Faculty
The School of Forestry takes pride in its faculty. In addition to a wealth of academic knowledge, the faculty have extensive professional working experience. Professional degrees from more than thirty-five colleges and universities are represented by the faculty. Collectively, they have held positions with universities, state and federal governments, varied domestic and foreign industries, international organizations, and private interest groups. This wide knowledge and experience is uniquely available to the student with an innovative team-teaching approach by our faculty.
Management and Restoration of Forested Wetlands; International Forestry
Ecology of freshwater forested wetlands and mangroves; restoration of wetlands; forestry practices of smallholders in developing countries.
E-mail: James.Allen@nau.edu
Wildlife Ecology
Wildlife population dynamics, conservation biology, wildlife habitat relationships, impact of forest and range practices on wildlife.
Personal Home Page; E-mail: Paul.Beier@nau.edu
Community and Ecosystem Ecology of Soils
Ecosystem and community ecology of sub-humid and dryer ecosystems (inclusive of some forests, woodlands, grasslands, steppes and deserts).
E-mail: Matthew.Bowker@nau.edu
Wildlife Ecology
Wildlife habitat relationships, effects of disturbance (natural or human-induced) on wildlife, ecosystem restoration, conservation biology, inventory and monitoring.
E-mail: Carol.Chambers@nau.edu
Forest Ecology
Restoration ecology, adaptive ecosystem management, fire ecology.
E-mail: Wallace.Covington@nau.edu
Forest Management
Forest Management Planning, Scenario Planning, Criteria Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management, Analytical Decision Support Tools, Simulation and Optimization Models, Harvest Scheduling.
E-mail: Steve.Dewhurst@nau.edu
Forest Management
Forest operations, forest management and economics, land management planning.
E-mail: Bruce.Fox@nau.edu
Forest Ecology
Ecological restoration, Cordilleran forests (southwestern US and northern Mexico), fire ecology.
E-mail: Pete.Fule@nau.edu
Ecology and Forest Entomology
Community ecology, insect population dynamics, tritrophic interactions, mutualisms, ecology and evolution of bark beetles and their associated mites and fungi.
E-mail: Rich.Hofstetter@nau.edu
Forest Recreation
Regional recreation planning, natural resource-based community stability, human ecological systems.
E-mail: Denver.Hospodarsky@nau.edu
Forest Economics
Optimal Forest Management, Carbon Sequestration, Market and Non-market Ecosystem Services.
E-mail: Ching.Huang@nau.edu
Fire Ecology
Fire ecology, fire and fuels management, fire behavior, and plant ecology.
E-mail: Molly.Hunter@nau.edu
Ecological Economics
Regional economic impact analysis, nonmarket valuation.
E-mail: Yeon-Su.Kim@nau.edu
Forest Ecology
Tree physiology, ecophysiology of ponderosa pine, riparian and pinyon-juniper forests.
E-mail: Tom.Kolb@nau.edu
Wildland Recreation
Recreation behavior, benefits of leisure and recreation, visitor perceptions, survey sampling.
E-mail: Martha.Lee@nau.edu
Forest Health/Forest Pathology
Forest health, tree diseases, systematics and population biology of dwarf mistletoes, influence of forest management practices on forest tree diseases.
E-mail: Robert.Mathiasen@nau.edu
Plant Ecology
Forest and range community ecology, restoration ecology, landscape ecology, spatial analysis.
E-mail: Margaret.Moore@nau.edu
Forest Biostatistics and Quantitative Ecology
Forest biostatistics, ecological restoration, applied sampling, spatial and temporal analysis techniques, vegetation dynamics and demographic modeling, computer science and information design.
E-mail: Andrew.SanchezMeador@nau.edu
Hydrology and Systems Analysis
Modeling hydrological processes, multi-criterion decision making, conflict resolution in multiresource management, integrated forest resource systems analysis, analysis of water quality programs.
E-mail: Aregai.Tecle@nau.edu
Fire Ecology
Landscape ecology, restoration ecology, community ecology, fire behavior and fire effects.
E-mail: Andi.Thode@nau.edu
Silviculture
Forest stand dynamics, applied forest health, multiaged management, management of introduced pests.
E-mail: Kristen.Waring@nau.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Scott Abella, UNLV Public Lands Institute
William M. Block, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, AZ
Paul Bosu, Forestry Research Institute of Ghana
Peter Brown, Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research, Ft. Collins, CO
Samuel Cushman, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, AZ
Dennis Dye, USGS Western Georgraphic Science Center
Paulette Ford, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Albuquerque, NM
Joseph L. Ganey, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, AZ
Gerald Gottfried, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Phoenix AZ
Teryl G. Grubb, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, AZ
Ryan Havanan, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, AZ
Stephen C. Hart, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA
David Huffman, Ecological Restoration Institute, Flagstaff, AZ
Michael Ingraldi, Arizona Game and Fish Department
Robert Keane, USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Fire Sciences Lab
Daniel Lauglin, NAU School of Forestry
Chris McGlone, NAU School of Forestry
Joel McMillin, Arizona Zone Forest Health Protection, Flagstaff, AZ
Mario Montes-Helu, NAU School of Forestry
Steven Overby, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, AZ
Steve Rosenstock, Arizona Game and Fish Deptartment
Carolyn Sieg, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, AZ
John Vankat, Miami University
Christina D. Vojta, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, AZ
Emeritus Faculty
Restoration Ecology & Indigenous Knowledge
Ecosystem restoration, validity and application of indigenous knowledge to contemporary ecological issues, wildlife responses to habitat alterations, culture based science curriculum, sustainable strategies for resource use
E-mail: Thom.Alcoze@nau.edu
Forest Hydrology
Watershed management, erosion processes, land management impacts on water quality, evapotranspiration, riparian zone flow generation, snowpack management.
Kurmes, Ernest A.
Silviculture and Forest Ecology
Regeneration, thinning, ecology of Gambel oak.
E-mail: Ernest.Kurmes@nau.edu
Wood Technology
Wood technology, wood utilization, marketing of wood products.
E-mail: Robert.Larson@nau.edu
Forest Wildlife Ecology
Forest wildlife ecology, wildlife habitat relationships, wildlife habitat models, wildlife management in Africa, effects of forest and range management practices on wildlife.
Forest Recreation, Economics and Policy
Recreation economics, recreation management, forest policy analysis.
Forest Entomology and Pathology
Biochemical interaction between conifers and phytophagus insects, biology of sawflies, influence of plant stress on folivorous forest insects, genetic resistance, dwarf mistletoes, land application wastewater treatment.
E-mail: Mike.Wagner@nau.edu
Forest Economics
Multiresource economics and management, development of decision support systems for multiresource management.