Name | Title | Institution | Specialty |
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Mohamed Aboushanab | Assistant Geoscientist, School of Natural Resources | UNL | Geology and hydrogeology with an emphasis on western Nebraska |
Adam Ahlers | Associate Professor | Kansas State University | Landscape ecologist interested in how landscape change affects wildlife populations |
Craig Allen | Professor, Natural Resources | UNL | Fish and wildlife research, ecosystems resilience |
Nico Arcilla | President & Research Director | International Bird Conservation Partnership | Avian ecology, migration, and conservation |
Tala Awada | Professor, Natural Resources | UNL | Physiological plant ecologist |
Andrea Basche | Assistant Professor, Agronomy & Horticulture | UNL | Soil and water sciences, resource efficiency, soil health |
Deborah Bathke | Climatologist, National Drought Mitigation Center | UNL | Climate, drought, atmospheric sciences, geoscience |
Tonya Bernadt | Education and Outreach Specialist, National Drought Mitigation Center | UNL | Climate, communication, education, workshops |
James Brandle | Professor Emeritus, Natural Resources | UNL | Woody plants in agricultural systems |
Mark Brohman | Executive Director | Wachiska Audubon | Working with tall-grass prairies, wildlife conservation, environmental issues, and Indigenous peoples |
Nicholas Brozovic | Director of Policy, Water for Food Institute | UNL | Interdisciplinary water policy, economics, agriculture |
Mark Burbach | Geoscientist, Natural Resources | UNL | Human behavior and the environment |
Amy Burgin | Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | University of Kansas | Microbial ecology, aquatic ecosystems |
John Carroll | Director and Professor, School of Natural Resources | UNL | Wildlife ecology and management, sustainability |
Ronald Case | Professor Emeritus, Natural Resources | UNL | Wildlife population, biology, forestry, fisheries |
Christopher Chizinski | Associate Professor, Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management | UNL | Texas and Nebraska plains, fisheries, anglers, ecology |
Brandon Cobb | Indigenous Conservation Specialist | The Nature Conservancy in Nebraska | Land stewardship, cultural fire, climate change, grazing management |
Jessica Corman | Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources | UNL | Biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, phosphorus cycling, lake, stream, and river ecosystems |
Jenny Dauer | Assistant Professor of Practice, School of Natural Resources | UNL | Science literacy, environmental literacy, disciplinary-based science education research |
Kenneth F. Dewey | Professor Emeritus, Geography | UNL | Storm climatology, climate change, drought |
Robert Diffendal, Jr. | Professor Emeritus, Conservation & Survey, Geology | UNL | Geology, historical geology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, geomorphology |
Betsy Downey | Professor Emeritus, History | Gonzaga University | Environmental studies, Mari Sandoz, Cold War, Yellowstone |
Bruce Dvorak | Ray Fauss Professor, Civil Engineering | UNL | Environmental engineering, pollution prevention/environmental sustainability for industry |
Aris Efting | Lecturer, Biology | College of Staten Island | Aquatic ecology, climate change and water quality, freshwater quality |
Duane Eversoll | Professor Emeritus, Natural Resources | UNL | Environmental engeineering, geology, water resources, mapping |
Sue Fairbanks | Associate Professor, Natural Resource Ecology and Management | Oklahoma State University | Wildlife Biology, wildlife and grassland interactions, behavioral ecology |
Dennis Ferraro | Professor of Practice, Natural Resources | UNL | Herpetology, Master Naturalist program |
Joseph TJ Fontaine | Adjunct Faculty, Natural Resources | UNL | Wildlife ecology, Nebraska Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Unit |
Patricia Freeman | Professor Emeritus, Natural Resources | UNL | Vertebrate biology, human effects on the environment |
Kent Fricke | Small Game Coordinator | Kansas Dept. of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism | Wildlife ecology |
Sara Gregg | Associate Professor, History | Indiana University-Bloomington | Agricultural production and environmental change |
Erin Haacker | Assistant Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | UNL | Hydrology of the High Plains Aquifer, agricultural water use, modeling the movement of groundwater |
Paul Hanson | Professor, Natural Resources | UNL | Evolution of the Platte River system, river response to climate change |
Michael Hayes | Professor, Natural Resources | UNL | Drought planning, impacts, vulnerability, climate change |
John Heaston | Consultant | Heaston Consulting | Water management, Platte River, anthropology, conservation planning |
Ted Hibbeler | Tribal Extension Educator | UNL | Education, Indigenous food sovereignty, economic development, career development, conservation, leadership; Member of the Rosebud Sioux Nation (Sicangu Lakota Oyate) in South Dakota |
Kyle C. Hoagland | Proessor Emeritus, Natural Resources | UNL | Toxicity of agricultural chemicals to algae in lakes and streams |
Qi Steven Hu | Professor, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences | UNL | Warm season precipitation, atmospheric science, climate |
Kenneth G. Hubbard | Professor Emeritus, Natural Resources | UNL | Warming climate impacts, meteorology, soil science |
David Jachowski | Associate Professor, Wildlife Ecology | Clemson University | Black-footed ferret, Great Plains animals |
Wes Jackson | President Emeritus | The Land Institute | Natural systems agriculture, botany, plant genetics, biology |
Matt Joeckel | Professor & Senior Associate Director, Natural Resources | UNL | Sedimentology, stratigraphy |
Brennan Jordan | Professor, Sustainability and Environment | University of South Dakota | Volcanology, geodiversity, tourism |
Scott Josiah | Professor Emeritus, Director Nebraska Forest Service, Natural Resources | UNL | Forestry, agroforestry, wildland fire |
Paul Kay | Associate Professor Emeritus, Environment and Resource Studies | University of Waterloo | Climate change, water resources |
Cody Knutson | Research Professor, Natural Resources | UNL | Water resources, environmental geography |
Jesse Korus | Associate Professor, Natural Resources | UNL | Groundwater geology, Sedimentology, and Stratigraphy |
Dennis Kuhnel | Director | Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Research & Visitor Center | Archaeology, Native American literature, environmental law |
Robert Kuzelka | Professor Emeritus, Natural Resources | UNL | Natural resources, water policy and management |
Rebecca Lacome | Steven Mather Training Department | Harper Ferrys Center | Biological diversity, natural history of the prairies, Mammoth Cave National Park, folklore |
Brent Lathrop | Director Emeritus, Southeast Wyoming | The Nature Conservancy | Community and regional planning, geography |
Andrew Little | Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources | UNL | Wildlife ecology and management, precision agriculture, landscape ecology, habitat management |
Louise Lynch-O'Brien | Assistant Professor, Entomology | UNL | Insect biology, community/citizen science, One Health Extension, informal science education and literacy |
Rezaul Mahmood | Director, High Plains Regional Climate Center; Professor, Natural Resources | UNL | Weather and climate sciences |
Leanne Martin | Financial Professional | Financial Architects Inc. | Prairie restoration, plant species diversity, seed, ecology |
Gwendŵr Meredith | Assistant Professor, Natural Resources | UNL | Native North Americans, Social-ecological systems |
Robert Murphy | Wildlife Biologist | Eagle Environmental, Inc. | Ecology, ornithology, prairie restoration, grassland bird habitat |
James Parham | Aquatic Biologist & Hydrologist; Director of Research & Development | Trutta Environmental Solutions | Hawaiian streams and habitats, habitat use, streamfishes, fisheries, Platte River |
Gerald Parsons | Associate Professor Emeritus, Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication | UNL | Agricultural leadership, education and communication |
Tapan Pathak | Specialist in Climate Adaptation in Agriculture | University of California, Merced | Climate variability, climate change science |
Mark Pegg | Professor, Natural Resources | UNL | Fisheries ecologist, acquatic ecosystems |
Lisa Pennisi | Professor of Practice, Natural Resources | UNL | Human impacts on natural resources, communicating science, environmental education |
Edward Peters | Professor Emeritus, School of Natural Resources | UNL | Fish ecology, fisheries science, natural resources |
Jamilynn Poletto | Assistant Professor, Natural Resources | UNL | Fish behavior and physiology, conservation, climate change |
Kevin Pope | Research Professor & Director, Nebraska Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research | UNL | Fishery ecology |
Larkin Powell | Professor, Natural Resources | UNL | Conservation biology, wildlife ecology and management |
Richard Reading | Vice President, Science and Conservation; Adjunct Professor, Biology at University of Denver | Butterfly Pavilion | Grasslands, Great Plains, Mongolia, Kalahari, Altiplano, conservation biology |
Karl J. Reinhard | Professor, Natural Resources | UNL | Forensic scientist, archaeoparasitology |
Norman Rosenberg | Chief Scientist Emeritus, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Joint Global Change Research Institute | Integrated Earth studies, climate, evapotranspiration |
Tanya Shenk | Research Coordinator, National Park Service | UNL | Great Plains Cooperative Ecosystems Unit, ecology, conservation biology, endangered species, whooping cranes |
Martha Shulski | Professor, Natural Resources; Director, Nebraska State Climate Office; State Climatologist | UNL | Climate variability, change and impacts |
Kelly Smith | Drought Impacts Researcher, Assistant Director and Communications Coordinator, National Drought Mitigation Centery | UNL | Drought impacts, climate impacts, crowdsourcing, big data, drought signal |
Crystal Stiles | Adjunct Professor, Natural Resources; Tribal Engagement Coordinator, NIDIS-NOAA-CIRES | UNL | Climate science, drought management, river basins, geography |
Jason St. Sauver | Sr. Manager, Education | Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center | Environmental education for all ages and abilities focusing on birds, habitat, and connections to communities and equity and inclusion |
Mark Svoboda | Director, National Drought Mitigation Center; Climatologist, Natural Resources | UNL | Water, drought, natural resources, weather, drought early warning |
James Swinehart | Professor Emeritus, Conservation & Survey | UNL | Geology, cenozoic geological history of the Great Plains |
Tsegaye Tadesse | Research Professor, Natural Resources; Geospatial Coordinator, National Drought Mitigation Center | UNL | Drought monitoring, natural resource management |
Stephen Torbit | Assistant Regional Director, Science | Mountain-Prairie Region, U.S. Fish & Wildlife | Wildlife ecology, ruminant nutritional physiology |
Judith Turk | Assistant Professor, Natural Resources | UNL | Soil morphology and genesis |
Andrew Tyre | Professor, Natural Resources | UNL | Wildlife population, ecology |
Natalie Umphlett | Regional Climatologist, Natural Resources | UNL | Meteorology, climatology |
David Vail | Associate Professor, History | UNK | History of aerial pesticide application and food production in North American grasslands |
Elizabeth VanWormer | Associate Professor of Practice, Natural Resources | UNL | Disease organisms, wildlife habitat, agriculture, nitrates |
Matthew Wagner | Director, Freedom to Roam project, Northern Great Plains | World Wildlife Fund | Environmental law, sustainable development law |
Steven S. Waller | Director Emeritus, Grassland Studies Center | UNL | Range management |
Brian Wardlow | Prof., Natural Resources; Director, Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | UNL | GIS, drought monitoring |
David Wedin | Professor, Natural Resources | UNL | Grassland, savanna ecology, carbon/nitrogen cycling |
Jeffrey Westrop | Assistant Geoscientist, Natural Resources | UNL | Aqueous geochemistry, biogeochemistry, sedimentology, water quality |
Kelly Willemssens | Lecturer, School of Natural Resources | UNL | Ecology, insect physiology, and animal behavior |
William Whitney | Former Executive Director | Prairie Plains Research Institute | Prairie restoration, botany, plant ecology, biology, McConaughy Resevoir |
Donald A. Wilhite | Professor Emeritus, Natural Resources | UNL | Drought preparedness, mitigation, policy |
Judy Wu-Smart | Extension & Research Entomologist | UNL | Bee Lab leader, pesticide exposure, landscapes, stressors on bee behavior |
Gary Zoubek | Emeritus Extension Educator, Nebraska Extension | UNL | Irrigated agriculture, water management |