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

Wenjie Xia
Assistant Professor in Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
Multiscale modeling, surface and interface, transport process, complex fluid