CAS Program Leadership Team
These faculty co-deliver the CAS program courses and oversee program development.
Plant Population Ecology, Restoration Ecology, Rare & Invasive Plants
eugene.schupp@usu.edu
Plant population, community ecology, coexistence & patterns of diversity, climate change impacts on plant populations & communities, and plant-animal interaction
peter.adler@usu.edu
Human-Environment Geography: Climate, Hazards, and People
peter.howe@usu.edu
Human-Environment Interactions, Human-Wildlife Interactions, Visitor Use & Impact Management, Climate Change Adaptation, and Outdoor Recreation & Tourism
anna.miller@usu.edu
Soil & Water Management, Conservation, and Climate Data Analysis
andre.moraes@usu.edu
Drought/Flood, Precipitation, Hurricanes, Climate Modeling, Climate Dynamics, and Climate Change
w.zhang@usu.edu
Faculty
Effects of global change on aquatic food webs & species interactions, ecosystem function, and aquatic ecosystem's effect on climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation
trisha.atwood@usu.edu
Species interaction & subsequent impacts on ecosystem processes
karen.beard@usu.edu
Theoretical & spatial plant ecology, plant/animal/microbe interactions, and seed dispersal
noelle.beckman@usu.edu
Industry experience, e-learning, and project management
kristy.bloxham@usu.edu
Biogeochemistry, paleolimnology, anthropogenic controls on nutrient cycles, climate impacts on freshwater ecosystems, and applications of geochemistry to aquatic ecology
janice.brahney@usu.edu
Fostering environmental behavior, sustainable communities, behavioral theory, communication & social marketing techniques
roslynn.brain@usu.edu
Management of aquatic natural resources, fisheries management, and aquatic ecology
phaedra.budy@usu.edu
Paleoecology, Fire Ecology, Forest Ecosystems, Climate Change, and Climate Adaptation
kyra.clark-wolf@usu.edu
Population Ecology, Community Ecology, and Conservation Biology
t.j.clark-wolf@usu.edu
Communicating planetary boundaries, the anthropocene, and complex & sustainable systems
robert.davies@usu.edu
Silviculture, forest ecology, dendrochronology, and forestry
justin.derose@usu.edu
Physiological ecology, life history trade-offs, immunity, and conservation
susannah.french@usu.edu
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Environmental, global, & comparative sociology; political economy & development
jennifer.givens@usu.edu
Genetic architecture of ecologically important traits, determinants of genetic variation & molecular evolution in natural populations, and the nature & evolution of species boundaries & barriers to gene flow
zachariah.gompert@usu.edu
Conservation planning, land management
edd.hammill@usu.edu
Aquatic ecology, freshwater biodiversity, and environmental assessment
chuck.hawkins@usu.edu
Meteorology/climatology, and land-atmosphere interactions
Lawrence.Hipps@usu.edu
Community resilience, landscape strategies for climate adaptation, and disaster mitigation & planning
daniella.hirschfeld@usu.edu
Hydroinformatics, surface water quality, and hydrology
jeff.horsburgh@usu.edu
Biodiversity, population genetics, conservation biology, ecology & evolution, species diversity, evolution, conservation, ecosystem ecology, taxonomy, and climate change
scott.hotaling@usu.edu
Evaporation from porous media, microgravity effects of water supply to plant roots, porous media greenhouse gas emissions, soil water & nutrient flow, and sensor development for soil property measurement & monitoring
scott.jones@usu.edu
Wetland plant ecology, restoration, and management
karin.kettenring@usu.edu
Regional economics, and resource & environmental economics
mk.kim@usu.edu
Plant-soil interactions
andrew.kulmatiski@usu.edu
Surface hydrology, geomorphology, and water resources management
belize.lane@usu.edu
Land-use based sustainable development, water resource management, rural migration, and climate change mitigation & adaptation
man.li@usu.edu
How people learn about science topics in various contexts, including social media, schools, museums, and comic-cons
lisa.lundgren@usu.edu
Animal behavior, population biology, predator-prey interactions, large mammal conservation & management
dan.macnulty@usu.edu
Geology, biogeochemistry, hydrology, ecology, remote sensing, vegetation community productivity, water/nutrient use, local-based ecosystem monitoring, wildfire hazard mitigation, and technology training & outreach
m.mayes@usu.edu
Diseases/Pathogens, Behavior Ecology, Conservation Ecology, Statistical Ecology, Wildlife Ecology, Ecology/Landscape, Population Biology, and Livestock & Wildlife Interactions
Recreation ecology, park & protected area management
chris.monz@usu.edu
Quantifying groundwater/surface water interactions, associated influences on instream water quality, and temperature regimes
bethany.neilson@usu.edu
Ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, soil science, microbial ecology, toxicology, and dryland & tropical forest ecosystems
brooke.osborne@usu.edu
Geomorphology, landscape evolution of the interior Western US
joel.pederson@usu.edu
Groundwater management & systems analysis
peralta.rc@gmail.com
Modeling, mathematical ecology, model competition, dispersal & spatial structure in populations
jim.powell@usu.edu
Human-environment geography, political ecology, migration, and gender
claudia.radel@usu.edu
Geomorphology, luminescence dating, quaternary geology, paleoclimate
tammy.rittenour@usu.edu
Plant-insect interactions, food web ecology, abiotic factors shaping plant-herbivore assemblages, native Lepidoptera (butterflies & moths)
moria.robinson@usu.edu
Water resources management, systems analysis, water conservation & planning
david.rosenberg@usu.edu
Phylogenetics theory and practice, plant systematics, reticulate evolution, fern biology, polyploid
carl.rothfels@usu.edu
Plant evolutionary ecology, evolutionary & ecological genetics, speciation, plant reproduction
cathy.rushworth@usu.edu
Environmental Sociology, Environmental Justice, and Sociology of Disasters
stacia.ryder@usu.edu
Evolutionary ecology, population genomics, computational biology evolution
norah.saarman@usu.edu
Cross-kingdom interactions between plants, insects, and microbes
robert.schaeffer@usu.edu
Exploring the impact of emerging technologies on learning in the educational field, game-based learning, scaffolding & collaborative learning
ramy.shaaban@usu.edu
Outdoor recreation, natural resource economics
jordan.smith@usu.edu
Surface assessment, mathematical modeling, and statistics
david.stevens@usu.edu
Surface water, information systems, modeling terrain analysis, and snow hydrology
dtarb@usu.edu
Using ground, UAVs, and satellite combined technologies and data to validate, harmonize, and enhance agricultural information
alfonso.torres@usu.edu
Plant community ecology, plant-herbivore interactions, livestock-wild ungulate interactions, and restoration ecology
kari.veblen@usu.edu
Environmental sociology, federal land management, climate change, indigenous land stewardship, and political dimensions of wildfire management
kirsten.vinyeta@usu.edu
Evolution of host-symbiont associations, parasite infection impacts, and disease dynamic change in human altered-landscape
sara.weinstein@usu.edu
Fluvial geomorphology, biogeomorphology, watershed management, and beaver ecology
joe.wheaton@usu.edu
Erosion & sedimentation, watershed restoration & management
wilcock@usu.edu
Natural Resources, Agriculture, Food Systems, Humanity's Relationship with Resources and Systems.
steven.wilcox@usu.edu
How forests, fires, climate, and people interact over time and space
larissa.yocom@usu.edu
Agroclimate, water optimization, precision agriculture, and soil health
matt.yost@usu.edu
Behavior, ecology, and management of mammals
julie.young@usu.edu