Graduate Faculty | Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources | The University of Vermont(title)

Graduate Faculty

Carol Adair

Associate Professor, Rubenstein School • Gund Fellow • Director, Aiken Forestry Sciences Laboratory

carol.adair@uvm.edu (802) 656-2907

Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Forestry, Natural Resources
Research: Global climate change, ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry

Paul Bierman

Professor, Rubenstein School • Gund Fellow • Director of UVM/NSF Community Cosmogenic Laboratory

paul.bierman@uvm.edu (802) 656-4411

Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources
Research: Geology, geohydrology, erosion and human-landscape interaction, climate change, science education and communication, geochemistry, geologic dating, landscape history

Christopher Brooks

Senior Lecturer

christopher.brooks@uvm.edu (802) 656-9570

Instructional programs: Natural Resources; Sustainability, Ecology and Policy
Research: Environmental policy, land use planning, watershed management and flood resiliency, climate change mitigation and adaptation

Kimberly (Kim) Coleman

Director, Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Program • Associate Professor

kimberly.coleman@uvm.edu

Instructional programs: Parks, Recreation, and Tourism
Research: Human dimensions of natural resources; Outdoor recreation and tourism; Planning and management of public land; Environmental justice; Environmental education.

Anthony "Tony" D’Amato

Professor, Director of Forestry Program, Director of UVM Research Forests

anthony.damato@uvm.edu (802) 656-8030

Instructional programs: Forestry, Natural Resources
Research: Silviculture, forest ecology, forest management, forest adaptation

Cecilia Danks

Associate Professor

cecilia.danks@uvm.edu (802) 656-0175

Instructional programs: Environmental Studies, Forestry
Research: Environmental policy, sustainable forestry, community forestry, climate change mitigation, forest carbon markets, woody biomass energy

Luben Dimov

Senior Lecturer

LDimov@uvm.edu (802) 656-0616

Instructional program: Forestry
Research: Silviculture; forest diversity, productivity, and resilience; forest restoration; sustainable forest management

Therese "Terri" Donovan

Research Associate Professor • Assistant Unit Leader of VT Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit

therese.donovan@uvm.edu (802) 656-2516

Instructional program: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Landscape ecology, wildlife population modeling, adaptive management

Jon Erickson

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education • David Blittersdorf Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy • Gund Institute for Environment Fellow

jon.erickson@uvm.edu (802) 656-3328

Instructional programs: Environmental Studies; Natural Resources; Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Research: Ecological economics, sustainable development, systems modeling

Joshua Farley

Professor • Community Development and Applied Economics • College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

joshua.farley@uvm.edu (802) 656-2989

Ecological economics, Ecological macroeconomics, Social dilemmas, Evolution of cooperation, Policies for promoting regenerative agriculture

Brendan Fisher

Professor • Director, Environmental Program

brendan.fisher@uvm.edu (802) 656-0351

Gillian Galford

Research Associate Professor

gillian.galford@uvm.edu (802) 656-2920

Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources
Research: Environmental sustainability, ecosystems ecology, nitrogen and carbon cycling, greenhouse gases, remote sensing, ecosystems modeling, land-cover and land-use change, tropical agriculture

Rachelle Gould

Associate Professor

rachelle.gould@uvm.edu (802) 656-5849

Instructional program: Environmental Studies
Research: Environmental values, well-being, Cultural Ecosystem Services, environmental learning, human behavior, policy, diversity, equity

Mark Henderson

Unit Leader of VT Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit

mark.henderson@uvm.edu (802) 656-2693

Instructional program: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Fish population modeling, food web ecology, environmental DNA, acoustic telemetry, mark-recapture, fish ecology

Anne Jefferson

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) 656-5734

Instructional program: Environmental Sciences
Research: Watershed hydrology, geomorphology, public engagement 

William Keeton

Professor • Gund Fellow

william.keeton@uvm.edu (802) 656-2518

Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Forestry
Research: Forest ecology and dynamics; climate, forest carbon & energy; sustainable forestry

Ana "Mindy" Morales-Williams

Acting Director, Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory • Associate Professor

ana.morales@uvm.edu (802) 656-8769

Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences; Natural Resources; Sustainability, Ecology and Policy
Research: Limnology, phytoplankton ecology, biogeochemistry, carbon cycling, lake ecosystem ecology

James "Jed" Murdoch

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs • Professor • Gund Institute for Environment Fellow

james.murdoch@uvm.edu (802) 656-2912

Instructional program: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Wildlife ecology, conservation biology

Brittany Mosher

Assistant Professor

brittany.mosher@uvm.edu (802) 656-3105

Instructional program: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Disease and population ecology, quantitative ecology, conservation decision-making, herpetology, conservation biology

Bindu Panikkar

Associate Professor

bindu.panikkar@uvm.edu (802) 656-5877

Instructional programs: Environmental Studies, Natural Resources
Research: Environmental health, community based research, environmental policy, natural resources, Arctic environment and health, environmental health social movements, environmental justice

Nico Perdrial

Assistant Professor • Department of Geography & Geosciences • College of Arts and Sciences

Nicolas.Perdrial@uvm.edu (802) 656-0245

Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Contaminant Transport. Environmental Geology, Nanoparticles' Mineral-Bacteria, Interactions, Archaeogeology

Walter Poleman

Senior Lecturer

walter.poleman@uvm.edu (802) 656-2501

Instructional programs: Natural Resources; Sustainability, Ecology and Policy
Research: Landscape analysis, place-based education, land conservation, social-ecological systems science

Jennifer "Jen" Pontius

Senior Lecturer • Director, Environmental Sciences Program • Director, Geospatial Technologies Program • Assessment Coordinator for the Rubenstein School

jennifer.pontius@uvm.edu (802) 656-3091

Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences; Forestry; Natural Resources; Sustainability, Ecology and Policy
Research: Forest ecology & health, satellite remote sensing, GIS modeling, experimental design & statistical analyses

Taylor Ricketts

Director of the Gund Institute • Professor, Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources

taylor.ricketts@uvm.edu (802) 656-7796

Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources
Research: Community & landscape ecology, ecosystem services, ecological economics, conservation biology, environmental policy, pollination ecology, biogeography, linking research & conservation communities

Mariano A. Rodriguez-Cabal

Research Assistant Professor

mariano.rodriguez-cabal@uvm.edu (802) 652-0224

Instructional programs: Natural Resources; Sustainability, Ecology and Policy; Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Community ecology, global change ecology, invasive species, plant-animal interactions

Eric Roy

Associate Professor

eric.roy.1@uvm.edu (802) 656-7359

Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources
Research: Nutrient biogeochemistry & management, ecological engineering & design, aquatic ecology, food systems, material flow analysis

Andrew Schroth

Research Associate Professor

Andrew.Schroth@uvm.edu (802) 656-3481

Low Temperature Geochemistry and Environmental Mineralogy

Kristine "Kris" Stepenuck

Extension Associate Professor

kris.stepenuck@uvm.edu (802) 656-8504

Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources
Research: Watershed science, impacts of land use on water quality, community science, community engagement

Jason Stockwell

Professor

jason.stockwell@uvm.edu (802) 656-3009

Instructional programs: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Aquatic ecology, food web dynamics, predator-prey interactions

Patricia Stokowski

Professor

patricia.stokowski@uvm.edu (802) 656-3093

Instructional programs: Parks, Recreation and Tourism; Natural Resources
Research: Outdoor recreation behavior, parks, community tourism development, sense of place

Allan Strong

Professor • Director, Wildlife and Fisheries Biology Program

allan.strong@uvm.edu (802) 656-9086

Instructional programs: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, Natural Resources
Research: Avian ecology, conservation biology, landscape ecology

M. Salim Uddin

Assistant Professor

muddin@uvm.edu (802) 656-4449

Social-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; Community-Based Natural Resources Management; Community Development; Environmental Justice and Disaster Governance.

Christine Vatovec

Lecturer and Research Affiliate • Clinical Assistant Professor

christine.vatovec@uvm.edu (802) 656-2728

Instructional programs: Environmental Studies, Natural Resources, Integrative Health
Research: Human health and the environment, socio-ecological consequences of medical care, health benefits of nature contact, ethnographic methods

Beverley Wemple

Professor, Geography, Environmental Sciences

beverley.wemple@uvm.edu (802) 656-2074

Water resources, geomorphology, GIS, spatial modeling, human-environment interactions, mountain environments

Eva "Lini" Wollenberg

Research Professor

lini.wollenberg@uvm.edu (802) 656-9891

Instructional program: Natural Resources
Research: Climate change & land use, natural resource management & governance, agriculture-forest landscapes, anthropology, international rural livelihoods