Faculty & Staff

Amy Carrozzino-Lyon

Amy Carrozzino-Lyon

Restoration Scientist
MAC 218F

I am a wildlife biologist and social scientist working with conservation partners toward restoration of coastal wetland communities on Green Bay west shore. I also collaborate with professional stakeholders to facilitate conservation planning processes and engage conservation community groups in wetland restoration. My past and current projects have focused on fish and wildlife biology and... Read more »

Kpoti Gunn, Ph.D.

Kpoti Gunn, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
ES 307A

I received my first undergraduate degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Lome-Togo and a second one in Environmental Sciences from Bellevue University in Nebraska. While at the University of Lome, I discovered my passion of Water management, which deepened further with an added interest in water pollution during my environmental science studies at Bellevue University. After my... Read more »

Mathew Dornbush

Mathew Dornbush

Dean of the Cofrin School of Business
WH 480E

Research Interests

My primary research interest relates to the use of native plant restorations to improve ecosystem services, focusing principally upon their influence on soil organisms and processes.

Education

Ph.D. 2005 Iowa State University, Ames, IA; M.S. 2001 Iowa State University, Ames, IA; B.A. 1998 Augustana College, Rock Island, IL

Michael Draney

Michael Draney

Professor
LS 461

Research Interests

I am interested in conservation applications of terrestrial arthropod assemblages, especially spiders, and have a particular interest in the ecology and taxonomy of sheet web spiders (family Linyphiidae).

Education

Ph.D., Entomology, 1997, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; Certificate in Environmental Ethics, 1995, University of Georgia,... Read more »

Kevin Fermanich

Kevin Fermanich

Professor & Researcher
LS 416

Website

http://www.uwgb.edu/fermanik/

Research Interests

Soil processes and ground water quality; nonpoint source pollution; watershed monitoring and management; fate of contaminants.

Education

B.S. UW-Stevens Point; M.S., Ph.D. UW-Madison.

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Michael Holly, Ph.D.

Michael Holly, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
ES 307B

Research Interests

Agricultural waste management; stormwater management; nonpoint source pollution; farm system modeling; environmental fate and treatment of anthropogenic chemicals.

Education

B.S. Michigan State University; M.S., Ph.D. UW-Madison.

Certifications 

Licensed Professional Engineer in Michigan.

Patrick Forsythe

Patrick Forsythe

Research Interests

My research interests are generally in the fields of population ecology and conservation biology focusing on aquatic ecosystems in the Great Lakes region. I tend to focus on questions that seek to understand the behavioral and ecological mechanisms that contribute to variation in the annual abundance of fish populations including lake sturgeon and yellow... Read more »

Lisa Grubisha

Lisa Grubisha

Associate Professor, Chair of Applied Biotechnology
LS 445

Research Interests

Fungal ecology and evolution, Microbial diversity and function, Conservation Biology, Population Genetics, Phylogenetics

Education

PhD., University of California Berkeley; M.S., Oregon State University; B.S., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

David Helpap

David Helpap

Associate Professor
MAC A319

Field of Interest
State and local government, public management and budgeting, public policy

Research
Dr. Helpap’s current research focuses on the management practices of local governments, with a particular emphasis on budgeting and the provision of public goods. Other research interests include rural politics and management, public policy making at the state... Read more »

Jeremy Intemann

Jeremy Intemann

Associate Professor
LS 411

Research Interests

My research is in the field of conjugated polymers and small molecules for use in organic electronics. The conjugated systems of these materials gives them semiconducting properties, which allows us to use them in place of silicon in solar cells, large area displays (TVs), solid-state lighting, and transistor technologies. Because the semiconductors are plastics,... Read more »

John Katers, Ph.D.

John Katers, Ph.D.

Dean of College of Science, Engineering and Technology
ES 317B

Dean John Katers has been employed at UW-Green Bay since 1995, initially working for the University of Wisconsin Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center as a Recycling Specialist before joining the Natural and Applied Sciences (NAS) faculty in 1999. He was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2004, and promoted to Professor in 2012. He served as Chair of NAS since 2012, and has... Read more »

Sungsu Kim

Sungsu Kim

Assistant Professor
ES 323B

John Luczaj

John Luczaj

Professor - Chair of Geosciences
LS 438

Website

www.uwgb.edu/luczajj/

Research Interests

Water-rock interaction in eastern Wisconsin Paleozoic sedimentary rocks, arsenic in northeastern Wisconsin rocks and groundwater, fluid-inclusions in minerals, carbonate diagenesis, Mississippi Valley-Type mineralization, bedrock geology of Brown County,... Read more »

Daniel Meinhardt

Daniel Meinhardt

Associate Professor and Richter Museum Curator
MAC 218E

Dr. Meinhardt (he/him/his) teaches courses in human anatomy and physiology, comparative vertebrate anatomy, and evolutionary biology. Trained as an evolutionary anatomist, Dr. Meinhardt’s early research focused on miniaturization in frogs and some philosophical questions in evolutionary biology (e.g., Are species real?). Recently, he turned attention to the development of human... Read more »

Laurel Phoenix

Laurel Phoenix

Associate Professor
MAC B331

Fields of Interest

Limits to Growth, Food/Water/Energy Nexus, Water Resources Management, Drinking Water Quality and Infrastructure, Rural Planning, Resilient Communities

Research

Dr. Phoenix is currently researching Washington Island wastewater decision-making, and a comparative study of planning for catastrophic flooding in Green Bay and Houghton set in the... Read more »

Karen Stahlheber

Karen Stahlheber

Associate Professor
LS 459

Website

http://www.karenstahlheber.com/

Research Interests

I am a plant community ecologist interested in the connections among species diversity, ecosystem processes and human management. My past and current projects span natural and agricultural landscapes, with a focus on savannas and grasslands. Presently my... Read more »

Patricia Terry, Ph.D.

Patricia Terry, Ph.D.

Professor, Chair of Richard J. Resch School of Engineering
LS 463

Research Interests

Water quality, environmental separations, alternative energies, biodiesel.

Education

B.S., M.S. University of Texas; Ph.D. University of Colorado
 

 

Keir Wefferling

Keir Wefferling

Assistant Professor & Herbarium Curator
MAC 212

Keir Wefferling (he/him/his) is the Curator of the Gary A. Fewless Herbarium in the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity and an Assistant Professor in Biology. He has been at UW-Green Bay since 2020 and teaches Field Botany and Plant Biodiversity. Most of Keir's work to date focuses on plant systematics: describing plant biodiversity and evolutionary relationships among lineages. Recently,... Read more »

Elizabeth Wheat

Elizabeth Wheat

Associate Professor
MAC B327

PEA Pre-Law Advisor

Elizabeth Wheat is an Associate Professor in Public and Environmental Affairs, Political Science, Environmental Science and Policy, and the Master of Science in Sustainable Management programs at UW-Green Bay.

Fields of Interest

Environmental law, civil rights and liberties, environmental justice, international law and organizations, Model... Read more »

Amy Wolf

Amy Wolf

Professor
LS 466

Research Interests

My work has focused on the ecology of plant-animal interactions, including studies of host specific insects (northern blue butterfly), rare plants (serpentine morning glory), and Wisconsin bees. I also am co-leader of the Wabikon Forest Dynamics Plot, part of a global network of intensive, long term forest research sites initiated by the Smithsonian... Read more »

Michael Zorn

Michael Zorn

Associate Dean and Professor
ES 317D

Research Interests

Use and improvement of commercial in situ chemical sensors (phosphate, nitrate, dissolved oxygen, etc.) for environmental monitoring. Development of new chemical sensor technologies (smartphone-integrated and/or microcontroller-based devices, microglow discharge instruments, magnetoelastic resonance sensors, etc.). Utilization of catalysis and... Read more »