Graduate Faculty

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

Nicholas Aflitto

Assistant Professor, Forest Ecosystem Health

nicholas.aflitto@uvm.edu (802) 656-4156

Instructional programs: Forestry, Natural Resources
Research: Entomology, forest health, semiochemicals, applied sensory ecology, machine learning, remote sensing

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...

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...

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;...

Anthony "Tony" D’Amato

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

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

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...

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 • 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...

Rachelle Gould

Associate Professor, Rubenstein School • Gund Institute for Environment Fellow

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,...

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

Watershed hydrology, geomorphology, public engagement 

Helina Jolly

Assistant Professor

helina.jolly@uvm.edu

Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC), Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Community-engaged Research, Conservation Sciences, Human Geography, Ethnography, Biocultural Systems, Land Stewardship, and...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Taylor Ricketts

Director of the Gund Institute for Environment • 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...

Mariano A. Rodriguez-Cabal

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,...

Eric Roy

Associate Professor • Director of the Casella Center for Circular Economy and Sustainability • Gund Institute for Environment Fellow

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

Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences; Sustainability, Ecology, & Policy
Research: Nutrient biogeochemistry & management, Circular bioeconomy, Ecological engineering &...

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

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;...

Christine Vatovec

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) 656-2728

Planetary 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,...

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...