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Geography professor John Abatzoglou

John Abatzoglou
Assistant Professor

Dr. John Abatzoglou conducts research on a multitude of weather and climate phenomena, and is particularly interested in the role they have on wildfire, water resources, and ecosystems of the western United States.

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Vladimir Aizen

Vladimir Aizen
Research Professor

Research Interests: Alpine Glaciology, Alpine Hydrology, Alpine Climatology

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Richard Allen

Richard Allen
Professor


(208) 423-6601 | RAllen@kimberly.uidaho.edu

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Jan Boll
Director of Environmental Science, Water Resources, and Professional Science Masters Programs


(208) 885-7324 | jboll@uidaho.edu

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Erik Coats

Erik Coats
Associate Professor

Current Research and Activities: Advancement of a sustainable microbial wastewater treatment process for the removal of phosphorus, Synthesis of biological, biodegradable thermoplastics coupled with wastewater treatment, and Removal and fate of zinc in compost bioreactors treating mine drainage

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Barbara Cosens
Professor of Law

Courses Taught: Interdisciplinary Methods in Water Resources; Law and Science Seminar, Water Law I & II, Water and Energy Policy Seminar, Writing the Environment

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Maxine Dakins
Associate Professor

Research Interests: Environmental statistics; Environmental decision analysis; Probabilistic risk analysis; Bayesian analysis; Natural resource policy and law; Public participation; Pollution prevention

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Angelique EagleWoman

Angelique EagleWoman
Associate Professor of Law and James E. Rogers Fellow in American Indian Law

Courses Taught: Civil Procedure, Native American Law, Native Natural Resources Law, Tribal Nation Economics Law

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Levan Elbakidze

Levan Elbakidze
Assistant Professor


(208) 885-7382 | lelbakidze@uidaho.edu

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Jerry Fairley

Jerry Fairley
Professor - Hydrogeology

Research Interests: Multiphase flow and transport in heterogeneous porous media; Faults and fluid flow; Geothermal systems/EGS

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Fritz Fiedler

Fritz Fiedler
Associate Professor

Research interests: Measurements and modeling of hydrologic and environmental systems.

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Geography professor Tim Frazier

Tim Frazier
Assistant Professor

Dr. Frazier's research involves climate change, hazards, and urban sustainability. Raised in a region exposed to several types of geophysical hazards, Dr. Frazier's expertise is coupled with first-hand experience and personal interest.

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Fisheries Professor Alex Fremier

Alex Fremier
Assistant Professor

Fremier received his doctorate from U.C. Davis in 2007 for his research on restoration of floodplain landscapes. His interests center on weaving fluvial geomorphology into restoration and landscape ecology to improve management of riparian ecosystems and flood-prone areas. His research focuses on issues involving riparian habitats, floodplain and riverine systems, and hydrological processes.

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Rodney Frey

Rodney Frey
Director of General Education and Professor of Ethnography

Rodney Frey is a Professor of Ethnography. Over the last 38 years he has been associated with and conducting various applied, collaborative projects with the Apsáalooke (Crow) of Montana, the Schitsu’umsh (Coeur d'Alene) and Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) of Idaho, and the Confederated Warm Springs Tribes of Oregon.

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Paul Gessler
Professor; Co-Director, Geospatial Laboratory for Environmental Dynamics

Specialty Areas of Interest: Remote sensing & GIS for forest ecosystem analysis & monitoring; Wildland fire fuels and fire hazard mapping; Airborne sensor development; Environmental, Ecosystem and Soil-Landscape Modeling; Terrain and Watershed Analysis; Forest Soils; Spatial Statistics

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Dale Goble

Dale D. Goble
Margaret Wilson Schimke Distinguished Professor of Law

Courses taught: Legal History, Natural Resources Law, Natural Resources Seminar, Publics Land Law, Torts

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Peter Goodwin
DeVlieg Presidential Professor in Ecohydraulics and Professor of Civil Engineering

Peter Goodwin is recognized internationally for his research, with particular contributions in the field of sedimentation and the impact of river management on ecosystems.

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Robert Heinse

Robert Heinse
Assistant Professor


(208) 5208 | rheinse@uidaho.edu

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Thomas Hess
Professor


(208) 885-7461 | tfhess@uidaho.edu

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Lorie Higgins
Extension Specialist, Associate Professor


(208) 885-9717 | higgins@uidaho.edu

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Karen Humes
Department Chair and Professor

Research Interests: Applications of remote sensing and GIS in hydrology, environmental science, and planning for renewable energy.

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Gary Johnson

Gary Johnson
Associate Professor - Hydrogeology

Research Interests: Surface and ground water interaction; Regional modeling of ground water and surface water; Water and energy interactions

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Jodi Johnson-Maynard

Jodi Johnson-Maynard
Associate Professor


(208) 885-9245 | jmaynard@uidaho.edu

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Kathleen Kavanagh

Katy Kavanagh
Professor

Specialty Areas of Interest: Silviculture; Forest ecosystem processes; Tree hydraulic architecture

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Brian Kennedy

Brian Kennedy
Associate Professor

Fish Ecology, Bioenergetics and Community Ecology of Streams, Ecosystem Controls on Aquatic Processes, Biogeochemical Tracers in Aquatic Systems

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Marla Kraut

Marla Kraut
Department Head

Ph.D. 1991 University of Arizona
Research interests: Auditing, Financial Accounting for Not-for-Profit Organizations
Office: ALB125 | Phone: (208) 885-7116 |Email: marlam@uidaho.edu

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John Lawrence

John Lawrence
Professor of Business

Ph.D. 1993 Penn State University
Areas of Expertise:quality management, business/environmental sustainability, and case research methods.
Office: ALB215 | Phone: (208) 885-5821 | Email: jjl@uidaho.edu

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Timothy Link
Associate Professor of Hydrology

Specialty Areas of Interest: Forest hydrology; Snow hydrology; Vegetation atmosphere interactions;* Hydrologic Modeling

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Jim Liou

Jim Liou
Professor, Hydraulics

Research Interests: Fluid Transients, Pipeline Monitoring, Pipeline Safety, Transport in Vadose Zones and Percolation Theory, Water Quality Modeling in Distribution Networks

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Jerrold Long

Jerrold A. Long
Associate Professor of Law

Courses taught: Environmental Law I and II, Land-Use Planning, Property

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Robert Mahler
Soil and Land Resources Division Chair, Extension Water Quality Coordinator and Professor


(208) 885-7025 | bmahler@uidaho.edu

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Paul McDaniel

Paul McDaniel
Professor


(208) 885-7012 | paulm@uidaho.edu

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Christine Moffitt

Christine Moffitt
Professor; Assistant Unit Leader, Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Host-Parasite Interactions; Physiological Responses of Fish Populations to Increasing Water Temperatures; Specialty areas of interest: Disease Interactions of Cultured and Wild Fish, Invasive Species Biology and Management, Biology, Health and Management of Anadromous Fish in Hatcheries and in the Wild, Aquaculture Chemical Efficacy & Approval, Fisheries History

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Greg Möller
Associate Professor


(208) 885-0707 | gmoller@uidaho.edu
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Matt Morra

Matthew Morra
Professor


(208) 885-6315 | mmorra@uidaho.edu

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Howard Neibling
Associate Professor


(208) 736-3600 | hneiblin@uidaho.edu

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Jay O'Laughlin
Policy Analysis Group, Director;Professor of Forestry and Policy Sciences

Specialty Areas of Interest: Natural Resources Policy Analysis; Natural Resources Economics

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Jim Osiensky

James Osiensky
Professor - Groundwater Hydrology

Research Interests: Contaminant hydrogeology; Hydrogeologic site characterization; Hydrogeophysical applications in hydrogeology; Groundwater resource evaluation

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Sandra Pinel

Sandra Lee Pinel
Assistant Professor

Research and teaching interests: Local and regional land use planning, indigenous and community culture in planning theory and methods; cultural landscapes, multi-jurisdictional governance; limits to participatory and collaborative planning; conflict management; community economic development; epistemologies in planning cultural resource management; ethnographic research methods, social impact and contextualized case study research.

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Russell Quals

Russell Qualls
Associate Professor


(208) 885-6184 | rqualls@uidaho.edu

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Jae H. Ryu
Assistant Professor


(208) 332-4402 | jryu@uidaho.edu

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Rich Seamon of the University of Idaho College of Law

Richard Seamon
Professor of Law

Courses taught: Administrative Law, Procedure II, Federal Courts

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Fish and Wildlife Professor Dennis Scarnecchia

Dennis Scarnecchia
Professor

Paddlefish and Sturgeon Biology, Ecology, Stock Assessment and Management, Fish Population Dynamics and Stock Assessment, Salmon, Trout and Charr Ecology and Management, Large River Ecology & Fisheries, Fisheries Management

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Manoj K. Shrestha

Manoj K. Shrestha
Assistant Professor

Manoj K. Shrestha is an assistant professor in Political Science. His aeas of academic interest are: Local Government, Public Policy, Water Governance, Empirical Network Analysis, Quantitative Methods, Collaborative Management and Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, Local Finance, and Self-Organizing Community.

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Robert Smith

Robert Smith
Professor


(208) 282-7954 | smithbob@uidaho.edu

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Adam Soward

Adam Sowards
Associate Professor; Director, Institute for Pacific Northwest Studies

Adam M. Sowards is an environmental historian who focuses on North America, especially the West, and is affiliate faculty with Environmental Science, Water Resources and American Studies.

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Eva Strand, U-Idaho CNR Assistant Professor

Eva Strand
Assistant Professor

Research Specialty: Spatial ecology; Applied Landscape Ecology; GIS applications in natural resources

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Dan Strawn

Daniel Strawn
Professor


(208) 885-2713 | dgstrawn@uidaho.edu

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Garth Taylor

Garth Taylor
Regional Economist, Associate Professor


(208)-885-7533 | gtaylor@uidaho.edu

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Anastasia Telesetsky

Anastasia Telesetsky
Associate Professor of Law

Courses Taught: Public International Law; Conflicts of Law; International Environmental Law; International Trade and Investment Law;View

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Daniele Tonina

Daniele Tonina
Assistant Professor


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Dr. John C. Tracy
IWRRI Director
322 E. Front Street, Suite 242
Unversity of Idaho
Boise, ID 83702
Phone:(208) 332-4422
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Von Walden

Von Walden
Professor

Dr. Walden's research interests include polar meteorology and remote sensing of polar clouds and snow, as well as understanding climate change in the western U.S. He has conducted seven field experiments in the Antarctic and Arctic regions and is preparing to deploy instrumentation at Summit Station, Greenland as part of National Science Foundation’s Arctic Observing Network.

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Philip Watson

Philip Watson
Assistant Professor


(208) 885-6934 | pwatson@uidaho.edu

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Kelly Wendland

Kelly Wendland
Assistant Professor

Research Interests and Areas of Specialization: Natural resource and environmental economics, Economics of ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation, Payments for ecosystem services, Land change science, International conservation

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Frank Wilhelm

Frank Wilhelm
Associate Professor

Limnology, Lake restoration and management, Ecology of aquatic macroinvertebrates, Influence of temperature on life history and reproductive strategies, Predator-prey relationships (invert.-invert., fish-invert.), Nutrient cycling through benthic-pelagic coupling

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Barbara Williams

Barbara Williams
Associate Professor


(208) 885-9436 | barbwill@uidaho.edu

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Patrick Wilson

Patrick Wilson
Associate Professor

Patrick Wilson's research interests include natural resource policy and politics, and comparative public policy; politics of species conservation, tribal government management of natural resources, and water policy and politics.

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J.D Wulfhorst

J. D. Wulfhorst
Professor


(208) 230-7333 | jd@uidaho.edu

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Elowyn Yager

Elowyn Yager
Assistant Professor

Dr. Yager's research interests focus on gaining a mechanistic understanding of the interactions between flow turbulence, sediment transport and river morphology.

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