Post on 01-Jun-2020
Academic Advisors Environmental and Sustainability Sciences (ESS)
2016 - 2017
Name Department Affiliation Contact Info
Research Interests and Courses Taught
Anurag Agrawal Professor
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
425 Corson Hall
AA337@cornell.edu 607-254-4255
Community ecology of local plants and insects, evolutionary origins of biodiversity, impacts of additions and deletions of species for community and ecosystem processes, conservation of iconic organisms such as the monarch butterfly, interdisciplinarity and sustainability science, chemical ecology. BIOEE 1610: Intro Biology: Ecology & the Environment BIOEE 3611: Field Ecology BIOEE 3690: Chemical Ecology
Shorna B. Allred Associate Professor
Natural Resources
102 Fernow Hall SRB237@cornell.edu
607-255-2149
Human dimensions of natural resource management with emphasis on forest and water resources and conservation related attitudes and behavior. NTRES 4940/6940: Global Env. Service Learning-Thailand NTRES 6000: Introduction to Graduate Study in Natural Resources
C. Lindsay Anderson Assistant Professor
Norman R. Scott Sesquicentennial Fellow
Biological & Environmental Engineering
316 Riley-Robb Hall CLA28@cornell.edu
607-255-2488
Effective and reliable integration of renewable energy sources into existing energy systems. The Anderson group pursues this objective through computational methods for optimal decision making under uncertainty. BEE 4880/6880: Applied Simulation and Optimization for Renewable Energy Systems
Christopher B. Barrett Professor
Stephen B and Janice G.
Ashley Professor of Applied
Economics & Management
Deputy Dean and Dean of
Academic Affairs, College of
Business
Applied Economics & Management
210B Warren Hall CBB2@cornell.edu
607-255-4489
One major thread of my research focuses on the
interactions between poverty reduction and environmental
management in rural areas of developing countries, with
an emphasis on modeling and policy related to coupled
human and natural systems in the low-income tropics.
AEM 2000: Contemporary Controversies in the Global Economy
Name Department Affiliation Contact Info
Research Interests and Courses Taught
Rachel Bezner Kerr Associate Professor
Development Sociology
262 Warren Hall RBEZNERKERR@cornell.edu
607-255-3213
Sustainable agriculture, food security, health, nutrition and social inequalities, with a primary focus in southern Africa. DSOC 3400: Agriculture, Food, Sustainability and Social
Justice DSOC 4900: Development Sociology Capstone Course
Bernd Blossey Associate Professor
Natural Resources
206 Fernow Hall BB22@cornell.edu
607-255-5314
I evaluate effects of invasive plants, invasive earthworms and native deer on native species and food webs using a conservation biology framework. My emphasis is not only on discovery of impacts, but also development of appropriate management techniques, including biological control using insect herbivores.
Joshua F. Cerra Assistant Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Landscape Architecture
444 Kennedy Hall JFC299@cornell.edu
607-255-1694
Joshua Cerra has practiced in environmental design and environmental systems analysis for over 20 years combined. His professional and academic work addresses relationships between urban ecosystems and site development processes across a range of habitat and land use types. He has project experience and research interests in urban ecological design, sustainable development, climate-adaptive design, stormwater systems planning, species-specific habitat planning, and restoration design. LA 3170/5170: Design and Environmental Systems LA 4010: Urban Design Studio LA 4070/6070: Emerging Dimensions in Urban Ecology
and Sustainable Practices LA 6020: Integrating Theory and Practice II
Howard Chong Assistant Professor
Hotel Administration, Services Marketing
545C Statler Hall
HC757@cornell.edu 607-255-9163
Environmental economics, with specific interest on residential energy efficiency markets and sustainable business particularly in the hospitality context. HADM 4415: Sustainable Business and Economics with
Hospitality Applications
Jon M. Conrad Professor
Applied Economics & Management
409 Warren Hall
JMC16@cornell.edu 607-255-7681
Resource and environmental economics.
Name Department Affiliation Contact Info
Research Interests and Courses Taught
Evan Cooch Associate Professor
Natural Resources
202 Fernow Hall EGC7@cornell.edu
607-255-1368
Wildlife ecology and management, population dynamics, population modeling, quantitative methods, theoretical ecology, decision theory. NTRES 3100: Applied Population Ecology NTRES 4100: Conservation Biology: Concepts and Techniques NTRES 4120/6120: Wildlife Population Analysis: Techniques and Models
Paul Curtis Associate Professor
Natural Resources
222 Fernow Hall PDC1@cornell.edu
607-227-5927
Population biology of birds and mammals, public policy education, management of human-wildlife conflicts. NTRES 4280/6280: Principles and Practices of Applied Wildlife Science
Daniel Decker Professor
Natural Resources
101 Fernow Hall DJD6@cornell.edu
607-255-5444
Human dimensions of wildlife management and policy.
Art DeGaetano Professor and
Associate Chair
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
1119 Bradfield Hall ATD2@cornell.edu
607-255-0385
Climate variability, climate data quality, applications of climate information. EAS 2680: Climate and Global Warming EAS 3410: Atmospheric Thermodynamics and Hydrostatics EAS 4470 Physical Meteorology
Janis Dickinson Professor
Natural Resources
G02A Fernow Hall and
252B Johnson Center Cornell Lab of Ornithology
JLD84@cornell.edu 607-254-2194
Behavioral ecology and conservation biology of birds. Citizen Science Program
Name Department Affiliation Contact Info
Research Interests and Courses Taught
Antonio DiTommaso Professor
Richard C. Call Director of Agricultural Sciences
Soil and Crop Sciences
903 Bradfield Hall AD97@cornell.edu
607-254-4702
My interests are in the ecology and management of weedy species in both natural areas and croplands. Ecology of invasive plant species and impact on the environment. Sustainable agricultural production. PLSCS 2940: Introduction to Agricultural Machinery PLSCS 3150: Weed Biology and Management PLSCS 4440: Integrated Pest Management PLSCS 6140: Weed Ecology and Management
Laurie Drinkwater
Associate Professor
Horticulture
124 Plant Science LED24@cornell.edu
607-255-9408
I have a broad interest in using science to develop sustainable societies that provide for all people while preserving natural resources and biosphere integrity for future generations. My over-arching goal in teaching and mentoring students is to contribute to the development of scientists who will be equipped to address the global challenges we face in agriculture and environmental management.
John (Jack) Elliott Associate Professor
Design & Environmental Analysis
4235 MVR Hall
JRE15@cornell.edu 607-255-9714
I am interested in regenerative interventions for the built environment, both personally and professionally. DEA 1010: Studio I DEA 2030: Digital Communications DEA 4220: Ecological Literacy and Design
Stephen P. Ellner Professor
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
E339 Corson Hall
SPE2@cornell.edu 607-254-4221
Modeler and theoretical ecologist; quantitative ecology. BIOEE 3610: Advanced Ecology BIOEE/MATH 3620: Dynamic Models in Biology BIOEE 7600: Introduction to Modeling in Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology
Gary W. Evans Elizabeth Lee Vincent
Professor of Human Ecology
Depts. of Design & Environmental Analysis and
Human Development
E3415 Martha Van GWE1@cornell.edu
607-342-1214
Environmental and developmental psychologist interested in how the physical environment (e.g. noise, housing, crowding) affects human development. Much of his work focuses on the environment of childhood poverty. Interested in children’s environmental attitudes as well. DEA 1500: Intro to Human-Environment Relations DEA 2500/6600: The Environment and Social Behavior
Name Department Affiliation Contact Info
Research Interests and Courses Taught
Timothy Fahey Liberty Hyde Bailey
Professor Undergraduate
Advising Coordinator Chair, ESS Honors Program
Natural Resources
G16 Fernow Hall TJF5@cornell.edu
607-255-5470
Dynamics of forest ecosystems. NTRES 3301: Sustainability Science NTRES 4200/4201: Forest Ecology, Lecture and Lab
Shelley Feldman Professor
Development Sociology
391 Uris Hall RF12@cornell.edu
607-255-6480
Animating my research and teaching commitments is a long-term interest in integrating structural changes and cultural productions. Broadly, my research goals are to better understand processes of global social change, especially as these processes are expressed in particular social and spatial contexts and differently, among diverse social constituencies.
Alexander S. Flecker Professor
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
E211 Corson Hall
ASF3@cornell.edu 607-254-4263
Ecology of stream ecosystems. Importance of biodiversity in ecosystems. Influence of animals on ecosystem structure and function. BIOEE 1610: Ecology and the Environment BIOEE 4560: Stream Ecology
Marc Goebel Research Associate
Natural Resources
G09 Fernow Hall MG567@cornell.edu
Forest ecology, plant root and soil ecology, decomposition. NTRES 2100: Introduction to Field Biology
Name Department Affiliation Contact Info
Research Interests and Courses Taught
Christine Goodale Associate Professor
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
E215 Corson Hall
CLG33@cornell.edu 607-254-4211
Forest ecosystem ecology, carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas balance, impacts of air pollution and climate change, catchment biogeochemistry. BIOEE 1610: Ecology and the Environment BIOEE 4780: Ecosystem Biology BIOEE 6680: Principles of Biogeochemistry
Nelson Hairston Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor
of Environmental Science
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
E305 Corson Hall
NGH1@cornell.edu 607-254-4231
Dr. Hairston studies how organisms (especially freshwater plankton) respond ecologically and evolutionarily to environmental change (both human-caused and natural changes). Algae and small animals with very short generation times can evolve quickly changing their sensitivity to conditions where they live, and also altering the environment of other species living in the same food web. Understanding this eco-evolutionary process is important for understanding the natural world. BIOEE 1610: Ecology and the Environment BIOEE 4570/4571: Limnology: Ecology of Lakes
Lecture/Lab BIOEE 6601: Tropical Field Ecology
Ann E. Hajek Professor
Entomology
6126 Comstock Hall AEH4@cornell.edu
607-254-4902
Ecology and sustainable management of insect species in natural areas, the urban environment and croplands. Emphasis on non-native invasives and impacts of climate change on their ecology. ENTOM 2020: Invasions: Trading Species in a Shrinking World ENTOM 4630: Invertebrate Pathology ENTOM 6900: Ecology and Evolution of Infection and Disease
Matthew Hare Associate Professor
Natural Resources
205 Fernow Hall MPH75@cornell.edu
607-255-5685
Lab: 213 Bradfield Hall 607-255-7615
Population and conservation genetics NTRES 2830: DNA, Genes and Conserving Diversity NTRES 4100: Conservation Biology: Concepts and Techniques NTRES 7283: Molecular Genetic Approaches to the Study of Ecology and Evolution
Drew Harvell Professor
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
E321 Corson Hall CDH5@cornell.edu
607-254-4274
Marine Ecology and Sustainable Marine Ecosystems, Invertebrate Biology, Ecology of Infectious Disease, Invertebrate Immunology
BIOEE 3730: Marine Invertebrate Biodiversity BIOEE4620: Marine Ecosystem Sustainability EAS 3510: Conservation Oceanography (Hawaii) Offering a Research Apprenticeship for students in Spring (off-campus)
Name Department Affiliation Contact Info
Research Interests and Courses Taught
Peter Hess Professor
Biological & Environmental Engineering
228 Riley Robb Hall PGH25@cornell.edu
607-255-2495
My research investigates the mutual relation between the chemistry and composition of the atmosphere of the atmosphere and global change (including climate change). Global change, with impacts relating to atmospheric pollution, not only drive climate change but also directly threaten human health, agricultural productivity, and natural ecosystems. BEE 4940/6940: Cross Scale Biogeochemical Modeling BEE 4940: Terrestrial Hydrology in a Changing Climate BEE/EAS 4940: Climate Change Solutions
Ian Hewson Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology
403 Wing Hall HEWSON@cornell.edu
607-255-0151
Biological oceanography, with focus specifically on marine microbiology, and marine environmental virology. Examine the responses of marine microorganisms to their habitat, and the composition of viruses associated with marine organisms, using a variety of molecular biological tools.
BioMI 3500: Biological Oceanography and Ocean Biogeochemistry
Robert Howarth David R. Atkinson
Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
E309 Corson Hall
HOWARTH@cornell.edu 607-255-6175
Earth system science, oceanography, and aquatic ecology, with an emphasis on how human activity is changing our planet and evaluating ways to reduce human impacts through changes in agriculture and energy sources and use. BIOEE 1610: Ecology and the Environment (alt S) BIOEE 6680: Principles of Biogeochemistry
Karim-Aly Kassam Associate Professor
International Professor
Natural Resources and
American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
122 Fernow Hall
KSK28@cornell.edu 607-255-9757
Biocultural Diversity, Ethnobiology, Human Ecology, Indigenous Studies, International Agriculture and Rural Development, Natural Resource Policy, Socio-Cultural and Environmental change. NTRES 3330: Ways of Knowing: Indigenous and Local Ecological Knowledge NTRES/IARD 4800: Global Seminar Building Sustainable Environmental and Secure Food Systems NTRES 7330: Socio-cultural and Ecological Role of Diversity AIIS 1110: Introduction to American Indian Studies II: Contemporary Issues in Indigenous North America AIIS 6010: American Indian Studies Proseminar
Name Department Affiliation Contact Info
Research Interests and Courses Taught
Barbara Knuth Senior Vice Provost
Dean of Graduate School Professor
Natural Resources
501G Day Hall 350 Caldwell
BAK3@cornell.edu 607-255-5864
Natural resource and environmental policy; human dimensions of natural resource management.
Clifford Kraft Associate Professor
Natural Resources
203 Fernow Hall CEK7@cornell.edu
607-255-2775
Fish and aquatic ecology, aquatic ecosystem management NTRES 1101: Introduction to Environmental Science and
Sustainability NTRES 4300: Environmental Policy Processes NTRES/BIOEE 4560: Stream Ecology
Marianne Krasny Professor
Natural Resources
221 Fernow Hall MEK2@cornell.edu
607-255-2827
Environmental education, urban youth and community environmental programs, civic ecology education.
James Lassoie International Professor
of Conservation
Natural Resources
201 Fernow Hall JPL4@cornell.edu
607-255-2810
Conservation science, community-based natural resource management, ecoagriculture, international development, sustainability science and management IARD/LATA 4011: Experience Latin America – Building
Student-Community Partnerships in Intag, Ecuador I (Fall 2015) IARD/NTRES/SNES 4850: Case Studies in International
Eco agriculture and Environmental Conservation IARD 4940: Worldly Explorations: The Gateway to
Engaged International Experiences for Cornell Undergraduate Students (new Spring 2016)
Name Department Affiliation Contact Info
Research Interests and Courses Taught
Bruce Lauber Senior Research Associate
Natural Resources
105 Fernow Hall TBL3@cornell.edu
607-254-2892
Collaborative and community-based natural resource management. Invasive species. Human dimensions of Great Lakes fisheries. NTRES 3300: Planning for Environmental Conservation
and Sustainability NTRES 4300: Environmental Policy Processes
Johannes Lehmann Professor
Soil and Crop Sciences
909 Bradfield Hall CL273@cornell.edu
607-254-1236
Biogeochemistry of soils as it relates to functioning of terrestrial ecosystems and the human disturbance such as deforestation, agriculture and climate change. PLSCS 3720: Nutrient Management and Research in
Agroecosystems PLSCS 6720: Nutrient Cycling in Natural and Managed
Ecosystems ESS 2000: Environmental and Sustainability
Sciences Colloquium
Bruce V. Lewenstein Professor
Department Chair
Communication and Science & Technology
Studies
321 Kennedy Hall B.LEWENSTEIN@cornell.edu
607-255-8310
Public communication of science and technology; science museums; science journalism. Comm 2850/STS 2851: Communication, Environment, Science and Health Comm 3020: Science Writing for Media Comm 4660: Public Communication of Science and Technology
Shanjun Li Associate Professor
Applied Economics & Management
405 Warren Hall
SL2448@cornell.edu 607-255-1832
Environmental and energy economics, Empirical industrial organization, Applied microeconomics.
Name Department Affiliation Contact Info
Research Interests and Courses Taught
Eugene L. Madsen Professor
Microbiology
B57A Wing Hall ELM3@cornell.edu
607-255-2417
Molecular microbial ecology. Biogeochemistry. Biodegradation of environmental pollutants. “Who,” “what,” “how,” when,” “where,” “why” of microorganisms in soils, waters, and sediments. BIOMI 3970: Environmental Microbiology NTRES 1101: Introduction to Environmental Science and
Sustainability
Natalie Mahowald Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
1112 Bradfield Hall MAHOWALD@cornell.edu
607-255-5166
Atmospheric biogeochemistry, atmospheric aerosols, earth system modeling. EAS 3050: Climate Dynamics EAS 4400: Climate Change Seminar
Carmen Enid Martinez Associate Professor
Soil and Crop Sciences
906 Bradfield Hall CEM20@cornell.edu
607-255-0895
Soil and environmental chemistry and biogeochemistry. Current research projects focus on nitrogen-iron-organic matter cycling and organic matter interactions at mineral surfaces. EAS 3050: Climate Dynamics EAS 4400: Climate Change Seminar
Philip McMichael Professor
Development Sociology
113 Academic Surge A PDM1@cornell.edu
607-255-5495
Research examines capitalist modernity through the lens of agrarian questions, food regimes, agrarian/food sovereignty movements, and most recently the implications for food systems of agrofuels and land grabbing. DSOC 2050: International Development DSOC 7500: Food Ecology and Agrarian Change
Name Department Affiliation Contact Info
Research Interests and Courses Taught
Stephen Morreale Senior Research Associate Adjunct Associate Professor
Natural Resources
108 Fernow Hall SJM11@cornell.edu
607-54-4912
Conservation ecology, vertebrate zoology, amphibians and reptiles, wildlife, forest conservation, marine conservation. NTRES 3260: Applied Conservation Ecology
Paul Nadasdy Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology/
American Indian Studies
229 McGraw Hall
PNADASDY@cornell.edu
607-255-4040
Research focus is on the politics surrounding the production and use of environmental knowledge in wildlife management, land claim negotiations and pother political arenas. ANTHR 3417: Nature/Culture: The Politics of Human-Environment Relations ANTHR 3422/AIS 3422: Culture, Politics, and Environment in the Circumpolar North ANTHR 4410: Indigenous Peoples, Ecological Sciences, and Environmentalism
Max J. Pfeffer CALS Senior Associate
Dean and Professor
Development Sociology
267 Roberts Hall MJP5@cornell.edu
607-254-6765
Teaching concentrates on environmental sociology and sociological theory. Research spans several areas including land use and environmental planning, rural labor markets, rural to urban and international migration. Empirical work covers a variety of rural and urban communities, including rural/urban fringe areas.
Gregory P. Poe Professor
Applied Economics & Management
407 Warren Hall
GLP2@cornell.edu 607-255-4707
Environmental Policy, Non-Market Valuation, Water My interests lie in empirically investigating factors that affect individual decisions to participate in public programs and incorporating this information into environmental policy design. AEM 1500: An Introduction to the Economics of Environmental and Natural Resources AEM 6510: Environmental and Resource Economics
Sara B. Pritchard Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Science & Technology Studies
311 Morrill Hall
SBP65@cornell.edu 607-255-3691
Historian of technology and an environmental historian specializing in twentieth-century France and the French empire, including the history and politics of water management. Current research examines the history of light pollution. BSOC/STS 2061: Ethics and the Environment BSOC/STS 3181: Living in an Uncertain World: Science,
Technology and Risk BSOC/STS 4131: Comparative Environmental History
Name Department Affiliation Contact Info
Research Interests and Courses Taught
Joe M. Regenstein Professor Emeritus
Food Science
B92 Morrison Hall JMR9@cornell.edu
607-255-8041
Interests include food waste management with an emphasis on use of fishery byproducts for food and non-food use. Composting of food waste. Working with students to improve Cornell’s sustainability.
Susan J. Riha Professor
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
1110 Bradfield Hall SJR4@cornell.edu
607-255-1729
Soil-plant-atmosphere interactions; land use change, climate change, water resource management. EAS 1600: Environmental Physics EAS 3010: Evolution of the Earth System EAS 4830: Environmental Biophysics EAS 6750: Modeling the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Systems ESS 2000: Environmental and Sustainability Sciences
Colloquium
Amanda Rodewald Professor
Director of Conservation Science
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Natural Resources
G11A Fernow Hall; Lab of Ornithology,
159 Sapsucker Woods Rd
ARODEWALD@cornell.edu 607-254-2176
Conservation biology, wildlife population and community ecology, avian ecology and conservation in temperate and tropical regions. BIOEE 2670: Introduction to Conservation Biology
Paul Rodewald Senior Lecturer
Senior Research Associate Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Natural Resources
G11A Fernow Hall; Lab of Ornithology,
159 Sapsucker Woods Rd
PGR35@cornell.edu
Ornithology, ecology of songbirds during migration, movement ecology, factors that influence distributional change of birds. NTRES 2100: Introduction to Field Biology
Lars Rudstam Professor
Natural Resources
211A Fernow Hall LGR1@cornell.edu
607-255-1555
Aquatic ecology from fish to nutrients. Current research topics range from analysis of deep chlorophyll layers in the Great Lakes, to zooplankton dynamics, diseases in benthic crustaceans, restoration of native fish species, and fisheries. NTRES 3110/3111: Fish Ecology Conservation and Management
Name Department Affiliation Contact Info
Research Interests and Courses Taught
Rebecca Schneider Associate Professor
Natural Resources
220 Fernow Hall RLS11@cornell.edu
607-255-2110
Sustainable management of water resources, wetland ecology and hydrology, plants and groundwater. NTRES 3240: Sustainable, Ecologically Based Management of Water Resources
Jonathon Schuldt Assistant Professor
Communication
329 Kennedy Hall JPS56@cornell.edu
607-255-1543
My research focuses on the factors that influence judgments, decisions, and public opinion in the health and environment domains. Specific topics of interest include message framing, health claims and food labeling, and political communication. Recent work examines the intersection of online search behavior, issue framing, and political identity. Comm 2760: Persuasion and Social Influence Comm 3189: Taking America’s Pulse: Creating and Conducting a National Survey Comm 4200: Public Opinion and Social Processes
Peter Smallidge NY. Extension Forester
Natural Resources
219 Fernow Hall PJS23@cornell.edu
607-592-3640
Control of interfering vegetation, forest regeneration, production of high quality timber, maple syrup production. NTRES 3250: Forest Management and Maple Syrup
Production
Jed Sparks Professor
Director, Office of Undergraduate Biology
(OUB)
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
E408A Corson Hall JPS66@cornell.edu
607-254-4270
Interested in ways that organisms influence the cycling of elements and energy within ecosystems and between ecosystems and the atmosphere. Tend to focus on the ecology of arid and semi-arid terrestrial landscapes. BIOEE 3610: Advanced Ecology
Richard Stedman Professor
Director, Human Dimensions Research Unit
Natural Resources
104 Fernow Hall RCS6@cornell.edu
607-255-9729
Natural resource based communities, natural resources and social change, coupled human and environmental systems, environmental attitudes, social science methods, and environmental risk. NTRES 2201: Society and Natural Resources NTRES 4320: Social Science and Resource Policy: Applications DSOC/NTRES 6201: Community, Place, and Environment
Name Department Affiliation Contact Info
Research Interests and Courses Taught
Patrick Sullivan Professor
Department Chair Career Development
Faculty Representative
Natural Resources
111B Fernow Hall PJS31@cornell.edu
607-255-8213
Quantitative population and community dynamics, natural resource assessment and modeling, biological statistics, spatial statistic, marine and freshwater fisheries. NTRES 3130: Biological Statistics I NTRES 4130: Biological Statistics II NTRES 4110/6110: Quantitative Ecology and Management of Fisheries Resources NTRES 6140: Introduction and Application of Bayesian Methods for Inference in Ecology (Fall 2012) NTRES 6700: Spatial Statistics
James Tantillo Lecturer
Research Associate
Natural Resources
G22 Fernow Hall JAT4@cornell.edu
607-255-2821
Environmental philosophy, environmental history, science policy, and animal ethics. NTRES 2320: Nature and Culture NTRES 3320: Introduction to Ethics and the Environment NTRES 4330: Applied Environmental Philosophy
Janice Thies Associate Professor
Soil and Crop Sciences
722 Bradfield Hall JET25@cornell.edu
607-255-5099
Soil biology and ecology, rhizosphere biology, agroecology, soil health, molecular microbial ecology and biodiversity, biogeochemistry, microbial inoculants, N2 fixation, bacterial source tracking and systems science. PLSCS 3210: Soil Management for Sustainability PLSCS 4660: Soil Ecology PLSCS 4303: The GMO Debate: Science and Society (also Govt, BSoc, STS, PlBio 4303) PLSCS 4500: Master Composters PLSCS 6660: Applied Plant/Microbe Interactions
Peter J. Trowbridge Professor
Department Chair
Landscape Architecture
440 Kennedy Hall PJT4@cornell.edu;
PJT@twla.com 607-255-2738
Scholarship focuses on the rehabilitation and re-greening of brownfield sites. This work specifically engages the successful establishment of plants in urban areas. LA 4910: Creating the Urban Eden LA 3180/6180: Site Construction LA 3010/6010: Theory and Practice of Landscape
Architecture
M. Todd Walter Associate Professor
Director, Water Resources Institute
Biological & Environmental Engineering
222 Riley-Robb Hall MTW5@cornell.edu
607-255-2488
Hydrology with emphases on interactions between ecological and hydrological systems, water quality protection, and applications of nanobiotechnology to environmental science. BEE 3710: Physical Hydrology for Ecosystems
Name Department Affiliation Contact Info
Research Interests and Courses Taught
Thomas Whitlow Associate Professor
Horticulture
23 Plant Science THW2@cornell.edu
607-255-1793
Plant ecologist; focus on using plants to restore ecosystem functions to cities and other human impacted landscapes. Takes an interdisciplinary approach, using physiological ecology, atmospheric science, soil science and hydrology. PLHRT 2240: Ecology and Politics of the Metropolis. PLHRT 4400: Restoration Ecology
David W. Winkler Professor
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
E241 Corson Hall
DWW4@cornell.edu 607-254-4216
Ornithologist with strong interests in physiological, evolutionary and behavioral ecology; explores the causes of temporal and spatial variation in the life histories of birds, focusing mostly on breeding biology and movements. BIOEE 3610: Advanced Ecology BIOEE 4750: Ornithology
Steven Wolf Associate Professor
Natural Resources
121 Fernow Hall SAW44@cornell.edu
607-255-0282
Political economy of environment, environmental governance, multifunctional landscapes, agrienvironmental policy. NTRES 3301: Sustainability Science NTRES/STS/BSOC 3311 and NTRES 6310: Environmental Governance DSOC/NTRES 7600: Economy, Ecology and Limits: A Graduate Seminar in Environmental Sociology
David W. Wolfe Professor
Horticulture
117 Plant Science DWW5@cornell.edu
607-255-7888
Climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies for agriculture and natural ecosystems. Soil health and water and nitrogen management for sustainable crop production. Science communication. PLHRT 1160: Nature Writing (First-Year Writing Seminar) PLHRT 3600: Climate Change and the Future of Food
Wendy Wolford Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson
Professor Associate Director, ACSF
Development Sociology
263 Warren Hall WWW43@cornell.edu
607-255-2146
Issues within and between the political economy of development, agrarian studies, social mobilization, land reform and political ecologies of conservation. IARD/DSOC 2020: Principles of International Agriculture and Rural Development DSOC 3200/5200: Political Economy of Global Development DSOC 6150: Qualitative Methods DSOC 7290: Agrarian Social Movements
Name Department Affiliation Contact Info
Research Interests and Courses Taught
Mark Wysocki Senior Lecturer
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
1114 Bradfield Hall MWW3@cornell.edu
607-255-2568
Air pollution and weather analysis. EAS 1310: Basic Principles of Meteorology EAS 1340: Basic Meteorology Lab EAS 2500: Meteorological Observations and Instruments EAS 3410: Atmospheric Thermodynamics and Hydrostatis EAS 3520: Synoptic Meteorology EAS 4570: Atmospheric Air Pollution EAS 4700: Advanced Weather Forecasting and Analysis EAS 5050: Fluid Dynamics in the Earth Sciences
Joseph Yavitt Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Natural Resources
G21 Fernow Hall JBY1@cornell.edu
607-255-6601
Biogeochemistry, microbial ecology, forests and wetlands. NTRES 2010: Environmental Conservation NTRES/EAS 3030: Introduction to Biogeochemistry NTRES 3220: Global Ecology and Management
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM COORDINATORS
Marian Hovencamp Undergraduate Program
Assistant
Natural Resources/ESS G15 Fernow Hall
MTH6@cornell.edu 255-2809
Oversees Department undergraduate activities, course registration, provides advising assistance and serves as a general information resource for all Natural Resources and Environmental and Sustainability Sciences undergraduates.
Suzanne Wapner
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Natural Resources Environmental and
Sustainability Sciences G15 Fernow Hall
SW38@cornell.edu 607-255-1269
Undergraduate program coordinator for Environmental and Sustainability Sciences (ESS). Provides advising assistance for undergraduates. Teaching support for NTRES 1101, ESS 2000.