Faculty and Academic Staff for Natural Resources Grad Field
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Shorna Allred |
Shorna B. Allred`s research program blends human factors and natural sciences to improve resource management and conservation. The goal of her research program is to develop a fundamental understanding of human behavior for the purposes of improving resource conservation and management. An understanding of human social, political, and psychological processes will enhance our ability to conserve and manage our natural resources and encourage an open and informed exchange of ideas. More > |
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Paul Curtis |
Dr. Paul Curtis serves as Extension Wildlife Specialist in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University. He has coordinated the Wildlife Damage Management Program during the past 23 years. His applied research and extension programs have focused on reducing human-wildlife conflicts in agricultural and suburban landscapes. His work includes community-based wildlife management issues and public policy education. More > |
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Mitchell Eaton |
I am an Assistant Leader for the New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Resources. The focus of my research is in applied wildlife ecology and management, with an emphasis on decision analysis and quantitative tools. I have a background in conservation, population genetics and systematics of vertebrates, especially in tropical forests. More > |
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Timothy Fahey |
As a forest ecologist, my general scientific interest is in better understanding forest ecosystems, both tropical and temperate. I also serve as the Advising Coordinator for the undergraduate programs in Natural Resources and the Science of Natural and Environmental Systems. More > |
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William Fisher |
Bill Fisher joined the Department of Natural Resources in 2008, and he is Leader of the New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. He is a fisheries scientist and stream ecologist with interests in applications of geographic information systems in fisheries, management of recreational fisheries, conservation of rare and declining fishes, and sustainable water resources management. More > |
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Thomas Gavin |
I am a wildlife biologist/conservation biologist with teaching and research commitments. I have worked in NY State as well as several western states, and in Costa Rica and East Africa. More > |
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Matthew Hare |
Matt Hare joined the Department of Natural Resources in 2007. His research spans from conservation genetics to evolutionary genomics with a focus on marine and estuarine biota. Most of his research utilizes genetic markers to measure processes such as selection and gene flow in natural populations to address basic and applied questions. More > |
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Robert Howarth |
I am a biogeochemist and ecosystem scientist, an active research scientist who also enjoys teaching and is deeply involved in the environmental management and policy communities in the State, nationally, and internationally. My training was in oceanography, and much of my research still focuses on coastal marine ecosystems. However, I also work on freshwater systems (both rivers and lakes) and on large river basins. More > |
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Karim-aly Kassam |
Karim-Aly S. Kassam is International Professor of Environmental and Indigenous Studies. Along with his students, Dr. Kassam’s objective is to seamlessly merge teaching with applied research in the service of communities. Dr. Kassam and his students conduct human ecological research in partnership with indigenous peoples and local communities globally. They seek to innovate policy and practice in civil society by re-envisioning paradigms that are failing. Dr. Kassam’s current research efforts ... More > |
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Marianne Krasny |
Marianne Krasny is Professor, Chair, and Director of the Civic Ecology Lab in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University, specializing in environmental education in urban and other settings in the US and internationally. More > |
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Stephen Morreale |
Stephen Morreale is a Conservation Ecologist who teaches undergraduate and graduate courses, conducts applied and theoretical research, and heads up several programs that integrate original research and Extension, including the DNR`s Conservation Education Program and the CALS Forest Conservation Education and Research Program. In addition, he is the Associate Director of Research at CornellÕs Arnot Teaching and Research Forest. His taxonomic expertise is in vertebrates, and especially reptiles ... More > |
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Lars Rudstam |
My research, teaching and extension activities are in the fields of aquatic ecology and fisheries. My research span topics from submerged aquatic vegetation, hydrodynamics models, invertebrate and zooplankton ecology, fish ecology, fish eating birds, and anglers. I teach a course in fish ecology, and seminars on selected topics. I also consult with managers, mostly in New York and Canada as part of technical committees. More > |
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Rebecca Schneider |
My program focuses on integrated, watershed-based, and sustainable water resource management in the face of climate change. My research, extension, and teaching all revolve around different facets of this topic. Currently, my primary research program is focused on how networks of roadside ditches that criss-cross watersheds contribute to flooding, droughts, and degraded water quality in downstream waters. A second effort is investigating how restoration of organic matter in wetland and ... More > |
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William Schulze |
William Schulze is Robinson Probessor in Applied Economics and Management. Early in his career he focused on theoretical issues in the new field of Environmental and Resource Economics including efficient ways to regulate emissions and management of non-renewable resurces. Later as the field matured, his work focused on ways to measure the benefits and costs of environmental improvement. This empirical research revealed that many of the underlying assumptions of economic theory were inconsistend ... More > |
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Richard Stedman |
As a faculty member in resource policy and management, my teaching, outreach, and research focus on the interaction between social and ecological systems. My training is in sociology, and I use the theories and methodologies of this discipline as a lens for examining a broad array of human/environment conflicts. I am particularly interested the challenges that rapid social and ecological changes pose for the sustainability of forested ecosystems, watersheds, and human communities. More > |
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Patrick Sullivan |
As a researcher my objective is to seek a new level of understanding about what drives the spatial and temporal dynamics of natural populations and communities and how they respond to anthropogenic influences. To do this I focus on the second order effects displayed by these systems, which are typically displayed in patterns in the mean, variance and covariance of processes that can be used to tease out and identify important factors that define these systems. In addition to this I have an ... More > |
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M. todd Walter |
I balance my professional activities between research and teaching, with emphases on the interactions among hydrology, ecology, and biogeochemistry. Teaching is central to my career and excellence and creativity in this arena are important personal goals. Research is equally important and I apply physical hydrology and water resources engineering to a broad range of multidisciplinary research interests. I enjoy good collaborative relationships with ecologists, biogeochemists, molecular ... More > |
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Steven Wolf |
Steven Wolf teaches and conducts research on environmental governance with a specific focus on efforts to secure public goods from private landscapes. His training and approach engage sociology, economics and geography. While most projects address socioecological dynamics in industrialized societies of Europe and USA, he has current projects in India and China. More > |
