By the Numbers
- 300 Scholars from 8 UVM colleges and 80+ external institutions
- 28 Countries represented
- 50 Events hosted annually
UVM Faculty Fellows | Postdoc Fellows | Graduate Student Fellows | UVM Faculty Affiliates | Global Affiliates | Advisory Board | Leadership Team | Ombudsperson
Faculty Fellows are accomplished UVM faculty who have a long-term and deep engagement with the Institute. Faculty fellows are widely recognized scholars who serve as thought leaders and help to shape the research agenda of the Institute.Become a Gund Fellow
UVM Faculty Fellows
Director of the Gund Institute for Environment • Professor, Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources
taylor.ricketts@uvm.eduEconomic and health benefits that nature provides to people, crop pollination by wild bees, climate and environmental impacts on children's health, conservation of global biodiversity, ecological dynamics across agricultural...
Associate Professor, Rubenstein School • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment • Director, Aiken Forestry Sciences Laboratory
carol.adair@uvm.edu- global climate change
- ecosystem ecology
- biogeochemistry
Associate Professor • Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering • College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
malmassa@uvm.eduPower and Energy Systems, Control Systems, Mathematical Optimization, Renewable Energy Integration
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
raju.badireddy@uvm.eduWater Quality Engineering, Membrane Separation Processes, Resource Recovery from Solid- and Liquid-Waste, Environmental Photochemistry
Lecturer
noelia.barrios-garcia@uvm.edu- invasive species
- climate change
- community ecology
- ecosystem ecology
Emeritus Professor, Rubenstein Sch Env & Nat Res, Political Science
Research: American environmental politics, comparative environmental policy, international environmental governance, and global green politics
Professor, Department of Computer Science • Gund Institute for Environment Faculty Fellow • Graduate Student Advisor
Brian.Beckage@uvm.edu- Forest ecology
- Theoretical ecology
- Statistics
Assistant Professor
Emily.Belarmino@uvm.edu- Public Health Nutrition
- Food System-Nutrition linkages
Professor, Rubenstein School • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment • Director of UVM/NSF Community Cosmogenic Laboratory
paul.bierman@uvm.eduGeology, Greenland and glaciers, geohydrology, geochemistry, geologic dating, climate change, erosion and human-landscape interaction, landscape history, and science education and communication.
Chair of the Department of Animal and Veterinary Science • Director of VT Agricultural Experiment Station • Professor
Eric.Bishop-Von-Wettberg@uvm.eduCrop genetics, evolution, genomics, breeding, domestication and sustainability. Legumes and germplasm. Animal grazing and sustainability. Agriculture, food, ecology, conservation.
Professor
Pablo.Bose@uvm.eduRefugee resettlement in non-traditional destinations, food and migration, environmental displacement, kolkata and Globalization, technology, education and representation.
Assistant Professor
Patrick.Callery@uvm.eduCorporate sustainability efforts, business strategy and climate change, corporate and investor management of climate change, including carbon emissions reductions goals and information disclosure strategies.
Professor • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment
Yolanda.Chen@uvm.edu- Insect Ecology
- Population Genetics
- Agroecology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Insect-plant Interactions,
- Evolution
- Epigenetics
- Ecological Pest Management
Associate Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
cecilia.danks@uvm.edu- environmental studies
- forestry
- environmental policy
- sustainable forestry
- community forestry
- climate change mitigation
- forest carbon markets
- woody biomass energy
Extension Professor
Heather.Darby@uvm.eduSoil quality and nutrient management, Grain production, Organic farming, Forages, Hops, Oilseed crops.
Interim Dean, College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences • Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
mdewoolk@uvm.edu- Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering
- transportation geotechnics
- hazard mitigation
- geotechnical aspects of space exploration
- cultural preservation
- engineering education
Distinguished Professor
Lesley-Ann.Dupigny-Giroux@uvm.edu- climate variability and change
- climatology
- natural hazards
- drought
- floods
- severe weather
- frontline communities
- State of Vermont, State Climatologist, New England,...
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education • Professor • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment
jon.erickson@uvm.edu- Ecological economics
- Sustainable development
- Systems modeling
Professor • L4E Ecological Economics Lead • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
jfarley@uvm.eduDesigning an economy to balance what is biophysically possible with what is socially, psychologically, and ethically desirable.
Research Associate Professor • Director, Agricultural and Environmental Testing Lab • Director, UVM Extension Center for Sustainable Agriculture
joshua.faulkner@uvm.eduClimate change impacts and adaptation in Northeastern agricultural systems; Treatment of agricultural wastewater and best management practices for control of nonpoint source pollution; Field scale hydrology and water management in agricultural...
Professor • Director, Environmental Program • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
brendan.fisher@uvm.edu
Research Associate Professor • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment
gillian.galford@uvm.eduClimate change and measurement, environmental sustainability, ecosystems ecology, nitrogen and carbon cycling, greenhouse gases, remote sensing, ecosystems modeling, land-cover and land-use change, tropical agriculture, Vermont's...
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
Ehsan.Ghazanfari@uvm.edu- Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering
- Geo-energy systems
- Sensors/sensing for civil infrastructure
Assistant Professor
kelsey.gleason@med.uvm.eduGlobal health, humanitarian crises, climate change, forced and climate-related displacement, refugee studies.
University Distinguished Professor of Biology • George H. Perkins Professor of Zoology
nicholas.gotelli@uvm.eduOrganization of animal and plant communities
Associate Professor, Rubenstein School • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment
rachelle.gould@uvm.eduInstructional program: Environmental Studies
Research: Environmental values, well-being, Cultural Ecosystem Services, environmental learning, human behavior, policy, diversity, equity
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences • Professor - Ecological Landscape Design • Gund Institute for Environment Faculty Fellow
Stephanie.E.Hurley@uvm.eduStormwater management, green infrastructure, landscape design, landscape architecture, land use and watershed management, urban ecology.
Professor • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment
william.keeton@uvm.eduInstructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Forestry
Research: Forest ecology and dynamics; climate, forest carbon & energy; sustainable forestry
Adjunct Senior Lecturer • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment
matthew.kolan@uvm.edu- Ecological leadership and learning
- Power, privilege, and equity
- Social transformation and systems change
- Field ecology and animal tracking
Professor Emeritus
- consumer behavior
- economics of information
- genetic engineering
- hemp
- applied econometrics
- consumer policy
Professor • Department of Computer Science • College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
bslee@uvm.eduDatabase, Data mining, Data science, Machine learning, Information retrieval
Associate Professor, Anthropology
teresa.mares@uvm.eduFood security, migration, labor studies, border studies, food justice
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering • Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
jmarsha1@uvm.eduFluid Dynamics, Particulate Flows, Renewable Energy Systems, Biofluids
Professor of Agroecology and Environmental Studies
Ernesto.Mendez@uvm.edu- Agroecology
- Food Security and Sovereignty
- Rural Livelihoods
- Agrifood Systems
- Political Ecology
- Participatory Action Research (PAR)
- Environmental Conservation in Agricultural Landscapes
Research Associate Professor • Managing Director, Social-Ecological Gaming & Simulation (SEGS) Lab UVM • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment • Adjunct Professor, Food Systems at UVM
Scott.C.Merrill@uvm.edu- landscape ecology
- serious games
- experimental gaming
- animal biosecurity
- climate change
- population modeling
- Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- social-ecological systems
- Monte Carlo...
Associate Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
brittany.mosher@uvm.eduWildlife ecology, conservation biology, conservation decision-making, herpetology, amphibians (frogs, toads, salamanders, etc.), reptiles (snakes, turtles, lizards, etc.), disease and population ecology, and quantitative ecology.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs • Professor • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment
james.murdoch@uvm.eduInstructional program: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Wildlife ecology, conservation biology
Professor Emerita
deborah.neher@uvm.eduSoil ecology, plant-soil interactions, biology of compost and its uses, biological indicators of soil, epidemiology of root pathogens.
Professor
Meredith.Niles@uvm.edu- Food Systems Sustainability
- Food Security
- Farmer Behavior
- Social-Ecological Systems
Associate Professor • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment • Associate Director, Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security (IEDS)
bindu.panikkar@uvm.eduEnvironmental health, community based research, environmental policy, natural resources, Arctic environment and health, environmental health social movements, environmental justice
Professor of Geochemistry
Julia.Perdrial@uvm.eduInvestigates how land-water interactions shape water quality and water security; specializes in geosciences, mineralogy, and biogeochemistry to study soil and stream health; leads interdisciplinary research teams on Big Data, offers insights into...
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
gpinder@uvm.edu- Water Resources
- Environmental
- Sustainability & Energy
- Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental
- Climate Change & Hazard Mitigation
Associate Professor • MPA Program Director
twreynol@uvm.edu- food policy
- food security
- agricultural development
- sustainable agriculture
- rural livelihoods
Assistant Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
mariano.rodriguez-cabal@uvm.eduGlobal change ecology, invasive species, plant-animal interactions, biological invasions, community ecology.
Research Affiliate • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
joseph.roman@uvm.eduInstructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Biodiversity, biological invasions, conservation biology, ecosystem services, marine ecology, marine mammals
Assistant Professor • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
mscarbor@uvm.eduBiological Wastewater Treatment, Anaerobic Bioprocessing of Wastes, Microbiome Engineering, Modeling of Microbiomes
Emerita Faculty • Professor of Economics
stephanie.seguino@uvm.eduMacroeconomics and development.
Racial and gender inequality.
Associate Professor
tshrum@uvm.edu- Climate Change
- Behavioral Science
- Environmental Economics
- Behavioral Economics
- Experimental Economics
- Environmental Policy
- Risk & Uncertainty
Director of the Sustainable Development Policy, Economics, and Governance Ph.D. program • Associate Professor • Graduate Faculty, Food Systems • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment
Daniel.Tobin@uvm.eduSociology of agriculture, Development Sociology, Political economy of agricultural development, Crop diversity conservation, and Seed Systems.
Associate Professor, STEM Education • Program Coordinator, Computer Science Education Minor • Co-Program Coordinator, Secondary Education Master of Arts in Teaching
Regina.Toolin@uvm.edu- STEM Education
- Environmental Education
- Project-based learning
- Place-based Education
- Teacher Professional Learning
- Computer Science Education
Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences • Planetary Health Lead, Osher Center for Integrative Health • Research Assistant Professor, Larner College of Medicine • Lecturer and Research Affiliate, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources • Gund Institute for Environment Fellow
christine.vatovec@uvm.eduPlanetary health, climate change and human health, decarbonizing healthcare, environmental public health, health benefits of nature contact, integrative healthcare, Whole Person Health, pharmaceutical pollution, social science surveys,...
Chair of the Anthropology Department • Professor
Luis.Vivanco@uvm.eduCultural and environmental anthropology, development and social movements, knowledge, science and technology, cultures of mobility, tourism, ethnographic methods; Latin America.
Associate Professor of Education
Leon.Walls@uvm.edu- Curriculum and Instruction
- Multiculturalism
- Race and Racism
- Science Education
- Science of Sustainability
- Teacher Education
Professor — Inorganic, Organometallic, and Catalysis
Rory.Waterman@uvm.eduChemistry, synthetic and mechanistic inorganic/organometallic chemistry, energy, catalysis, professional development
University Scholar • Professor of Geography and Environmental Sciences • Faculty Director, Water Resources Institute
Beverley.Wemple@uvm.eduWater resources, geomorphology, GIS, spatial modeling, human-environment interactions, mountain environments.
Research Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
lini.wollenberg@uvm.eduInstructional program: Natural Resources
Research: Climate change & land use, natural resource management & governance, agriculture-forest landscapes, anthropology, international rural livelihoods
Associate Dean of Research and Postgraduate Education • Professor of Public Policy (CDAE) • Senior Faculty Advisor, Water Resources Institute • Gund Fellow • Co-Director of the Social-Ecological Gaming and Simulation (SEGS) Lab
Asim.Zia@uvm.eduComputational policy analysis, governance networks, social ecological systems, coupled natural and human systems, sustainable development, food, energy and water systems
UVM Faculty Fellows | Postdoc Fellows | Graduate Student Fellows | UVM Faculty Affiliates | Global Affiliates | Advisory Board | Leadership Team | Ombudsperson
The Gund Institute hosts exceptional postdoctoral scholars who conduct research on major global environmental challenges. Our scholars connect interdisciplinary research to real-world issues in environment and sustainability.
Postdoc Fellows
Post-doctoral Research Associate • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
jessica.balerna@uvm.edu- socio-ecology
- human-natural systems
- freshwater ecology
- biogeochemistry
Postdoctoral Associate, Institute for Agroecology
Amaya.Carrasco@uvm.eduAgroecology, Collective Action, Food Systems, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Planetary health, Nature and health
Gund Postdoctoral Fellow, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Megan.Duffy@uvm.eduBiogeochemistry, regional climate change, nutrient flux, warming winters.
Gund Postdoctoral Fellow • Postdoctoral Research Associate
lauren.hunt@uvm.edu- Climate adaptation and mitigation
- Farmer decision-making and behavior
- Mixed-methods social science and agroecology approaches
- Evidence-based policy and program design
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Climate Impacts in Food Systems, Climate Measurements Center of Excellence
Katherine.K.Porterfield@uvm.eduNutrient cycling, ecological engineering, sustainable agriculture, phosphorus recovery and reuse
Postdoctoral Associate
ariane.rodrigues@uvm.eduEcosystem services, Land systems, Spatial analysis, Water resources, Local communities and Indigenous Peoples
Gund Postdoctoral Fellow
coastal engineering, hydrodynamic modeling, climate adaptation, nature-based solutions, adaptation finance, insurance
Gund Postdoctoral Fellow, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Humberto.Romero-Uribe@uvm.eduEcosystem services, soil carbon dynamics, land-use impacts, ecosystem degradation
Gund Postdoctoral Fellow, Electrical and Biomedical Engineering Department
Jayashree-Rajaram.Yadav@uvm.eduEnergy transition, Energy Justice, Distributed Energy Resources, Power Quality, Harmonics
Postdoctoral Associate • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
mojtaba.zeraatpisheh@uvm.edu- Peometrics
- digital soil mapping
- pedology
- (spatial) data mining
- remote sensing
- soil health/quality
UVM Faculty Fellows | Postdoc Fellows | Graduate Student Fellows | UVM Faculty Affiliates | Global Affiliates | Advisory Board | Leadership Team | Ombudsperson
UVM doctoral, masters and graduate certificate students with strong interests in transdisciplinary research and the Gund Institute’s mission are eligible to apply to become Gund Graduate Fellows.
Graduate Student Fellows
Gund Graduate Fellow - College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Food Systems Graduate Program
Saadatu.Abdul-Rahaman@uvm.eduIntersectionality, food systems, sustainable diets, food and nutrition security, community development
PhD Student in Natural Resources • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
uyoyo.adeyemo@uvm.eduEnvironmental sustainability, precision agriculture, sustainable agriculture, land-cover and land-use change, GIS, remote sensing, ecosystems modeling, machine learning, Africa
PhD Student in Natural Resources • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
aura.alonso-rodriguez@uvm.eduTropical ecology, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, agroecology, global change, sustainable livelihoods
Gund Graduate Fellow
Dietary patterns, eating behaviours, plant-based diets, and public health.
Gund Graduate Fellow, College of Arts and Sciences, Biology Department
Carlos.Amissah@uvm.eduInsects, birds, ticks, pathogens.
Ph.D. Student • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
ranjum1@uvm.edu- Climate change
- inequality
- distribution
- ecological economics
- macroeconomics
- integrated assessment modeling
- agent-based modeling
Gund Graduate Fellow • College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, • Department of Community Development and Applied Economics
Danish-Hasan.Ansari@uvm.eduMonetary theory, monetary systems, macroeconomics, sustainability.
Gund Graduate Fellow, Community Development and Applied Economics
Abraham.A.Awolich@uvm.eduSustainability, economics, community resilience
Gund Graduate Fellow, PhD Candidate, Graduate College, Food Systems
krizzia.belen-trineo@uvm.eduFood systems, hunting, climate change, subsistence foodways, environmental justice.
Graduate Student Coordinator • CDAE MS Candidate • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
Lindsey.Bouzan@uvm.edu
Ph.D. Student in Natural Resources • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
lbriccet@uvm.eduHuman dimensions of natural resources, habitat connectivity, behavior change, BMP adoption, road ecology
Gund Graduate Fellow
Vitoria.Cardoso@uvm.eduFamily farming, sustainable agriculture, smallholders' development, seed value chain, and food labels.
Research Affiliate • Ph.D. Student in Transdisciplinary Leadership, Creativity and Sustainability
martha.caswell@uvm.eduTransformative agroecology, food sovereignty, critical participatory action research (PAR), multiple ways of knowing and arts-based methods
Gund Graduate Fellow, College of Arts and Science, Biology Department
Ilaria.Coero-Borga@uvm.eduBioacoustics, ecoacoustics, animal behavior, marine mammals, impact of noise.
Ph.D. Student • L4E Fellow
lucio.proenca@uvm.edu- Ecological economics
- Degrowth, Agroforestry
- Agroecology
- Environmental Policy
Ph.D. Student, Food Systems
Ayana.Curran-Howes@uvm.eduPaticipatory Action Research; Peasant economies,; Agroecological design and transition; Museum studies; Grassroots social movements
Ph.D. Student in Natural Resources • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
justin.dempsey@uvm.edu- ecological economics
- qualitative research
- behavioural economics
- transdisciplinarity
- political economy
- urban political ecology
- economic history
- place-based renewables
Lecturer
lucy.drummond@uvm.edu- integrating ecological and social sciences
- student-centered pedagogy
- plastics, chemicals, and fossil fuels
- environmental justice
- environmental media
Gund Graduate Fellow, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology
Ericka.Griggs@uvm.eduMolecular Ecology, Ornithology, Disease Ecology.
Gund Graduate Fellow, College of Arts and Sciences
Alison.Hall@uvm.eduMarine ecosystems, phenotypic-plasticity, environmental change, adaptation.
Ph.D. Student in Natural Resources • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
Muhammad-jahedul.huq@uvm.edu- disaster risk management
- climate change adaptation and community resilience
- policy analysis and risk-informed development planning
Gund Graduate Fellow, College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Robert.Jones@uvm.eduMicrobial bioreactors, waste mitigation, circular local economies, microbial ecology, permafrost conversion, waste conversion, greenhouse gas mitigation, carbon conversion.
M.S. Student in Natural Resources • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
jukka.kilgus@uvm.edu- ecological economics
- socio-ecological systems
- post-growth
- systems thinking
- sustainability governance
FSRI Postdoctoral Associate
Bailey.Kretzler@uvm.eduSoil Science, Microbial Ecology, Plant Breeding, Microbiomes
Gund Graduate Fellow, Food Systems Graduate Program
Farmer behavior, sustainable agriculture, climate change, public health nutrition, community development.
Ph.D. Student in Natural Resources • Gund Graduate Fellow
Anna.Maassel@uvm.eduPlanetary health, ecosystem services, land use & land cover change
IfA Affiliate • Gund Graduate Fellow
Lizah.Makombore@uvm.eduValuation and finance of natural capital, Ecological restoration of rainforest ecosystems, Sustainable Agriculture & Agroecology, Resilient Communities, private public partnerships, and social impact bonds, Justice and equity for...
Gund Graduate Fellow, Department of Community Development and Applied Economics, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Carina.Manitius@uvm.eduNature policy, protected areas, just transition, food systems, ecological economics.
FRSI PhD Fellow
pindar.mbaya@uvm.eduFood insecurity, Food Safety, Vulnerable population (elderly), Chronic diseases of nutritional origin.
Gund Graduate Fellow, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Community Development and Applied Economics
Chris.McElroy@uvm.eduEcological economics, degrowth, sustainability, planetary boundaries, well-being.
Ph.D. Student in Natural Resources • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
Rigo.Melgar-Melgar@uvm.eduPhD Student in Natural Resources • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
lara.monteiro@uvm.edu- ecosystem restoration
- sustainable management
- biodiversity conservation
- human behavior
- participatory methods
- citizen science
Gund Graduate Fellow, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Maura.Muldoon@uvm.eduRelational values, Earth Observation, interconnectedness, value of information
Gund Graduate Fellow • Nutrition and Food Sciences
Teresa.Mungazi@uvm.eduConsumer behavior, sustainable diets, novel food adoption, neglected and underutilized species (NUS), community development and food security
Gund Graduate Fellow
george.myers@uvm.eduWater resources engineering, machine learning, hydrology, nutrient cycling and recovery, agricultural nutrient management.
Ph.D. Candidate, Community Development and Applied Economics
Juliana.Neira@uvm.eduPolitical agroecology, political ecology, post-development, degrowth, post-growth, alternative food networks, Latin America, participatory action research, ethnography.
Ph.D. Student, Food Systems
Michelle.Nikfarjam@uvm.eduFood systems, agroecology, local knowledge and climate change resilience, gender and feminist methodologies
PhD Student in Natural Resources • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
mnix@uvm.eduEnvironmental education and justice; place-based learning; social-ecological systems science; STEM learning ecosystems; science communications; freshwater ecology; aquatic macroinvertebrates
Ph.D. Student in Natural Resources • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
onome.ofoman@uvm.eduAffiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
erohara@uvm.edu- gender mainstreaming
- feminist economics
- feminist political ecology
- feminist methodologies
- ecological economics
- reproductive labor
Gund Graduate Fellow, College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Joy.Onuh@uvm.eduHydrological modeling, public health engineering, water security, water quality analysis and treatment
PhD Student in Natural Resources • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
spetersc@uvm.eduForest ecology, disturbance ecology, forest-stream interactions, carbon storage
Ph.D. Student • Gund Graduate Fellow • L4E Fellow
shashank.poudel@uvm.edu- ecological economics
- environmental justice
- participatory policy practices
Gund Graduate Fellow
Sean.Rogers@uvm.eduMachine learning, NLP, computational social science, security studies, and cybercrime.
Ph.D. Student
benjamin.ryan@uvm.eduSustainable Agriculture, Policy Design, Ecosystem Services, Earth System Governance, Knowledge Systems
Graduate Student, Department of Plant Biology • Gund Institute for Environment Graduate Student Fellow
greta.l.savitsky@uvm.edu
PhD Student in Biology
anna.schmidt@uvm.eduFreshwater zooplankton ecology, zooplankton migration behavior, carbon cycling in lakes
Ph.D. in Natural Resources • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
rcscott@uvm.edu- amphibians
- disease ecology
Gund Graduate Fellow, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Community Development and Applied Economics
mvaccar2@uvm.eduEcologically unequal exchange; industrial and economic sovereignty; decolonization; modern monetary theory; post-growth; global supply chains.
Ph.D. Student in Natural Resources • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
garrett.simon@uvm.eduGund Graduate Fellow - Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
nina.smolyar@uvm.eduDecolonization, degrowth, ecological and behavioral economics, demilitarization and economic conversion, land-power relations, Indigenous resurgence and sovereignty, transformation of higher education, environmental humanities, slow scholarship,...
Gund Graduate Fellow • College of Agriculture and Life Sciences • Food Systems Graduate Program
shiva.soroushnia@uvm.edu
Gund Graduate Fellow • Food Systems Graduate Student
Leslie.Spencer@uvm.eduFarmscape ecology, wild bees, natural history education, agroecology, landscape planning
Part-time Lecturer
Emma.Spettt@uvm.edu- Community resilience and economic development
- Sustainable development policy, economics, and governance
Gund Graduate Fellow
Sarra.Talib@uvm.eduCompetitive and sustainable value chains, food-health-planetary boundaries nexus, economic incentives, impact of culinary trends on producer/consumer behavior, food waste, regenerative ag.
Ph.D. Student in Natural Resources • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
nishant.tiku@uvm.edu- artificial glaciers
- GLOF mitigation
- indigenous knowledge systems
- participatory research
- natural resource management
- ecosystem services
Complex Grant Proposal Developer
Jeannine.Valcour@uvm.eduUSAID, USDA, NSF, EDA, multiple foundations
Gund Graduate Fellow - College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ryan.van-der-Heijden@uvm.eduRemote Sensing, Post-Wildfire Geo-Hazards, Slope Failure, Groundwater, Machine Learning, Roadways
Gund Graduate Fellow, Department of Community Development and Applied Economics
Dakota.Walker@uvm.edu
M.S. Student in Natural Resources • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
mwiner@uvm.edusoils, watersheds, agriculture, biogeochemistry, sustainability
UVM Faculty Fellows | Postdoc Fellows | Graduate Student Fellows | UVM Faculty Affiliates | Global Affiliates | Advisory Board | Leadership Team | Ombudsperson
Gund Affiliates are individuals interested in participating in Institute activities and whose scholarship aligns with its mission. There are two types of Affiliates: UVM Affiliates from schools and colleges across UVM, and Global Affiliates from organizations anywhere in the world.
UVM Faculty Affiliates
Assistant Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
- Food Systems
- Applied Microeconomics
- Development Economics
- Health Economics
Research Assistant Professor • Director, Vermont Bee Lab • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
- Pollinator Ecology
- Habitat Restoration and Conservation
- Public Outreach
- Data Collection and Analysis
Assistant Professor • L4E Degrowth Lead • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
Monetary theory, ecological economics, degrowth, embeddedness, ecofeminist political ecology, labour theory, post-liberal theory.
Research Associate Professor, Agroecology, Landscape, and Environment • Co-Director, Institute for Agroecology • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
- Agroecology Transformations
- Governance of Food Systems
- Knowledge Mobilization
- Participation and Power
- Transformative Action Research
- Learning and Pedagogy
- Use of Media and Narratives for...
Gund Affiliate • Research Assistant Professor, College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Nature and human health, health tracking technology, human-wildlife diseases, human behavior, environment
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering, Hydrology.
Research Assistant Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
marine ecology, nutrient cycling, ecological restoration, aquaculture
Director, Spatial Analysis Laboratory • Research Assistant Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
Environmental health, GIS, tree canopy assessment, climate resilience, spatial analysis
Associate Professor • Co-Director, Digital Anthropology Laboratory
Landscape and environmental archaeology; Hunter-gatherers; GIS and geospatial modeling; Paleoenvironment/Paleoclimate; Ancient Mesoamerica; European Mesolithic
Research Assistant Professor • L4E Ecozoic Alternatives Lead • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
- just transition
- science-technology-society
- political economy and ecology
- ecological restoration
- food systems
- bioregions
Associate Dean for Public Health and Health Policy • Professor of Medicine • Chief, Division of Public Health
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Meta-Learning, AutoML, Evolutionary Computation, Evolutionary Robotics
Director, Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Program • Associate Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
Instructional programs: Parks, Recreation, and Tourism
Research: Human dimensions of natural resources; Outdoor recreation and tourism; Planning and management of public land; Environmental justice;...
Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
The intersection of food systems and community development.
Gund Affiliate • Associate Professor
Anthropology, archaeology, Caribbean, Native American, Amerindian.
Professor, Department of Computer Science • Director, Vermont Complex Systems Institute
Complex systems and networks, contagion, sociotechnical phenomena, happiness, stories.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Urban climate; water quality best management practices; land use and land cover change; social-ecological systems; complex dynamic systems modeling
Lecturer
- integrating ecological and social sciences
- student-centered pedagogy
- plastics, chemicals, and fossil fuels
- environmental justice
- environmental media
Assistant Professor
- Food Safety (bacteria)
- Microbiology
- Homesteading Biosecurity
- Foodborne Outbreaks
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Salmonella enterica
- Backyard Poultry
- Bacterial Stress Tolerance
- Risk...
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Materials customization, tissue engineering, polymer chemistry, food biotechnology
Carlos Andres Gallegos-Riofrío
Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Agroecology
Agroecology, indigenous people, rural studies, public health nutrition, social marketing, applied participatory research
Associate Professor
Sustainability, corporate social responsibility, employees, psychology, meaningfulness
Professor (1998)
American Politics, National Elections, Electoral Behavior and Public Opinion
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
- Water Resources
- Machine Learning
- Environmental Sensing
- Geomatics
Practicum Advisor • Professor in Residence at the University of Michigan's Erb Institute • Steven Grossman Distinguished Fellow
Professor
Sociology of food and agriculture, Sustainability governance, Supply chain management, Political economy, and Sustainability advocacy.
Gund Affiliate - Adjunct Professor, Rubenstein School for the Environment and Natural Resources
Energy’s role in supporting all consumption, the role of efficiency in energy policy
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • Principal Investigator, The SEE Lab • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
- Energy sustainability
- Building technologies
- Equation-based modeling
- Bio-inspired design
- Life cycle assessment
Gund Fellow • Professor
Airborne particles, air pollution, greenhouse gas dynamics and emissions, biogas, methane, real-time emissions monitoring.
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies and Natural Resources • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
Sustainability, sustainability education, sustainable communities, environmental education, environmental interpretation, ecotourism, behavior and environment, citizen participation, service-learning, community-engaged learning, community-based...
Professor Emeritus • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
Instructional program: Environmental Studies
Research: Environmental thought, cultural theory, global cultural change
Professor, Rubenstein School, Robert F. and Genevieve B. Patrick Endowed Chair in Watershed Science and Planning • Director, Vermont Water Resources and Lake Studies Center • Senior Faculty Advisor, Water Resources Institute • Director, Lake Champlain Sea Grant • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
- watershed hydrology
- geomorphology
- public engagement
Department Chair • Professor • FASTMH, FACP
- Clinical Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine
- Human Vaccinology, including phase 1-3 vaccine clinical trials in the US and internationally
- Controlled human experimental challenge models (CHIM)
- Enteric Infections,...
Library Associate Professor • Information & Instruction Howe Library • Gund Affiliate
- Research: Environmental information literacy, environmental research methods, global information environment, Costa Rica
Institute for Agroecology Collaborator • Extension Assistant Professor of Community Development
- Environmental sociology & justice
- Food systems & justice
- Gender & sexuality
- Rural economic & community development
Gund Affiliate • Associate Professor of Operations Management • UVM Grossman School of Business
Professor
immigration, race and ethnic relations, consumerism, environmental justice.
Assistant Professor • Department of Biology • College of Arts and Sciences
Evolution, Animal communication, Soundscapes, Marine conservation, Behavior of marine vertebrates
Co-director
Nature-Society Studies, Social and Cultural Geography, Political Ecology, Environmental Humanities.
Gund Affiliate • Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Working landscapes; migration; rural geography; place, power, and identity.
Dean, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources • Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
Research: Visitor management in protected areas; Soundscape/acoustic management in parks; Transportation management and planning; Efficacy of "Leave No Trace" practices; Health and well-being.
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
My research is at the intersection of modeling, simulation, and optimization of electric energy systems
Associate Professor
Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Contaminant Transport, Environmental Geology, Nanoparticles, Mineral-Bacteria Interactions, Archaeogeology.
Gund Affiliate • Associate Professor, Larner College of Medicine
Vaccines, dengue, vector borne diseases, Zika, West Nile
Gund Affiliate • Director of Pathways to Planetary Health, The Garrison Institute
Associate Professor • Department of Economics • College of Arts and Sciences
Environmental economics and policy, Environmental regulation, Environmental technology adoption and innovation, Corporate environmental strategy, Environmental information disclosure
Professor (2023) • Gund Professor of Liberal Arts
Public Policy, Environmental Politics and Policy
Acting Chair and Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Development of new computational tools, including artificial neural networks, to improve the understanding of human induced changes on natural systems and the way we make decisions about natural resources.
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
- Structural Reliability
- Performance of Wood Structural Systems
- Design for Natural Hazards
- Stochastic Modeling of Structural and Environmental Loads
- Probability-Based Codified Design
- Wind and Earthquake...
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
- Transportation equity and justice
- rural travel behavior (including rural mobility
- rural decarbonization (and rural safety)
- electric vehicle adoption and use
- accessibility measurement
- transportation...
Director, Transportation Research Center • Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
- Transportation System and Land-use Modeling
- Mobile Source Emissions and Air Quality Analysis
- Regional Transportation Planning
- Transportation Policy Analysis
- Active Travel (bicycling and walking)
Assistant Professor, Extension
Livestock IPM, entomology, veterinary parasitology, ecosystem services, agroecology, livestock grazing systems
Senior Lecturer, Co-Director, UVM Environmental Studies Program
- Global climate change
- climate adaptation
- sustainability science
- communicating science
- ecology
- evolutionary biology
Extension Associate Professor • Associate Director and Extension Program Leader for Lake Champlain Sea Grant • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources
Research: Watershed science, impacts of land use on water quality, community science, community engagement
Assistant Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
- Social-Ecological Systems Resilience
- Community Resilience to Climate-Change Induced Natural Disasters
- Social Learning
- Impacts of Global Environmental Changes
- Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and...
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
- Hydrology
- Fluvial Geomorphology
- Geostatistics
- Catchment Dynamics
- Clustering & Classification
- Infrastructure & Hazard Mitigation
- Bayesian Inference
Lyman-Roberts Professor of Classical Languages and Literature
Ancient Mediterranean world, sustainable systems, orality studies, environmental humanities, ancient ecologies.
Associate Professor of Social Work
Social work education and curriculum
- Social work research methods
- Sexuality, reproductive and environmental justice
- Health access and inclusion
- Critical and feminist theories
Associate Professor Emeritus • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
Ecosystem ecology, carbon and climate change, sustainability, conservation and land stewardship
Gund Affiliate • Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
Environmental humanities, cultural studies and ecocriticism. Water and water governance. Biocultural diversity and sustainability. Latin America.
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
Machine Learning, Image & Video Processing, Deep Learning, Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision, Document Imaging & Digital Signal Processing.
Gund Affiliate • Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research | IVIC
Ethnoecology, Human Ecology, Amazon, Indigenous Peoples, Ecogony.
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Gund Affiliates are individuals interested in participating in Institute activities and whose scholarship aligns with its mission. There are two types of Affiliates: UVM Affiliates from schools and colleges across UVM, and Global Affiliates from organizations anywhere in the world.
Global Affiliates
Gund Affiliate • Executive Director, Fundación Neotrópica
Gund Affiliate • Blue and Gold Professor of Energy and the Environment
Gund Affiliate, Professor, Wageningen University
Gund Affiliate • William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Food Studies, Middlebury College
Gund Affiliate
Gund Affiliate • Professor of Conservation Science, University of Cambridge
Gund Affiliate • President, Batker Consulting, LLC
Gund Affiliate, Associate Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Arizona State University
Gund Affiliate, Associate Professor, McGill University
Gund Affiliate • Associate Director of the Center for the Advancement of Public Action, Bennington College
Water Research Working Group Lead, Climate Measurements Center of Excellence • Gund Affiliate
Gund Affiliate • Faculty Associate Specialist UHERO and Water Resources Research Center
In Memoriam: Professor
Gund Affiliate • Senior Scientist at Spatial Informatics Group
Gund Affiliate • Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Gund Affiliate • Calabrese Architects
Gund Affiliate • Co-Director, Academy for Systems Change
Gund Affiliate • Connected Human and Natural Systems Lab
Gund Affiliate • Professor, Director of the U-M Biological Station, University of Michigan
Gund Affiliate • Senior Scientist, Tropics Program Director, Woodwell Climate Research Center
Gund Affiliate • Professor, University College London
Assistant Professor of History and Environment and Society, Brown University
Gund Affiliate, Tetra Tech Productive Landuse Project
Gund Affiliate • Sociology Professor, Michigan State University
Gund Affiliate • Co-Founder & Limited Partner, IberSun Solar
Gund Affiliate - Bing Professor of Population Studies, Stanford University
Gund Affiliate • Harvard University Senior Research Fellow in Ecology
Gund Global Affiliate • Research Fellow, Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia
Gund Affiliate • Executive Director, Caribbean Agroecology Institute
Gund Affiliate • Storyteller, Author and a Cultural Geographer
Gund Affiliate • Research Fellow | Development Minerals, University of Queensland
Gund Affiliate • Researcher, National Council for Scientific and Technological Development
Gund Affiliate - Furgason Fellowship International Chair for Coastal and Marine Studies in Cuba, • Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Gund Affiliate • Professor Emeritus, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Gund Global Affiliate • Chief Scientist & VP, Power Systems at EnergyHub, Data Science and Power Systems Intelligence
Gund Affiliate • Director, Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity
Gund Affiliate • Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California at Santa Cruz
Gund Affiliate - Director of the Water Investment Division, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
Gund Affiliate • Professor Emerita, Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University
Gund Affiliate • Principal/Owner, Fluvial Matters, LLC
Professor Emeritus
Gund Affiliate • Associate Professor, Department of Educational Administration, Foundations, and Research, College of Education and Human Development at Jackson State University
Gund Affiliate • Impact Data Scientist, Planet Labs
Gund Affiliate, Senior Fellow, Natural Capital Project, Emory University
Gund Affiliate • Assistant Professor, E3B and Columbia Climate School
Gund Affiliate
Gund Affiliate • Director, Latin American Chair on Environmental Decisions for Global Change, Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center
Gund Affiliate • Executive Coach, Empowering Women
Gund Affiliate • Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center
Gund Affiliate • Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor in Environmental Studies, Stanford University
Gund Affiliate • Professor of Sustainability and Chemistry at the Hanley Sustainability Institute
Gund Affiliate • Environmental Scientist
Gund Affiliate • Department of Anthropology, Haverford College
Gund Affiliate - Senior Conservation Scientist and Lead Wildlife Scientist at World Wildlife Federation
Gund Affiliate • Member, Board of Directors, The Tropics Foundation
Gund Affiliate • Professor, Sanford School of Public Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
Gund External Advisory Board • Gund Affiliate
Gund Affiliate • Math Teacher - Career and Technical Education, Lyndon Institute
Gund Affiliate, Foreign Affairs Officer, United States Department of State
Gund Affiliate • Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Sociology at Virginia Tech
Gund Affiliate • Founder, SolaVida
Gund Affiliate - Postdoctoral Associate, Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment
Gund Affiliate • Senior Manager, Food and Forests, Ceres
Gund Affiliate • Director, Program on Law and Innovation
Gund Affiliate • Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law
Gund Affiliate • Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Professor, University of Michigan
Gund Affiliate • President and CEO of Suparator International
Gund Affiliate - Assistant Professor, University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture • Faculty, Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station (MAFES)
Gund Affiliate • Associate Professor, Chair of Geosciences, Oberlin College
Gund Affiliate • Director of the Center for the Advancement of Public Action, Bennington College
Gund Affiliate • Senior Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Britaldo Silveira Soares-Filho
Gund Affiliate • Professor
Gund Affiliate • Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
Gund Affiliate • Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Environment, & Sustainability, University of Richmond
Gund Affiliate • Managing Partner, Working Lands Investment Partners LLC
Adjunct Associate Professor
Gund Affiliate • Research Scientist, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Professor Emeritus, Ecological Design
Adjunct Professor/University of Colorado-Denver
Gund Affiliate - Assistant Professor, Water Systems and Global Change Group, • Department of Environmental Science, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Gund Affiliate • Research Professor, Basque Center For Climate Change
Gund Affiliate - Environmental Scientist, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Gund Affiliate - New Hampshire State Director, League of Conservation Voters
Gund Global Affiliate • Senior Manager for Climate and Agriculture, American Farmland Trust
Gund Affiliate • Assistant Professor, College of Life Sciences and Agiculture
Gund Affiliate • Professor of Geology and University Distinguished Professor, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University
UVM Faculty Fellows | Postdoc Fellows | Graduate Student Fellows | UVM Faculty Affiliates | Global Affiliates | Advisory Board | Leadership Team | Ombudsperson
The Advisory Board has 8–12 members. Members are appointed by the Vice President for Research, upon recommendation from the Director. Members may be internal or external to UVM.
The Advisory Board has four key roles:
Review brief twice-annual updates from the Director on achievements and challenges
Advise the Director and staff on strategy, focal themes, partnerships, and global trends
Connect the Director and Institute staff to external partners and supporters
Assist the Director and UVM Foundation with fundraising and networking
Advisory Board
Gund External Advisory Board • CEO, Meridian Institute
Gund External Advisory Board • Senior Research Scientist, University of Wyoming
Gund External Advisory Board • Managing Partner, Coppermine Capital
Chair, Gund External Advisory Board • Head of Tiger Global Philanthropic Ventures
Gund External Advisory Board • Professor, Cornell University
Gund External Advisory Board • Equity Consultant
Gund External Advisory Board • Senior Global Director Sustainability
Gund External Advisory Board, Global Values Led Sourcing, Ben & Jerry's
Gund External Advisory Board • Gund Affiliate
Gund External Advisory Board • Professor, Yale University
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Meet the team:
Leadership Team
Director of the Gund Institute for Environment • Professor, Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources
Policy and Partnership Specialist
Strategic Communications Manager
Office Manager
Director of Communications, Gund Institute for Environment
Program Specialist
Director of Policy and Partnerships
Assistant Dean for Student Services and Staff Development
Director of Operations and Programs
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The Ombuds is an impartial and independent third party designated to assist students, staff, and faculty for discussing and resolving diversity, equity, and inclusion challenges or any disputes they may encounter while participating in the Gund Institute.
Ombudsperson
Assistant Dean for Student Services and Staff Development
Marie Vea is the Gund Institute’s Ombuds for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB).
Main roles and responsibilities for the Ombuds are:
- Be available to students, postdocs, staff, and faculty affiliated with the Gund Institute and respond quickly to queries.
- Play a mediating role, if appropriate, between members of the community and those with whom they are in conflict.
- Refer members of the community to additional resources, people, and support, at UVM and beyond, as appropriate.
- Brief the Gund Director and/or leadership team regularly about concerns and issues that have come up and activities undertaken to address them. These briefings can be anonymized at the sole discretion of the Ombuds to ensure privacy and safety of community members.
- Advise the Gund Institute leadership periodically on developing or improving polices/practices to enhance the experience of institute community members.
- When appropriate, report dangerous behaviors or situations to authorities as required by Vermont and federal law and UVM's compliance reporting policy.
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