School of Natural Resources and Environment

Governing faculty

Johannes Foufopoulos Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Educational Background: 

Ph.D. Zoology, 1999, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Masters of Science, Zoology, 1995, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bachelor of Science, Biology, 1991, University of Illinois-Urbana

Research in the lab focuses on conservation biology issues and on the ecology and evolution of infectious diseases. Major research projects address questions regarding the impact of diseases on wildlife populations and the environmental causes leading to disease emergence. Other projects examine how habitat fragmentation and global climate change result in species extinction.

Contact:

jfoufop@umich.edu

2064 Dana

734-763-9460
763-9460

Maria Carmen Lemos Ph.D.

Professor

Educational Background: 

Ph.D. Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

M.Sc. Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

B.S. Economics,Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Research Interests:

My broad research interests are related to the human dimensions of global change and social studies of science. I am particularly interested in understanding: (a) the intersection between development and climate, especially concerning the relationship between anti-poverty programs and risk management (b) the use of technoscientific information, especially seasonal climate (El Nino forecasting) in building adaptive capacity to climate variability and change (drought planning, water management, and agriculture) in the U.S. (Great Lakes) and Latin America (Brazil, Mexico and Chile); (c) the impact of technocratic decisionmaking on issues of democracy and equity; (d) the co-production of science and policy and the role of technocrats as decisionmakers; (e) the role of popular participation in urban environmental policymaking and policymaker/client interactions; (f)U.S.-Mexico border region environmental policymaking especially regarding transboundary water conflict, environmental health, a common use of shared natural resources.

Contact:

lemos@umich.edu

2504 Dana

734-764-9315
764-9315

Raymond De Young Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Educational Background: 

Ph.D., 1984, University of Michigan

We must learn to respond to diminishing material and energy abundance while we address climate disruption caused by our past consumption. This bio-physical reality is inevitable. What is not inevitable, however, is the nature of our response. I’m heartened by Antonio Gramsci’s notion of a “pessimism of the intellect; optimism of the will.” While the resource descent we face will be historic, so too can be our response.

Contact:

rdeyoung@umich.edu

2034a Dana

734-763-3129

Joan Iverson Nassauer

Professor

Educational Background: 

M.L.A. Landscape Architecture, 1978, Iowa State University

B.L.A. Landscape Architecture, 1975, University of Minnesota

Joan Iverson Nassauer is Professor of Landscape Architecture in the School of Natural Resources and Environment. She was named Fellow by the American Society of Landscape Architects (1992), Fellow of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (2007), and Distinguished Practitioner of Landscape Ecology in the US (1998) and Distinguished Scholar (2007) by the International Association of Landscape Ecology. She focuses on the cultural sustainability of ecological design in human-dominated landscapes.  Her research offers knowledge and strategies for basing ecological design on cultural insight, strong science, and creative engagement with policy. Her teaching and recent projects apply this approach to brownfields, vacant property, exurban sprawl, and agricultural landscapes.

Contact:

nassauer@umich.edu

1572 Dana

734-763-9893

Thomas N. Gladwin, Ph.D.

Professor

Educational Background: 

Ph.D. International Business & Natural Resource Policy, 1975, University of Michigan

M.B.A. Business Administration, 1971, University of Michigan

B.S. Business Administration, 1970, University of Delaware

Tom Gladwin is the Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, and he holds a joint appointment with the Ross School of Business.

Professor Gladwin's research focuses on the intersection of environmentalism and globalism in relation to the behavior of industrial corporations. He has published extensively-more than 125 publications-on the theme that the challenges of environmental sustainability and economic globalization are probably the two most profound forces shaping human destiny. This theme is a vital and challenging one, and one to which Gladwin speaks provocatively. At the core of Gladwin's research is the idea that the reintegration of humanity with nature is necessary if organizational science is to support ecologically and socially sustainable development.

Contact:

tgladwin@umich.edu

6374 Ross

734-647-4491

6374 Ross

Michael R. Moore, Ph.D.

Professor and Associate Dean for Research

Educational Background: 

Ph.D. Natural Resource Economics, 1986, University of Michigan

B.A. Economics, 1977, University of Colorado

Michael Moore's teaching involves courses in natural resource and environmental economics. His research interests include analysis of federal water policy and water allocation conflicts between environmental and consumptive uses of river systems; economic aspects of biodiversity and species conservation; and economics of environmental markets, including markets for green products (such as green electricity) and markets for pollution permits (such as the federal SO2 allowance market).

Contact:

micmoore@umich.edu

1576 Dana

734-647-4337

Dan Brown, Ph.D.

Professor

Educational Background: 

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.

Contact:

danbrown@umich.edu

3505 Dana

734-763-5803

Michaela Theresia Zint Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Educational Background: 

Zint, M. and A. Giles. 2000. Environmental education undergraduate and graduate programs and faculty in the United States, 2nd edition. North American Association for Environmental Education, Rock Spring, GA.Ph.D. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Human Dimensions, 1996, Michigan State University

M.B.A. Marketing, 1990, Michigan State University

B.A. Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Mgmt, 1988, Michigan State University

Primary research interests focus on testing and enhancing human behavior, decision, and persuasion theories in environmental education and communication (especially risk) contexts applying structural equation modeling, meta-analysis, and case studies. Most current studies focus on evaluating environmental education programs.

Contact:

zintmich@umich.edu

2032a Dana

734-763-6961

Julia M. Wondolleck, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Educational Background: 

Ph.D. Environmental Policy and Planning, 1983, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

M.C.P Environmental Planning, 1980, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A.B. Economics, 1977, University of California, Davis

Julia Wondolleck has spent over 20 years researching the emergence and functioning of inter-organizational and community-based collaborative processes in ecosystem-scale resource management, processes that often arise in response to natural and/or social system crises. Her research focus is environmental decision-making and the structure of policy and administrative processes that promote the sustainability of ecological and human systems in the face of diverse yet legitimate interests, scientific complexity, and often conflicting and ambiguous legal direction.

Contact:

juliaw@umich.edu

3512 Dana

734-764-1570

Greg Keoleian, Ph.D.

Professor and Director, Center for Sustainable Systems

Educational Background: 

Teaching provides a unique opportunity to influence sustainable development by preparing leaders for careers in fields such as sustainable product development, sustainable mobility, renewable energy systems, biobased products, and sustainable architecture. My special interest is to facilitate interdisciplinary learning at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels.

My current teaching and research activities are tightly interconnected and my courses draw heavily from a variety of research projects conducted with the Center for Sustainable Systems. Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Energy Systems are two core courses that I have developed. Both courses combine lectures, discussion, and term projects for students interested in sustainable production and consumption. They emphasize systems thinking, problem solving skills, technology assessment, thermodynamic principles, and the integration of environmental science, technology, policy, and design.

I also serve as Co-Director of the Engineering Sustainable Systems Dual Degree Program between the College of Engineering and the School of Natural Resources and Environment.  This program trains graduate students to protect, restore, and create engineered and natural systems that are socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable.  This dual degree (MS from SNRE) and (MSE from CoE) includes specializations ranging from sustainable energy systems to sustainable design and manufacturing and sustainable water systems.  For more information visit: http://ess.umich.edu/

I also serve asCo-Director of the Graduate Certificate in Industrial Ecology.  The Program is designed to be an attractive complement for students seeking graduate degrees in business, engineering, natural resources, environmental health sciences, and public policy. The graduate certificate can be pursued by current University of Michigan graduate students or anyone else who has received a graduate degree within the last five years. The Program is supported by faculty and course offerings from the School of Natural Resources and Environment, College of Engineering, School of Public Health, the School of Business Administration and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.  For more information download the PIE brochure at: http://css.snre.umich.edu/pie Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, 1987, University of Michigan

M.S.E. Chemical Engineering, 1982, University of Michigan

B.S.E. Chemical Engineering, 1980, University of Michigan

B.S. Chemistry, 1980, University of Michigan

Dr. Keoleian co-founded and serves as director of the Center for Sustainable Systems. His research focuses on the development and application of life cycle models and metrics to enhance the sustainability of products and technology. He has pioneered new methods in life cycle design, life cycle optimization of product replacement, life cycle cost analysis and life cycle based sustainability assessments ranging from energy analysis and carbon footprints to social indicators.

Contact:

gregak@umich.edu

3504 Dana

734-764-3194

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