GDPE Faculty Directory

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Key to Department Abbreviations

Anthropology: Department of Anthropology
ARE: Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
AS: Department of Animal Sciences
Atmospheric Science: Department of Atmospheric Science
Biology: Department of Biology
Biomedical Sciences: Department of Biomedical Sciences
BSPM: Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management
CBE: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
CEE: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Chemistry: Department of Chemistry
CIRA: Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
Clinical Sciences: Department of Clinical Sciences
COHS: College of Applied Human Sciences
CPW: Colorado Parks and Wildlife
CRB: Center for Rhizosphere Biology
CS: Department of Computer Science
CSFS: Colorado State Forest Service
CSUWC: CSU Water Center
CU: University of Colorado
Ed: School of Education
ENGL: Department of English
ERHS: Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences
ESS: Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
Fort Lewis College: Fort Lewis College
FRS: Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship
FWCB: Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
Geosciences: Department of Geosciences

HDNR: Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Hist: Department of History
HLA: Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
LFL: Larval Fish Laboratory
LTER: Shortgrass Steppe Long Term Ecological Research Station
Mathematics: Department of Mathematics
ME: Department of Mechanical Engineering
MIP: Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
NCAR: National Center for Atmospheric Research
NPS: National Park Service
NREL: Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
NWRC: National Wildlife Research Center
Philosophy: Department of Philosophy
Political Science: Department of Political Science
RMRS: Rocky Mountain Research Station
RMTR: Rocky Mountain Tree Ring Research
SCS: Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
SoGES: School of Global Environmental Sustainability
Statistics: Department of Statistics
The Nature Conservancy: The Nature Conservancy
University of Wyoming: University of Wyoming
USDA: United States Department of Agriculture
USFS-RMRS: USDA Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Research Station
USFWS: United States Fish and Wildlife Service
USGS: United States Geological Survey
WCNR: Warner College of Natural Resources Dean's Office

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	Aldridge, Cameron ESS (NREL ) cameron.aldridge@colostate.edu website	My research involves understanding animal-habitat relationships, with an emphasis on conservation and wildlife ecology. I am interested in addressing the effects of energy development, land-use change, and climate change on conserving wildlife populations, their habitats, and the ecosystems they inhabit. I work across spatial scales, and use statistical and empirical modeling in my research.
	Angeloni, Lisa Biology angeloni@colostate.edu website	Behavioral ecology; reproductive strategies; conservation biology
	Angert, Amy Biology angert@mail.colostate.edu website	Plant evolutionary ecology; geographic range limits;adaptation to environmental stress; spatial and temporal variation in natural selection
	Antolin, Mike Biology antolin@lamar.colostate.edu website	My laboratory group works on the effects of fragmented and patchy populations in evolution, genetics, and ecology. Currently, we study the epidemiology of plague in natural populations of Black-tailed prairie dogs and other small rodents on the short grass prairies of north-central Colorado, and transmission pathways of chronic wasting disease in mule deer.
	Augustine, David USDA (ESS ) David.Augustine@ars.usda.gov website	My research interests include plant-herbivore interactions, the ecology and management of semi-arid rangelands, and conservation biology. My current research examines interactions among cattle, prescribed fire, and prairie dogs in the western Great Plains, and the effects of these disturbance processes on vegetation heterogeneity and native grassland birds.
	Ayres, Ed NREL edayres@nrel.colostate.edu website	Plant-soil interactions, biodiversity and community composition; global change; aboveground and belowground herbivory; biogeochemistry; linking community and ecosystem ecology; forest, grassland and polar ecology.
	Bailey, Larissa FWCB llbailey@colostate.edu	My research focuses mainly on developing and applying quantitative methods to address scientific and management questions about vertebrate systems and their dynamics (especially amphibians).
	Baker, Dan Biomedical Sciences danbaker@colostate.edu	My research interest focus is on reproductive physiology of wild ungulates and developing and testing methods for controlling their fertility.
	Ballweber, Lora MIP lora.ballweber@colostate.edu website	Ecological epidemiology with emphasis on helminths of wildlife; assessment of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in wildlife; anthelmintic resistance in gastrointestinal strongyles (cattle)
	Baron, Jill USGS (ESS , NREL) jill.baron@colostate.edu website	Ecosystem ecology; biogeochemistry; impacts of climate-nitrogen interactions on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems; global change in mountains; integrating science into decision-making processes; long-term ecosystem dynamics
	Bauerle, Bill HLA bill.bauerle@colostate.edu website	Ecophysiology, Stress Physiology (primarily drought and elevated temperature stress), and mechanistic modeling of carbon and water fluxes
	Beck, George BSPM gbeck@lamar.colostate.edu website	Noxious weed invasion and management.
	Bestgen, Kevin FWCB (LFL ) kevin.bestgen@colostate.edu website	Current investigations include dispersal, survival, population abundance, recruitment patterns, and river regulation effects on endangered cypriniform fishes in the Colorado River system, distribution and abundance patterns of western fishes. Other interests include effects of fish screening and passage evaluations, longitudinal gradient analysis of stream biota, stream fish community ecology, taxonomy and biology of larval fish, and long-term monitoring of stream fish communities. Most of my work is at the interface of ecology and management, particularly related to endangered fishes.
	Betsill, Michele Political Science m.betsill@colostate.edu website	My research focuses on the governance of global climate change from the global to the local level. I am particularly interested in understanding how governance initiatives interact across scales and ways that this enables/constrains global efforts to deal with climate change.
	Biggins, Dean USGS (Biology ) dean_biggins@usgs.gov website	1) Ecology of Yersinia pestis 2) Biology and conservation of black-footed ferrets 3) Ecology of prairie dogs and grassland ecosystems
	Binkley, Dan ESS dan.binkley@colostate.edu website	Forest productivity; biogeochemical cycles; longterm dynamics of ecosystems, including collaborative ecological restoration
	Bjostad, Louis BSPM louis.bjostad@colostate.edu website	Chemical interactions among insects and plants; infochemicals, including pheromones, kairomones, allomones
	Bledsoe, Brian CEE brian.bledsoe@colostate.edu website	Stream and watershed processes; hydro-ecology, restoration ecology; wetlands and riparian zones, water quality; diffuse pollution; ecological engineering; and river basin management
	Blumenthal, Dana USDA (BSPM ) dana.blumenthal@ars.usda.gov website	I am a plant ecologist, with interests in global change ecology and plant invasion. Much of the research in my lab focuses on how global changes alter resource availability and therefore plant communities.
	Boone, Randall ESS (NREL ) randall.boone@colostate.edu website	Spatial analysis; ecosystem modeling with agent-based approaches; ecosystem sustainability; speciation
	Borch, Thomas SCS borch@colostate.edu website	Environmental biogeochemistry, particularly as it relates to how soil processes governing organic matter, contaminant and nutrient dynamics
	Bowser, Gillian NREL (ESS ) gbowser@colostate.edu website	Sustainability and conservation ecology; the interaction of people with natural resources and ecology - how climate change impacts resources and the disparate impacts on different communities and cultures associated with those resources
	Breck, Stewart USDA (FWCB ) Stewart.W.Breck@aphis.usda.gov	Human-wildlife conflict; carnivore ecology; animal behavior
	Brown, Cynthia BSPM cynthia.s.brown@colostate.edu	Patterns of invasion; impacts of invasive species; mechanisms of invasion and community and ecosystem restoration.
	Brown, Peter RMTR (ESS ) pmb@rmtrr.org website	I am a dendrochronologist who specializes in reconstructing multi-century changes in forest dynamics and fire and climate regimes. My main research interests include fire climatology, restoration ecology, and fire and forest ecology.
	Cafaro, Philip Philosophy (SoGES ) philip.cafaro@colostate.edu website	My research interests center on environmental ethics and the preservation of wild nature. I am particularly interested in consumption and population issues, the creation of sustainable economies and societies, and human character development as it relates to sustainability.
	Carlson, Ken CEE kcarlson@engr.colostate.edu	My research interests have centered around water quality, fate and transport of contaminants and natural and engineered treatment systems. Recently, I have applied my research background to energy-related water issues, in particular, hydraulic fracturing and shale gas development. Research includes real-time monitoring of aquifer water quality in shale gas areas of Colorado and understanding public concerns associated with water.
	Carr (Kotliar), Tasha USGS (FRS ) carrn@usgs.gov website	My research focus is on long-term ecosystem dynamics, ecological effects of energy development, disturbance ecology, and landscape ecology: implications for management of public lands in the western US. I primarily work on breeding and migrating avian communities in montane and subalpine forests of the Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau, as well as shrub-steppe, grasslands, and wetlands of the Intermountain West.
	Chong, Geneva USGS (ESS ) geneva_chong@usgs.gov website	I use a landscape ecology approach to understand systems'' reactions to disturbances (e.g., management actions; land-use; the presence or absence of natural disturbance regimes such as fire.)
	Clark, Larry USDA (FWCB ) Larry.Clark@aphis.usda.gov website	Human-wildlife conflicts; sensory biology; chemical ecology; wildlife diseases; wildlife epidemiology; West Nile virus; avian influenza
	Clements, Will FWCB william.clements@colostate.edu website	Research conducted in my laboratory focuses primarily on understanding how communities and ecosystems respond to contaminants, particularly metals from abandoned mines. I am especially interested in questions that address responses to multiple perturbations and interactions between contaminants and other anthropogenic stressors.
	Conant, Rich ESS (NREL ) rich.conant@colostate.edu website	Soil carbon dynamics and the impacts of land use management/change on soil carbon, primarily in grasslands and agroecosystems
	Coop, Jonathan USFS-RMRS jcoop@fs.fed.us	Ecology and conservation of plant communities; montane and subalpine grasslands, treeline ecotones, tree seedling ecophysiology, and landscape change.
	Cooper, David FRS david.cooper@colostate.edu website	Wetland ecosystem studies, wetland vegetation ecology, wetland restoration and creation, wetland hydrology.
	Cotrufo, Francesca SCS francesca.cotrufo@colostate.edu website	Plant-soil atmosphere C and N dynamics as affected by global changes; terrestrial ecosystems stable isotope ecology; black carbon dynamics in soils, biochar
	Coughenour, Michael NREL (ESS ) michael.coughenour@colostate.edu website	Pastoral and grazing ecosystems, spatial ecosystems modeling, GIS & remote sensing, responses of ecosystems to climate & CO2, coupled ecosystem & atmospheric models; savanna ecology, Africa, National Parks in Rocky Mountain region.
	Crooks, Kevin FWCB kevin.crooks@colostate.edu website	In my lab, we apply theoretical principles of ecology, animal behavior, and conservation science to natural systems. Because of my commitment to conservation, my research often examines the impacts of anthropogenic disturbances, such as habitat fragmentation and urban sprawl, on wildlife, particularly mammalian carnivores due to their sensitivity to such disturbances.
	Davies, Stephen ARE stephen.davies@colostate.edu	I am currently interested in water resources issues including large infrastructure, irrigation systems and their sustainability, and the impacts of climate change on water resources and economic activity in Colorado and Pakistan. I also have an interest in agricultural research and the effect on habitats.
	Denning, Scott Atmospheric Science denning@atmos.colostate.edu website	Atmosphere-biosphere interactions; global carbon cycle; use of atmospheric data to interpret and constrain understanding of ecosystem processes; spatial scaling of ecosystem process understanding using numerical simulations and atmospheric constraints.
	Detling, Jim Biology james.detling@colostate.edu website	Plant-herbivore interactions, grassland ecology, global change effects, physiological plant ecology
	Doherty, Paul FWCB paul.doherty@colostate.edu website	Population and community ecology
	Dwire, Kate USFS-RMRS (FRS ) kadwire@fs.fed.us	Riparian ecology: 1) Distribution of riparian plant species (including invasive species) and communities in relation to disturbance and hydrologic, climatic and geomorphic variables; (2) Effects of prescribed and natural fire on stream-riparian processes and biota; (3) Large wood dynamics in Rocky Mountain streams; influence of management and disturbance; (4) Organic matter dynamics (surface and subsurface) in stream-riparian ecosystems; (5) Characterization of groundwater-dependent ecosystems (springs; riparian, alpine, and slope wetlands) in Rocky Mountain headwater basins; (6) Assessment and monitoring of stream and riparian condition; impacts of management on riparian structure and function.
	Elder, Kelly Geosciences kelder@fs.fed.us website	Snow hydrology, snowmelt modeling, snow avalanches, surface hydrology, glaciology, geomorphology.
	Evangelista, Paul NREL (ESS ) paulevan@nrel.colostate.edu	My research interests includes invasive species, range management, predictive modeling, ecosystem services, biodiversity, wildlife management and conservation, climate change and strengthening capacity of resource managers. By design, these interests often overlap within the context of my research. Although I enjoy the opportunity to work in new ecosystems, most of my work has been conducted in semi-arid systems of the American Southwest, coniferous forests of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, rangelands of Wyoming, and the Southern highland forests of Ethiopia.
	Fassnacht, Steven ESS steven.fassnacht@colostate.edu website	Snow hydrology; hydrological processes; snow-ecology interactions; hydrological modeling
	Fausch, Kurt FWCB kurt.fausch@colostate.edu website	Ecology and management of streams, fish, and aquatic-riparian food webs.
	Fedy, Brad NREL (FWCB , ESS) fedyb@usgs.gov website	My research examines factors that influence fitness of animal populations at multiple scales - from genes to landscapes. The impetus for most of my research emerges from important conservations issues; however, I also endeavor to answer general ecological questions to improve concepts and theory in ecology and evolution. I focus on questions examining Habitat Selection, Landscape Genetics, Population Trends, and Social Behavior.
	Fernandez-Gimenez, Maria FRS maria.fernandez-gimenez@colostate.edu website	Rangeland ecology & management; community-based natural resource management; monitoring & adaptive management; pastoral development
	Fisher, Chris Anthropology ctfisher@lamar.colostate.edu website	Mesoamerican archaeology and ethnohistory, regional analysis, prehispanic agriculture, land-use, landscape archaeology, geoarchaeology intensification and resilience
	Flather, Curt USFS-RMRS (FWCB ) cflather@fs.fed.us website	My personal research assignment has been to develop and evaluate methodologies for quantifying and predicting wildlife population and community response to changes in land cover, land use, critical habitats, and disturbances (including climate change) at broad geographic scales. The results from these studies are intended to inform Forest Service land management planning activities.
	Florant, Greg Biology florant@lamar.colostate.edu website	Physiological ecology, animal adaptation to environments, regulation of food intake and body mass, hibernation
	Friedman, Jonathan USGS (Geosciences ) friedmanj@usgs.gov website	Fluvial geomorphology and riparian plant ecology; invasive plants, phenology, and climate change; dendrochronology
	Funk, Chris Biology chris.funk@colostate.edu website	I am broadly interested in conservation, gene flow, adaptation, and speciation. Research foci currently include landscape and conservation genetics; predicting vulnerability to climate change based on species' traits; the effects of gene flow on fitness; the role of ecological and sexual selection in speciation; and quantitative natural history. I address questions using an integrative approach that combines population genetics and genomics, phylogenetics, experiments, ecology, and behavior.
	Galvin, Kathy Anthropology (NREL ) kathleen.galvin@colostate.edu website	Human ecology and human adaptability, human dimensions of global environmental change, arid and semiarid ecosystems, pastoralism, household economics, diet and nutrition, Africa, Central Asia.
	Gao, Wei ESS (NREL ) wei.gao@colostate.edu website	Atmospheric/vegetation canopy radiation transfer modeling, UV (ultraviolet) radiation, UV radiation and other climate stress factors influences on plants, satellite remote sensing, impact of climate change and regional climate modeling/ecosystem modeling.
	Ghalambor, Cameron Biology cameron1@lamar.colostate.edu website	I am an evolutionary ecologist interested in the empirical study of adaptation. My lab works on adaptive divergence in morphology, behavior, life history, and physiology of fish, birds, and aquatic insects. A common theme in our work is to partition phenotypic variation into its genetic and environmental components, thus we are very interested in the ecological and evolutionary implications of phenotypic plasticity. We conduct fieldwork in freshwater streams, forests, and scrub habitats in both temperate and tropical environments, and carry out lab-based experiments. Our current projects include studies of adaptive divergence in Trinidadian guppies, birds on the California Channel Islands, and aquatic insects in Colorado and Ecuador.
	Glantz, Mica Anthropology Mica.Glantz@colostate.edu website	My research interests include Late Pleistocene hominin paleobiology, Neandertal biogeography, dental anthropology, Central Asian Paleolithic archaeology, and the origins of Homo sapiens. I have worked in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan over the past ten years, documenting the Paleolithic occupation of the region and investigating the unique landscape attributes of the region and their impact on Late Pleistocene hominin lineages. Presently, I am developing a new research focus on GIS and Neandertal biogeography.
	Goldstein, Joshua HDNR joshua.goldstein@colostate.edu website	My interests cut across the interdisciplinary fields of ecosystem services, conservation finance, and ecological economics to explore novel pathways to align economic forces with conservation. My research combines economic and ecological approaches to guide investment strategies to conserve biodiversity and supply ecosystem services.
	Graff, Gregory ARE gregory.graff@colostate.edu website	The economics of innovation and entrepreneurship in agriculture, where the positive and negative ecological impacts of new technologies can be a major driver and/or a major constraint
	Ham, Jay SCS jay.ham@colostate.edu website	Environmental physics and micrometeorology; long-term CO2 and H2O flux monitoring by eddy covariance; global climate change and field-scale carbon budgets; instrumentation development; soil-plant-water relations; and effects of animal feeding operations on air and water quality
	Hanan, Niall NREL (FRS ) niall.hanan@colostate.edu website	Ecosystem and community ecology of savannas and drylands in Africa and globally; vegetation, carbon, water and biogeochemical dynamics; land surface-atmosphere interactions with emphasis on savannas, climate change and land use; systems modeling and remote sensing.
	Hoag, Dana ARE dhoag@colostate.edu	Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy: focus on modeling bio-physical systems, managers and policy makers related to private and public conflicts between commercial production and provision or protection of ecosystem services.
	Hobbs, Tom ESS (NREL ) tom.hobbs@colostate.edu website	My work focusses on population ecology of large mammals. I also seek to understand how mammalian herbivores influence process in communities and ecosystems. All of my work combines models of ecological processes with data to gain insight.
	Hoke, Kim Biology kim.hoke@colostate.edu	My research interests include plant-herbivore interactions, the ecology and management of semi-arid rangelands, and conservation biology. My current research examines interactions among cattle, prescribed fire, and prairie dogs in the western Great Plains, and the effects of these disturbance processes on vegetation heterogeneity and native grassland birds.
	Holtzer, Tom BSPM tholtzer@lamar.colostate.edu website	Population dynamics, behavior, and biological control of insects; Integrated Pest Management (IPM); ecology and management of invasive species; sustainable agriculture; and management of dryland cropping systems
	Hooten, Mevin USGS (FWCB , Statistics) mevin.hooten@colostate.edu website	Spatial, Temporal, and Spatio-Temporal Ecological Modeling using Bayesian Methods and Hierarchical Models
	Hubbard, Robert USFS-RMRS rhubbard@fs.fed.us	Physical and biological controls on vegetation water use and the influence of vegetation on site water balance; plant water relations and the effects of hydraulic constraints on tree and forest productivity; the effects of disturbance on ecosystem water and carbon cycling.
	Hufbauer, Ruth BSPM hufbauer@lamar.colostate.edu website	I’m an evolutionary ecologist who works on biological invasions, plant-insect interactions, and biological control. I address fundamental questions regarding population founding, extinction, and adaptation using Tribolium flour beetles as a model system. In addition, my students and I work in the field and greenhouse largely on invasive plants and their herbivores.
	Huyvaert, Kate FWCB kate.huyvaert@colostate.edu website	Wildlife disease ecology; application of field and laboratory techniques to questions in population biology, behavioral ecology, and wildlife conservation, particularly with tropical seabirds.
	Jacobi, William BSPM (FRS ) william.jacobi@colostate.edu website	Forest and shade tree pathology, epidemiology, susceptibility to cankers & other fungal diseases, interactions meteorological, and site factors.
	Jacobsen (q), Dereck dereck.jacobsen@colostate.edu
	Johnson, Brett FWCB brett.johnson@colostate.edu website	Trophic interactions in aquatic ecosystems, limnology and water quality, contaminant bioaccumulation, fisheries management, bioenergetics, population dynamics.
	Johnston, Danielle CPW (FRS ) danielle.bilyeu@state.co.us	I am interested in understanding anthropogenic changes to the structure and function of ecosystems, and investigating how this understanding can inform restoration of degraded ecosystems. For instance, I'm interested in how disturbances alter weed seed dispersal, and how we can manipulate seed dispersal to promote favorable restoration outcomes. I am also interested in long-term plant community development following disturbances. Current projects include a series of experiments examining restoration of oil and gas disturbances in western Colorado.
	Joyce, Linda USFS-RMRS (FRS ) ljoyce@fs.fed.us website	Climate change effects on ecosystems and economic sectors, adaptation and resource management
	Kampf, Stephanie ESS stephanie.kampf@colostate.edu website	Physical hydrology, land-atmosphere interactions, hydrologic modeling, soil moisture
	Kanatous, Shane Biology shane.kanatous@colostate.edu website	Oxygen metabolism; especially on the control and regulation of skeletal and cardiac muscle adaptations to extreme environmental conditions such as hypoxia
	Kelly, Gene SCS pedoiso@lamar.colostate.edu website	Pedology, biogeochemistry, forest and range soils.
	Kendall, Bill USGS (FWCB ) william.kendall@colostate.edu website	My interests are in the development, application, and evaluation of methods in quantitative ecology. Current research focuses on several areas of capture-recapture statistical methodology, the conceptual development of adaptive resource management and its application to decision problems, and population dynamics of sandhill cranes, albatross, sea turtles, and manatees.
	Khosla, Raj SCS raj.khosla@colostate.edu website	Precision agriculture: management of spatially variable Agro-Ecosystems
	Klein, Donald MIP dakspk@lamar.colostate.edu website	Environmental microbiology, plant soil microbe interactions, metals and microbes
	Klein, Julia ESS julia.klein@colostate.edu website	My research examines how grassland and alpine ecosystems are responding to global changes and human activities, including climate warming, extreme weather events, and changing grazing management practices.
	Knapp, Alan Biology aknapp@lamar.colostate.edu website	Plant ecology, physiological ecology, grasslands, global change, plants and herbivores, ecosystem and community ecology.
	Knight, Rick HDNR richard.knight@colostate.edu website	I''m interested in land use and land health issues. All lands and waters have human footprints. The challenges in the years ahead are to ensure these footprints are sustainable.
	Kondratieff, Boris BSPM boris.kondratieff@colostate.edu website	Aquatic insect taxonomy and ecology, conservation and biodiversity of insects, forensic entomology, museum science.
	Kumar, Sunil NREL (ESS ) sunil.kumar@colostate.edu website	My current research interests are (1) spatial modeling and mapping of invasive plants, pathogens and diseases, (2) spatial modeling of threatened and endangered species distributions, (3) assessment of population vulnerability to vector-borne disease, (4) pest risk analysis, and (5) quantification of landscape spatial heterogeneity and its effects on native and non-native species and ecosystems.
	LaBelle, Jason Anthropology jlabelle@lamar.colostate.edu website	Archaeologist interested in human-environmental relationships, during periods of climatic change such as the terminal Pleistocene/early Holocene and within seasonal forager transhumance between the short grass prairies and alpine tundra.
	Laituri, Melinda ESS melinda.laituri@colostate.edu website	Environmental equity, resource management, indigenous knowledge, risk, hazards, GIS.
	Landolt, Gabriele Clinical Sciences landoltg@colostate.edu	Epidemiology and ecology of animal influenza A viruses.
	Lauenroth, William University of Wyoming (ESS ) wlauenro@uwyo.edu website	Plant community ecology, ecosystem ecology, and ecohydrology
	Lefsky, Michael ESS michael.lefsky@colostate.edu website	Remote sensing of vegetation structure and function
	Leisz, Stephen Anthropology steve.leisz@colostate.edu website	I utilize information derived from remote sensed data (satellite imagery and historical airphotos) and fieldwork and focus on rural and peri-urban smallholder farming system transitions, related land use / land cover changes, impacts on ecosystems and policy. Geographically my focus has been Southeast Asia, Melanesia and sub-Saharan Africa. See http://anthropology.colostate.edu/pages/faculty/leisz.aspx.
	Liston, Glen Atmospheric Science liston@cira.colostate.edu website	My professional focus has been the research and parameterization of land-surface hydrology, vegetation, and boundary layer processes for local- regional- and global-scale land-atmosphere interaction models operating at climate, and shorter, time scales.
	Lockwood, Dale Biology dale.lockwood@colostate.edu website	My research interests fall into two categories, theoretical population modeling with an emphasis on complex dynamics and spatial dynamics and ecological genetics as they pertain to conservation biology.
	Loomis, John ARE john.loomis@colostate.edu website	I teach and do research on recreation and environmental valuation including ecosystem services, threatened and endangered species, forests, and public lands.
	Magennis, Ann Anthropology Ann.Magennis@colostate.edu website	Human ecology and human adaptability in contemporary and past human populations. Specifically, my interests are in public health, particularly maternal and child health, and infectious disease. In addition, I am interested in food security and the role that women play in maintaining food security in the household.
	Manfredo, Mike HDNR michael.manfredo@colostate.edu website	Application of social sciences to natural resource issues with emphasis on theory building and improving the application of social science to decision-making.
	Martin, Patrick HLA patrick.martin@colostate.edu website	The ecology and dynamics of landscapes: tropical montane forests, exotic plant invasions, and climate change–combining field data with spatially-explicit models and remote sensing in the study of forests dynamics
	McKay, John BSPM jkmckay@colostate.edu website	We study the study the ecological and molecular genetic mechanisms of adaptation in plants. For environmental factors such as temperature and drought, this requires identifying the traits, QTL, genes and transcripts involved in the production of adaptive phenotypes. In addition, this research will seek to identify how plants sense environmental conditions and activate regulatory networks that underlie adaptive mechanisms.
	Meiman, Paul FRS paul.meiman@colostate.edu website	Invasive plant ecology and management, plant community dynamics, domestic livestock grazing, ecology and mangement of riparian systems, plant herbivore interations, exurban development.
	Merritt, David USDA (Geosciences , Biology, NREL) dmmerritt@fs.fed.us	I am interested in riparian plant ecology and the physical processes that support diverse native plant communities along rivers. Much of my work is focused on understanding the linkages between streamflow, groundwater, and fluvial processes and how they influence riparian plant community structure and function. Examining the effects of human-caused flow alteration and fragmentation of metapopulations and metacommunities along rivers has been a major research focus of mine over the past decade.
	Miller, Mike CPW (MIP ) mike.miller@state.co.us	Ecology and management of infectious and parasitic diseases of free-ranging wildlife populations
	Moore, Chet MIP (BSPM ) chester.moore@colostate.edu website	Ecology of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases; alien and invasive disease vectors.
	Moore, Janice Biology pillbug@lamar.colostate.edu website	Ecology and evolution of parasites; parasite-induced behavioral alterations
	Moore, John ESS (NREL ) john.moore@colostate.edu website	My research interests have taken two directions - theoretical and applied ecology, and education and outreach. As an ecologist my research has focused on the analysis of complex systems, with an emphasis on the biological and biogeochemical interactions in soils.
	Morisette, Jeff USGS (ESS ) morisettej@usgs.gov website	Application of multi-resolution and time series satellite imagery to ecological and climate studies.
	Muths, Erin FWCB muthse@usgs.gov website	Amphibian conservation is a main focus of much of my research. I am interested in population demography and host -pathogen dynamics in native amphibians and in extending our research findings to other similar ecosystems to look for patterns that may contribute to our understanding of amphibian decline. I have field projects in the Rocky Mountain West and work with colleagues from Wyoming to Spain. My work at USGS is an integral part of the Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI).
	Myrick, Chris FWCB chris.myrick@colostate.edu website	Our laboratory uses a variety of laboratory and field-based fish physiology tools to address applied research questions in fisheries biology, freshwater ecology, invasion ecology, and global climate change.
	Naug, Dhruba Biology dhruba@lamar.colostate.edu website	I am broadly interested in Behavioral and Cognitive ecology, specifically in social dynamics, decision-making, and host-parasite interactions, answering such questions with honeybees as a model.
	Noon, Barry FWCB barry.noon@colostate.edu website	Population ecology of terrestrial vertebrates; conservation planning for threatened and endangered species; environmental monitoring; the interface between science and land-use policy.
	Norton, Andrew BSPM apnorton@lamar.colostate.edu website	Ecology and evolution of pests (including arthropods, weeds and pathogens) and their natural enemies, including pest management systems.
	Ode, Paul BSPM paul.ode@colostate.edu website	Plant-insect interactions, especially multi-trophic interactions involving plant chemistry, insect herbivores, and natural enemies.
	Ogle, Steve ESS (NREL ) stephen.ogle@colostate.edu website	Dr. Stephen M. Ogle is an ecosystem research scientist focusing on large-scale assessments of land use and management impacts on biogeochemical processes. Currently, he is principle investigator on the U.S. assessment of agricultural impacts on greenhouse gas emissions, including soil C and soil N2O, which is used for both US national and international policy purposes. Dr. Ogle has worked on syntheses and reports through the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, including a lead author on the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report on Climate Change (Mitigation Report) and the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. He serves on the scientific steering group for the US North American Carbon Program (NACP) and is co-coordinator of an intensive campaign evaluating carbon fluxes between land surfaces and atmosphere in the Mid-Continent region of North America. Dr. Ogle also works on capacity-building efforts to improve national greenhouse gas inventories associated with land use and agriculture in other regions, such as Central America and Southeast Asia.
	Ojima, Dennis ESS (NREL ) dennis.ojima@colostate.edu website	Research activities address coupled social-ecological issues related to global and regional land use and climate changes on ecosystem dynamics; emphasis on adaption strategies; studies of the interaction between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere; the impact of changes in land management on trace gas exchange; regional carbon cycle studies; and the development of a global ecosystem model.
	Parton, Bill NREL (FRS ) william.parton@colostate.edu website	Ecological modeling, atmosphere-biosphere interactions.
	Paschke, Mark FRS mark.paschke@colostate.edu website	Ecology and restoration of disturbed ecosystems, soil ecology, biology of Frankia and actinorhizal plants, plant-microbe interactions.
	Paustian, Keith NREL (SCS ) keith.paustian@colostate.edu website	Soil ecology and ecosystem biogeochemistry, particularly as it relates to management effects on soil processes governing organic matter and nutrient dynamics.
	Pejchar, Liba FWCB liba.pejchar@colostate.edu website	Conservation Biology, Restoration Ecology, Avian Ecology
	Perry, Laura USGS (Biology ) lperry@lamar.colostate.edu website	Effects of global change (elevated CO2, climate change, nitrogen pollution, biological invasion) on riparian and wetland plant communities; and long-term, ecology-based strategies for restoring disturbed riparian and wetland communities. My current research is focused on effects of elevated CO2, climate change, and changes in streamflow on native riparian tree recruitment.
	Pilon-Smits, Elizabeth Biology epsmits@lamar.colostate.edu website	Ecological aspects of plant selenium hyperaccumulation, phytoremediation, plant nutrition.
	Poff, LeRoy Biology poff@lamar.colostate.edu website	Aquatic community ecology; species, community and ecosystem responses to environmental alteration in streams and rivers; conservation and sustainability of streams and rivers under rapid global change.
	Qian, Yaling HLA yaling.qian@colostate.edu website	Soil-plant-water relations; urban grassland ecophysiology; soil carbon dynamics in turfgrass systems; impacts of water reuse in urban landscapes.
	Ramirez, Jorge CEE ramirez@engr.colostate.edu website	Eco-hydrology, hydrometerology and water resources.
	Reardon, Ken CBE reardon@engr.colostate.edu	Microbial ecology, with applications in bioenergy and environmental biotechnology
	Reed, Bob USGS (FWCB ) reedr@usgs.gov website	Herpetology, invasive species biology, snake ecology
	Reich, Robin FRS robin.reich@colostate.edu website	Application of spatial statistics to natural and environmental resource problems.
	Reid, Robin (ESS , NREL) robin.reid@colostate.edu website	I am broadly interested in ecological and social sustainability. More specifically, I am interested in how pastoral / ranching systems function in drylands around the world, both ecologically and socially. I am also interested in collaborative conservation, how it works and how it could work better. New research interests include environmental governance and environmental markets.
	Reynolds, Richard USDA (FWCB ) rreynolds@fs.fed.us website	My research goals are to conduct long-term investigations into relationships between species'' demographies and their habitats with the objective of identifying habitat characteristics that distinguish high quality (source) from low quality (sink) habitats. Currently I am focusing on avian predators and their food webs in Southwest forested ecosystems.
	Rhoades, Chuck USFS-RMRS (FRS ) crhoades@fs.fed.us website	Biogeochemistry of subalpine forest watersheds, evaluating nutrient cycling linkages between upland, riparian, and aquatic ecosystems. Interested in the implications of natural disturbance, such as fire and insects, and land management on nitrogen and carbon retention and loss from headwater catchments.
	Rocca, Monique ESS monique.rocca@colostate.edu website	My interests are in research and teaching in the fields of fire ecology and management, forest restoration, plant community ecology, and landscape dynamics. My research addresses current issues affecting ecosystems in the Rocky Mountains and across the United States including fuel reduction treatments, bark beetle disturbances, invasive species, and climate change.
	Romme, Bill NREL william.romme@colostate.edu website	Fire effects on communities & ecosystems, fire history, landscape dynamics, vegetation patterns.
	Root, Jeff NWRC (MIP ) jeff.root@aphis.usda.gov website	Wildlife disease ecology, epidemiology, mammalogy, and population ecology.
	Ryan, Michael ESS mike.ryan@colostate.edu website	Carbon cycling in forest ecosystems and whole tree physiology, including 1) tree physiology and ecosystem process change with tree age; 2) carbon allocation and effects of climate change on carbon allocation, productivity and tree mortality; 3) the link between plant respiration and productivity; 4) ecosystem respiration, soil carbon and nitrogen interactions, and decomposition of soil carbon.
	Sanderson, John The Nature Conservancy (Biology ) jsanderson@tnc.org website	The role of hydrology in the conservation of freshwater species and ecosystems, freshwater conservation planning, wetland ecology, and evapotranspiration.
	Sanford, William Geosciences william.sanford@colostate.edu website	Groundwater flow and solute transport in fractured porous media, investigated with noble gas, stable and radiogenic isotopes.
	Savidge, Julie FWCB julie.savidge@colostate.edu website	Impacts and management of exotic species; conservation biology; wildlife ecology
	Schimel, Dave NCAR (FRS ) schimel@ucar.edu website	Ecosystem ecology, global biogeochemical cycles.
	Schoettle, Anna USFS-RMRS (BSPM ) aschoettle@fs.fed.us website	Plant ecophysiology, treeline, conifer architecture, carbon allocation, white pine ecology (limber, bristlecone and whitebark pines), tree establishment after fire.
	Schweiger, Billy NPS (FRS ) Billy_Schweiger@nps.gov website	Development of rigorous, ecologically and statistically relevant long term monitoring and assessment approaches for protected areas like national parks.
	Scott, Mike USGS (FRS ) scottm@usgs.gov website	Biology and ecology of cottonwood and other western riparian species. I am also involved in efforts to develop a predictive understanding of how western riparian vegetation responds to human-induced changes in stream and groundwater hydrology, and related channel processes.
	Seidl, Andrew ARE aseidl@lamar.colostate.edu website	Economics of land use planning and ag land/open space preservation, agricultural and environmental policy analysis, natural resource based economic development, tourism and Latin America.
	Shafroth, Patrick USGS (FWCB ) shafrothp@usgs.gov website	My research is focused on understanding relationships between surface and ground-water hydrology, fluvial processes, and the dynamics of native and alien riparian vegetation, primarily in semi-arid and arid systems. This research is often conducted in the applied context of riparian ecosystem restoration, including management of streamflow from dams (environmental flows), dam removal, and active revegetation. New research topics include predicting effects of climate change on streamflow and, consequently, on riparian vegetation, and the effects of the biological control of saltcedar on riparian vegetation dynamics.
	Sherman (Pickering), Kathy Anthropology kathleen.sherman@colostate.edu website	I am interested in Indigenous peoples and natural resource management issues, including collaborative co-management, interactions with national parks, and access to and management of subsistence resources.
	Sibold, Jason Anthropology jason.sibold@colostate.edu website	I am a geographer with research interests centered on understanding natural and anthropogenic drivers of forest eocsystem dynamics and change, with the goal of aiding forest ecosystem management, restoration and conservation. More specifically, I am interested in the influences of physical landscapes, biological characteristics, climate variability, and human land-use history on spatiotemporal patterns of fire and insect outbreaks and resulting forest landscape.
	Skagen, Susan USGS (FWCB ) skagens@usgs.gov website	Western North America landbird and shorebird migration systems; climate change and agricultural impacts on interior prairies and wetlands and their associated avifauna.
	Smith, Skip FRS fwsmith@colostate.edu	Forest stand dynamics
	Smith, Melinda Biology melinda.smith@colostate.edu	My research focuses on understanding the consequences of human-caused global changes, especially the impacts of climatic changes, biological invasions, eutrophication (e.g., increased N deposition), and altered disturbance regimes for biodiversity and ecosystem structure and function. Within this context, my research addresses questions about the functional roles of species in ecosystems, the causes and impacts of loss and gain of genetic and species diversity, the factors that influence species coexistence and patterns of species abundance, and the relative strength of bottom-up (resources) vs. top-down (consumers) controls in structuring communities. My research employs a mixture of empirical approaches (observational, experimental, comparative and synthetic) and utilizes C4-dominated grasslands as experimentally tractable and dynamic model systems.
	Snodgrass, Jeffrey Anthropology jeffrey.snodgrass@colostate.edu website	I am most interested to understand how culture-specific relations to natural environments facilitate or compromise human health and well-being. In India, I am currently working to understand how deforestation and loss of access to forest spaces and resources - for example, through the establishment of wildlife preserves - impact indigenous systems of health and healing. In addition, I research the religious and political dimensions of indigenous peoples'' resource use. I employ cognitive anthropological and political ecological approaches in much of my work.
	Steingraeber, David Biology dsteingr@lamar.colostate.edu website	Ecological plant morphology
	Steltzer, Heidi Fort Lewis College (FRS ) heidi.steltzer@colostate.edu website	I am interested in characterizing the effects of global environmental changes on vegetation and the consequent effects of changes in vegetation on biogeochemical cycles and the ecosystem services that plants provide for human well-being. In particular, I''m interested in changes to the cycling and availability of carbon, nitrogen, and water in western U.S. and Arctic ecosystems.
	Stohlgren, Tom USGS (ESS , NREL) thomas.stohlgren@colostate.edu website	I save the world every day with research and teaching in Invasion ecology, ecological forecasting, study design, and scaling issues.
	Stromberger, Mary SCS mary.stromberger@colostate.edu website	I study microbial communities and their ecosystem services, the abiotic and biotic factors that regulate microbial species abundance, diversity and activity, and the spatial and temporal scales over which microbial ecosystem services occur.
	Swift, David NREL david.swift@colostate.edu website	Systems ecology, animal ecology and nutrition, human ecology, simulation modeling.
	Theobald, Dave FWCB davidtheobald8@gmail.com website	Landscape ecology, conservation biology, land use changes, GIS, conservation planning
	Thilmany, Dawn ARE thilmany@lamar.colostate.edu website	My research program looks at the intersection of consumer behavior, sustainable agriculture and food choices and entrepreneurial strategies made by agriculture and food businesses to compete through their shared values with customers. So, through showing what are the main drivers of consumer food choices, including their willingness to pay, it informs the decisions of those who may seek to serve that customer base, most often because their preferred production approach is aligned with the same values (ie saving farmland, organic production, more localized supply chains). There are very often ecology implications from such strategies.
	Vercauteren, Kurt USDA (MIP ) kurt.c.vercauteren@aphis.usda.gov website	My research broadly addresses human-wildlife conflict and wildlife damage management. I focus on applied studies relative to rabies, ungulate disease management, and the interface between wildlife and domestic animals.
	Vieira, Nicole FWCB nicole.vieira@colostate.edu	Aquatic ecology and fishery sciences; water quality standards, policies and regulations; CERCLA Superfund and Natural Resource Damage Assessment implementation; impacts of mine pollution to benthic invertebrates and trout fisheries; stream restoration; monitoring after watershed-level disturbances such as fire and chemical spills.
	Vivanco, Jorge HLA j.vivanco@colostate.edu website	Our laboratory studies the interactions between roots and soil organisms at different levels of complexity. Recently we have focused our attention on understanding the interactions between roots and the soil microbiome.
	von Fischer, Joe Biology jcvf@lamar.colostate.edu website	Microbial ecology; terrestrial biogeochemistry; ecosystems ecology; plant-soil microbe interactions; greenhouse gases; climate change; stable isotopes; climate-biology interactions; paleoclimate
	Walker, Brett CPW (FWCB ) brett.walker@state.co.us website	My current research focuses on conservation, population monitoring, and management issues for birds, with particular emphasis on sagebrush-grassland ecosystems and issues surrounding energy development. I also have experience with and an interest in population monitoring, behavioral ecology, migration stopover ecology, and molt ecology of terrestrial birds.
	Wall, Diana Biology (SoGES ) diana@colostate.edu website	Soil nematode biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, soil ecology, desert ecosystems; plant-parasite interactions, Antartica.
	Wallenstein, Matt ESS matthew.wallenstein@colostate.edu website	I am primarily interested in the role of microbial communities in soil process response to global change. My research combines biogeochemistry, microbial ecology, and soil ecology.
	Walters, David USGS (FWCB ) waltersd@usgs.gov website	My research investigates three broadly related themes: human impacts on aquatic ecosystems, food webs, and aquatic-riparian linkages. An overarching goal of this research is to separate natural and human sources of variation influencing aquatic habitats, their biological communities, and their ecosystem processes. Recently, I have focused on contaminant effects on aquatic-riparian linkages, contaminant accumulation in food webs, and interactions between native and invasive fishes.
	Ward, Sarah SCS sarah.ward@colostate.edu website	Population genetics and biology of weedy and invasive plants.
	Waskom, Reagan CSUWC (SCS , CEE) Reagan.Waskom@colostate.edu website	Interested in all aspects of freshwater science, policy and management.
	Webb, Colleen Biology (Mathematics ) colleen.webb@colostate.edu website	Theoretical evolutionary ecology, disease ecology and trait-based approaches in ecology.
	White, Gary FWCB gary.white@colostate.edu website	Analysis of population data, estimation of population parameters, quantitative ecology.
	Wilson, Ken FWCB kenneth.wilson@colostate.edu website	Wildlife ecology and conservation biology, especially related to impacts of human activities on wildlife, population ecology especially of small mammals, and understanding patterns of species richness and our ability to predict species distributions across the landscape.
	Winkelman, Dana FWCB dana.winkelman@colostate.edu website	My primary interest is fish population ecology. Currently, my students and I are working on the effects of exogenous estrogens on fish population dynamics, reintroducing whirling disease resistant trout to Colorado streams, and evaluating the distribution and abundance of native fishes in the White River.
	Wittemyer, George FWCB g.wittemyer@colostate.edu website	My research interests are focused on the factors (ecological variation, human impacts, landscape structure) influencing ecosystems and the manner in which species respond to these influences, with the ultimate aim of providing empirical based information and strategies to address the many conservation challenges we face today.
	Wohl, Ellen Geosciences ellen.wohl@colostate.edu website	Fluvial geomorphology