Core Faculty
The MNR has a Core group of faculty who help govern the program, but all CNR faculty are potential advisors. Search the CNR faculty page for information on their research and extension expertise.
Leda Kobziar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Wildland Fire Science, Director, Master of Natural Resources
Dennis Becker, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor of Natural Resource Policy
Randall Brooks, Ph.D.
Extension Professor of Forestry and Extension Forestry Specialist
Jan U.H. Eitel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Jo Ellen Force, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Forest Policy
Heather Heward
Senior Fire Ecology & Management Instructor
Jason W. Karl, Ph.D.
Director of the U of I Rangeland Center, Associate Professor of Rangeland Ecology and Harold F. and Ruth M. Heady Endowed Chair of Rangeland Ecology
Karen Launchbaugh, Ph.D.
Professor of Rangeland Ecology
Penelope Morgan, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Fire Ecology and Forest Ecology and Certified Senior Fire Ecologist
Ronald Robberecht, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Physiological Ecology
208-885-7404
Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences
Alistair M.S. Smith
Professor and Department Chair
McClure 201
208-885-1009
Research Interests: Combustion physics, Wildland fire science, Lidar, Forest biometrics
Eva Strand, Ph.D.
Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Rangeland Ecology and Management
Kerri Vierling, Ph.D.
Director of CNR Graduate Studies, Professor of Wildlife Resources
Lee Vierling, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Research, University Distinguished Professor
Jaap Vos, Ph.D.
Professor of Planning and Natural Resources | Director of the Environmental Science Program and Department Head, Natural Resources and Society
Lisette Waits, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Resources
Frank Wilhelm, Ph.D.
Professor of Limnology and Associate Director, Center for Research on Invasive Species
