Graduate Faculty
Associate Professor, Rubenstein School • Gund Fellow • Director, Aiken Forestry Sciences Laboratory
carol.adair@uvm.edu (802) 656-2907Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Forestry, Natural Resources
Research: Global climate change, ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry
Assistant Professor, Forest Ecosystem Health
nicholas.aflitto@uvm.edu (802) 656-4156Instructional programs: Forestry, Natural Resources
Research: Entomology, forest health, semiochemicals, applied sensory ecology, machine learning, remote sensing
Professor, Rubenstein School • Gund Fellow • Director of UVM/NSF Community Cosmogenic Laboratory
paul.bierman@uvm.edu (802) 656-4411Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources
Research: Geology, geohydrology, erosion and human-landscape interaction, climate change, science education and...
Senior Lecturer
christopher.brooks@uvm.edu (802) 656-9570Instructional programs: Natural Resources; Sustainability, Ecology and Policy
Research: Environmental policy, land use planning, watershed management and flood resiliency, climate...
Director, Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Program • Associate Professor
kimberly.coleman@uvm.eduInstructional programs: Parks, Recreation, and Tourism
Research: Human dimensions of natural resources; Outdoor recreation and tourism; Planning and management of public land;...
Professor • Director of Forestry Program • Director of UVM Research Forests
anthony.damato@uvm.edu (802) 656-8030Silviculture, forest ecology, forest management, forest adaptation
Associate Professor
cecilia.danks@uvm.edu (802) 656-0175Environmental studies, forestry, environmental policy, sustainable forestry, community forestry, climate change mitigation, forest carbon markets, woody biomass energy
Senior Lecturer
LDimov@uvm.edu (802) 656-0616Instructional program: Forestry
Research: Silviculture; forest diversity, productivity, and resilience; forest restoration; sustainable forest management
Research Associate Professor • Assistant Unit Leader of VT Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
therese.donovan@uvm.edu (802) 656-2516Instructional program: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Landscape ecology, wildlife population modeling, adaptive management
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education • Professor • Gund Institute for Environment Fellow
jon.erickson@uvm.edu (802) 656-3328Ecological economics, sustainable development, systems modeling
Professor • L4E Ecological Economics Lead
jfarley@uvm.eduDesigning an economy to balance what is biophysically possible with what is socially, psychologically, and ethically desirable.
Research Associate Professor
gillian.galford@uvm.edu (802) 656-2920Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources
Research: Environmental sustainability, ecosystems ecology, nitrogen and carbon cycling, greenhouse gases, remote...
Associate Professor, Rubenstein School • Gund Institute for Environment Fellow
rachelle.gould@uvm.edu (802) 656-5849Instructional program: Environmental Studies
Research: Environmental values, well-being, Cultural Ecosystem Services, environmental learning, human behavior, policy, diversity,...
Research Associate Professor • Unit Leader of VT Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
mark.henderson@uvm.edu (802) 656-2693- Fish population modeling
- Food web ecology
- Environmental DNA
- Acoustic telemetry
- Mark-recapture
- Fish ecology
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
anne.jefferson@uvm.edu (802) 656-5734Watershed hydrology, geomorphology, public engagement
Assistant Professor
helina.jolly@uvm.eduTraditional Ecological Knowledge, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC), Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Community-engaged Research, Conservation Sciences, Human Geography, Ethnography, Biocultural Systems, Land Stewardship, and...
Professor • Gund Fellow
william.keeton@uvm.edu (802) 656-2518Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Forestry
Research: Forest ecology and dynamics; climate, forest carbon & energy; sustainable forestry
Associate Dean of Faculty Development • Associate Professor
ana.morales@uvm.edu (802) 656-8769Limnology, phytoplankton ecology, biogeochemistry, carbon cycling, lake ecosystem ecology
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs • Professor • Gund Institute for Environment Fellow
james.murdoch@uvm.edu (802) 656-2912Instructional program: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Wildlife ecology, conservation biology
Associate Professor
brittany.mosher@uvm.edu (802) 656-3105- Disease and population ecology
- Quantitative ecology
- Conservation decision-making
- Herpetology
- Conservation biology
Associate Professor
bindu.panikkar@uvm.edu (802) 656-5877Environmental health, community based research, environmental policy, natural resources, Arctic environment and health, environmental health social movements, environmental justice
Director, Field Naturalist Program • Senior Lecturer
walter.poleman@uvm.edu (802) 656-2501Landscape analysis, place-based education, land conservation, social-ecological systems science
Associate Dean of Programs and Curriculum • Senior Lecturer • Director, Environmental Sciences Program • Director, Geospatial Technologies Program • Assessment Coordinator for the Rubenstein School
jennifer.pontius@uvm.edu (802) 656-3091Forest ecology & health, satellite remote sensing, GIS modeling, experimental design & statistical analyses
Director of the Gund Institute for Environment • Professor, Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources
taylor.ricketts@uvm.edu (802) 656-7796Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources
Research: Community & landscape ecology, ecosystem services, ecological economics, conservation biology, environmental...
Assistant Professor
mariano.rodriguez-cabal@uvm.edu (802) 652-0224- Community ecology
- Global change ecology
- Invasive species
- Plant-animal interactions
Associate Professor • Director of the Casella Center for Circular Economy and Sustainability • Gund Institute for Environment Fellow
eric.roy@uvm.edu (802) 656-7359Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences; Sustainability, Ecology, & Policy
Research: Nutrient biogeochemistry & management, Circular bioeconomy, Ecological engineering &...
Research Associate Professor
Andrew.Schroth@uvm.edu (802) 656-3481- Low Temperature Geochemistry
- Environmental Mineralogy
Extension Associate Professor
kris.stepenuck@uvm.edu (802) 656-8504Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources
Research: Watershed science, impacts of land use on water quality, community science, community engagement
Director, Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory • Professor
jason.stockwell@uvm.edu (802) 656-3009Aquatic ecology, food web dynamics, predator-prey interactions
Professor • Director, Wildlife and Fisheries Biology Program
allan.strong@uvm.eduAvian ecology, conservation biology, landscape ecology
Assistant Professor
muddin@uvm.edu (802) 656-4449Social-Ecological Systems Resilience; Community Resilience to Climate-Change Induced Natural Disasters; Social Learning; Impacts of Global Environmental Changes; Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Policy; Nature-Based Solutions;...
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.edu (802) 656-2728Planetary 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,...
University Scholar • Professor of Geography and Environmental Sciences • Faculty Director, Water Resources Institute
Beverley.Wemple@uvm.edu (802) 656-2074Water resources, geomorphology, GIS, spatial modeling, human-environment interactions, mountain environments.
Research Professor
lini.wollenberg@uvm.edu (802) 656-9891Instructional program: Natural Resources
Research: Climate change & land use, natural resource management & governance, agriculture-forest landscapes, anthropology, international...