Graduate Faculty
Associate Professor, Rubenstein School • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment • Director, Aiken Forestry Sciences Laboratory
carol.adair@uvm.edu (802) 656-2907- global climate change
- ecosystem ecology
- biogeochemistry
Assistant Professor, Forest Ecosystem Health
nicholas.aflitto@uvm.edu (802) 656-4156- entomology
- forest health
- semiochemicals
- applied sensory ecology
- machine learning
- remote sensing
Professor, Rubenstein School • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment • Director of UVM/NSF Community Cosmogenic Laboratory
paul.bierman@uvm.edu (802) 656-4411Geology, Greenland and glaciers, geohydrology, geochemistry, geologic dating, climate change, erosion and human-landscape interaction, landscape history, and science education and communication.
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 change mitigation and...
Director, Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Program • Associate Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
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; Environmental justice;...
Professor • Director of Forestry Program • Director of UVM Research Forests
anthony.damato@uvm.edu (802) 656-8030Silviculture, forest ecology, forest management, forest adaptation, forests.
Associate Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
cecilia.danks@uvm.edu (802) 656-0175- environmental studies
- forestry
- environmental policy
- sustainable forestry
- community forestry
- climate change mitigation
- forest carbon markets
- woody biomass energy
Assistant Professor
mderrien@uvm.edu- outdoor recreation
- public land management
- parks and protected areas
- homelessness
- human health and wellbeing
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 • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment
jon.erickson@uvm.edu (802) 656-3328- 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.
Professor • Director, Environmental Program • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
brendan.fisher@uvm.edu (802) 656-0351
Research Associate Professor • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment
gillian.galford@uvm.edu (802) 656-2920Climate 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, Rubenstein School • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment
rachelle.gould@uvm.edu (802) 656-5849Instructional program: Environmental Studies
Research: Environmental values, well-being, Cultural Ecosystem Services, environmental learning, human behavior, policy, diversity, equity
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 • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
anne.jefferson@uvm.edu (802) 656-5734- watershed 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 Ecosystem...
Professor • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment
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 • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment
james.murdoch@uvm.edu (802) 656-2912Instructional program: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Wildlife ecology, conservation biology
Associate Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
brittany.mosher@uvm.edu (802) 656-3105Wildlife 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 Professor • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment • Associate Director, Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security (IEDS)
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) 656-2501- landscape 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) 656-7796Economic 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...
Assistant Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
mariano.rodriguez-cabal@uvm.edu (802) 652-0224Global change ecology, invasive species, plant-animal interactions, biological invasions, community ecology.
Associate Professor • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment • Director of the Casella Center for Circular Economy and Sustainability
eric.roy@uvm.edu (802) 656-7359Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences; Sustainability, Ecology, & Policy
Research: Nutrient biogeochemistry & management, Circular bioeconomy, Ecological engineering & design, Life cycle...
Research Associate Professor
Andrew.Schroth@uvm.edu (802) 656-3481- Low Temperature Geochemistry
- Environmental Mineralogy
Extension Associate Professor • Associate Director and Extension Program Leader for Lake Champlain Sea Grant • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
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 • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
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...
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 • Faculty Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment
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 • Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
lini.wollenberg@uvm.edu (802) 656-9891Instructional program: Natural Resources
Research: Climate change & land use, natural resource management & governance, agriculture-forest landscapes, anthropology, international rural livelihoods