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.
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
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 Forestry and Natural Resources
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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