Department of Environmental Sciences

Faculty Research Interests and Research Web Pages

Our faculty in the Department of Environmental Sciences have expertise in many areas, some of the topics include: Earth surface processes, hydrogeology, aquatic ecosystems, land and water remediation, environmental conservation, ecosystem ecology, and global environmental change. Click on any of the faculty names below to view their contact information and profile page.

Heidi Appel

  • Chemical Ecology of Plant-Insect Interactions
  • Plant Detection of Insect Herbivores

Richard Becker

Environmental applications of remote sensing and GIS including:
  • Land Subsidence
  • Toxic Algal Blooms
  • Groundwater Resources

Jonathan M. Bossenbroek

  • Invasion, Landscape and Watershed Ecology
  • Modeling Dispersal Mechanisms
  • Predicting Habitat Suitability
     

Thomas B. Bridgeman

  • Limnology of Large Lake Ecosystems
  • Pelagic Zooplankton and Phytoplankton Community Ecology
  • Impact of Invasive Species on Lake Ecosystems

Mark J. Camp

  • Invertebrate Paleontology/Paleoecology
  • Non-Marine Mollusca
  • History of the Building Stone
    and Clay Minerals Industry
  • History of Geology

Todd D. Crail

  • Undergraduate Learning and Engagement
  • Undergraduate Field-Based Research
  • Eastern North American Community Ecology
     

Kennedy O. Doro

  • Hydrogeophysics
  • Environmental Geophysics
  • Geophysical Imaging
  • In-Situ Technologies

Daryl F. Dwyer

  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Bioremediation and Phytoremediation
  • Natural Attenuation
  • Microbial Physiology and Genetics

Timothy G. Fisher

  • Geomorphology
  • Glacial and Quaternary Geology
  • Quaternary History of the Great Lakes
     

Inke Forbrich

  • Wetland and ecosystem ecology
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Ecosystem-atmosphere interactions

Scott A. Heckathorn

  • Plant Physiological Ecology
  • Biochemistry
  • Global Environmental Change
  • Heat-Shock Proteins

William D. Hintz

  • Community Ecology
  • Fisheries
  • Ecotoxicology
  • Limnology
  • Environmental Pollution

 

 

 

David E. Krantz

  • Coastal and Marine Geology
  • Oceanography
  • Quaternary Geology

James M. Martin-Hayden

  • General Hydrogeology
  • Hydrogeologic Field Methods
  • Numerical Groundwater Modeling

Christine M. Mayer

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Invertebrate-Fish Predator-Prey Interactions
  • Organism-Habitat Modification
  • Introduced Species

 

 

 

Daryl L. Moorhead

  • Systems Ecology
  • Process Modeling
  • Coupled Energy and Nutrient Flows
  • Microbial-Mediated Decomposition

Song Qian

  • Environmental and Ecological Statistics
  • Bayesian Hierarchical Models
  • Water Quality and Watershed Modeling
  • Stream Ecosystem Response to Disturbance

Jeanine Refsnider

  • Vertebrate Zoology
  • Evolutionary Ecology
  • Conservation Biology

 

 

 

Von Sigler

  • Pathogen Ecology
  • Public Health Microbiology

Trisha L. Spanbauer

  • Paleolimnology
  • Diatom Ecology and Evolution
  • Ecosystem Resilience

Henry M. Streby

  • Avian Ecology
  • Wildlife Management and Conservation
  • Ecological Analysis

 

 

 

Michael N. Weintraub

  • Soil Ecology
  • Ecosystem Ecology
  • Plant-Soil Interactions
  • Biogeochemistry
   

 

Last Updated: 2/21/23