The Environmental Sciences Program draws upon knowledge from faculty members across campus and spanning many departments and disciplines, including Aquatic Ecology, Biology, Biogeochemistry, Chemistry, Climate Science, Ecology, Ecological Design, Forest Science, Geography, Geosciences, Geospatial Technologies, Hydrology, Plant Biology, Plant and Soil Science, Physics, and Watershed Science. They are scholars in their fields and offer opportunities for students to engage in meaningful undergraduate and graduate research.
Program Director
Senior Lecturer • Director, Environmental Sciences Program • Director, Geospatial Technologies Program • Assessment Coordinator for the Rubenstein School
jennifer.pontius@uvm.eduInstructional programs: Environmental Sciences; Forestry; Natural Resources; Sustainability, Ecology and Policy
Research: Forest ecology & health, satellite remote sensing, GIS modeling, experimental design & statistical analyses
Additional Faculty
Associate Professor, Rubenstein School • Gund Fellow • Director, Aiken Forestry Sciences Laboratory
carol.adair@uvm.eduInstructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Forestry, Natural Resources
Research: Global climate change, ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry
Assistant Professor, Forest Ecosystem Health
nicholas.aflitto@uvm.eduInstructional programs: Forestry, Natural Resources
Research: Entomology, forest health, semiochemicals, applied sensory ecology, machine learning, remote sensing
Professor • Department of Computer Science • College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Brian.Beckage@uvm.eduBiocomplexity, Computational models of ecosystems, Population and community dynamics, Effects of disturbances and climate change on biodiversity
Professor, Rubenstein School • Gund Fellow • Director of ¶¶Òõ̽̽/NSF Community Cosmogenic Laboratory
paul.bierman@uvm.eduInstructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources
Research: Geology, geohydrology, erosion and human-landscape interaction, climate change, science education and communication, geochemistry, geologic dating, landscape history
Professor • Department of Biology • College of Arts and Sciences
Alison.Brody@uvm.eduPlant-animal interactions
Research Assistant Professor
rebecca.diehl@uvm.eduFloodplain dynamics, Ecogeomorphology, Flood inundation mapping, Sediment and nutrient transport, Ecosystem flow quantifications
Lecturer
daniel.erickson@uvm.eduInstructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Geospatial Technologies, and Natural Resources
Research: Retrofitting suburban landscapes, landscape multifunctionality, ecological design, agroecology and food systems
Research Associate Professor
gillian.galford@uvm.eduInstructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources
Research: Environmental sustainability, ecosystems ecology, nitrogen and carbon cycling, greenhouse gases, remote sensing, ecosystems modeling, land-cover and land-use change, tropical agriculture
Emeritus Professor — Analytical Chemistry, Plasma & Optical Spectrochemistry
Joel.Goldberg@uvm.eduAnalytical chemistry, optical spectroscopy, plasmas.
Endowed Professor • Department of Biology • College of Arts and Sciences
Nicholas.Gotelli@uvm.eduOrganization of animal and plant communities
Research Associate
gary.hawley@uvm.eduInstructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Forestry
Research: Cold tolerance, genetic diversity & physiological adaptation of forest trees; demonstration of high performance green buildings
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.eduInstructional program: Environmental Sciences
Research: Watershed hydrology, geomorphology, public engagement
Associate Professor • Plant Biology • College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Stephen.Keller@uvm.eduEcological and population genomics, Landscape genetics, Molecular ecology and evolution, Plant population biology, Forest responses to climate change, Biological invasions, Applied conservation genetics
Professor • Gund Fellow
william.keeton@uvm.eduInstructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Forestry
Research: Forest ecology and dynamics; climate, forest carbon & energy; sustainable forestry
Professor • Department of Geography & Geosciences • College of Arts and Sciences
kklepeis@uvm.eduStructural Geology, Tectonics, Landslides and Rockfalls, Faults, Photogrammetry, Drone Surveys, Bedrock Aquifers, Applied Geology
Professor — Inorganic and Materials Chemistry
Christopher.Landry@uvm.eduSynthesis and studies on porous inorganic nanomaterials, heterogeneous catalysis, nanomedicine, and preparation of nano-bioconjugates.
Assistant Professor • The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
ana.morales@uvm.eduEnvironmental Sciences, Natural Resources, Sustainability, Ecology and Policy, Limnology, Phytoplankton ecology, Biogeochemistry, Carbon cycling, Lake ecosystem ecology
Professor • Plant & Soil Science • College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Deborah.Neher@uvm.eduSoil Ecology, Biological indicators of soil, Plant-soil interactions, Epidemiology of root pathogens
Associate Professor • Director of Geosciences • Department of Geography & Geosciences • College of Arts and Sciences
Julia.Perdrial@uvm.eduEnvironmental geochemistry, Low temperature (bio)-geochemical processes, Carbon dynamics, Dissolved organic, matter chemistry, Hydrology and biochemistry, Mineral alteration and weathering, Clay mineralogy
Assistant Professor • Department of Geography & Geosciences • College of Arts and Sciences
Nicolas.Perdrial@uvm.eduMineralogy, Geochemistry, Contaminant Transport. Environmental Geology, Nanoparticles' Mineral-Bacteria, Interactions, Archaeogeology
Associate Professor • Department of Biology • College of Arts and Sciences
Melissa.Pespeni@uvm.eduEcological genomics, Population genetics, Evolutionary biology, Physiology
Professor • Department of Chemistry • College of Arts and Sciences
Giuseppe.Petrucci@uvm.eduAnalytical chemistry, Mass spectrometry, Environmental aerosols
Professor and Chair • Co-Director of ENSC • Department of Geography & Geosciences • College of Arts and Sciences
Shelly.Rayback@uvm.eduBiogeography, Paleoclimatology, Dendrochronology, Climate change, Isotopes, Arctic
Associate Professor • The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
eric.roy.1@uvm.eduEnvironmental Sciences, Natural Resources, Nutrient biogeochemistry & management, Ecological engineering & design, Aquatic ecology, Food systems, Material flow analysis
Senior Lecturer — General Chemistry
Erik.Ruggles@uvm.eduSynthesis of new, non-natural amino-acid derivatives
Research Associate Professor
Andrew.Schroth@uvm.eduLow Temperature Geochemistry and Environmental Mineralogy
Professor • Department of Chemistry • College of Arts and Sciences
Rory.Waterman@uvm.eduSynthetic and mechanistic inorganic/organometallic chemistry, Catalysis, Energy. Professional development
Professor • Department of Geography & Geosciences • College of Arts and Sciences
Laura.Webb@uvm.eduTectonics, Geochronology, Petrology, Microstructure, Medical geology
Professor, Geography, Environmental Sciences
beverley.wemple@uvm.eduWater resources, geomorphology, GIS, spatial modeling, human-environment interactions, mountain environments
Associate Professor, Department of Physics
mwhite25@uvm.eduHybrid and organic photovoltaic device physics.
Lecturer
kyle.whittinghill@uvm.eduInstructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources
Research: Ecology and environmental science education, biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology