Faculty
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Faculty participants in the Center for Freshwater Studies are housed within four colleges/schools at the University of Alabama: College of Arts and Sciences, College of Commerce and Business Administration, College of Engineering, and School of Law. The list below identifies each faculty member by title, department, and a brief statement of their area of research interests. For additional faculty information, please visit individual webpages by clicking on the name.Dr. Amy Ward Director Center for Freshwater Studies Box 870206 University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0206 Telephone: (205) 348-1796; Fax: (205) 348-1403 Email: award@biology.as.ua.edu |
College of Arts & Sciences
- Paul R. Aharon, Loper Chair & Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, environmental geology
- C. Fred T. Andrus, Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, paleoclimatology and stable isotope geochemistry
- Arthur C. Benke, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, aquatic invertebrate production
- Jonathan Benstead, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, freshwater ecology, stream ecology, and vertebrate biology
- David Brommer, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, climatology, climate change, human-climate interactions
- C. Hobson Bryan, Professor, Department of Geography, sociology and social impact assessment
- Julia Cherry, Assistant Professor, New College and Department of Biological Sciences, global change on coastal wetlands and population and community dynamics in freshwater wetlands
- Perry F. Churchill, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, bioremediation
- John Clark, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, evolutionary development of flower form and function, plant systematics, taxonomy, biodiversity and conservation
- Lisa (Boulton) Davis, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, geomorphology, watershed processes and dynamics, and environmental change
- Natasha Dimova, Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, hydrological processes in marine and aquatic ecosystems
- Rona J. Donahoe, Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, metal cycling and mobility in freshwater
- Ryan Earley, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, animal behavior studies (primarily fish and reptiles) combining field research, behavioral experimentation, pharmacological manipulations, and neuroendocrine assays
- Jennifer Edmonds, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, freshwater microbial ecology
- Robert Findlay, Bishop Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, freshwater microbial ecology
- Daniel Graf, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, freshwater malacology, diversity of mollusks, especially bivalve order, Unionoida
- Luoheng Han, Professor and Associate Dean, Department of Geography, remote sensing and GIS applications
- Phillip Harris, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, molecular systematics and conservation genetics of freshwater fishes
- Justin Hart, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, forest dynamics, plant geography, natural resource management
- Jennifer Howeth, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, integration of population, community, and ecosystem-level processes across spatial scales to understand determinants of species and genetic diversity
- Alex Huryn, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, aquatic entomology and stream ecology
- Juan Lopez-Bautista, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, phycology with emphasis on green algal evolution
- Yuehan Lu, Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, biogeochemical cycling of organic matter in modern and paleo-ecosystems
- Julie B. Olson, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, molecular microbial ecology
- Martha J. Powell, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, mycology with focus on Chytridiomycetes
- Leslie J. Rissler, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, ecology and evolutionary biology
- David Shankman, Professor, Department of Geography, biogeography and bioclimatology
- Greg Starr, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, controlling factors for carbon, water and energy fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems
- Christina Staudhammer, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, forest biometrics to promote better conservation and management of natural resources
- Geoffrey Tick, Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, contaminant hydrogeology, soil and groundwater restoration
- Amelia K. Ward, Director of CFS and Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, freshwater microbial ecology
- G. Milton Ward, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, stream ecology and aquatic insects
- Chunmiao Zheng, Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, groundwater contaminant transport
College of Commerce and Business Administration
- Samuel N. Addy, Director and Associate Research Economist, Center for Business and Economic Research, natural resource and environmental economics
College of Engineering
- S. Rocky Durrans, Professor, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, surface water modeling/statistics
- Pauline Johnson, Professor, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, water and wastewater engineering
- Robert Pitt, Cudworth Professor, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, emerging field of “urban water”, stormwater management, water problems, control technologies
- Derek Williamson, Associate Professor, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, fate and treatement of environmental contaminants