NDWRRI Affiliate Faculty

G. Padmanabhan, Ph.D.
Director, NDWRRI
Professor of Civil Engineering, NDSU
Research Interests: Hydrology, Water Resources, Hydraulic Engineering
G.Padmanabhan@ndsu.edu

Adnan Akyuz , Ph.D.
Assistant professor, Soil Science Department
ND State Climatologist
Director, North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network

Alan C. Ashworth, Ph.D.
Professor of Geology, NDSU
Research Interests: Quaternary Paleoecology, Paleoclimatology
Allan.Ashworth@ndsu.edu

Achintya Bezbaruah, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, NDSU
Research Interests: Environmental sensors, Small community treatment, Micropollutants
a.bezbaruah@ndsu.edu

Mario Biondini, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Animal and Range Sciences, NDSU
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

Malcolm G. Butler, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Sciences, NDSU
Research Interests: Aquatic Invertebrate Biology, Limnology, and Wetland Ecology
Malcolm.Butler@ndsu.edu

Frank Casey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Soil Physics, NDSU
Research Interests: Transport of Bioactive Chemicals in Soil-Water Systems, Soil Water Flow Measurement
Francis.Casey@ndsu.edu

Xuefeng Chu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, NDSU
xuefeng.chu@ndsu.edu

Larry Cihacek, Ph.D.
Soil Science Department, NDSU
Research Interest: Carbon Sequestration in Soils, Soil Physical Properties, Soil Management for Waste Disposal
Larry.Cihacek@ndsu.edu

Phil Gerla, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geology and Geological Engineering, UND
Phil.Gerla@mail.und.nodak.edu

Carolyn E Grygiel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Soil Science and Director
Natural Resources Management Program
Carolyn.Grygiel@ndsu.edu

Robert R. Hearne, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, NDSU
Research Interest: Economic Analysis of Emerging Environmental and Resource Issues in the Northern Great Plains
rhearne@ndsuext.nodak.edu

Xinhua Jia, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Agriculture and Biosystems Department, NDSU
Xinhua.Jia@ndsu.edu

Eakalak Khan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Construction, NDSU
Research Interest: Water Quality, Biological Process Development for Water and Wastewater Treatment, Stormwater and Non-Point Source Pollution Control
Eakalak.Khan@ndsu.edu

Don Kirby, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Animal Range Sciences Department, NDSU
Research Interests: Grazing Ecology, Restoration Ecology
Don.Kirby@ndsu.edu

Scott Korom, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, UND
Research Interests: Aquifer Denitrification,Groundwater Remediation and Engineering and Wetlands
Scott.Korom@und.nodak.edu

Jay Leitch, Ph.D.
Professor of Agricultural Economics, NDSU
Jay.Leitch@ndsu.edu

Howe Lim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Department, UND
Research Interests: Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering
Yeo.Lim@und.nodak.edu

Wei Lin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, NDSU
Research Interests: Water and wastewater treatment, hazardous waste management
Wei.Lin@ndsu.edu

Greg McCarthy, Ph.D.
Director Emeritus, NDWRRI and Associate Vice President, Center of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Research
Greg.Mccarthy@ndsu.edu

John McEvoy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences, NDSU
Research Interests: Cryptosporidium virulence factors and mechanisms of pathogenesis
john.mcevoy@ndsu.edu

Peter Oduor, Ph.D.
Geosciences Department, NDSU
Research Interest: Geographic Information Systems, Groundwater Flow Modeling, Groundwater Contamination
Peter.Oduor@ndsu.edu

Wendy L. Reed, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biologoical Science, NDSU
Research Interests: Physiological Ecology, Wetland and Bird Ecology, Environmental Edocrinology
Wendy.Reed@ndsu.edu

Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat, Ph.D.
Chair, Dept of Geosciences, NDSU
Research Interests: Environmental Geochemistry, Igneous Petrology, Economic Geology, Pedagogical Methods
Bernhardt.Saini-Eidukat@ndsu.edu

Thomas Scherer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Extension Agriculture Engineer
Agriculture and Biosystems Department

Dean D. Steele, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Dept., NDSU
Research Interests: Irrigation and Environmental Engineering
Dean.Steele@ndsu.edu

Craig A. Stockwell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, NDSU
Research Interests: Conservation Biology, Evolutionary Ecology of Native Fishes, Human-Wildlife Interactions
Craig.Stockwell@ndsu.edu

Joseph D.Zeleznik, Ph.D.
Extension Forester, NDSU - Plant Sciences Department
Joseph.Zeleznik@ndsu.edu

Julia Zhao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry Department, UND
jzhao@chem.und.edu