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
765.496.7982
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Shweta Singh
Associate Professor of Agricultural & Biological Engineering
765.494.1162
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Agricultural Economics
Michael Delgado
Professor of Ag Economics, Agricultural Economics
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Thomas Hertel
Distinguished Professor
Area of expertise: Economics and global agriculture, environment and trade
765.494.4199
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Juan Sesmero
Professor of Agricultural Economics
765.494.7545
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Gerald Shively
Assc 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.
765.494.4218
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Agricultural Sciences Education & Communication
Natalie Carroll
Professor of Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication
Area of expertise: Natural resources curriculum development for youth audiences Research interest: Extension and engagement with a focus on informal youth education in natural resources and the environment.
765.494.8439
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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.
765.496.1890
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Agronomy
Laura Bowling
NRES Director & Professor of Agronomy
Area of expertise: Land management on water quality and quantity
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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Cliff Johnston
Professor of Agronomy & EAPS
Area of expertise: Soil Chemistry
765.496.1716
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Eileen Kladivko
Professor of Agronomy
Area of expertise: Soil Physics, Soil Health and Management
765.494.6372
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Linda Lee
Professor of Agronomy & EEE/Interim Assistant Dean of Agriculture
765.494.8612
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Richard Grant
Professor of Agronomy
Area of Expertise: Applied Meteorology Group
765.494.8048
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Gary Steinhardt
Professor of Agronomy
Research interests: Long term tillage plots; strip preparation plots; crop residue studies
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.
765.494.8071
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TOny Vyn
Professor of Agronomy
Research interests: Cropping systems, Tillage
765.496.8071
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Animal Sciences
Paul Ebner
Professor of Animal Sciences
Area of expertise: Microbiology
765.494.4820
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Marcos Fernandez
Professor of Animal Sciences
Area of expertise: Small Ruminant Production (Goats and Sheep); Nutritional Physiology
765.494.8016
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Biochemistry
Jennifer Wisecaver
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
765.494.4157
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Botany & Plant Pathology
Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi
Associate Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology
Area of expertise: Plant development and disease resistance
765.494.1443
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Scott McAdam
Assistant Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology
Research interests: My lab investigates the evolution of plant water use and drought tolerance.
765.494.3650
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Chris Oakley
Assistant Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology
Research interests: Ecological and evolutionary genetics of plants
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
765.494.0754
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Entomology
John Couture
Associate Professor of Entomology
Research areas: Host Plant / Insect / Nematode Interactions & Environmental & Evolutionary Entomology
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
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
765.494.6167
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Ian Kaplan
Professor of Entomology
Area of Expertise: Insect ecology
765.494.7207
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Environmental & Ecological Engineering
John Howarter
Associate Professor Materials Engineering /Environ And Ecological Engineering
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
765.494.0331
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Jen-Yi Huang
Associate Professor of Food Science
Area of expertise: Food process sustainability
765.496.6034
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Forestry & Natural Resources
Paris Collingsworth
Research Assistant Professor
Research interests: Ecosystem dynamics in the Laurentian Great Lakes
317.886.7449
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John (Barny) Dunning
Professor of Wildlife Ecology
Areas of expertise: Avian ecology, conservation biology
765.494.3565
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Elizabeth (Liz) Flaherty
Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Habitat Management
Area of expertise: Wildlife habitat management
765.494.3567
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Reuben Goforth
Associate Professor of Forestry and Natural Resources
Research interests: Aquatic animals and their habitats
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.
765.496.0260
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Doug Jacobs
Fred M Van Eck Professor of Forest Biology and Associate Head of Extension
Research interests are in the reforestation and restoration of forest trees
765.494.3608
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Michael Jenkins
Professor of FNR
Area of Interest: Forest Ecology
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.
765.496.2422
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Bryan Pijanowski
Professor of Human-Environment Modeling & Analysis Laboratory
Area of expertise: Socio-ecological systems
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.
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
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
765.496.3887
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Steve Hallett
Professor of Horticulture
Area of expertise: Plant ecology
765.494.7649
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Peter Hirst
Associate Director, IPIA/Professor, Horticulture
Area of Expertise: Pomology
765.494.1323
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Lori Hoagland
Professor of Horticulture
Area of expertise: Microbial ecology of horticultural systems
765.494.1426
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Linda Prokopy
Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department Head
Research interests: Understanding how to motivate individuals to adopt environmentally-friendly practices
765.496.2221
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Ariana Torres
Assistant Professor and Marketing Specialist
Area of Expertise: Agricultural economics – decision-making modeling
765.494.8781
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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
765.494.8781
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Liberal Arts
Robert Marzec
Professor of English
Specialization: Contemporary British & Postcolonial Literature
765.494.3759
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