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School of Earth & Sustainability

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SES.Admin​@nau.edu
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928-523-9333

Ecology & Conservation

SES faculty lead research programs investigating biodiversity, ecosystem function, the ecological impacts of human activities, and strategies for ecosystem conservation and management. Our research spans local, landscape, and global scales, and natural and managed terrestrial and aquatic systems. Often collaborating across disciplines and between academic, government, and non-profit sectors, we examine ecological, cultural, and political dimensions of conservation planning.

nau students study ecology and conservation in the desert

Who we are

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Faculty and research staff Accordion Open

  • Clare Aslan, community ecology, conservation biology, Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes
  • Rebecca Best, aquatic ecology and evolution
  • Duan Biggs, innovations for inclusive and equitable conservation, conservation conflict, wildlife conservation, citizen and community science, nature-based tourism, environmental and conservation policy
  • Brett Dickson, conservation biology, landscape and wildlife ecology, statistical ecology
  • Nancy Johnson, soil ecology, ecosystem ecology, microbial ecology, mycorrhizas
  • Erika Nowak, herpetology and conservation
  • Helen Rowe, conservation, restoration ecology, invasive species
  • Teki Sankey, remote sensing and geoinformatics
  • Sara Souther, plant population ecology, ethnobotany/Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), global change biology, Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes

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At NAU
  • Many faculty in this area collaborate across NAU with faculty in Biology, Forestry, and the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems
Outside NAU
  • USGS Southwest Biological Sciences Center


For students

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Degree programs Accordion Open

  • Bachelor’s degrees (BS or BA) in Environmental Sciences or Environmental & Sustainability Studies
  • Master’s Degree (MS) in Environmental Sciences & Policy
  • PhD in Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, with an emphasis in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation Biology

Graduate-level courses Accordion Closed

  • ENV 555 Science Policy Interface
  • ENV 540 Conservation Biology
  • ENV 560 Evolution & Environmental Change
  • ENV/BIO/FOR 577 Concepts in Ecology
  • Courses and workshops in R and data analysis

School of Earth & Sustainability
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Room A108 Building 11
Ashurst
624 S Knoles Dr
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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