Full-time Faculty
Associate Professor, Rubenstein School • Gund Fellow • Director, Aiken Forestry Sciences Laboratory
carol.adair@uvm.edu (802) 656-2907Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Forestry, Natural Resources
Research: Global climate change, ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry
Lecturer
noelia.barrios-garcia@uvm.edu (802) 656-9087Instructional programs: Environmental Studies, Natural Resources
Research: Invasive species, climate change, community ecology, ecosystem ecology
Professor, Rubenstein School • Gund Fellow • Director of UVM/NSF Community Cosmogenic Laboratory
paul.bierman@uvm.edu (802) 656-4411Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources
Research: Geology, geohydrology, erosion and human-landscape interaction, climate change, science education and communication, geochemistry, geologic dating, landscape history
Senior Lecturer
Michael.R.Blouin@uvm.edu (802) 656-8467Instructional programs: Natural Resources; Sustainability, Ecology and Policy
Expertise: Field-based science, environmental education, relationship of people and place
Senior Lecturer
christopher.brooks@uvm.edu (802) 656-9570Instructional programs: Natural Resources; Sustainability, Ecology and Policy
Research: Environmental policy, land use planning, watershed management and flood resiliency, climate change mitigation and adaptation
Lecturer
ariana.chiapella@uvm.eduInstructional program: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Aquatic ecology, food web dynamics, ecotoxicology, environmental health and justice
Professor, Director of Forestry Program, Director of UVM Research Forests
anthony.damato@uvm.edu (802) 656-8030Instructional programs: Forestry, Natural Resources
Research: Silviculture, forest ecology, forest management, forest adaptation
Associate Professor
cecilia.danks@uvm.edu (802) 656-0175Instructional programs: Environmental Studies, Forestry
Research: Environmental policy, sustainable forestry, community forestry, climate change mitigation, forest carbon markets, woody biomass energy
Senior Lecturer
LDimov@uvm.edu (802) 656-0616Instructional program: Forestry
Research: Silviculture; forest diversity, productivity, and resilience; forest restoration; sustainable forest management
Research Associate Professor • Assistant Unit Leader of VT Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
therese.donovan@uvm.edu (802) 656-2516Instructional program: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Landscape ecology, wildlife population modeling, adaptive management
Lecturer
laura.edling@uvm.edu (802) 656-9088Instructional program: Natural Resources
Research: Transitions to renewable energy, woody biomass energy, community-based natural resource management, mixed methods research
Lecturer
daniel.erickson@uvm.edu (802) 656-1938Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Geospatial Technologies, and Natural Resources
Research: Retrofitting suburban landscapes, landscape multifunctionality, ecological design, agroecology and food systems
David Blittersdorf Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy • Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research
jon.erickson@uvm.edu (802) 656-3328Instructional programs: Environmental Studies; Natural Resources; Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Research: Ecological economics, sustainable development, systems modeling
Research Associate Professor
gillian.galford@uvm.edu (802) 656-2920Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources
Research: Environmental sustainability, ecosystems ecology, nitrogen and carbon cycling, greenhouse gases, remote sensing, ecosystems modeling, land-cover and land-use change, tropical agriculture
Associate Professor, Director of Natural Resources Program
clare.ginger@uvm.edu (802) 656-2698Instructional programs: Natural Resources; Sustainability, Ecology and Policy
Research: Environmental policy, watershed/forest planning, organization studies
Associate Professor
rachelle.gould@uvm.edu (802) 656-5849Instructional program: Environmental Studies
Research: Environmental values, well-being, Cultural Ecosystem Services, environmental learning, human behavior, policy, diversity, equity
Lecturer
pablo.gutierrez-fonseca@uvm.edu (802) 656-8544Instructional programs: Environmental Studies, Natural Resources
Research: Freshwater ecosystems, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, disturbance ecology, climate change
Unit Leader of VT Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
mark.henderson@uvm.edu (802) 656-2693Instructional program: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Fish population modeling, food web ecology, environmental DNA, acoustic telemetry, mark-recapture, fish ecology
Senior Lecturer
zachary.ispa-landa@uvm.eduInstructional programs: Natural Resources; Sustainability, Ecology and Policy
Expertise: Natural history; diversity, power, and privilege; environmental problem solving and leadership; service-learning; wildlife conservation
Professor
adrian.ivakhiv@uvm.edu (802) 656-0180Instructional program: Environmental Studies
Research: Environmental thought, cultural theory, global cultural change
WRI Senior Faculty Advisor • Professor • Director of Lake Champlain Sea Grant • Robert F. and Genevieve B. Patrick Endowed Chair in Watershed Science and Planning • The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
anne.jefferson@uvm.edu (802) 656-5734Watershed hydrology, Geomorphology, Public engagement
Senior Lecturer
david.kaufman@uvm.edu (802) 656-9877Instructional program: Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Expertise: Teaching and advising students in a university setting; tourism, hospitality, and recreation industries
Professor
william.keeton@uvm.edu (802) 656-2518Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Forestry
Research: Forest ecology and dynamics; climate, forest carbon & energy; sustainable forestry
Lecturer
david.kestenbaum@uvm.edu (802) 782-4753Instructional program: Natural Resources; Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Research: Sustainable development, community-based conservation, integrated conservation development, sustainable transportation, sustainable tourism
Senior Lecturer • Director of MPS in Leadership for Sustainability • Director of PhD in Transdisciplinary Leadership and Creativity for Sustainability
matthew.kolan@uvm.edu (802) 656-4333Instructional programs: Leadership for Sustainability MPS, Transdisciplinary Leadership and Creativity for Sustainability PhD
Research: Ecological leadership and learning; power, privilege, and equity; social transformation and systems change; field ecology and animal tracking
Professor
ellen.marsden@uvm.eduInstructional program: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Fisheries ecology, fish behavior, aquatic invasive species
Lecturer
michael.j.mcdonald@uvm.edu (802) 656-2534Instructional program: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Wildlife, conservation biology
Assistant Professor
ana.morales@uvm.edu (802) 656-8769Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences; Natural Resources; Sustainability, Ecology and Policy
Research: Limnology, phytoplankton ecology, biogeochemistry, carbon cycling, lake ecosystem ecology
Assistant Professor
brittany.mosher@uvm.edu (802) 656-3105Instructional program: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Disease and population ecology, quantitative ecology, conservation decision-making, herpetology, conservation biology
Professor
james.murdoch@uvm.edu (802) 656-2912Instructional program: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Wildlife ecology, conservation biology
Associate Professor
bindu.panikkar@uvm.edu (802) 656-5877Instructional programs: Environmental Studies, Natural Resources
Research: Environmental health, community based research, environmental policy, natural resources, Arctic environment and health, environmental health social movements, environmental justice
Senior Lecturer
walter.poleman@uvm.edu (802) 656-2501Instructional programs: Natural Resources; Sustainability, Ecology and Policy
Research: Landscape analysis, place-based education, land conservation, social-ecological systems science
Senior Lecturer, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
jennifer.pontius@uvm.edu (802) 656-3091Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences; Forestry; Natural Resources; Sustainability, Ecology and Policy
Research: Forest ecology & health, satellite remote sensing, GIS modeling, experimental design & statistical analyses
Director of the Gund Institute • Professor, Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources
taylor.ricketts@uvm.edu (802) 656-7796Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources
Research: Community & landscape ecology, ecosystem services, ecological economics, conservation biology, environmental policy, pollination ecology, biogeography, linking research & conservation communities
Lecturer
eduardo.rodriguez@uvm.eduInstructional programs: Environmental Studies, Natural Resources
Research: Ecological economics, environmental policy, sustainability, transdisciplinary education
Research Assistant Professor
mariano.rodriguez-cabal@uvm.edu (802) 652-0224Instructional programs: Natural Resources; Sustainability, Ecology and Policy; Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Community ecology, global change ecology, invasive species, plant-animal interactions
Associate Professor
eric.roy.1@uvm.edu (802) 656-7359Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources
Research: Nutrient biogeochemistry & management, ecological engineering & design, aquatic ecology, food systems, material flow analysis
Senior Lecturer, Co-Director of Environmental Studies Program
amy.seidl@uvm.edu (802) 656-0907Instructional program: Environmental Studies
Research: Sustainability science, ecology, evolution, climate change, environmental communication
Extension Associate Professor
kris.stepenuck@uvm.edu (802) 656-8504Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources
Research: Watershed science, impacts of land use on water quality, community science, community engagement
Professor, Director of Wildlife & Fisheries Biology Program • Director of Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory
jason.stockwell@uvm.edu (802) 656-3009Instructional programs: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Research: Aquatic ecology, food web dynamics, predator-prey interactions
Professor, Director of Parks, Recreation & Tourism Program
patricia.stokowski@uvm.edu (802) 656-3093Instructional programs: Parks, Recreation and Tourism; Natural Resources
Research: Outdoor recreation behavior, parks, community tourism development, sense of place
Interim Dean, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
allan.strong@uvm.edu (802) 656-2910Instructional programs: Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, Natural Resources
Research: Avian ecology, conservation biology, landscape ecology
Assistant Professor
muddin@uvm.edu (802) 656-4449Social-Ecological Systems Resilience; Community Resilience to Climate-Change Induced Natural Disasters; Social Learning; Impacts of Global Environmental Changes; Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Policy; Nature-Based Solutions; Community-Based Natural Resources Management; Community Development; Environmental Justice and Disaster Governance.
Lecturer
kyle.whittinghill@uvm.edu (802) 656-4983Instructional programs: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources
Research: Ecology and environmental science education, biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology
Research Associate, Manager of UVM Research Forests
jessica.wikle@uvm.edu (802) 656-1107Instructional programs: Forestry, Natural Resources
Research: Silviculture, forest ecology, forest management
Research Professor
lini.wollenberg@uvm.edu (802) 656-9891Instructional program: Natural Resources
Research: Climate change & land use, natural resource management & governance, agriculture-forest landscapes, anthropology, international rural livelihoods
Endowed Professorships
Robert F. and Genevieve B. Patrick Endowed Chair
The Robert F. and Genevieve B. Patrick Endowed Chair in Watershed Science and Planning was established in 2000 from the estate of Genevieve Patrick and enables the university to focus expertise in an environmental sciences discipline with great relevance in Vermont and far beyond the state's borders. Dr. Anne Jefferson is the current Patrick Chair in Watershed Science and Planning. Dr. Jefferson's research program focuses on improving the resilience and sustainability of water resources and aquatic ecosystems.
PAST PATRICK CHAIRS
Dr. William (Breck) Bowden (Inaugural 2002–2022)
Gund Professorship of Ecological Economics
The Gund Professorship of Ecological Economics was established in 2001 by Gordon and Lulie Gund and their sons, Grant and Zachary. Dr. Taylor Ricketts is the current Gund Professor of Ecological Economics and director of the The Gund Institute for Environment. The Institute is a hub for transdisciplinary environmental research at the interface of ecological, social, and economic systems and develops practical solutions to local and global environmental challenges.
Steven Rubenstein Professorship for Environment and Natural Resources
The Steven Rubenstein Professorship was established in 2013 by Steve and Beverly Rubenstein to fund work on curricular transformation and transdisciplinary research that engages community partners and students. The professorship provides a rotating appointment of a current Rubenstein School faculty member with a term of up to three years. Dr. Adrian Ivakhiv was the most recent Steven Rubenstein Professor for Environment and Natural Resources (2016–2019).
PAST RUBENSTEIN PROFESSORS
Dr. Robert Manning (Inaugural 2013–2016)
The David Blittersdorf Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy
The David Blittersdorf Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy was established in 2013 by David Blittersdorf to support a faculty position in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources that fosters collaboration with the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences to build a sustainability curriculum addressing solutions to fossil fuel resource depletion and renewable energy. Dr. Jon D. Erickson is the current Blittersdorf Professor.
PAST BLITTERSDORF PROFESSORS
Dr. Jennie C. Stephens (Inaugural 2014–2016)