ECS Research Advisors
Craig Stockwell
ECS Director
Professor in Biological Sciences
conservation biology; invasive species; contemporary evolution; restoration/translocation ecology
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Bakr Aly Ahmed
Associate Professor in Architecture & Landscape Architecture
built environment; sustainable architecture; construction technology; urban sustainability
Laura Aldrich-Wolfe
Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences
restoration ecology; conservation biology; fungal community ecology
Allan Ashworth
Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Geosciences
paleoecology; paleoclimatology
Marisol Berti
Professor in AES Plant Sciences
forages; cover crops; soil health; cropping systems; soil and water conservation
Achintya Bezbaruah
Associate Professor in Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering; Director of NAE Grand Challenges Scholars Program
nanomaterials; environmental remediation; wastewater treatment; contaminant fate and transport
Julia Bowsher
Associate Professor in Biological Sciences
evolution; developmental physiology; insects
Igathinathane Cannayen
Assistant Professor in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
biomass preprocessing; agricultural engineering
Frank Casey
Professor and Director of School of Natural Resource Sciences
soil science; soil physics; hydrology; vadose zone; environmental science
Amitava Chatterjee
Associate Professor in Soil Science
Soil carbon; fertility; sugarbeet; corn; greenhouse gas emissions
Xuefeng (Michael) Chu
Professor and Interim Department Chair in Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering; Director of ND Water Resources Research Institute
hydrology; water resources; environmental engineering
Larry Cihacek
Professor in Soil Science
soil fertility; plant nutrition; sustainable agriculture; soil and water conservation
Aaron Daigh
Associate Professor in Soil Science
soil physics; vadose zone hydrology; remediation; reclamation; agronomy
Stephanie Day
Associate Professor and Chair of Geosciences
human-environment interactions; fluvial geomorphology; remote sensing
Anne Denton
Professor in Computer Science and Operations Research
data mining; bioinformatics; scientific informatics; databases; geospatial data; cloud computing
Ned A Dochtermann
Associate Professor in Biological Sciences
evolutionary ecology; behavioral syndromes; quantitative genetics
Paulo Flores
Assistant Professor in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
precision agriculture; unmanned aerial systems; imagery analysis
Caley Gasch
Assistant Professor in Soil Sciences
soil ecology; restoration; conservation
Erin Gillam
Associate Professor in Biological Sciences
behavioral ecology; bats; animal behavior; animal communication
Kendra Greenlee
Professor and Chair of Biological Sciences
insect physiology; respiratory physiology; comparative immunology
Tim Greives
Associate Professor in Biological Sciences
physiological ecology; seasonality; biological rhythms
Ademola (Demmy) Hammed
Research Assistant Professor in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
biotechnology engineering; agricultural bioproducts
Christina Hargiss
Assistant Professor in Natural Resources Management
water use; water quality; wetland ecology; environmental education
Jason Harmon
Associate Professor in Entomology
environmental change; ecological interactions; biological control; entomology
Mark Harvey
Professor and Head of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies Department
national parks; wilderness; US public lands; environmental figure biographies
Harlene Hatterman-Valenti
Professor and Assistant Department Head in Plant Sciences
horticulture; high-value crops; vegetables; fruits
Robert Hearne
Professor in Agribusiness and Applied Economics
natural resource and environmental economics; water resource management
Britt Heidinger
Associate Professor in Biological Sciences
physiological ecology; behavioral ecology; life-history evolution; senescence; stress response
Syeed Md Iskander
Assistant Professor in Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
non-recyclable municipal solid waste management; food waste management; plastics pollution; landfilling; landfill leachate management
Xinhua Jia
Professor in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
irrigation and drainage; evapotranspiration; hydrology; water quality
Eakalak Khan
Adjunct Professor in Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
environmental engineering; wastewater treatment
Page Klug
Affiliate Graduate Faculty in Biological Sciences; Research Wildlife Biologist and Project Leader - USDA
human-wildlife interactions; ecology; birds; snakes
Benjamin Laabs
Associate Professor in Geosciences
quaternary geology; glacial geology; cosmogenic nuclides; paleoclimate; surface processes
Trung Le
Assistant Professor in Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
hydraulics; fluid mechanics; numerical methods for fluid-structure interaction
Kenneth Lepper
Professor in Geosciences
OSL geochronology; quaternary geology; glacial geomorphology; Glacial Lake Agassiz; modern Great Lakes
Zhulu Lin
Associate Professor in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
soil and water resources management; environmental modeling
John McEvoy
Professor and Department Head of Microbiological Sciences
parasitology; environmental microbiology
Jennifer Momsen
Associate Professor in Biological Sciences
STEM education; higher education; ecology
Nurun Nahar
Assistant Professor of Practice in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
biomass conversion; bioprocess engineering; biofuels
Jack Norland
Associate Professor in Natural Resources Management
restoration ecology; grassland; pasture management; remote sensing; urban ecosystems
Peter Oduor
Professor in Geosciences
spatial analysis; environmental management; satellite image analysis; geoinformation
Marinus Otte
Professor in Biological Sciences
botany; ecosystem ecology; biogeochemistry; environmental engineering
Birgit Pruess
Professor in Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences
microbial physiology; gene regulation
David Ripplinger
Associate Professor in Agribusiness and Applied Economics
energy transport; agricultural economics
David Roberts
Associate Professor in Agribusiness and Applied Economics
bioeconomics; econometrics and environmental economics; natural resource management
Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat
Professor in Geosciences
geochemistry; mineralogy; petrology; ore deposits; environmental geology
Kalidas Shetty
Professor in Plant Sciences; Associate Vice President for International Partnerships and Collaborations
plant science; agriculture; food science; human nutrition; public health
Todd Sirotiak
Associate Professor in Construction Management and Engineering
construction process improvement; sustainability
Matthew Smith
Associate Professor of Practice in Biological Sciences
morphology; physiological ecology
Dean Steele
Associate Professor in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
irrigation and environmental engineering; computer aided analysis and design
Lydia Tackett
Associate Professor in Geosciences
paleoecology; sedimentology; taphonomy; stratigraphy; climate reconstruction
Steven Travers
Associate Professor in Biological Sciences
botany; evolutionary ecology; climate change; phenology
Cheryl Wachenheim
Professor in Agribusiness and Applied Economics
agribusiness; behavior; economics; pedagogy; sales
Alexander Wagner
Associate Professor in Physics
Lattice Boltzmann; phase separation; fluctuations