More than 150 admitted and prospective students will visit the Dana Building today (Friday, March 14) during the largest-ever Visit Day at the School of Natural Resources and Environment.
Students spend the day learning more about the school's 10 areas of study by talking with current students and faculty. During lunch in the Ford Commons, students will learn more about the school's affiliated centers of excellence as well as its dual-degree programs.
Heather Morgan operated an air monitor running in a community on the fenceline with Chalmette Refining, Co.
Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, 1980
MS, Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1974
BS, Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1973
Research interests include the effects of natural and anthropogenic stresses on Great Lakes and marine ecosystems, with a focus on the use of models and integrated assessments in transferring knowledge to the decision-making process. Teaching interests include the roles of conveying uncertainty, peer review, stakeholder input, interpreting trends, prediction, scale, and government interaction in developing and applying Integrated Scientific Assessments.
Ph.D., Natural Resources, 1995, University of New Hampshire M.Sc., Environmental Sciences, 1992, University of Virginia Sc.B., Physics, 1983, Brown University
Bill studies the linkages among carbon, nutrient, and water cycling and energy flows and transformations in terrestrial ecosystems and human-environment systems. He is interested in using our current understanding of ecosystems to explore creative, new understanding of the two-way interactions in human-environment systems. He works at scales from field plots to landscapes, collaborating with other researchers and students to integrate understanding and build models for synthesis. The goal of this research is to contribute to the developing field of sustainability science using an approach that grows out of ecosystem science.
Ph.D. Resource Ecology and Management, University of Michigan
M.S. Information Science, University of Illinois
B.S. Geography, Western Illinois University
I am an ecologist who combines field and geospatial data and methods to study the pattern and process of ecological systems and biodiversity. I also strive to build bridges between science and social science. What motivates my work is recognition of the complexity of the relationship of humans and ecological systems. These relationships and their emergent properties can be studied at different spatial scales and levels of biological organization. Knowledge gained from field studies, geospatial data, and analysis can be used to build models that help scientists and to understand the implications of human actions on the social and natural systems of which they are a part.
Ph.D. Geography, 1992, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A. Geography, 1989, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A. Geoenvironmental Studies, 1987, Shippensburg University
Research interests focus on land use change and its effects on ecosystems and on human vulnerability. This work connects a computer-based simulation (e.g., agent-based modeling) of land-use-change processes with GIS and remote sensing based data on historical patterns of landscape change and social surveys. We are working to couple these models with GIS-based data and other models to evaluate consequences of change. We are also working to understand the ways in which land-use decisions are made. Collaborative research investigate the effects of spatial and social neighborhoods on the physical and social risks on human health.
