Emeriti Faculty

Jack DayH. Jack Day, Professor of Engineering
  • ES 307K / 920-465-2250
  • Research interests include water resources, fluid mechanics, hydrology and related application of engineering to society and technology; regional water quality and associated land management and flood plain management; resource management.
Fritz FischbachFritz Fischbach, Professor of Physics
  • ES 307L / 920-465-2263
  • Research interests include community ragweed pollenosis, air quality, small biological particulate structure and function, public health education; environmental health, aeroallergens, biophysics.
Hallett (Bud) HarrisHallett (Bud) J. Harris, Professor of Biology
  • ES 307G / 920-465-2796 / harrisb@uwgb.edu
  • Research interests include animal and wetland ecology; management of coastal areas: wildlife management; ecological risk assessment.
Robert Lanz, Associate Professor of Engineering
  • RH 317 / 920-465-2806
  • Research interests include analysis of conventional energy systems in urban areas;energy conservation practices and equipment modification in energy intensive systems; analysis of alternative energy conservation systems;alternate fuels for electric power generation such as solid waste or sewage sludge;theory and fatigue behavior of conventional structural materials.
Joseph MoranJoseph M. Moran, Professor, Earth Science.
  • ES 307I / 920-465-2432 / moranj@uwgb.edu
  • Research interests include meteorology.
Michael MorganMichael D. Morgan, Professor, Biology.
  • ES 307E / 920-465-2265 / morganm@uwgb.edu
  • Research interests include rare plant population dynamics; plant-climate interactions.
  • B.S. Butler University; M.S., Ph.D. University of Illinois.
Nikitas PetrakopoulosNikitas Petrakopoulos, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Charles RhynerCharles R. Rhyner, Professor, Physics
  • ES 307F / 920-465-2281 / rhynerc@uwgb.edu
  • Research interests include modeling of solid waste management.
Paul SagerPaul Sager, Professor of Biology
  • ES 307H / 920-465-2277 / sagerp@uwgb.edu
  • Research interests include ecology of aquatic communities including nutrient studies in the phytoplankton of freshwater lakes;eutrophication of lakes;ecological effects of nutrient enrichment and water quality deterioration; limnology.
Leander SchwartzLeander J. Schwartz, Professor of Biology
  • ES 307B / 920-465-5118
  • Research interests include resource recovery: anaerobic digestion of organic wastes and/or use of fertilizers and in other applications; bacterial survival in aquatic ecosystems.
Ronald StarkeyRonald H. Starkey, Professor, Chemistry.
  • ES 307E / 920-465-2265 / starkeyr@uwgb.edu
  • Research interests include computer molecular modeling of organic compounds.
  • B.A. Augsburg College; M.S., Ph.D. Michigan State University.
Ronald StieglitzRonald D. Stieglitz, Professor, Earth Science.
  • ES 307J / 920-465-2128 / stieglir@uwgb.edu
  • Research interests include environmental geology; hydrogeology.
  • B.S. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; M.S., Ph.D. University of Illinois.
Robert WengerRobert B. Wenger, Professor of Mathematics
  • ES 307F / 920-465-2770 / wengerr@uwgb.edu
  • Research interests include application of mathematical models to environmental problems such as solid waste management and water quality management; ecosystem risk assessment; graph-theoretic approaches to the study of eco-system stressors.
Keith White, Professor of Ecology
  • ES 307L / 920-465-2263
  • Research interests include structure and function of forest and wetland plant communities; preservation of natural areas;effects of fire, grazing and logging on ecosystems; plant ecology and resource management.
James WiersmaJames H. Wiersma, Professor of Chemistry
  • ES 307H / 920-465-2277
  • Research interests include assessment of fate of water pollutants (pesticides); performance of water pollution abatement methods; development of new analytical chemical methods with emphasis on techniques applied to environmental problems; bioremediation; arsenic in ground water.