ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLICY

AREAS OF EMPHASIS | ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS | DEGREE REQUIREMENTS | FACULTY
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Environmental Science and Policy program is appropriate for students with interests in the scientific and/or public policy aspects of complex environmental problems. It provides a course of study that prepares its graduates for positions in scientific, technical and administrative organizations and agencies. The program’s core focuses on identification and analysis of environmental issues and on developing interdisciplinary approaches and solutions to problems. The program offers three areas of emphasis: Ecosystems Studies, Resource Management, and Environmental Policy and Administration.

Although the areas of emphasis seek to integrate the sciences with policy and administration, students choose to specialize in one depending on future career interests. Each area of emphasis has a practical orientation that involves the student in real world problems and issues rather than presenting theoretical knowledge alone. Each area of emphasis allows for and encourages student flexibility in designing a particular program of study around a core of required courses. A personal program of study, as described below, may also be developed.

The program fits the needs of both part-time and full-time students. Most graduate courses are offered once weekly in the evening or at other times convenient for working individuals. Students benefit from the mix of perspectives and experiences held by participants in courses. Full-time students gain from the practical knowledge of the working professionals, who are in turn challenged by the current theoretical knowledge of those with recent undergraduate degrees. Students like the small class sizes and the close association with faculty. Fully prepared students usually complete the program in two years. Part-time students normally complete the program in four to five years.

The program features a faculty that is widely published in the professional literature, active in externally funded research, and committed to excellence in teaching. The faculty associated with the program firmly believe that environmental policy must be based on good science but also that science is ineffective without sound policy decisions. Close ties exist with national, state and local agencies providing students with opportunities to become engaged with and contribute to meaningful scientific research and policy formulation.

The University offers modern and well-equipped facilities that support research and study in environmental science and policy areas. Computer equipped ecology, engineering graphics and geographic information systems (GIS) laboratories are available. The library collection is strong in all areas of environmental studies, but is particularly so in environmental policy and administration. The library maintains subscriptions to most pertinent journals in science and public policy and administration. Interlibrary loans are easily available from UW-Madison and elsewhere when sources are not available locally.

Areas of Emphasis
One of the primary goals of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay graduate program is to prepare highly skilled and imaginative individuals for middle-management and policy-making positions in government, nonprofit organizations and the private sector. Individuals with such career objectives will focus on environmental policy course work. Another objective of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay graduate program is to prepare technically competent and imaginative individuals for positions in the public or private sectors. Individuals with such career objectives will focus on environmental science course work. Students will be prepared to deal with a variety of environmental problems or to pursue further graduate work in similar or related areas.

Ecosystems Studies
Students who select Ecosystems Studies may address problems of general features of ecosystems such as nutrient regeneration, productivity, or trophic relationships. They can also focus on specific questions such as endangered species, predation and competition. Natural, managed and disturbed ecosystems are examined in classroom and field activities. Studies on aquatic systems take advantage of the University’s location on Green Bay, participation in the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Program, and the Center for Biodiversity. The University’s proximity to large areas of northern forests and the Door Peninsula provides convenient locations for the study of diverse ecosystems.

Resource Management
Students who select this area of emphasis may study concepts of natural resource management, watershed management, or of the handling, processing, treatment and disposal of municipal, industrial and agricultural wastes. Emphasis is on evaluating alternative strategies for effective policy implementation and planning for the future. Other studies focus on ground or surface water systems. Principles and techniques of quantitative analysis are applied to problems of supply, distribution and utilization of natural resources and to the optimization of treatment and waste management costs in the context of public agencies, consulting firms and industries. Studies take advantage of the University’s cooperation with the Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center located on campus.

The Ecosystems Studies, and Resource Management areas of emphasis prepare students to:

• design and conduct scientific investigations;
• collect, evaluate, and interpret data;
• make responsible decisions to implement appropriate technologies and strategies to solve environmental problems, and;
• effectively communicate the results of environmental studies to other scientists, decision makers and the general public.

Graduates typically work as scientists, environmental specialists, or project managers with industry, commercial laboratories, engineering firms, or government agencies, where their work involves analysis, research, consulting, compliance, or enforcement.

Environmental Policy and Administration
Students who select Environmental Policy and Administration study the characteristics and operation of government institutions; organizational theory, design and evaluation; and substantive policies in regulation, environmental protection, science and technology, and energy and natural resources. Courses emphasize environmental problem analysis and planning, policy analysis and formulation, environmental law and implementation, program evaluation, statistical analysis and the application of social science research methods to environmental issues. Studies benefit from interaction with the Center for Public Affairs and the Center for Biodiversity.

The Environmental Policy and Administration area of emphasis prepares students to:

• identify and analyze policy-relevant problems of major importance;
• design, evaluate, and implement strategies and programs for addressing such problems, and;
• design, manage, and evaluate project teams and organizational systems concerned with such problems, policies, programs, and strategies.

Graduates typically enter governmental agencies at the national, state or local level, or nonprofit organizations, where their work involves policy analysis, planning, or administration. Some prefer positions in legislative bodies, environmental organizations, or industry where administrative or analytical work is combined with politics, public relations, education or advocacy.

Admission Requirements
Each student’s prior academic background is evaluated by a program admissions committee when he or she applies. Admission to the Environmental Science and Policy graduate program requires a student to have completed the equivalent of a basic undergraduate course in statistics and submitted current GRE general test scores. Students with a background in both policy and science will be given preference in admission decisions.

Each area of emphasis requires different skills and preparation; therefore, additional prerequisites vary. Courses appropriate to the area of emphasis or needed to meet requisites of specific courses that a student wishes to incorporate into a plan of study will also be required as described below.

Applicants who do not meet these requirements may be admitted if their academic record, letters of reference, and GRE scores indicate potential for successful completion of the program. However, these students will have additional requirements placed upon them as part of their academic plan to make up any deficiencies.

Degree Requirements
Students who are adequately prepared when they enter the program may earn the degree by satisfactorily completing a minimum of 28 credits of course work, plus a six-credit thesis. Those who lack appropriate prerequisites may need to take additional courses to strengthen their backgrounds. Credits earned in undergraduate courses numbered at the 100- or 200-level cannot be applied toward the graduate degree.

Credit requirements are determined by the student’s chosen area of emphasis and program of study. At least 12 credits of 700-level courses must be included. Students develop individual program plans with the assistance and approval of their advisers and graduate committees.

By the time a student has successfully completed 15 credits, usually during the second semester, he or she should have selected a thesis adviser, formed a committee and started to develop a thesis proposal with their assistance. Approval of the thesis proposal places the student in candidacy for the degree. Successful defense of the written thesis and completion of all courses in the student’s program plan result in awarding of the degree. See the General Information section, page nine, for additional details.

General Core Requirements, 19 Credits
All students matriculated into the Environmental Science and Policy program are required to successfully complete the following set of required core courses (13 credits) and a six-credit thesis.

Complete the following three courses, 7 credits:
ENV S&P 701 Perspectives in Environmental Science and Policy, 3 cr.
ENV S&P 762 Graduate Seminar, 1 cr.
ENV S&P 763 Seminar in Environmental Science and Policy, 3 cr.

And one of the following environmental science courses, 3 credits:
ENV S&P 740 Ecosystems Management, 3 cr.
ENV S&P 743 Landscape Ecology, 3 cr.
ENV S&P 766 Waste Management and Resource Recovery, 3 cr.
ENV SCI 660 Resource Management Strategy, 3 cr.

And one of the following public policy courses, 3 credits:
ENV S&P 708 Public Policy Analysis, 3 cr.
ENV S&P 713 Energy, Natural Resources, and Public Policy, 3 cr.
ENV S&P 752 Environmental Policy and Administration, 3 cr.
PU EN AF 578 Environmental Law, 3 cr.

And thesis requirement, 6 credits:
ENV S&P 799 Thesis, 6 cr.

Area of Emphasis Requirements
In addition to the general core requirements described above, students will select a program of study from one of the areas of emphasis described below. A fourth option is to develop a “personal program of study” more fitting to the career interest of the student.

Area of Emphasis courses (must total at least 15 credits, unduplicated by the program core):
• Ecosystem Studies, 15-16 credits
• Resource Management, 15-16 credits
• Environmental Policy and Administration, 15-16 credits
• Personal Program of Study, 15 credits minimum

Personal programs of study must conform to Environmental Science and Policy program guidelines. Such programs must be filed as a Graduate Student Program Plan and be approved by the student’s academic adviser, the Environmental Science and Policy program chair, and the associate dean of graduate studies and research. These programs must include the entire 19-credit program core requirements and include a minimum of 34 credits.

It is possible, even necessary depending on area requirements, that students will include one or two four-credit statistics courses in their academic program. In those cases, only seven credits would be needed in one semester which could be satisfied by the Seminars in Ecology and Evolution (ENV S&P 715) or an independent study or internship. If a regular course is selected, the academic program would include a total of 36 credits.

Ecosystem Studies (15 credits minimum)
Emphasis Prerequisites:
(taken elsewhere or prior to entrance)
Students who pursue the Ecosystems Studies area of emphasis are expected to have completed biology courses beyond introductory courses, typically the equivalent to a minor or major in biology. These courses should include an ecology course.

Core Courses:
Complete one of the following science courses, 3 credits:
ENV S&P 740 Ecosystems Management, 3 cr.
ENV S&P 743 Landscape Ecology, 3 cr.
ENV S&P 749 Wetland Ecology and Management, 3 cr.

Complete one of the following quantitative courses, 3-4 credits:
ENV S&P 755 Environmental Data Analysis, 4 cr.
ENV S&P 765 Environmental Modeling and Analysis, 4 cr.
MATH 555 Applied Mathematical Optimization, 3 cr.
MATH 630 Design of Experiments, 4 cr.
MATH 631 Multivariate Statistical Analysis, 4 cr.
MATH 667 Applied Regression Analysis, 3 cr.

Additional Courses, 9 credits:
Choose any combination from the courses listed here or above.

General Ecology:
ENV S&P 715 Seminar in Ecology and Evolution, 3 cr. (3 semesters — 1 credit each semester)
ENV SCI 667 Ecological Methods and Analysis, 4 cr.
ENV SCI 668 Ecological Applications, 4 cr.

Aquatic Ecology:
ENV SVI 530 Hydrology, 3 cr.
ENV SCI 605 Aquatic Ecology, 3 cr.

Plant Biology and Ecology:
BIOLOGY 511 Plant Physiology, 4 cr.
BIOLOGY 602 Advanced Microbiology, 3 credits
ENV SCI 520 The Soil Environment, 4 cr.
ENV SCI 563 Plants and Forest Pathology, 3 cr.

Animal Ecology:
BIOLOGY 553 Invertebrate Biology, 4 cr.
BIOLOGY 555 Entomology, 3 cr.

Environmental Policy and Planning:
ENV S&P 752 Environmental Policy and Administration, 3 cr.
PU EN AF 522 Environmental Planning, 3 cr.
PU EN AF 650 Advanced Geographic Information Systems, 3 cr.

Resource Management (15 credits minimum)
Emphasis Prerequisites:
(taken elsewhere or prior to entrance)
Students who pursue Resource Management come from a variety of undergraduate disciplines including biology, chemistry, earth science, economics, engineering, environmental planning, environmental policy, mathematics, physics, political science, public administration, and resource management. The appropriate undergraduate course preparation is dictated by the requisites to the courses to be included in a program of study and the thesis topic area.

Core Courses:
Complete one of the following science courses, 3 credits:
ENV S&P 724 Hazardous and Toxic Materials, 3 cr.
ENV S&P 733 Ground Water: Resources and Regulations, 3 cr.
ENV S&P 766 Waste Management and Resource Recovery, 3 cr.

Complete one of the following quantitative courses, 3-4 credits:
ENV S&P 755 Environmental Data Analysis, 4 cr.
ENV S&P 765 Environmental Modeling and Analysis, 4 cr.
MATH 555 Applied Mathematical Optimization, 3 cr.
MATH 630 Design of Experiments, 4 cr.
MATH 631 Multivariate Statistical Analysis, 4 cr.
MATH 667 Applied Regression Analysis, 3 cr.

Additional Courses, 9 credits minimum:
Choose any combination from the courses listed here or above.

Physical Resources Management:
CHEM 602 Advanced Organic Chemistry, 3 cr.
CHEM 613 Instrumental Analysis, 4 cr.
CHEM 617 Nuclear Physics and Radiochemistry, 3 cr.
CHEM 618 Nuclear Physics and Radiochemistry Laboratory, 1 cr.
ENV SCI 505 Environmental Systems, 3 cr.
ENV SCI 518 Pollution Control, 3 cr.
ENV SCI 520 The Soil Environment, 4 cr.
ENV SCI 523 Pollution Prevention, 3 cr.
ENV SCI 530 Hydrology, 3 cr.
ENV SCI 535 Water and Waste Water Treatment, 3 cr.
ENV SCI 615 Solar and Alternate Energy Systems, 3 cr.
ENV SCI 632 Hydrogeology, 3 cr.
ENV SCI 634 Environmental Chemistry, 3 cr.
ENV SCI 635 Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, 1 cr.
ENV SCI 660 Resource Management Strategy, 3 cr.

Biological Resources Management:
ENV S&P 740 Ecosystems Management, 3 cr.
ENV S&P 743 Landscape Ecology, 3 cr.
ENV S&P 749 Wetland Ecology and Management, 3 cr.
ENV SCI 669 Conservation Biology, 4 cr.

Natural Resources Analysis:
ENV SCI 654 Remote Sensing of the Environment, 3 cr.
PU EN AF 650 Advanced Geographic Information Systems, 3 cr.

Environmental Policy and Planning:
ENV S&P 713 Energy, Natural Resources, and Public Policy, 3 cr.
ENV S&P 752 Environmental Policy and Administration, 3 cr.
ECON 612 Economics of Sustainability, 3 cr.
PU EN AF 506 Regulatory Policy and Administration, 3 cr.
PU EN AF 522 Environmental Planning, 3 cr.
PU EN AF 578 Environmental Law, 3 cr.
PU EN AF 602 Environmental and Resource Economics, 3 cr.

Environmental Policy and Administration (15 credits minimum)
Emphasis Prerequisites:
(taken elsewhere or prior to entrance)
Students who pursue Environmental Policy and Administration come from a variety of undergraduate backgrounds such as economics, engineering, environmental planning, environmental policy, political science, public administration, sociology, or more traditional science disciplines. The appropriate undergraduate course preparation is dictated by the requisites to the courses to be included in a program of study and the thesis topic area. It would normally be expected that students would have the equivalent of one year of undergraduate course work in political science, public administration, or economics.

Core Courses:
Complete all of the following courses, 9 credits:
ENV S&P 708 Public Policy Analysis, 3 cr.
ENV S&P 752 Environmental Policy and Administration, 3 cr.
ENV S&P 760 Social Research Methods, 3 cr.

Administrative Organizations and Processes – complete one course, 3 credits:
MANAGMNT 753 Organizational Theory and Behavior, 3 cr.
POL SCI 610 Intergovernmental Relations, 3 cr.
PU EN AF 514 Administrative Law, 3 cr.
PU EN AF 615 Public and Nonprofit Budgeting, 3 cr.
PU EN AF 652 Planning Theory and Methods, 3 cr.

Public Policy – complete one course, 3 credits:
ENV S&P 713 Energy, Natural Resources, and Public Policy, 3 cr.
ECON 612 Economics of Sustainability, 3 cr.
POL SCI 516 Congress: Politics and Policy, 3 cr.
PU EN AF 506 Regulatory Policy and Administration, 3 cr.
PU EN AF 522 Environmental Planning, 3 cr.
PU EN AF 578 Environmental Law, 3 cr.
PU EN AF 602 Environmental and Resource Economics, 3 cr.

Additional Courses:
Choose any combination from the courses listed here or above.

Research Methods:
ENV S&P 755 Environmental Data Analysis, 4 cr.
ENV S&P 765 Environmental Modeling and Analysis, 4 cr.
MATH 630 Design of Experiments, 4 cr.
MATH 631 Multivariate Statistical Analysis, 4 cr.
MATH 667 Applied Regression Analysis, 3 cr.

Environmental Science:
ENV S&P 715 Seminar in Ecology and Evolution, 3 cr. (3 semesters – 1 credit each semester)
ENV S&P 724 Hazardous and Toxic Materials, 3 cr.
ENV S&P 733 Ground Water: Resources and Regulations, 3 cr.
ENV S&P 740 Ecosystems Management, 3 cr.
ENV S&P 743 Landscape Ecology, 3 cr.
ENV S&P 766 Waste Management and Resource Recovery, 3 cr.
ENV SCI 505 Environmental Systems, 3 cr.
ENV SCI 518 Pollution Control, 3 cr.
ENV SCI 523 Pollution Prevention, 3 cr.
ENV SCI 634 Environmental Chemistry, 3 cr.
ENV SCI 635 Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, 1 cr.
ENV SCI 660 Resource Management Strategy, 3 cr.
ENV SCI 668 Ecological Applications, 4 cr.

Environmental Planning and Geographic Information Systems:
PU EN AF 522 Environmental Planning, 3 cr.
PU EN AF 650 Advanced Geographic Information Systems, 3 cr.

Faculty
Davis, Gregory J., Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Mathematics). B.S. (1981) UW-Green Bay; M.A. (1985), Ph.D. (1987) Northwestern.
Fields of interest: smooth, discrete, and chaotic dynamical systems; mathematical modeling of biological and physical systems.
Dolan, David M., Assistant Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Mathematics/Statistics). B.S. (1971), M.S. (1972) Notre Dame; M.A. (1980) Michigan; Ph.D. (1999) McMaster (Canada).
Fields of interest: statistical applications to ecosystems studies and resource management; spatial statistics; pollutant load estimation; water quality monitoring and modeling.
Draney, Michael L., Assistant Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Biology). B.S. (1989) New Mexico State University; M.S. (1992), Ph.D. (1997) Univ. of Georgia.
Fields of interest: ecology, taxonomy, and conservation of spiders and ground-dwelling arthropods; winter active arthropods; life history strategies; inventory, monitoring, and assessment techniques for terrestrial and wetland arthropods.
Fencl, Heidi S., Assistant Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Physics). B.S. (1984) Nebraska Wesleyan; M.S. (1986) Univ. of Nebraska; Ph.D. (1992) Ohio State.
Fields of interest: science education, physics, astrophysics.
Fermanich, Kevin J., Assistant Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Earth Science). B.S. (1985) UW-Stevens Point; M.S. (1988), Ph.D. (1995) UW-Madison.
Fields of interest: nonpoint source pollution; soil and water management; contaminant fate and transport; vadose zone processes; hydrology.
Furlong, Scott R., Associate Professor, Public and Environmental Affairs (Political Science). B.A. (1985) St. Lawrence University; M.P.A. (1987), Ph.D. (1992) The American University.
Fields of interest: regulatory policy; environmental policy; legislative politics; administrative law; public policy and administration; research methods and interest group influence on the administrative rulemaking process.
Howe, Robert W., Barbara Hauxhurst Cofrin Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Biology); Director, Cofrin Arboretum and Center for Biodiversity. B.S. (1974) Notre Dame; M.S. (1977), Ph.D. (1981) UW-Madison.
Fields of interest: terrestrial ecology and conservation biology; bird population dynamics in fragmented forests; natural history and biogeography of vertebrates; evolutionary ecology.
Katers, John F., Assistant Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Engineering). B.S. (1991), M.S. (1993) UW-Green Bay; Ph.D. (1996) Marquette.
Fields of interest: agricultural waste management; waste water treatment; beneficial reuse of industrial byproducts; industrial recycling technologies; pollution prevention; renewable energy technologies.
Kraft, Michael E., Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor, Public and Environmental Affairs (Political Science). B.A. (1966) UC-Riverside; M.A. (1967), Ph.D. (1973) Yale.
Fields of interest: American politics and government; public policy analysis; Congress; environmental policy and politics in the U.S.; sustainable communities; politics of nuclear waste disposal; business and environmental policy; environmental information disclosure.
Lyon, John M., Associate Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Chemistry). B.S. (1977) Lehigh; Ph.D. (1983) Rutgers.
Fields of interest: transition metal chemistry; catalytic hydrodeclorination reactions; reactions of transition metals in high oxidation states as oxygenation catalysts; photochemical energy conversion systems.
Marker, James C., Associate Professor, Human Biology (Exercise Physiology). B.S. (1979) Weber State University; M.S. (1981) Utah State University; Ph.D. (1985) Brigham Young University; Post-Doctoral Fellow (1985- 88) Washington State University of Medicine.
Fields of interest: exercise physiology/endocrinology; the role/response of hormones during exercise; metabolic responses to exercise and exercise training; adaptions to exercise training in the elderly; the role of the sympathoadrenal system and glucose counter-regulatory system during exercise; exercise/muscle physiology; exercise testing and prescription; kinesiology.
Merkel, Brian J., Assistant Professor, Human Biology (Biology). B.S. (1989) Richmond; Ph.D. (1994) Virginia Commonwealth.
Fields of interest: the environmental effects of polychlorinated byphenyls (PCBs) on the human and murine immune system; specifically the effects of PCBs on neutrophils from residents living in the Fox River watershed and the effects of PCBs on macrophage-mediated Thelper cell activation in mice.
Meyer, Steven J., Assistant Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Earth Science). B.S. (1983) Northern Illinois; M.S. (1986), Ph.D. (1990) University of Nebraska.
Fields of interest: climate change, the effects of climate change on agriculture, climate related decision making, science education.
Morgan, Michael D., Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Biology). B.S. (1963) Butler; M.S., Ph.D. (1968) Illinois.
Fields of interest: ecology and management of rare plant species; impact of global warming on plant populations.
Nair, V.M.G., Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Forest and Plant Pathology, Mycology). B.Sc., Madras; M.Sc., Aligarh; Associate I.A.R.I, Agricultural Ministry, New Delhi; Ph.D. (1964) UW-Madison.
Fields of interest: international quarantine and disease control programs of plant-forest tree diseases; Weedicide-Silvicide applications in the establishment of exotic tree species in developing countries and their aftereffects on wildlife and fishes; preservation of tropical forests species and forest medicinal plants; host parasite interactions of vascular wilt and canker pathogens; electron and three-dimension electron microscopy.
Nekola, Jeffrey C., Associate Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Ecology). B.A. (1987) Coe College; Ph.D. (1993) University of North Carolina.
Fields of interest: principles of ecology; biological resource management; conservation biology; plant taxonomy.
Niedzwiedz, William R., Professor, Public and Environmental Affairs (Geography). B.S. (1969), M.S. (1972) Massachusetts; Ph.D. (1981) Virginia Polytechnic.
Fields of interest: geographic information systems; remote sensing applications; land use planning; environmental impact assessment.
Phoenix, Laurel, Assistant Professor, Public and Environmental Affairs (Planning). B.S. (1992), M.S. (1994) Colorado at Boulder; Ph.D. (2001) SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
Fields of interest: environmental policy; water resources; rural planning; regional/state planning; smart growth.
Reed, Tara, Assistant Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Biology). B.A. (1980) Whitworth; M.S. (1995) Oregon State; Ph.D. (1999) UW-Madison.
Fields of interest: impacts of anthropogenic activities and exotic invasions on aquatic ecosystem; changes in the Green Bay ecosystem following zebra mussel invasion; evaluating the changes in macroinvertebrate community structure downstream following dam removal.
Scheberle, Denise L., Professor, Public and Environmental Affairs (Political Science). B.S. (1982), M.P.A. (1984) University of Wyoming; Ph.D. (1991) Colorado State University.
Fields of interest: environmental policy and law; policy implementation and formation; federal-state relationships in environmental programs; public administration; intergovernmental relations; public policy.
Stieglitz, Ronald D., Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Earth Science-Geology). B.S. (1963) UW-Milwaukee; M.S. (1967), Ph.D. (1970) Illinois.
Fields of interest: environmental geology; stratigraphic analysis; sedimentary geology; applications of geology to land use problems; ground water resources.
Stoll, John R., Professor, Public and Environmental Affairs (Economics). B.S. (1973) UW-Green Bay; M.S. (1977), Ph.D. (1980) Kentucky.
Fields of interest: natural resource and environmental economics; quantitative methods; nonmarket valuation methodology; economics of recreation and leisure; cost-benefit analysis, regional economics, fisheries economics, value of nonconsumptive resource usage.
Terry, Patricia A., Associate Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Engineering). B.S. (1989), M.S. (1991) Texas; Ph.D. (1995) Colorado.
Fields of interest: environmental separations, water remediation.
Zorn, Michael E., Assistant Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Chemistry). B.S. (1993) UW-Green Bay; Ph.D. (1997) UW-Madison.
Fields of interest: development of photocatalytic and catalytic methods for degradation of environmental contaminants; development of enhancement of experimental methods for the analysis of environmental samples.

Emeriti Faculty
Day, Harold Jack, Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Engineering). B.S. (1952), M.S. (1953), Ph.D. (1963) UW-Madison.
Fields of interest: water resources, fluid mechanics, hydrology and related applications of engineering to society and technology; regional water quality and associated land management and flood plain management; resource management.
Harris, Hallet J., Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Biology). B.A. (1961) Coe College; M.S. (1965), Ph.D. (1966) Iowa State.
Fields of interest: animal and wetland ecology; management of coastal areas; wildlife management; ecological risk assessment.
Moran, Joseph M., Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Earth Science). B.A. (1965), M.S. (1967) Boston College; Ph.D. (1972) UW-Madison.
Fields of interest: nature of climatic change, air pollution meteorology; applications of paleoclimatic reconstruction techniques to Glacial-age evidence; environmental implications of current climatic changes; quaternary climatology; geology.
Norman, Jack C., Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Chemistry). B.S. (1960) New Hampshire; Ph.D. (1965) UW-Madison.
Fields of interest: nuclear and radio chemistry; environmental radioactivity; distribution and cycling of natural and artificial radionuclides in the environment; wastepaper recycling and deinking; recycling and decontamination of pulping liquors and effluents.
Rhyner, Charles R., Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Physics). B.S. (1962), M.S. (1964), Ph.D. (1967) UW-Madison.
Fields of interest: applied physics including radiation dosimetry and electronic instrumentation; primary research interest is in modeling solid waste management systems.
Sager, Paul E., Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Biology). B.S. (1959) Michigan; M.S. (1963), Ph.D. (1967) UW-Madison.
Fields of interest: 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.
Schwartz, Leander J., Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Biology). B.S. (1957) UW-Platteville; M.S. (1959), Ph.D. (1963) UW-Madison.
Fields of interest: resource recovery: anaerobic digestion of organic wastes and/or use as fertilizers and in other applications; bacterial survival in aquatic ecosystems.
Wenger, Robert B., Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Mathematics). B.S. (1958) Eastern Mennonite; M.A. (1962) Pennsylvania State; Ph.D. (1969) Pittsburgh.
Fields of interest: application of mathematical models to environmental problems such as solid waste management and water quality management; ecosystem risk assessment and graph-theoretic approaches to the study of ecosystem stressors.
Wiersma, James H., Professor, Natural and Applied Sciences (Chemistry). B.S. (1961) UW-Oshkosh; M.S. (1965), Ph.D. (1967) Missouri-Kansas City.
Fields of interest: 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.

Adjunct Faculty
Ditton, Robert, Adjunct Professor, Texas A&M (Wildlife and Fisheries, Recreations and Parks). B.S. (1964) SUNY at Cortland; M.S. (1966), Ph.D. (1969) Illinois.
Fields of interest: coastal resources, human dimensions of resource use, resource management, coastal and inland fisheries, recreation and parks, birding, non-consumptive resource usage. Research has centered upon management of coastal resources including policy, human dimensions of usage, and management impacts. Extensive experience in data collection and analysis using survey techniques.
Katz, Chris, Adjunct Assistant Professor, (Veterinary Medicine). B.S. (1977), D.V.M. (1981) Iowa State.
Fields of interest: Black Bear research, wildlife and exotic pet medicine, wildlife anesthetization for research.
Medland, Vicki, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cofrin Center for Biodiversity (Biology). B.S. (1984) UW-Madison; M.S. (1989) New Mexico State University; Ph.D. (1997) University of Georgia.
Fields of interest: evolutionary and behavioral ecology of aquatic invertebrates. Current research: characterizing the parameters that maintain coexistence of both males and hermaphrodites (i.e., androdioecy) in clam shrimp populations in desert ponds in the southwestern United States. Identifying the environmental cues important in regulating dormancy in cyclopoid copepods inhabiting temporary ponds.
Meece, Jennifer, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation (Genetics). B.S. (1990) North Dakota; M.S. (1995) Western Illinois; Ph.D. (2002) Notre Dame.
Fields of interest: West Nile Virus research, mosquito ecology, disease transmission.
Reed, Kurt, Adjunct Professor, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation (Pathology). B.S. (1976), M.D. (1980) UW-Madison.
Fields of interest: environmental aspects of human health, ecology and transmission of diseases, health histories of human populations.
Robertson, Dale, Adjunct Associate Professor, U.S. Geological Survey (Hydrology). B.S. (1981) St. Norbert College; M.S. (1984), Ph.D. (1989) UW-Madison.
Fields of interest: physical limnology; water-quality modeling; influence of environmental factors, watershed management strategies, and in-lake management alternatives on the water quality rivers and lakes; ice as climatic indicators; effects of artificial destratification; regional loading estimates; meteorological and lake physical measurements; air-water interactions.
Shukla, Sanjay, Adjunct Associate Professor, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation (Microbiology). B.S. (1982), M.S. (1984) Calcutta; M.S. (1989) North Dakota; Ph.D. (1996) Oklahoma.
Fields of interest: ecology of novel diseases such as West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease, emerging health issues.
Wolf, Amy, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cofrin Center for Biodiversity (Ecology). B.S. (1989) UW-Green Bay; M.S. (1993) UW-Green Bay; Ph.D. (1998) University of California-Davis.
Fields of interest: conservation biology, plant-animal interactions, restoration ecology, plant population ecology, ornithology. Current research: pollination ecology of rare plants, butterfly conservation and monitoring, population genetics of rare plants, invasive wetland plants, conservation of native bees.
Yingst, R. Aileen, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Director, Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium (Earth Science-Geology). A.B. (1991) Dartmouth College; M.S. (1995), Ph.D. (1998) Brown University.
Fields of interest: volcanology, geomorphology, planetary geology, spectroscopy and other remote sensing applications.