Tag environmental studies
Holly Gibbs
Professor, the Department of Geography and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Holly Gibbs is an expert on tropical deforestation, with a focus on the potential for corporate promises to end deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest.
Christy Remucal
Interim Director, Sea Grant and Water Resources Institute, Professor, civil and enviromental engineering
Expert on aquatic chemistry and pollutant degradation processes
Michael Cardiff
Associate Professor, Geoscience and Geological Engineering (CEE)
Expert in monitoring and modeling of environmental issues related to ground water, water supply, and water quality
Thomas Yuill
Professor emeritus, pathobiological science, forest and wildlife ecology; director emeritus, Nelson Institute
Expert on diseases of wildlife and emerging virus diseases that affect wild and domestic animals and humans
Andrew Ruis
Research Scientist, WCER; Associate Director, Center for Research on Complex Thinking
Expert on environmental and climate change education, history of school lunch and public health nutrition policy, and quantitative ethnography
Morgan Robertson
Associate professor, geography
Expert on environmental policy, specifically wetland policy, ecosystem services, and market-based initiatives (e.g., water quality credit markets, wetland credit markets)
Mutlu Ozdogan
Assistant professor, forestry and environmental Studies
Expert on processing satellite images for environmental information in forested and agricultural landscapes
Colleen Moore
Professor emerita, psychology, Nelson Institute
Expert on the effects of environmental pollutants on child development and risk perceptions of environmental hazards
Ned Paschke
Program director, Department of Engineering Professional Development
Expert on pumping facilities, water & wastewater treatment systems, hydraulic engineering, water/energy efficiencies, asset management, and water environmental management.
Lori DiPrete Brown
Associate director, Global Health Institute, Director, 4W Initiative, Distinguised Faculty Associate, SOHE
Global health expert focusing on women, children and highly vulnerable populations. Works to improve quality of health and social services from a human rights perspective.
Tom Givnish
Professor, botany
Expert on ecology, evolutionary biology, molecular systematics, speciation, conservation, and Wisconsin plant diversity
Tim Campbell
Aquatic Invasive Species Specialist, Wisconsin Sea Grant
Aquatic invasive species biology and prevention
Jennifer Gaddis
Associate Professor, Civil Society & Community Studies
Expert on school food politics and systems change in local, state, national, and international contexts
Leah Horowitz
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Expert on grassroots, particularly Indigenous-led, engagements with industrial expansion.
Joshua Calhoun
Associate professor, English; Faculty Affiliate, Center for Culture, History, and Environment
Expert on Shakespeare, the history of papermaking, and the environmental history of books
Shane Hubbard
Research Scientist, Space Science and Engineering Center
Expertise: geospatial modeling of hazard events (floods, tornadoes, and hurricanes); damage and loss estimation from disasters; response decision making
Susan Carpenter
Wisconsin Native Plant Garden Curator, Arboretum
Expert on native plant gardening, sustainable gardening practices, bumble bee conservation, rusty-patched bumble bee, southern Wisconsin bumble bees, and citizen-based monitoring.
Daniel Wright
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
I am a hydrologist and water resources engineer, specializing in flood hazards and mitigation strategies in both urban areas and larger watersheds
David Drake
Extension Wildlife Specialist / Professor; Dept. of Forest and Wildlife Ecology
Expert on urban wildlife management, wildlife damage management, and general wildlife