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Environmental Science Faculty Research Profiles

Environmental Faculty Expertise

Applied Ecology
Environmental Chemistry, Toxicology, and Risk Assessment
Water Resources
Environmental Policy and Natural Resources Management
Cross-departmental collaborations

Atmospheric Sciences
Biogeochemistry
Environmental Law
Forest Science and Policy

Applied Ecology:
Primary Faculty

Christopher Craft , Professor, ccraft@indiana.edu
Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1987
Terrestrial and wetland ecosystem restoration, wetlands ecology, soil resources, biogeochemistry, nutrient cycling and carbon sequestration of soils and sediments.

Burnell C. Fischer, Clinical Professor and Director, Undergraduate Programs, bufische@indiana.ed
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1974
Forestry, particularly silviculture and urban forestry; growth and development of Central Hardwood forest stands and the response to various silvicultural practices; community and urban forestry issues; forest resources policy and state government management; human factors relating to forests and forest products, particularly with regards to collaborative forestry.

Vicky Meretsky , Associate Professor, meretsky@indiana.edu
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1995
Ecology and management of rare species, biocomplexity, landscape-level species and community conservation, temporal patterns in biodiversity, and integrating ecosystem research and endangered species management within adaptive management.

David Parkhurst , Professor Emeritus, parkhurs@indiana.edu
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1970
Physiological plant ecology, including transfers of carbon dioxide and water between leaves and atmosphere and among the cells within leaves, both in relation to leaf structure. Mathematics and statistics applied to environmental issues; examples include analysis of concentrations of indicator bacteria at swimming beaches, and correct interpretation of statistical hypothesis tests in decision making.

J.C. Randolph, Professor, randolph@indiana.edu
Ph.D., Carleton University (Ottawa), 1972
Forest ecology. Ecological aspects of global environmental change, with particular interests in forestry and agriculture. Applications of geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing in environmental and natural resources management. Landscape ecology and regional-scale modeling. Physiological ecology of woody plants and of small mammals.

Todd V. Royer, Assistant Professor, troyer@indiana.edu
Ph.D., Idaho State University, 1999
Aquatic biogeochemistry, water resources, nutrient and carbon cycling in streams and rivers, water quality and nutrient standards

Applied Ecology:
Faculty in collaborating departments

James Bever (Biology), Assistant Professor, jbever@indiana.edu
Ecology and evolution of plants and fungi

Eduardo S. Brondizio (Anthropology)
Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Assistant Director, Anthropological Center for Training and Research on Global Environmental Change (ACT) ebrondiz@indiana.edu
Land use, human ecology, agricultural and agroforestry intensification, Amazon Caboclo colonists, remote sensing applications in anthropology and ecology, enthobotany, secondary succession, landscape ecology and global environmental change

Kelly Caylor (Geography) Assistant Professor, caylor@indiana.edu
Ecohydrology (i.e., interface between plant ecology and surface hydrology); Landscape ecology; Surface hydrology; Ecological modeling; Theoretical and spatial ecology

Keith Clay (Biology), Professor, clay@indiana.edu
Plant ecology; co-evolution; plant/fungal interactions

Clara Cotten, (Biology), ccotten@indiana.edu
Aquatic biology; paleolimnology; indexing of key species for environmental assessment

Ellen Ketterson (Biology), Professor and Co-Director, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, ketterso@indiana.edu
Avian biology; avian migration; mating systems and parental care; hormones and behavior; physiological mechanisms underlying trade-offs in life histories; using hormones to explore adaptation; dominance and aggression; population dynamics during the non-breeding season

Emilio Moran (Anthropology), James H. Rudy Professor of Anthropology and Director, ACT; Co-Director, CIPEC; Professor of Environmental Science (SPEA), moran@indiana.edu
Tropical ecosystem ecology, Amazon Basin, secondary successional forests, human ecology

Heather Reynolds (Biology), Assistant Professor, hreynold@bio.indiana.edu
Plant community ecology; plant-microbe interactions

Maxine Watson (Biology), Professor, mwatson@bio.indiana.edu
Plant developmental ecology, dynamic interaction between development and patterns of resource uptake and use, investigations of genetic variation is examined through a combination of common garden, reciprocal transplant, and greenhouse studies especially of perennial clonal systems, particularly the mayapple, podophyllum peltatum, plant mycorrhizal interactions

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Environmental Chemistry, Toxicology and Risk Assessment:
Primary Faculty

Michael Edwards, Clinical Associate Professor, miedward@indiana.edu
Ph.D., North Dakota State University, 1999
Atmospheric chemistry research: mechanistic studies of terpenes reacting with ozone; future regulation of hydrogen storage materials.

David Good, Associate Professor and Director, Transportation Research Center, good@indiana.edu
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1985
Risk Analysis, environmental economics, quantitative policy modeling, productivity measurement in public and regulated industries, urban policy analysis.

Diane Henshel, Associate Professor, dhenshel@indiana.edu
Ph.D., Washington University, 1987
Sublethal health effects of environmental pollutants, especially pollutant effects on the developing organism, including the effects of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and related congeners on the developing nervous system of birds exposed in the wild and under controlled laboratory conditions.

Ronald Hites, Distinguished Professor and Director, Environmental Science Research Center, hitesr@indiana.edu
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968
Applying organic analytical chemistry techniques to the analysis of trace levels of toxic pollutants, such as polychlorinated biphenyls and pesticides, with a focus on understanding the behavior of these compounds in the atmosphere and in the Great Lakes.

Flynn Picardal, Associate Professor, picardal@indiana.edu
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1992
Bioremediation, environmental microbiology, and biogeochemistry with a focus on the microbial reduction of iron oxides and nitrate, transformation of metals and chlorinated hydrocarbons, and combined microbial:geochemical interactions.

Phil Stevens, Professor and Ph.D. Director of Environmental Affairs, pstevens@indiana.edu
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1990
Characterization of the chemical mechanisms that influence regional air quality and global climate change.

Jeffrey White, Professor, whitej@indiana.edu
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1984
Environmental biogeochemistry, aquatic chemistry, limnology. Environmental Chemistry, Toxicology and Risk Assessment:
Faculty in collaborating departments

Gary Hieftje (Chemistry), Distinguished Professor and Robert and Marjorie Mann, Chair of Analytical Chemistry, gmhlab@indiana.edu
Development of spectrochemical measurements and instrumentation

James Klaunig (School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology) Robert B. Forney Professor of Toxicology, Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Director of the Division of Toxicology, jklauni@iupui.edu
Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which a natural and synthetic chemicals may induce or prevent cancer and secondly, the study of the effects of environmental agents on hepatic toxicity and carcinogenesis

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Water Resources:
Primary Faculty

Melissa Clark, Lecturer, mlaney@indiana.edu
M.S. in Environmental Science – Water Resources, Indiana University, 1999
Aquatic ecology with a focus on aquatic habitat analysis; also, terrestrial habitat analysis and botany.

Christopher Craft, Professor, ccraft@indiana.edu
Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1987
Terrestrial and wetland ecosystem restoration, wetlands ecology, soil resources, biogeochemistry, nutrient cycling and carbon sequestration of soils and sediments.

Hendrik Haitjema, Professor and Director, Master of Science in Environmental Science (MSES), haitjema@indiana.edu
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1982
Groundwater flow modeling, including regional groundwater flow systems, conjunctive surface water and groundwater flow modeling, three-dimensional groundwater flow, and saltwater intrusion problems. Emphasis on application of analytic functions to modeling groundwater flow, specifically the analytic element method.

William W. Jones, Clinical Professor, joneswi@indiana.edu
M.S., University of Wisconsin, 1977
Lake and watershed management, especially diagnosing lake and watershed water quality problems; preparing management plans to address problems identified; stream ecology. Also works in Caribbean coral reef ecology and underwater archaeology. Is a certified lake manager (CLM).

Todd V. Royer, Assistant Professor, troyer@indiana.edu
Ph.D., Idaho State University, 1999
Aquatic biogeochemistry, water resources, nutrient and carbon cycling in streams and rivers, water quality and nutrient standards

Jeffrey White, Professor, whitej@indiana.edu
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1984
Environmental biogeochemistry, aquatic chemistry, limnology.

Water Resources:
Faculty in collaborating departments

Kelly Caylor (Geography) Assistant Professor, caylor@indiana.edu
Ecohydrology (i.e., interface between plant ecology and surface hydrology); Landscape ecology; Surface hydrology; Ecological modeling; Theoretical and spatial ecology

Greg Olyphant (Geologic Sciences & Geography), Associate Professor, olyphant@indiana.edu
Environmental geology; instrumentation for intensive site monitoring numerical/statistical modeling of geospatial data; modeling of wetland hydrology

Mark Person (Geologic Sciences), Professor and Malcolm and Sylvia Boyce Chair of Geological Sciences, maperson@indiana.edu
Groundwater flow mechanisms in different tectonic environments, mathematical modeling of subsurface fluid flow

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Environmental Policy and Natural Resources Management:
Primary Faculty

Environmental Policy and Natural Resources Management:
Faculty in collaborating departments

John Strait Applegate (Law), Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Walter W. Foskett Professor of Law, jsapple@indiana.edu
Environmental risk assessment and policy analysis, regulation of toxic substances and public participation in environmental decisions, and international Environmental Law

Robert L. Fischman (Law), Professor of Law and Louis F. Niezer Faculty Fellow, rfischma@indiana.edu
Public lands management, endangered species recovery, biological diversity protection, environmental impact analysis, global climate change, administrative appeals, and property interests, water law.

Elinor Ostrom (Political Science) Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science, Co-director of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis and Co-director of the Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change, part-time professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, ostrom@indiana.edu
Problems involving collective goods and common-pool resource systems, and how various types of institutions enhance or detract from the capabilities of individuals to achieve equitable, workable, efficient solutions, Problems of collective action related to forests, fisheries, grazing areas, agricultural lands, and water systems, Impacts of diverse institutional arrangements on forest conditions and on global environmental change.

W. William Weeks (Law), wwweeks@indiana.edu
Adjunct Professor of Law, Executive Director of Conservation Law Center Inc.
Natural Resource conservation and biodiversity, Conservation law clinic

Stephen Wolter, Re.D., Academic Specialist, Executive Director of the Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands, Executive Director of Development & Communications, sawolter@indiana.edu
Park, public lands and asset management, leadership and technology issues in recreation and park management

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Cross-departmental collaborations

Atmospheric Sciences

Ronald Hites, Distinguished Professor and Director, Environmental Science Research Center, hitesr@indiana.edu
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968
Applying organic analytical chemistry techniques to the analysis of trace levels of toxic pollutants, such as polychlorinated biphenyls and pesticides, with a focus on understanding the behavior of these compounds in the atmosphere and in the Great Lakes.

Michael Edwards, Clinical Associate Professor, miedward@indiana.edu
Ph.D., North Dakota State University, 1999
Atmospheric chemistry research: mechanistic studies of terpenes reacting with ozone; future regulation of hydrogen storage materials

Philip Stevens, Professor and Ph.D. Director of Environmental Sciences, pstevens@indiana.edu
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1990
Characterization of the chemical mechanisms that influence regional air quality and global climate change.

Ben Brabson (Physics), Professor, brabson@indiana.edu
Environmental physics, wind energy and wind speed analysis, climate changes

Sue Grimmond (Geography - Atmos. Sci. program), Professor, grimmon@indiana.edu
Micrometeorology and hydroclimatology of heterogeneous terrain, especially urban areas; measurement and modeling of energy and mass (water, and carbon dioxide) exchanges in areas of heterogeneous terrain (cities, forests and wetlands)

Sara Pryor (Geography - Atmospheric Sciences program), spryor@indiana.edu
Air pollution meteorology

Scott Robeson (Geography, Atmos. Sci. program), Associate Professor, srobeson@indiana.edu
Climate change, statistical climatology; applied climatology

H.P. Schmid (Geography - Atmos. Sci. program), Associate Professor, hschmid@indiana.edu
Boundary layer meteorology and micrometeorology, turbulent exchange over inhomogeneous surfaces

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Biogeochemistry

Flynn Picardal, Associate Professor, picardal@indiana.edu
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1992
Bioremediation, environmental microbiology, and biogeochemistry with a focus on the microbial reduction of iron oxides and nitrate, transformation of metals and chlorinated hydrocarbons, and combined microbial:geochemical interactions.

Todd V. Royer, Assistant Professor, troyer@indiana.edu
Ph.D., Idaho State University, 1999
Aquatic biogeochemistry, water resources, nutrient and carbon cycling in streams and rivers, water quality and nutrient standards

Jeffrey White, Professor, whitej@indiana.edu
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1984
Environmental biogeochemistry, aquatic chemistry, limnology.

Simon Brassel (Geologic Sciences), Professor, simon@indiana.edu
Biogeochemical responses to climatic and environmental change; abundance and isotopic composition of organic matter in sediments

Lisa Pratt (Geological Sciences), Professor and Gill Fellow College of Arts and Sciences, prattl@indiana.edu
Biogeochemistry, stable isotopic and organic geochemical studies of sediments

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Environmental Law

A. James Barnes, Professor, barnesaj@indiana.edu
J.D., Harvard University, 1967
Environmental law, domestic and international environmental policy, ethics and the public official, mediation and alternative dispute resolution, law and public policy.

Lisa Bingham, Professor and Keller-Runden Chair in Public Service, lbingham@indiana.edu
J.D., University of Connecticut, 1979
Environmental Conflict Resolution, dispute resolution, dispute system design, mediation, administrative law, labor and employment law.

Vicky Meretsky, Associate Professor, meretsky@indiana.edu
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1995
Ecology and management of rare species, biocomplexity, landscape-level species and community conservation, temporal patterns in biodiversity, and integrating ecosystem research and endangered species management within adaptive management.

Kenneth R. Richards, Associate Professor, kenricha@indiana.edu
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1997, J.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1997
Climate change policy, carbon sequestration economics, environmental policy implementation and instrument choice.

John Strait Applegate (Law), Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Walter W. Foskett Professor of Law, jsapple@indiana.edu
Environmental risk assessment and policy analysis, regulation of toxic substances and public participation in environmental decisions, and international Environmental Law

Robert L. Fischman (Law), Professor of Law and Louis F. Niezer Faculty Fellow, rfischma@indiana.edu
Public lands management, endangered species recovery, biological diversity protection, environmental impact analysis, global climate change, administrative appeals, and property interests, water law.

W. William Weeks (Law), wwweeks@indiana.edu
Adjunct Professor of Law, Executive Director of Conservation Law Center Inc.
Natural Resource conservation and biodiversity, Conservation law clinic

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Forest Science and Policy

Matthew Auer, Professor, mauer@indiana.edu
Ph.D., Yale University, 1996
Environmental policy and management problems with an international focus: international environmental assistance, comparative industrial environmental policy, international policies governing forests and forestry.

Vicky Meretsky, Associate Professor, meretsky@indiana.edu
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1995
Ecology and management of rare species, biocomplexity, landscape-level species and community conservation, temporal patterns in biodiversity, and integrating ecosystem research and endangered species management within adaptive management.

Burnell C. Fischer, Clinical Professor and Director, Undergraduate Programs, bufische@indiana.edu
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1974
Forestry, particularly silviculture and urban forestry; growth and development of Central Hardwood forest stands and the response to various silvicultural practices; community and urban forestry issues; forest resources policy and state government management; human factors relating to forests and forest products, particularly with regards to collaborative forestry.

J.C. Randolph, Professor, randolph@indiana.edu
Ph.D., Carleton University (Ottawa), 1972
Forest ecology. Ecological aspects of global environmental change, with particular interests in forestry and agriculture. Applications of geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing in environmental and natural resources management. Landscape ecology and regional-scale modeling. Physiological ecology of woody plants and of small mammals.

Eduardo S. Brondizio (Anthropology), Associate Professor of Anthropology, Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Assistant Director, Anthropological Center for Training and Research on Global Environmental Change (ACT), ebrondiz@indiana.edu
Land use, human ecology, agricultural and agroforestry intensification, Amazon Caboclo colonists, remote sensing applications in anthropology and ecology, enthobotany, secondary succession, landscape ecology and global environmental change.

Tom Evans (Geography), Assistant Professor of Geography, evans@indiana.edu
GIS: Landcover Change Analysis and Modeling, Human-Environment Interactions

Emilio F. Moran (Anthropology), Rudy Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Environmental Sciences, Adjunct Professor of Geography, Director: ACT (Anthropological Center For Training and Research on Global Environmental Change), Co-Director: CIPEC (Center for the Study of Institutions, Population and Environmental Change), moran@indiana.edu
Ecological Anthropology; Research Methods; Tropical Ecology and Resource Management, and Demography

Elinor Ostrom (Political Science), Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science, Co-director of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis and Co-director of the Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change, part-time professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, ostrom@indiana.edu
Problems involving collective goods and common-pool resource systems, and how various types of institutions enhance or detract from the capabilities of individuals to achieve equitable, workable, efficient solutions, Problems of collective action related to forests, fisheries, grazing areas, agricultural lands, and water systems, Impacts of diverse institutional arrangements on forest conditions and on global environmental change.

Catherine M. Tucker (Anthropology), Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Mesoamerica Research Coordinator, Center for the Study of Institutions, Population and Environmental Change (CIPEC), tuckerc@indiana.edu
Ecological Anthropology, Political Ecology, Community Forestry, Collective Action, Common Property, Economic Development, Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, Latin America

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Environmental Science Faculty Research Profiles

Environmental Faculty Expertise

Applied Ecology: Primary Faculty

Applied Ecology: Faculty in collaborating departments

Environmental Chemistry, Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Primary Faculty

Water Resources:Primary Faculty

Water Resources: Faculty in collaborating departments

Environmental Policy and Natural Resources Management: Primary Faculty

Environmental Policy and Natural Resources Management: Faculty in collaborating departments