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 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 • Gund Institute for Environment Fellow
jon.erickson@uvm.edu (802) 656-3328Ecological economics, sustainable development, systems modeling
Professor • Community Development and Applied Economics • College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
joshua.farley@uvm.edu (802) 656-2989Ecological economics, Ecological macroeconomics, Social dilemmas, Evolution of cooperation, Policies for promoting regenerative agriculture
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,...
Unit Leader of VT Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
mark.henderson@uvm.edu (802) 656-2693Instructional program: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: 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
Acting Director, Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory • Associate Professor
ana.morales@uvm.edu (802) 656-8769Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences; Natural Resources; Sustainability, Ecology and Policy
Research: Limnology, phytoplankton ecology, biogeochemistry, carbon cycling, lake...
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
Assistant Professor
brittany.mosher@uvm.edu (802) 656-3105Instructional program: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Disease and population ecology, quantitative ecology, conservation decision-making, herpetology, conservation...
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
Senior Lecturer
walter.poleman@uvm.edu (802) 656-2501Landscape analysis, place-based education, land conservation, social-ecological systems science
Senior Lecturer • Director, Environmental Sciences Program • Director, Geospatial Technologies Program • Assessment Coordinator for the Rubenstein School
jennifer.pontius@uvm.edu (802) 656-3091Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences; Forestry; Natural Resources; Sustainability, Ecology and Policy
Research: Forest ecology & health, satellite remote sensing, GIS modeling,...
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) 652-0224Instructional programs: Natural Resources; Sustainability, Ecology and Policy; Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Community ecology, global change ecology, invasive species,...
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) 656-3481Low Temperature Geochemistry and 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
Professor
jason.stockwell@uvm.edu (802) 656-3009Instructional programs: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Aquatic ecology, food web dynamics, predator-prey interactions
Professor
patricia.stokowski@uvm.edu (802) 656-3093Instructional programs: Parks, Recreation and Tourism; Natural Resources
Research: Outdoor recreation behavior, parks, community tourism development, sense of place
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,...
Professor, Geography, Environmental Sciences
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...