Department Directory
Research Ecologist with USGS, and Affiliate Professor and Research Scientist at CSU
Department Head
Professor
I am a geophysicist with interests in seismic imaging and source studies applied to diverse Earth processes that encompass deep structure, earthquakes, volcanos, and glaciers.
Assistant Professor
Demography, Population Ecology, Life History Evolution, Conservation Biology, Wildlife Management, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Climate Change, Habitat Degradation.
Co-Director, Center for Protected Area Management
Jim Barborak is a multilingual specialist in protected area planning and management with over 40 years experience in over 25 nations
Research Associate
Colorado Forest Restoration Institute
Research Associate IV
Computer Programmer, Web Design, ESRI Javascript API
Barbara Anthony Cox Chair of Wildlife Conservation
Professor
Barbara Cox Anthony University Chair in Wildlife Conservation
Senior Research Scientist, Joint Faculty Appointment-Assistant Professor, Director Larval Fish Lab
CAREER CENTER LIAISON TO WARNER COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Assistant Professor
Researching innovative strategies for restoring biodiversity, investigates how ecological communities and interactions are transformed by anthropogenic change, and integrates technology.
Research Scientist and Professor
Wildlife and pastoral ecology; Simulation; Teaching
Associate Professor
My passion is connecting citizen science, art and science using multicultural perspectives and international agreements to global sustainability issues such as pollinator decline. I also believe in the integration of art and culture into ecological research and communication.
Affiliate Faculty-Assistant Professor; Graduate MS Adviser, PhD Co-Advise
Senior Instructor
I am a geoscientist interested in the lessons of Earth’s past about climate change, ocean circulation, and carbon cycling. I am also interested in advancing geoscience education, diversity and inclusion.
"Bucky"
Urban Ecology, Urban Forestry, Human-Wildlife Interactions, Environmental Justice/Equity, Asian Elephants
Colorado State Forest Service and Warner College of Natural Resources
Academic Liaison and Experiential Learning Specialist
Research Associate
Colorado Forest Restoration Institute
Sr Research Associate
I am an Environmental Toxicologist and Associate Director at the Center for Environmental Management - Military Lands.
Research Associate
Colorado Forest Restoration Institute
limnology, ecosystem ecology, paleolimnology, global change ecology
Professor and Director, CO Forest Restoration Institute
Collaborative planning, monitoring, and adaptive management for forest restoration and wildfire risk management; forest governance, policy, and administration
MS Program, Hydrogeology/Hydrogeophysics - Mike Ronayne, Advisor
Master Instructor
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) , Forest Measurements , Dendrology
Senior Research Scientist
The full range of issues related to wetland and riparian ecosystems.
Professor, Sustainable Tourism, Coordinator of Global Tourism Concentration
His research focus includes sustainable tourism development - linking tourism, nature conservation and protected areas; collaborative conservation and protected area management; and perceptions of landscape disturbance - implications for human dimensions of natural resources, recreation and tourism.
Senior Research Scientist and Advising Faculty
Ecosystem science and systems ecology, particularly of the world's large herbivore ecosystems.
Assistant Professor
Indigenous Natural Resource Stewardship
Research Associate III, Joint Faculty Appointment-Instructor, Graduate Co-Advise only
Research Associate II
Web Developer / Database Administrator
Joint Faculty Appointment-Assistant Professor, MFWCB Coordinator/Adviser
Domain & Database Administrator
Database-driven web applications utilizing Coldfusion & PHP | MSSQL & MySQL database design & management | Active Directory Group Policy
Professor
I am a sedimentary geologist focusing on process geology in shales and carbonates. I apply the depositional and diagenetic models me and my students generate to characterize hydrocarbon reservoirs.
Ph.D. Student, GDPE; Research Assistant, North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center
Professor
Snow Hydrology, Climate Impacts on Water Resources
Emeritus Professor
Ecology and management of stream-riparian ecosystems, focusing on stream fish and their habitat
Senior Research Scientist
Rangeland Social-ecological Systems
Ph.D. Candidate - Fish, Wildife, and Conservation Biology
Research Associate II
Remote sensing of vegetation and geospatial analyses.
Co-Director, Center for Protected Area Management
Protected Area Management, Ecotourism, Environmental Interpretation, and Conservation Leadership
Research Associate IV
Landscape Ecology and Spatial Analysis
Senior Research Scientist
Ecology and conservation biology
Research Scientist/Ecologist
Research interests: Wetland ecology, management and restoration; Urban ecohydrology; GIS and remote sensing
Assistant Professor
I am an Earth Scientist interested in geomorphology, active tectonics, landscape evolution, and critical zone science. My research is multidisciplinary and involves fieldwork, geochronology, GIS, numerical modeling, and laboratory and data analysis.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Wildfire risk analysis, fire planning, firefighting effectiveness, fire ecology
Professor
Regional Climate/Ecosystem Modeling, Remote Sensing, Solar UV Radiation Monitoring and Research
international climate change negotiations, water and energy policy, climate drivers of ecosystem change
Associate Professor
I am a conservation biologist that integrates field ecology with environmental finance and policy to identify innovative ways to sustain and restore biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Senior Research Associate
Planning for Biodiversity Conservation
Senior Research Associate
Jill Handwerk, Botany Team Lead and Information Manager at CNHP, has over 20 years of experience in Colorado botany. Through her work as lead organizer of the annual Colorado Rare Plant Symposia, and at CNHP, she has close working relationships with botanists throughout the region, including USFWS, USFS, BLM, UT and WY heritage programs, local consultants, and regional herbaria. Ms. Handwerk has been the principal investigator on numerous botanical projects including work for the USFWS, USFS, BLM, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Most recently Ms. Handwerk was the lead author on the Rare Plant Addendum to the 2015 Colorado Wildlife Action Plan, and the lead botanical editor of the 2015 Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Colorado Bureau of Land Management.
Professor
As a geologist/isotope geochemist with the AIRIE Program, my interests span petroleum and mineral resources and paleoclimatology. I also manage CSU’s collaborative National Park Service Geologic Resources Inventory group.
Edward M. Warner Chair of Geophysics
Professor
I am a geophysicist focusing on geodynamic studies of continental rift systems and rifted continental margins.
Assistant Professor
Dryland Ecology and Management
Dean of Warner College and Professor
Academic leadership, applied vertebrate ecology, and forest management.
Resch Sci/Scholar II
Landscape Ecology and Conservation Biology
Research Associate (Retired)
Soil and ecosystem modeling: land-use change, climate change, geomorphology
Wildlife Project Coordinator
Wildlife, Threatened/Endangered Species, Fort McCoy
Associate Professor
Wildland fire science across spatial and temporal scales
Academic Success/Internship Coordinator / WCNR Learning Communities Director
Sustainability in Higher Education | Student Engagement |Curriculum Development | Education Program Management
Assistant Professor
Migration ecologist using radar to study avian movements
Research Associate III
DoD Environmental Compliance: Stormwater, GIS
Professor
I study food webs, predator-prey interactions, lake and reservoir ecology, effects of nonnative species, fisheries management, contaminants, and effects of climate.
Associate Professor Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
Hydrology
Assistant Professor
Stream fish ecology and conservation
Research Associate II, National Park Service Cooperator
Research Associate
Geographic Information System Developer, Wildland Fire Systems
I am a behavioral ecologist who specialises in equids and endangered species conservation.
Assistant Professor; Director of Engagement, Master of Tourism Management-China
Community-based tourism, Sustainability, Tourism-linked Empowerment
Wildfire Management Research Program Lead, Public Lands Policy Group
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
James C. Kennedy Chair of Wetland and Waterfowl Conservation
Professor
James C Kennedy Endowed Wetland/Waterfowl Conservation Chair. I use demography to solve problems and answer questions in conservation, management, ecology, and evolution.
Research Associate III
I am a zoologist with interests in conservation, population ecology and the biogeography of amphibians and reptiles in Colorado.
MS Student-GDPE-Dr. Sara Bombaci's Lab
Wildlife Ecology and Behavior
Instructor, Undergraduate Coordinator, and Internship and Outreach Coordinator
Internships, career preparation, event planning, natural resource ecology and measurements.
Wetland Ecologist
I am a wetland ecologist who specializes in inventory, assessment and monitoring of wetlands throughout the Western U.S, from protocol development to implementation of large-scale resource assessments. I am also involved with developing educational resources about wetlands.
Ph.D. Candidate - Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
Research Scientist II
Social-ecological systems, African drylands and mixed-methods research
Senior Research Scientist/Associate Professor
Timber harvesting and wood utilization
Associate Professor
I am a structural geologist/hard rock petrologist, with interests in faults, shear zones, fault rocks, the geochemical and isotopic aspects of deformation, metamorphic and igneous petrology, and geoeducation including geophotography.
Research Associate III
Ecohydrology, with a focus on conserving and restoring wetlands and riparian areas
Graduate Research Assistant
Structural geology and geologic mapping.
MS Program, Reservoir Characterization - Lisa Stright, Advisor
Assistant Professor
I am a geoscientist who utilizes novel in situ geophysical and remote sensing tools to study earth surface processes, particularly related to the cryosphere. My research has involved more than 15 expeditions to Antarctica, Greenland, Alaska and Patagonia.
Research Associate III: Environmental Review and Data Distribution
I am a conservation scientist at CNHP with expertise in technical report writing, geographic information systems, spatial analysis, information technology, graphic design, desktop publishing software, project administration, photography, public outreach and communications.
Program Coordinator for Conservation Leadership
Leadership development with emphasis in environmental education.
Aquatic Ecologist
Aquatic ecology and biogeochemistry with a focus on water quality, macroinvertebrates, and native fish conservation.
Social-ecological dynamics of collaborative grazing management on government-owned lands
Graduate Assistant
Land use planning, scenario planning, ecosystem services modeling, environmental policy.
Research Associate
Colorado Forest Restoration Institute
Professor
Applied fish physiological ecology and fish conservation
Associate Professor
Plant ecophysiology, plant water-use strategies, plant drought tolerance, drought-induced mortality, sensor development and implementation.
Program Assistant / Assistant to the Department Head
Shell Endowed Chair of Restoration Ecology
Professor
Restoration Ecology
Research Associate
Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change
Assistant Professor
Forest inventory, analysis, monitoring, adaptive forest management, silviculture, carbon management
Assistant Professor/Undergraduate Advisor
Conservation Education, Animal Behavior and Ecology. Not taking graduate students.
