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Current Faculty
of the Department of Environmental Sciences, UVA

The faculty of the department are listed alphabetically below. Each individual faculty member's name is a link to more detailed information including their email address and other contact information, a description of the research in which that individual is currently engaged, and selected recent publications.


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Allen, Ralph : Professor.
  Trace element geochemistry; hazardous waste management.

Geosciences
/Chemistry

Berg, Peter : Research Associate Professor.
  Modeling of transport processes and nutrient cycling in sediments.

Ecology

Biggs, Thomas : Lecture Professor.
  Petrology; economic geology; regional geology; geomorphology; soil biogeochemistry.

Geosciences

Blum, Linda : Research Associate Professor.
  Productivity and community structure in estuarine systems; microbe-plant interactions; microbial community structure and processes.

Ecology

Bulger, Art : Scholar in Residence.
  Physiological ecology of fishes.

Ecology

Carr, David : Research Associate Professor and Curator, Blandy Experimental Farm and the Orland E. White Arboretum.
  Evolutionary ecology; population, quantitative, and ecological genetics.

Ecology

Cosby, Jack : Research Professor.
  Limnology; biogeochemistry; quantitative analysis of environmental data; and simulation modeling.

Hydrology
/Ecology

Davis, Robert : Professor.
  Synoptic, applied, and statistical climatology; bioclimatology; climate change.

Atmospheric
Sciences

De Wekker, Stephan F.J. : Assistant Professor.
  Boundary-layer meteorology; mountain meteorology; mesoscale modeling; land-atmosphere interactions

Atmospheric Science

D'Odorico, Paolo : Associate Professor.
  Surface hydrology; stochastic modelling of hydrologic processes; soil moisture dynamics; soil erosion.

Hydrology/
Geosciences

Dolan, Robert : Professor.
  Coastal processes and geomorphology; coastal hazards; shoreline erosion; barrier island dynamics.

Geosciences

Emanuel, William : Research Associate Professor.
  Global biogeochemistry and environmental change; terrestrial ecology; ecosystem modeling and analysis.

Ecology

Emmitt, David : Scholar in Residence.
  Laser atmospheric wind sounder instrument; fugitive dust emission.

Atmospheric
Sciences

Epstein, Howard : Associate Professor.
  Ecosystem and plant community ecology; climate-plant-soil interactions; grassland, shrubland, and tundra ecosystems; field studies, remote sensing and simulation modeling.

Ecology

Erwin, R. Michael : Research Professor and Wildlife Biologist, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Biological Resources Division, USGS.
  Population and community ecology; behavioral ecology; conservation biology; avian biology.

Ecology

Fuentes, Jose : Professor and Director, Virginia Forest Research Facility.
  Micrometeorology, biosphere-atmosphere interactions, and pollutant deposition processes.

Atmospheric
Sciences

Galloway, James : Professor and Director, Shenandoah Watershed Study.
  Global atmospheric geochemistry; atmosphere-limnologic interrelationships; acid rain in small watersheds.

Atmospheric
Sciences/
Geosciences

Garstang, Michael : Distinguished Investigator and Research Professor.
  Tropical marine and continental meteorology; convective storms; trace gas and aerosol transports, animal communication.

Atmospheric
Sciences

Goodell, Grant : Research Professor.
  Sedimentation; marine geology; marine affairs; field hydrogeology; radionuclides in groundwater; salt-water intrusion.

Geosciences

Hayden, Bruce : Professor.
  Dynamic climatology and coastal ecology; climate/ecosystem dynamics; geomorphology; climate change.

Bio-Meteorology
/ Climate

Herman, Janet : Professor and Director, Program of Interdisciplinary Research in Contaminant Hydrogeology.
  Aqueous geochemistry; water-rock interactions; karst.

Geosciences

Howard, Alan : Professor.
  Fluvial geomorphology; simulation modeling of landscape evolution; Martian geomorphology; groundwater sapping.

Geosciences

Keene, William : Research Professor.
  Atmospheric chemistry, atmosphere/biosphere interactions, global change.

Atmospheric
Sciences

Lawrence, Deborah : Associate Professor.
  Nutrient cycling in primary and secondary tropical rainforests; relating biodiversity and ecosystem function; ecosystem sustainability.

Ecology

Lerdau, Manuel : Professor and Director of the Blandy Experimental Farm.
  Environmental & evolutionary physiology, ecosystem ecology, biosphere-atmosphere interactions

Ecology

Macko, Steve : Professor.
  Biogeochemistry; marine organic geochemistry; and stable isotope geochemistry.

Geosciences

McGlathery, Karen : Professor and Director, Virginia Coast Reserve Long-term Ecological Research program.
  Aquatic ecology; nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in temperate and tropical coastal ecosystems; seagrasses; macroalgae; eutrophication; marine conservation.

Ecology

Michaels, Patrick : Research Professor.
  Ecological and mesoscale climatology; climatic change.

Atmospheric
Sciences

Mills, Aaron : Professor.
  Microbial ecology; microbial transformation of groundwater pollutants; bacterial transport through porous media.

Ecology/
Hydrology

Moody, Jennie : Research Associate Professor.
  Long-range atmospheric transport and trajectory modeling; acid deposition modeling and precipitation chemistry; chemical climatology.

Atmospheric
Sciences

Moore, Laura : Assistant Professor.
  Coastal geomorphology; large-scale coastal behavior; barrier island evolution; linkages between coastal processes and climate change; extreme coastal events

Geosciences

Pace, Michael : Professor.
  Aquatic ecosystems, food webs, carbon cycling, biogeochemistry, microbial ecology

Ecology

Porter, John : Research Associate Professor.
  Mammalian dispersal; population, community and landscape ecology; multivariate statistics; remote-sensing and GIS.

Ecology

Ray, G. Carleton : Research Professor.
  Marine ecology, conservation and management; marine mammalogy; coastal ecological processes.

Ecology

Reidenbach, Matthew : Assistant Professor.
  Environmental fluid mechanics; turbulence and mixing in estuaries and coral reefs; biomechanics of marine organisms

Hydrology

Roulston, T'ai : Research Associate Professor and Associate Director, Blandy Experimental Farm.
  Plant-pollinator interactions; evolutionary ecology; habitat fragmentation; invasive species; bee biology.

Ecology

Ruddiman, William : Professor Emeritus.
  Marine geology, paleoclimatology, paleoceanography.

Geology

Scanlon, Todd : Assistant Professor.
  Catchment hydrology and land-atmosphere interaction.

Hydrology

Schwarzschild, Arthur : Research Assistant Professor
 

Ecology

Shugart, Hank : Corcoran Professor and Director, Global Environmental Change.
  Global change; systems ecology; forest ecosystem analysis and dynamics; ornithology.

Ecology

Smith, David : Professor and Associate Chair.
  Biological oceanography; marine ecology; invertebrate zoology; ecology of blue-water plankton.

Ecology

Smith, Thomas : Associate Professor.
  Theoretical ecology; vegetation modeling; global ecology.

Ecology

Swap, Robert : Research Associate Professor.
  Tropospheric aerosol and trace gas transport and characterization; atmosphere-biosphere interactions; experimental/observational atmospheric science.

Atmospheric
Sciences

Thomson, Vivian : Assistant Professor.
  Environmental policy and politics and the role of science in environmental policymaking.

Government
and Foreign
Affairs

Wiberg, Patricia : Professor.
  Sediment transport; oceanography; geological fluid mechanics.

Hydrology/
Geosciences

Wilbur, Henry : B.F.D. Runk Professor
  Population biology and community ecology; ecological genetics; vertebrate biology; conservation biology.

Ecology/
Biological
Sciences

Zieman, Jay : Professor and Department Chair.
  Marine ecology; production and trophic utilization ecology of seagrass meadows; mangrove and reef ecosystems.

Ecology



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