Faculty | School of the Environment | Washington State University

Name	Title / Interests	Contact information
Henry Adams	Associate Professor Global change & physiological ecology of trees and plants; dryland ecohydroogy; forest responses to drought, fire & global change	WSU Pullman henry.adams@wsu.edu
Michael Berger	Associate Professor (Career- Track) Ecology, physiology, and larval biology of marine invertebrates; teaching innovations & pedagogy	WSU Vancouver msberger@wsu.edu
Mark Billings	Lecturer	WSU Pullman mark.billings@wsu.edu
Stephen Bollens	Professor Director – Multi-Campus Planning and Strategic Initiative Aquatic ecology of phytoplankton, zooplankton, and fish in marine, estuarine, & freshwater ecosystems	WSU Vancouver sbollens@wsu.edu
Catherine Cooper	Associate Professor Geophysics and Geodynamics; Lithospheric creation and deformation; Plate tectonics/mantle convection	WSU Pullman cmcooper@wsu.edu
Allan Felsot	Professor Entomology & integrated pest management; environmental chemistry & toxicology; risk assessment of environmental contaminants; agricultural biotechnology	WSU Tri Cities afelsot@wsu.edu
Alex Fremier	Professor Fluvial geomorphology; energy flow in food webs; resilience in water resource systems; microplastics in fish; riverine ecology	WSU Pullman alex.fremier@wsu.edu
Caren Goldberg	Associate Professor eDNA; detection of rare species using environmental DNA; climate change, connectivity & landscape ecology of amphibian populations; conservation genetics & wildlife ecology	WSU Pullman caren.goldberg@wsu.edu
Johannes Haemmerli	Assistant Professor Director – Peter Hooper GeoAnalytical Lab Geochemistry: fluids in the crust; element mobility; metamorphic and magmatic processes; microanalysis of minerals.	WSU Pullman johannes.haemmerli@wsu.edu
John Harrison	Professor Global change & watershed biogeochemistry; global nutrient transport and effects; greenhouse gas emissions from reservoirs & lakes	WSU Vancouver john_harrison@wsu.edu
Stephen Henderson	Associate Professor Environmental hydrodynamics & physics of natural water flows, mixing, & sediment transport in lakes, estuaries & the coastal ocean	WSU Vancouver steve_henderson@wsu.edu
Anand (Ani) Jayakaran	Professor & Extension Specialist Green Stormwater Infrastructure & Ecological Engineering	Puyallup Research & Extension Center anand.jayakaran@wsu.edu
Scott Jess	Assistant Professor landscape evolution, sediment transport in glacial systems, geochronology, thermochronology	WSU Pullman Scott.jess@wsu.edu
C Kent Keller	Professor Nutrient cycling & nutrient budgets in agroecosystems; environmental isotopes in biogeochemical studies; groundwater & critical-zone biogeochemistry	WSU Pullman ckkeller@wsu.edu
Allyson Beall King	Director, School of the Environment Scholarly Associate Professor System dynamics modeling; collaborative modeling: finding sustainable, consensus-based solutions to environmental problems	WSU Pullman abeall@wsu.edu
Marc Kramer	Associate Professor Climate interactions in the biosphere & pedosphere; carbon stabilization in soil & biogeochemical effects of winds on the earth’s surface	WSU Vancouver marc.kramer@wsu.edu
Sean Long	Associate Professor Structural evolution of contractional & extensional mountain belts; field geology, geochronology, stratigraphy, thermochronology, & structural geology	WSU Pullman sean.p.long@wsu.edu
Jeff Manning	Assistant Professor Quantitative wildlife ecology; wildlife habitat relationships / resource selection; behavioral & population ecology; threatened & endangered species conservation	WSU Pullman jeff.manning@wsu.edu
Jenifer McIntyre	Associate Professor Toxic impacts of urban runoff & complex chemical mixtures on aquatic organisms; green infrastructure & aquatic toxicity in animals	Puyallup Research & Extension Center, jen.mcintyre@wsu.edu
Arjan Meddens	Assistant Professor Global environmental change in terrestrial ecosystems; remote sensing of ecosystem dynamics; forest insects & wildfire impacts	WSU Pullman arjan.meddens@wsu.edu
Julie M. Menard	Assistant Professor Planetary science & geoscience education	WSU Pullman julie.menard@wsu.edu
Kevan Moffett	Associate Professor Urban ecohydrology; intertidal ecohydrology & ecogeomorphology; post-wildfire ecohydrology	WSU Vancouver kevan.moffett@wsu.edu
Marcia Ostrom	Professor Agroecology & sustainable food systems; agricultural & food policy; environmental sociology	WSU Food Systems Program
Julie Padowski	Research Associate Professor Co-Director, Center for Environmental Research, Education, and Outreach (CEREO); water resources management & drinking water system resiliency; Washington water policy	WSU Pullman julie.padowski@wsu.edu
Michael Pelch	Teaching Associate Professor Geoscience education & economic geology; STEM & geoscience student learning	WSU Pullman michael.pelch@wsu.edu
Jennifer Phillips	Assistant Professor animal behavior, communication, human activity on wildlife	WSU Pullman jennifer.n.phillips@wsu.edu
Malinda Ritts	Lecturer Earth systems science, paleoclimate, stable isotope biogeochemistry, sedimentology	WSU Pullman malinda.ritts@wsu.edu
Charles Robbins	Professor Nutritional requirements of bears; hibernation physiology; interactions between bears and people	WSU Pullman ctrobbins@wsu.edu
Sarah Roley	Associate Professor Aquatic ecology & water quality in agricultural watersheds; nitrogen & phosphorus cycling	WSU Tri Cities sarah.roley@wsu.edu
Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens	Associate Professor Aquatic ecology & biological oceanography; community ecology of plankton; interdisciplinary studies in aquatic & political science & science education	WSU Vancouver rollboll@wsu.edu
Rodney Sayler	Associate Professor Project Director – WSU Arboretum, Magpie Forest, Kramer Prairie Conservation biology; endangered species; wildlife, wetland, and Palouse Prairie ecology	WSU Pullman rdsayler@wsu.edu
Lisa Shipley	Professor Associate Director of Graduate Studies Foraging behavior; vertebrate nutrition and diet selection; herbivory; wildlife habitat ecology and management	WSU Pullman shipley@wsu.edu
Deepti Singh	Assistant Professor Climate change and extreme events (e.g., storms, drought, fire); climate impacts on agriculture, air quality, water & natural resources; climate impacts on vulnerable communities	WSU Vancouver deepti.singh@wsu.edu
Amanda Stahl	Lecturer Conservation science & policy, remote sensing of ecosystem dynamics, spatial analysis to inform connectivity conservation, climate adaptation	WSU Pullman atstahl@wsu.edu
John Stark	Professor of Ecotoxicology Director, Washington Stormwater Center	Puyallup Research & Extension Center starkj@wsu.edu
Michelle M. Steen-Adams	Research Associate & Lecturer Forest & environmental history; environmental governance; tribal forest management; landscape ecology; coupled human & natural systems	WSU Vancouver m.steen-adams@wsu.edu
Katherine Strickler	Adjunct Faculty and Lecturer Aquatic ecology & eDNA detection of aquatic species; microplastics in freshwater systems & biota; science communication	WSU Pullman k.strickler@wsu.edu
Daniel Thornton	Associate Professor Carnivore ecology & conservation; landscape & spatial ecology of wildlife; impacts of land use, connectivity & climate change on distribution dynamics	WSU Pullman daniel.thornton@wsu.edu
Jeff Vervoort	Professor Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry and Geochronology	WSU Pullman Vervoort@wsu.edu
Barry Walker	Lecturer Introductory Geology, Oceanography, Earth History and Evolution, Global Campus	WSU Vancouver barry.walker@wsu.edu
Kara Whitman	Associate Director for Undergraduate Programs SoE Scholarly Associate Professor Education strategies to improve scientific literacy in environmental & natural resources; collaborative public environmental policy	WSU Pullman kmwhitman@wsu.edu
Steven Woodley	Lecturer Community ecology; plant-insect interactions; invasion ecology; restoration ecology; and wildlife ecology	WSU Pullman steven.woodley@wsu.edu