NRES-AFFILIATED FACULTY

Faculty affiliated with the Natural Resources and Environmental Science program represent a wide range of disciplines at Purdue. The following faculty members teach in the NRES program, provide research opportunities and mentor NRES students.

Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Keith Cherkauer

Professor Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Area of expertise: Environmental and Natural Resources; Data Science and Digital Agriculture

cherkaue@purdue.edu

765.496.7982

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Ankita Raturi

Assistant Professor of Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Area of expertise: Data Science and Digital Agriculture

ankita@purdue.edu

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Halis Simsek

Assistant Professor of Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Area of expertise: Biological Engineering; Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering

simsek@purdue.edu

765.496.6331

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Shweta Singh

Associate Professor of Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Area of expertise: Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering

singh294@purdue.edu

765.494.1162

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Agricultural Economics

Michael Delgado

Professor of Ag Economics, Agricultural Economics

delgado2@purdue.edu

765. 494.4211

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Thomas Hertel

Distinguished Professor

Area of expertise: Economics and global agriculture, environment and trade

hertel@purdue.edu

765.494.4199

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Jing Liu

Senior Research Economist & GLASSNET Science Coordinator

liu207@purdue.edu

765.494.4321

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Carson Reeling

Associate Professor of Agriculture Economics

creeling@purdue.edu

765.496.6197

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Juan Sesmero

Professor of Agricultural Economics

jsesmero@prudue.edu

765.494.7545

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Gerald Shively

Associate Dean/Director IPIA/Prof AGEC, International Programs in Agriculture

Area of expertise: Agricultural and applied economics Research interests: Connections and interactions between poverty and environmental degradation to make global food production more environmentally sustainable.

shivelyg@purdue.edu

765.494.4218

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Agricultural Sciences Education & Communication

Linda Pfeiffer

Associate Professor of Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication

Research interests: Systemic factors that affect the construction and effective translation of messages to engage the public in scientific issues.

lpfeiff@purdue.edu

765.496.1890

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Agronomy

Shalamar Armstrong

Associate Professor of Agronomy

Areas of expertise: Soil Conservation & Management

sarmstro@purdue.edu

765.496.0256

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Laura Bowling

NRES Director & Professor of Agronomy

Area of expertise: Land management on water quality and quantity

bowling@purdue.edu

765.494.8051

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Sylvie Brouder

Wickersham Chair/Professor of Agronomy

Area of expertise: Crop Nutrition, Soil Fertility

765.496.1489

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Richard Grant

Professor of Agronomy

Area of Expertise: Applied Meteorology Group

rgrant@purdue.edu

765.494.8048

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Beth Hall

Indiana State Climatologist

Areas of expertise: Applied climate, weather, and/or earth science research that contributes to the advancement of understanding of environmental relationships, data acquisition and product development.

hall556@purdue.edu

765.494.8060

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Cliff Johnston

Professor of Agronomy & EAPS

Area of expertise: Soil Chemistry

clays@purdue.edu

765.496.1716

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Eileen Kladivko

Professor of Agronomy

Area of expertise: Soil Physics, Soil Health and Management

kladivko@purdue.edu

765.494.6372

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Linda Lee

Professor of Agronomy & EEE/Interim Assistant Dean of Agriculture

Area of expertise: Environmental Soil Chemistry and Environmental Organic Chemistry

lslee@purdue.edu

765.494.8612

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Yichao Rui

Assistant Professor of Agronomy

Area of Expertise: Agroecosystem

ruiy@purdue.edu

765.496.2173

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Darrell Schulze

Professor of Agronomy

Area of expertise: Pedology/Soil Mapping/Soil Mineralogy/Soil Chemistry

dschulze@purdue.edu

765.494.8062

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Gary Steinhardt

Professor of Agronomy

Research interests: Long term tillage plots; strip preparation plots; crop residue studies

gsteinha@purdue.edu

765.494.8063 (cell)

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Jeffrey Volenec

Professor of Agronomy

Research interests: Aims to understand how crop plants adapt to stress and to develop strategies that enhance plant productivity and resilience.

jvolenec@purdue.edu

765.494.8071

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Diane Wang

Assistant Professor of Agronomy

Research interests: Genotype-by-Environment Modeling

drwang@purdue.edu

765.494.5111

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Roland Wilhelm

Assistant Professor of Agronomy

Area of expertise: Soil Microbiome

rcwilhel@purdue.edu

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Animal Sciences

Paul Ebner

Professor of Animal Sciences

Area of expertise: Microbiology

pebner@purdue.edu

765.494.4820

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Marcos Fernandez

Professor of Animal Sciences

Area of expertise: Small Ruminant Production (Goats and Sheep); Nutritional Physiology

mfernandez@purdue.edu

765.494.8016

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Botany & Plant Pathology

Morgan Furze

Assistant Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology

Research interests: physiology, ecology, and evolution of plants; nonstructural carbohydrate reserve dynamics; global change biology

mfurze@purdue.edu

765.494.4219

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Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi

Associate Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology

Area of expertise: Plant development and disease resistance

asi2@purdue.edu

765.494.1443

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Scott McAdam

Assistant Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology

Research interests: The evolution of plant water use and drought tolerance.

smcadam@purdue.edu

765.494.3650

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Chris Oakley

Assistant Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology

Research interests: Ecological and evolutionary genetics of plants

oakleyc@purdue.edu

765.494.9644

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Earth Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences

Nathaniel Lifton

Associate Professor and Associate Head

Area of Expertise: Geomorphology and Quaternary geology

nlifton@purdue.edu

765.494.0754

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Entomology

John Couture

Associate Professor of Entomology

Research areas: Host Plant / Insect / Nematode Interactions & Environmental & Evolutionary Entomology

couture@purdue.edu

765.494.8680

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Matthew Ginzel

Professor of Entomology and Forestry and Natural Resources

Research interest: Chemically-mediated host colonization and mating behaviors of wood-boring beetles

mginzel@purdue.edu

765.494.9369

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Laura Ingwell

Assistant Professor of Entomology

Research Areas: Host Plant / Insect / Nematode Interactions / Insect Science Education / Pest Management

lingwell@purdue.edu

765.494.6167

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Ian Kaplan

Professor of Entomology

Area of Expertise: Insect ecology

ikaplan@purdue.edu

765.494.7207

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Environmental & Ecological Engineering

John Howarter

Associate Professor Materials Engineering /Environ And Ecological Engineering

Research interest: centered around reducing the operational energy footprint of polymer membranes through material design. This includes a focus on material improvements of polyamide membranes used in desalination and functional composite membranes for targeted separation of industrial wastewater.

howarter@purdue.edu

765.496.3103

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Food Science

Yaohua (Betty) Feng

Assistant Professor of Food Science

Area of expertise: Human Perception and Behavior of Food

yhfeng@purdue.edu

765.494.0331

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Jen-Yi Huang

Associate Professor of Food Science

Area of expertise: Food process sustainability

huang874@purdue.edu

765.496.6034

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Forestry & Natural Resources

Paris Collingsworth

Research Assistant Professor

Research interests: Ecosystem dynamics in the Laurentian Great Lakes

pcolling@purdue.edu

317.886.7449

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John (Barny) Dunning

Professor of Wildlife Ecology

Areas of expertise: Avian ecology, conservation biology

jdunning@purdue.edu

765.494.3565

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Elizabeth (Liz) Flaherty

Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Habitat Management

Area of expertise: Wildlife habitat management

eflaher@purdue.edu

765.494.3567

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Reuben Goforth

Associate Professor of Forestry and Natural Resources

Research interests: Aquatic animals and their habitats

rgoforth@purdue.edu

765.494.0009

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Jacob Hosen

Assistant Professor of Forestry and Natural Resources

Area of Interest: high frequency sensors to study how microbes and environmental change influence ecosystem functions and water quality.

jhosen@purdue.edu

765.496.0260

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Doug Jacobs

Professor of Forest Biology and Associate Head of Extension

Research interests are in the reforestation and restoration of forest trees

djacobs@purdue.edu

765.494.3608

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Michael Jenkins

Professor of Forestry and Natural Resources

Area of Interest: Forest Ecology

jenkinma@purdue.edu

765.494.3602

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Zhao Ma

Professor of Forestry & Natural Resource

Area of expertise: Natural resource decision making; human dimensions of natural resources Research interest: Natural resource decision-making processes of individuals and organizations.

zhaoma@purdue.edu

765.496.2422

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Bryan Pijanowski

Professor of Human-Environment Modeling & Analysis Laboratory

Area of expertise: Socio-ecological systems

bpijanow@purdue.edu

765.495.2215

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Michael Saunders

Associate Professor of Ecology and Natural Resources

Research interests: Sustainable management of Central Hardwood forests; natural disturbance-based silviculture; fire ecology of oak-hickory forests; effects of silvicultural practices on wood quality and timber value.

msaunder@purdue.edu

765.430.1440

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Maria (Marisol) Sepúlveda

Professor of Ecology and Natural Systems and Associate Head of Research

Area of expertise: Ecotoxicology

mssepulv@purdue.edu

765.496.3428

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Horticulture & Landscape Architecture

David Barbarash

Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture

Area of expertise: Urban design and urban ecology

dbarbara@purdue.edu

765.496.3887

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Steve Hallett

Professor of Horticulture

Area of expertise: Plant ecology

halletts@purdue.edu

765.494.7649

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Peter Hirst

Associate Director, IPIA/Professor, Horticulture

Area of Expertise: Pomology

hirst@purdue.edu

765.494.1323

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Lori Hoagland

Professor of Horticulture

Area of expertise: Microbial ecology of horticultural systems

lhoaglan@purdue.edu

765.494.1426

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Yiwei Huang

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture

Research interest: Focuses on the relationships between people and the outdoor environment

huan1655@purdue.edu

765.496.5270

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Liz Maynard

Clinical Engagement Professor of HLA

Area of Expertise: Vegetable Production

emaynard@purdue.edu

219.548.3674

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Linda Prokopy

Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department Head

Research interests: Understanding how to motivate individuals to adopt environmentally-friendly practices

lprokopy@purdue.edu

765.496.2221

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Aaron Thompson

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture

Area of Expertise: Using applied social-ecological science to achieve better decision making at the interface of land use planning and natural resource management

awthomps@purdue.edu

765.494.8781

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