Breck Bowden, Institutional LeadDr. Bowden is the Robert and Genevieve Patrick Professor in Watershed Science and Planning in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont and currently serves as the Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research. He is the Director of the Vermont Water Resources and Lake Studies Center and the Lake Champlain Sea Grant program and leads the Vermont component of the Northeastern States Research Cooperative. |
Beverley C. Wemple, Team LeadDr. Beverley Wemple's research focuses on the dynamics of hydrologic and geomorphic processes in upland, forested watersheds. Her work examines the influence of land use practices on geophysical processes with a particular interest in using basic theoretical tools and simulation modeling, in conjunction with empirical field studies, to understand how management of the mountain landscape alters the processes of runoff generation and sediment production in steep, headwater catchments. |
Christopher Koliba, Team LeadDr. Christopher Koliba is a Professor in the Community Development and Applied Economics Department at the University of Vermont, the Director of the Master of Public Administration (MPA) Program, the Co-Director of the Social Ecological Gaming and Simulation (SEGS) Lab and a fellow at the Gund Institute for Environment. |
Andrew Schroth, Team LeadDr. Andrew Schroth is a low temperature biogeochemist and a Research Associate Professor of Geology at the University of Vermont. His research focuses on quantitatively describing the environmental factors controlling nutrient and pollutant lability in soils and aqueous environments, with an overarching focus on understanding and/or predicting a biogeochemical system's response to changes in landscape and climate. |
Asim Zia, Team LeadDr. Asim Zia is currently serving as a Professor of Public Policy and Computer Science in the Department of Community Development and Applied Economics at the University of Vermont. Dr. Zia is undertaking NSF funded work on developing computational integrated assessment models that project and quantify high-resolution impacts of global climate change and land-use land cover change on watershed scale hydrological systems and lake systems, and their feedbacks on social systems. |
Carol AdairDr. Carol Adair is a global change ecosystem ecologist and biogeochemist who uses theory, experimentation, and quantitative methods to understand ecosystem responses to natural and anthropogenic environmental change. She believes that understanding and predicting the response of ecosystems to environmental changes is crucial for sustaining and managing important ecosystems. |
Appala Raju BadireddyDr. Badireddy and his research group conducts interdisciplinary research on: (1) sustainable membrane processes with the focus on water & wastewater treatment, and resource recovery, (2) environmental nanotechnology with the focus on applications and implications of engineered nanomaterials, and (3) nanometrology with the focus on developing enhanced darkfield-hyperspectral imaging (ED-HSI) microscopy methods for detection and quantification of engineered nanomaterials and co-contaminants in environmental and biological matrices. |
Nicholas CheneyNick Cheney is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and a core faculty in Complex Systems and Data Science. His research is in bio-inspired artificial intelligence. His research lab, the UVM Neurobotics Lab, draws inspiration from natural systems, and especially biological learning processes (e.g. evolution, development, and lifelong learning) to design machine learning algorithms which create more flexible, scalable, and context-aware robots and decision-making systems (particularly, deep neural networks). |
Patrick CleminsDr. Patrick Clemins is the Cyber Specialist for the Vermont EPSCoR program. In this role, he provides support to students and researchers across the state of Vermont using high performance computing (HPC) resources and promotes the proliferation of Internet2 access for Vermont's schools, museums, libraries, and other institutions of research and learning. |
Rebecca DiehlDr. Rebecca Diehl is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and with the Gund Institute at the University of Vermont. Trained as a fluvial geomorphologist, she is interested in understanding the functioning of river systems to more sustainably manage our water resources. For her current research, she is building a management framework that identifies the existing and potential capacity (with interventions such as restoration) of floodplains to retain sediment and nutrients in order to improve water quality and increase flood resiliency in the Lake Champlain Basin. |
Brendan FisherDr. Brendan Fisher is Professor at the University of Vermont. His research and fieldwork lie at the nexus of conservation, development, natural resource economics and human behavior. |
Scott HamshawDr. Scott Hamshaw is a machine learning specialist with the U.S. Geological Survey in the Water Mission Area as well as an adjunct assistant professor in Civil & Environmental Engineering. Scott specializes in understanding the intersection of water resources and the built and natural environment. |
Imad HannounDr. Hannoun has provided technical analysis for numerous projects, working with engineering firms and government agencies. Over his career, he has acted as project manager for over 160 hydrodynamic and water quality investigations for municipal, government, and academic clients. Dr. Hannoun has extensive experience in the development and application of complex water quality models, ranging from one to three dimensional representations. Dr. Hannoun is a licensed engineer in Virginia, Nevada, and Arizona. Imad was recently presented the Friend of NALMS award in recognition of his work on lake management and his contribution to the NALMS organization. |
Peter IslesDr. Peter Isles is an aquatic biologist for the , Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. His research includes Lake Champlain water quality monitoring, zebra mussel, algae, and cyanobacteria monitoring on Lake Champlain and selected inland waters. |
Scott MerrillDr. Scott Merrill is a Systems Ecologist with research spanning a wide range of both natural ecosystems and social-ecological systems. Projects include examining dynamics of change within pest-crop agroecosystems including aspects of climate change, examining ways to nudge human behavior to help protect the health of our livestock herds, and looking at factors motivating behavior that affects water quality in the Lake Champlain watershed. |
Jarlath O’Neil-DunneDr. Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne is the Director of the University of Vermont’s Spatial Analysis Laboratory, and serves in a joint capacity with the USDA Forest Service Research & Development. Over the years his research has focused on the application of geospatial technology to a broad range of natural resource related issues such as environmental justice, wildlife habitat mapping, high-elevation forest decline, land cover change detection, community health, and water quality modeling. |
Taylor RickettsDr. Taylor Ricketts is Gund Professor and Director of the Gund Institute for Environment at the University of Vermont. Taylor’s research centers on the overarching question: How do we meet the needs of people and nature in an increasingly crowded, changing world? His recent work has focused on the economic and health benefits provided to people by forests, wetlands, reefs, and other natural areas. |
Donna RizzoDr. Donna Rizzo's research focuses on the development of new computational tools to improve the understanding of human-induced changes on natural systems and the way we make decisions about natural resources. In 1995, she co-founded a small Vermont business to help speed the diffusion of research and new technologies into environmental practice. |
Eric RoyDr. Eric Roy is an associate professor, interim director of the Environmental Sciences Program at the University of Vermont. His research includes Nutrient biogeochemistry & management, ecological engineering & design, aquatic ecology, food systems, material flow analysis. |
Severin SchneebeliDr. Severin Schneebeli is leading the Mesosynthesis Laboratory at the University of Vermont as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry. He aims to answer the question how traditional chemical concepts like selective recognition and catalysis for environmental applications can be applied to precision-polymer synthesis. Dr. Schneebeli is particularly interested in inventing new ways to build readily accessible, real-time chemical sensors to detect pollutants in the environment. |
Jamie ShanleyDr.Jamie Shanley works with the USGS New England Water Science Center. His research include hydrologic and biogeochemical cycles; physical, chemical, and isotopic approaches to identify water sources and track water flowpaths from precipitation and snowmelt, through the subsurface, to the stream; mercury movement in streamwater in forested and agricultural landscapes; the effects of ski resort development on water quantity and quality. |
Trisha ShrumDr. Trisha Shrum is a behavioral and environmental economist focused on using transdisciplinary theory, collaborations, and methodologies to improve our understanding of the drivers of decision-making, especially for decisions that relate to climate change and natural resources. |
Kris StepenuckDr. Kristine Stepenuck is Extension Program Leader for Lake Champlain Sea Grant and Extension Associate Professor of Watershed Science, Policy and Education in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. |
Scott TurnbullScott Turnbull is a software engineer accomplished in the creation of integrated software solutions for complex systems. Scott has recently participated in research into applications and impacts of precision agriculture, and modeling of national food supply security with regards to Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases. Previous research was with Vermont EPSCoR in the Basin Resilience to Extreme Events and the Research on Adaptation to Climate Change. |
Kristen UnderwoodDr. Kristen Underwood has more than three decades of academic and professional experience in water resources, bridging fields of aquatic ecology, fluvial geomorphology, hydrogeology and environmental engineering. Her current research involves the application of advanced computational tools to address environmental challenges in water resource management and to support pragmatic solutions within an adaptive management framework. |
Safwan WshahDr. Safwan Wshah joins UVM CEMS from PARC (Palo Alto Research Center)- A Xerox company, where he worked as a research scientist in the fields of machine learning/deep learning, computer vision, and image/ video processing. He is currently investigating machine learning algorithms to be applied in Energy, Transportation and Healthcare fields. |