dakota State University, 1997
Research Interests: Soil Formation and Chemistry
David.Hopkins@ndsu.edu
Tom Isern, Ph.D.
Oklahoma State University, 1977
Research Interests: History of Agriculture, History of the Great Plains
Thomas.Isern@ndsu.edu
Donna Jacob, Ph.D.
University College, Dublin, 2004
Research Interests: Wetland ecology, biogeochemistry, ecophysiology and ecotoxicology
Donna.Jacob@ndsu.edu
Eakalak Khan, Ph.D.
UCLA, 1997
Research Interests: Water Quality, Biological Process Development for Water and Wastewater Treatment, Stormwater and Non-Point Source Pollution Control
Eakalak.Khan@ndsu.edu>
George O. Kegode, Ph.D.
Iowa State University, 1995
Research Interests: Weed Biology and Ecology, Population Dynamics of Invasive Plants, Sustainable Weed Management
George.Kegode@ndsu.edu
Don Kirby, Ph.D.
Texas A&M, 1980
Research Interests: Grazing Ecology, Restoration Ecology
Don.Kirby@ndsu.edu>
David Lambert, Ph.D.
Oregon State University, 1985
Research Interests: Natural Resources Economics
David.Lambert@ndsu.edu
F. Larry Leistritz, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska, 1970
Research Interests: Economic Development, Resource Economics
F.Leistritz@ndsu.edu
Ken Lepper, Ph.D.
Oklahoma State University, 2001
Research Interests: Geochronology, Geomorphology, Surface Processes
Ken.Lepper@ndsu.edu
Wei Lin, Ph.D.
SUNY at Buffalo, 1992
Research Interests: Water and wastewater treatment, hazardous waste management
Wei.Lin@ndsu.edu
George M. Linz, Ph.D. (adjunct)
North Dakota State University, 1982
Research Interests: Avian ecology
George.M.Linz@usda.gov
Mark Meister, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska, 1997
Research Interests: Rhetorical and Critical Theory, Environmental Communication
Mark.Meister@ndsu.edu
Bakr Mourad Aly Ahmed, Ph.D.
Virginia Tech., 2001
Research Interests: Sustainability Indicators and Implementation, Carrying Capacity Measurements, Coastal Development, Built Environment and Natural Resources Conservation
Bakr.Alyahmed@ndsu.edu
Gary L. Nuechterlein, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota, 1980
Research Interests: Breeding Biology and Behavioral Ecology of Birds, Wildlife Ecology, Particularly of Nongame Species
Gary.Nuechterlein@ndsu.edu
Paul Ode, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1994
Research Interests: Tritrophic Interactions, Behavioral Ecology of Parasitic Wasps, and Invasive Species Ecology
Paul.Ode@ndsu.edu
Peter Oduor, Ph.D.
University of Missouri - Rolla, 2004
Research Interests: Geographic Information Systems, Groundwater Flow Modeling, Groundwater Contamination
Peter.Oduor@ndsu.edu
Marinus Otte, Ph.D.
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1991
Research Interests: Wetland ecology, Biogeochemistry, Ecophysiology and Ecotoxicology
Marinus.Otte@ndsu.edu
G. Padmanabhan, Ph.D.
Purdue University, 1980
Research Interests: Hydrology, Water Resources, Hydraulic Engineering
G.Padmanabhan@ndsu.edu
Waulene Pennymon
Oregon State University, 1999
Research Interests: Social Advocacy and Multicultural Issues in Counseling and Counselor Education, Recruitment and Retention of Culturally Diverse Faculty and Students
W.Pennymon@ndsu.edu
Wendy L. Reed, Ph.D.
Iowa State University, 2000
Research Interests: Physiological Ecology, Wetland and Bird Ecology, Environmental Endocrinology
Wendy.Reed@ndsu.edu
David A. Rider, Ph.D.
Louisiana State University, 1988
Research Interests: Insect Systematics, Biodiversity
David.Rider@ndsu.edu
Michael Robinson, Ph.D.
University of Nottingham, 1985
Research Interests: Parasite Immunology
M.Robinson@ndsu.edu
Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota, 1991
Research Interests: Environmental Geochemistry, Igneous Petrology, Economic Geology, Pedagogical Methods
Bernhardt.Saini-Eidukat@ndsu.edu
Donald P. Schwert, Ph.D.
University of Waterloo, 1978
Research Interests: Quaternary Paleoecology, Analysis of Fossil Insects
Donald.Schwert@ndsu.edu
Dean D. Steele, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota, 1991
Research Interests: Irrigation and Environmental Engineering
email: Dean.Steele@ndsu.edu
Craig A. Stockwell, Ph.D.
University of Nevada, 1995
Research Interests: Conservation Biology, Evolutionary Ecology of Native Fishes, Human-Wildlife Interactions
Craig.Stockwell@ndsu.edu
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/stockwell/
Cheryl Wachenheim, Ph.D.
Michigan State University, 1994
Research Interests: Agribusiness related to livestock and meat industry and biotechnology
Cheryl.Wachenheim@ndsu.edu
Alexander Wagner, Ph.D.
Oxford University, 1997
Research Interests: Lattice Boltzmann, Spinodal Decomposition, Viscoelasticity, Drop Deformation and Break-up in a Shear Flow, Wetting, Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics, Complex systems
Alexander.Wagner@ndsu.edu
George Youngs, Ph.D.
University of Iowa, 1981
Research Interests: Perceived Ethics of Genetically Modified Organisms, Sustainable Agriculture
George.Youngs@ndsu.edu
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