MNRM Advisors
Amitava Chatterjee
Title: Associate Professor
Discipline: Soil Science
Degrees: PhD
Research Interests: Nutrient dynamics in agriculture, precision farming
Courses Taught: Soil Fertility and Fertilizers (SS322); Advanced Soil Fertility (SS782)
Lab Website: https://sites.google.com/site/ndsusoilamit/home
Larry Cihacek
Title: Professor of Soil Science
Discipline: Soil Science
Degrees: BS Agronomy, University of Nebraska; MS Agronomy, University of Nebraska; PhD Soil Fertility, Iowa State University
Research Interests: Soil Management, nutrient management, erosion and cropping systems. C sequestration, soil productivity and quality
Courses Taught: Soil 465/665 Soil and Plant Analysis; SOIL 755 Soil Chemistry
Aaron Lee M. Daigh
Title: Assistant Professor of Soil Physics
Discipline: Soil Science
Degrees: BS Environmental Soil and Water Science, University of Arkansas; MS Crop Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas; PhD Soil Science and Environmental Science, Iowa State University
Research interests: Soil physics and hydrology, ecohydrology, agricultural water management, soil salinity, soil contamination and remediation
Courses taught: SOIL 433/633, Soil Physics; SOIL 763, Advanced Soil Physics
Edward (Shawn) DeKeyser
Title: Professor/Program Leader
Discipline: Natural Resources Management
Degrees: BS Biology, Jamestown College; MS and PhD Animal & Range Science, NDSU
Research interests: Wetland ecology, wetland assessment and monitoring, invasive species ecology and management, native prairie and wetland restoration
Courses taught: NRM 402/602, River and Stream Resource Management; RNG/NRM/SOIL 454/654, Wetland Resources Management; NRM 701, Terrestrial Resources Management; RNG 717, Aquatic Vascular Plants
Tom DeSutter
Title: Professor of Soil Science
Discipline: Soil Science
Degrees: BS Geography, South Dakota State; MS Agronomy, South Dakota State; PhD Agronomy, Kansas State
Research interests: Application of industrial by-products to soils; soil salinity and sodicity, reclamation of disturbed lands
Courses taught: SOIL 410/610, Soil and Land Use; SOIL 721, Environmental Field Instrumentation and Sampling
Christina Hargiss
Title: Assistant Professor of NRM
Discipline: Natural Resources Management
Degrees: BS, MS and PHD Natural Resources Management, NDSU
Research interests: Wetland Ecology, Assessment and Monitoring; Environmental Education and Outreach; Effects of energy development on natural resources, Water use and quality
Courses taught: NRM 421/621, Environmental Outreach Methods; NRM 431/631, National Environmental Policy Act/Environment Assessment; NRM 401/601, Urban Ecosystem Management; NRM/RNG 225, Natural Resources and Agroecosystems; NRM/RNG/SOIL 462/662, NRM Planning/Senior Capstone
Jason Harmon
Title: Associate Professor of Insect Ecology
Discipline: Entomology
Degrees: BS Zoology, Univ. of Wisconsin; PhD Entomology, Univ. of Minnesota
Research interests: Insect Ecology, Pollinators, Insect Pests and Natural Enemies in Agroecosystems, Environmental Change and Ecological Interactions
Courses taught: ENT 470/670, Insect Ecology; ENT 770, Writing a Scientific Literature Review; ENT/NRM/SOIL 790, SNRS Graduate Student Seminar
Lab Website:https://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~jasharmo/
Jack Norland
Title: Associate Professor of NRM
Discipline: Natural Resources Management
Degrees: BS Wildlife Biology, Iowa State; MS Range Science, Montana State; PhD Natural Resources Management, NDSU
Research interests: Restoration ecology, Application of remote sensing to natural resource management, Studey of natural resources management problems in a socio-ecological setting
Courses taught: NRM 150, NRM Orientation; NRM 453/653, Rangeland Resources Watershed Management; NRM 420/620, Sustainable Scenarios in NRM; RNG 452/652, GIS in Range/NRM; NRM 701, Terrestrial Resources Management
Deirdre Prischmann-Voldseth
Title: Associate Professor of Entomology
Discipline: Entomology
Degrees: BA Biology, Alfred University; MS Entomology, Oregon State University; PhD Entomology, Washington State University
Research Interests: Integrated pest management, soil biota-plant-arthropod interactions, applied insect ecology, science communication and outreach
Courses Taught: ENT350 General Entomology, ENT431/631 Principles of Insect Pest Management, ENT792 Graduate Teaching Experience