School of Earth & Sustainability

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SES.Admin​@nau.edu
Call:
928-523-9333

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Faculty profiles

Meet the faculty members of Northern Arizona University’s School of Earth & Sustainability. Find their research interests, web links, and contact information below.

James Sample, SES Director

Professor
Office: Building 13 Rm #210
Research interests: Tectonics, geochemistry, structural geology
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Clare Aslan, SES Associate Director

Associate Professor
Office: Building 19 Rm #120
Research interests: Community ecology, conservation biology
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R. Scott Anderson

Professor
Office: Building 19 Rm #137
Research interests: Paleoecology, human-landscape interactions, forest history
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Rebecca Best

Assistant Professor
Office: Building 19 Rm #119/120
Research interests: Aquatic ecology, evolution, and conservation
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Brett Dickson

Associate Professor 
Office: Building 56 Rm #130
Research interests: Conservation biology, landscape and wildlife ecology, statistical ecology

Diana Elder

Associate Professor
Office: Building 69 Rm #322
Research interests: Quaternary geology

Michael Erb

Assistant Research Professor
Office: Building 12 Rm #221
Research interests: Paleoclimatology, climate modeling, data assimilation
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John Fegyveresi

Assistant Professor of Practice
Office: Building 12 Rm #107A
Research interests: Quaternary climate science, glaciology, ice cores

James Gaherty

Professor
Office: Building 13 Rm #206
Phone: 928-523-1052
Research interests: Seismology, geophysics, tectonics
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Thomas Hoisch

Professor
Office: Building 12 Rm #227
Research interests: Metamorphic petrology, orogenesis, geodynamic modeling

Deborah Huntzinger

Associate Professor
Office: Building 19 Rm #137
Research interests: Carbon cycling, carbon-climate feedbacks, Earth system modeling

Nancy Johnson

Regents’ Professor
Office: Building 19 Rm #124
Research interests: Ecosystem ecology, microbial ecology, mycorrhizas
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Taylor Joyal

Senior Lecturer
Office: Building 19 Rm #102
Research interests: Earth surface processes, watershed science, quaternary geology
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Darrell Kaufman

Regents’ Professor
Office: Building 12 Rm #219
Research interests: Paleoclimatology, Quaternary geology
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Nicholas McKay

Associate Professor
Office: Building 12 Rm #217
Research interests: Paleoclimatology, data analysis, paleoclimate informatics
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Rachel Mitchell

Assistant Professor
Office: Building 20 Rm #102
Research interests: Functional ecology, plant ecology
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Julie Mueller

Professor
Research interests: Natural resource valuation
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Erik Nielsen

Associate Professor
Office: Building 19 Rm #115
Research interests: Environmental policy
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Erika Nowak

Assistant Research Professor
Office: Building 20 Rm #150
Research interests: Herpetology and conservation
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Michael Ort

Professor
Office: Building 13 Rm #209
Research interests: Volcanology and crustal petrology
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Roderic Parnell

Professor
Office: Building 12 Rm #207
Research interests: Hydrogeochemistry, river restoration
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Denielle Perry

Assistant Professor
Office: Building 19 Rm #116
Research interests: Water resources policy and management, geography, political ecology, Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
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Ryan Porter

Associate Professor
Office: Building 12 Rm #214
Research interests: Geophysics, seismology, tectonics
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Christine Regalla

Assistant Professor
Office: Building 13 Rm #211
Research interests: Structural geology, active tectonics, tectonic geomorphology

Mary Reid

Professor
Office: Building 13 Rm #207
Research interests: Geochemistry, petrology
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Nancy Riggs

Professor
Office: Building 13 Rm #205
Research interests: Volcanology, geochronology, tectonics
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Cody Routson

Assistant Research Professor
Research interests: Climate science
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Helen Rowe

Assistant Research Professor
Research interests: Conservation, restoration ecology, invasive species
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Temuulen “Teki” Sankey

Associate Professor
Office: Building 90 Rm #105
Research interests: Remote sensing, geoinformatics
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Christopher Schwalm

Assistant Research Professor
Research interests: Climate and ecosystem science

Donna Shillington

Associate Professor
Office: Building 12 Rm #213
Research interests: Geophysics, seismology, tectonics
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Thomas Sisk

Professor
Office: Building 19 Rm #118
Research interests: Ecology, conservation biology, environmental policy, sustainability
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Michael Smith

Associate Professor
Office: Building 13 Rm #212
Research interests: Geochronology of sedimentary basins, deep time stratigraphy, marine geomorphology
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Sara Souther

Assistant Research Professor
Office: Building 56 Rm #130
Research interests: Population biology, plant ecology, conservation biology
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Abraham Springer

Professor
Office: Building 12 Rm #206
Research interests: Hydrogeology, ecohydrology, karst
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Diana Stuart

Associate Professor
Office: Building 19 Rm #121
Research interests: Environmental sociology, climate change, food systems, conservation, social theory

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Paul Umhoefer

Professor
Office: Building 13 Rm #307
Research interests: Tectonics, sedimentary basins, structural geology
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Laura Wasylenki

Associate Professor
Office: Building 36
Research interests: Environmental geochemistry of metals, paleoceanography, metal stable isotopes
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School of Earth & Sustainability
Location
Room A108 Building 11
Ashurst
624 S Knoles Dr
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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