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MU Faculty Environmental Research Environmental Research at MU can be broken down into four broad categories Biodiversity - covering the distribution, abundance, ecological interactions, and status of living species Human Dimensions - covering the psychological, sociological, economic and political aspects of environmental issues Natural Resources - covering the distribution, abundance, maintenance, and status of natural resources like water, forests, soil and economically important species, and the development of biofuels Pollution - covering the sources and impacts of pollution and the technologies being developed to deal with it The tables below show faculty, their departments, their particular area of expertise and a recent publication. To find out more about a faculty member, visit the departmental home page and look for the link to faculty web sites. Faculty are arranged in alphabetical order of their departments and then by their last names. Because environmental problems are interdisciplinary, it may help to look in several of these categories to find the expertise needed to address a particular issue. (The information was collected from faculty and departmental websites. The lack of an entry, particularly for publications, does not mean the faculty member has not published, just that the information was not listed on the website that I visited. Jan Weaver - Environmental Studies Program Director) Biodiversity James Carrel Biology conservation biology of spiders Carrel, J.E. 2003. Burrowing wolf spiders, Geolycosa ssp. (Araneae: Lycosidae): gap specialists in fire-maintained Florida scrub. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76: 557-566 Jim Coleman Biology responses of desert ecosystems to environmental change Nowak, R.S., S.F. Zitzer, D. Babcock, V. Smith-Longozo, T.N. Charlet, J.S. Coleman, J.R. Seemann and S.D. Smith. 2003. Elevated atmospheric CO2 does not conserve soil moisture in the Mojave Desert. Ecology: accepted. Lori Eggers Biology ecological and conservation genetics of elephants Eggert, L. S., Maldonado, J. E., and Fleischer, R. C. 2005. Nucleic acid isolation from ecological samples: animal scat and other associated materials. In: Molecular Evolution: Producing the Biochemical Data, Part B. Methods in Enzymology 6:73-87 John Faaborg Biology avian ecology, behavior and conservation Faaborg, J. 2004. How do birds respond to clear-cuts? A forest management experiment in the Ozarks. Environmental Review 11 (3): 1-8. Candace Galen Biology effect of climate on plant pollinator systems Galen, C., and M. L. Stanton. 2003. Sunny-side up: flower heliotropism as a source of parental environmental effects on pollen quality and performance in the snow buttercup, Ranunculus adoneus (Ranunculaceae). Am. J. Bot. 90: 724-729. Raymond Semlitsche Biology conservation of declining amphibian species Semlitsch, R.D., and Bodie, J.R. 2003. Biological criteria for buffer zones around wetlands and riparian habitats for amphibians and reptiles. Conservation Biology 17: 000-000 David Galat F&W large river flood plain ecology Galat, D. L. and R. Lipkin. 2000. Restoring the ecological integrity of great rivers: historical hydrographs aid in defining reference conditions for the Missouri River. Hydrobiologia. 422/423: 29-48. Matthew Gompper F&W biology and conservation of mammalian carnivores Gittleman, J.L. and Gompper, M.E. (2005) Plight of predators: The importance of carnivores for understanding patterns of biodiversity and extinction risk. Pp. 370-388 in: (P. Barbosa and I. Castellanos, eds) Ecology of Predator-Prey Interactions. Oxford University Press Josh Millspaugh F&W wildlife stress physiology, management of large mammals Schulz, J. H., J. J. Millspaugh, A. J. Bermudez, X. Gao, T. W. Bonnot, L. G. Britt, and M. Paine. 2006. Experimental acute lead toxicosis in mourning doves. Journal of Wildlife Management: In press Douglas Noltie F&W reproductive ecology and behavior of fishes Schubert, A. L. S., C. D. Nielsen, and D. B. Noltie. 1993. Habitat use and gas bubble disease in southern cavefish (Typhlichthys subterraneus). International Journal of Speleology 22(1-4):131-143. Charles Rabeni F&W conservation, restoration of aquatic systems Zweig, L.D. and C. F. Rabeni. 2001. Biomonitoring for deposited sediment using benthic invertebrates: a test on 4 Missouri streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 20:643-657. Mark Ryan F&W endangered species, avian ecology and conservation Ryan, M. R., R. A. Pierce, III, K. M. Suedkamp-Wells, and C. K. Kerns. 2002. Assessing bird population responses to grazing. Pages 16-34 in W. Hohman, editor. Migratory bird responses to grazing. U.S.D.A., Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, D.C. 75 pp. Hong He Forestry landscape ecology and ecological modeling He, H. S., Hao, Z., Mladenoff, D. J., Shao, G., Hu, Y., Chang, Y. 2005. Simulating Forest Ecosystem Response to Climate Warming Incorporating Spatial Effects in Northeastern China. Journal of Biogeography. 32: 2043-2056. David Larsen Forestry forest information systems and ecological modeling Hooten, M. B., D. R. Larsen and C. K. Wikle. 2003. Predicting the spatial distribution of ground flora on large domains using a hierarchical Bayesian model. Landscape Ecology 18:487-502. Rose-Marie Muzika Forestry impacts of disturbance and pollution on forests Muzika, R.M., R.P. Guyette, T. Zielonka, and A. M. Liebhold. 2004. The influence of O3, NO2 and SO2 on growth of Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica in the Carpathian Mountains. Environmental Pollution 130: 65-71 C. J. Wang Geography biophysical remote sensing, GIS, ecosystem monitoring Wang, C., J. Qi and M. Cochrane, 2005. Assessment of Tropical Forest Degradation with Canopy Fractional Cover from Landsat ETM+ and IKONOS Imagery. Earth Interactions, 9(22), 1-18. Robert Sites Plant Sci community structure of aquatic insects in relation to land use Hall, D. L., B. S. Bergthold, and R. W. Sites. 2003. Macroinvertebrate communities of prairie streams in Missouri: The influence of adjacent land uses. J. Freshwater Ecology 18(1): 55-68 Human Dimensions Harvey James Ag Econ transaction cost economics; the economics of trust, ethics, and happiness . Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes Ag Econ public perception of biotechnology Kalaitzandonakes, N., L.A. Marks, and S.S. Vickner. 2005. Sentiments and Acts Towards Genetically Modified Foods. International Journal of Biotechnology, 7(1-3), 161-177 Leonie Marks Ag Econ public perception of biotechnology and food safety issues Marks, L.A., N. Kalaitzandonakes, L. Wilkins, and L. Zakharova. Forthcoming. Mass Media Framing of Biotechnology News. Public Understanding of Science Raymond Massey Ag Econ economic analysis of environmentally driven ag tech and policy Massey, Raymond, John Lory and Joe Zulovich. "The Farm Level Impact of Phosphorous Reducing Technologies in Swine Manure." Abstract in Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. Vol. 33. (December 2001). 630. Laura McCAnn Ag Econ environmental economics McCann, L., B. Colby, K.W. Easter, A. Kasterine and K.V. Kuperan. "Transaction Cost Measurement for Evaluating Environmental Policies" Ecological Economics, Vol 52 (4), March 2005. pp. 527-542. Craig Palmer Anthropology impacts of fisheries and conservation practices on fisherman Palmer, C. T., and P. R. Sinclair. 2002 "Whose Knowledge is Local Knowledge? Dragger Skippers' Perceptions of the Fishery in Northwest Newfoundland" In Identities, Power, and Place on the Atlantic Borders of Two Continents: Proc Int Res Linkages Deborah Pearsall Anthropology historic and prehistoric human impacts on plant communities Pearsall, Deborah M. Plants and People in Ancient Ecuador: The Ethnobotany of the Jama River Valley. 2004. Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. Lisa Sattenspiel Anthropology influence of cultural factors on spread of disease Influence of cultural and ecological factors on the spread of infectious diseases in human populations Reed Wadley Anthropology local management of natural resources and forest-based ag Herring, D. Ann and Lisa Sattenspiel  (2003) Death in winter: the Spanish flu in the Canadian Subarctic.  In The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19, Howard Phillips and David Killingray (eds). London: Routledge, pp. 156-172. Charles Nilon F&W urban wildlife ecology and conservation, human dimensions Van Velsor, S.M. and C.H. Nilon. A qualitative investigation of the urban African-American and Latino adolescent experience with wildlife. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. In press. Bill Kurtz Forestry forest economics and public resource policy Noweg, T.A. and W.B. Kurtz. 1987. Eastern black walnut plantations: an economically viable option for Conservation Reserve lands within the Corn Belt. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 4(3):158-160. Mark Cowell Geography anthropogenic landscape change, GIS and landscape ecology Cowell, C.M. and Dyer, J. M. (2002) Vegetation development in a modified riparian environment: Human imprints on an Allegheny River wilderness. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 92: 189-202. Joseph Hobbs Geography anthropogenic landscape change, env ethics in env management Hobbs, J. 2004. "Problems in the Harvest of Edible Birds' Nests in Sarawak and Sabah, Malaysian Borneo." Biodiversity and Conservation 13: 2209-2226 Soren Larsen Geography politics of place, political ecology, indigenous & resource dependent communties Larsen, Soren C. 2004. Place identity in a resource-dependent area of British Columbia. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 94: 944-960. Gail Ludwig Geography env edu, land use planning . Michael Urban Geography anthropogenic landscape change, env ethics in env management Urban, M. A. (2005). "An uninhabited waste: The transformation of environmental imagery and the Grand Prairie through agricultural drainage in nineteenth century Champaign County, Illinois." Journal of Historical Geography 31: 647-665 Susan Flader History american environmental history Thinking Like a Mountain: Aldo Leopold and the Evolution of an Ecological Attitude Towards Deer, Wolves, and Forests (1974; 1994) Mark Morgan PRT human dimensions of natural resource management . Robert M. Baum Religion religion and the environment in Bron Taylor, editor, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION AND NATURE, Continuum International, 2005: "West African Religions" and "Diola Religions" Jose Garcia Rural Soc sustainable agriculture . Jere Gilles Rural Soc community level strategies for dealing with environmental problems * Valdivia, C. J. L. Gilles, C. Jetté, R. Quiroz, R. Espejo. 2003. "Coping and Adapting to Climate Variability: The Role of Assets, Networks, Knowledge and Institutions." In Insights and Tools for Adaptation: Learning from Climate Variability. 189-199. Mary Grigsby Rural Soc voluntary simplicity movement Grigsby, M. 2004. Buying Time and Getting By: The Voluntary Simplicity Movement. SUNY Press. Sandy Rikoon Rural Soc political ecology of env conflict, soc & cult dimen env issues Rikoon, J.S. Wild Horses and the Political Ecology of Nature Restoration in the Missouri Ozarks. Geoforum, 2006 (37:2): 184-199. Corrine Valdiva Rural Soc adaptation in rural and developing economies to climate var. Valdivia C. and J. L. Gilles. 2003. "Coping and Adapting to Climate Variability in the Andes: Strategies and Local Knowledge." Presented at the 2003 Open Meeting Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. 16-18 October. Michael Goldschmidt Environmental Design environmentally sustainable design . Natural Resources Steve Borgelt Ag Syst Mgmnt prescription farming . Leon Schumacher Ag Syst Mgmnt alternative fuels . Allen Thompson Ag Syst Mgmnt hydrology of submerged flow constructed wetlands . Shankha Banerji CEE production of biopesticides from wastewater sludge . John Bowders CEE evaluating logging effects on water quality . Charles Nemmers CEE intelligent transportation systems plan development . Brian Reed CEE reuse of corn solids waste as activated absorbent material . Carlos Sun CEE intelligent transportation systems . Kathleen Trauth CEE user requirements to support transportation corridor investments . William Jacoby Chemical Eng conversion of biomass into fuels and chemicals Coll, R., Udas, S. D. and Jacoby, W. A. "Conversion of the Rosin Acid Fraction of Crude Tall Oil into Fuels and Chemicals." Energy and Fuels, 2001, 15, 1166-1172 Sunggyu Lee Chemical Eng alternative fuels, "green" engineering, destruction of toxics Methanol Synthesis Technology, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, ISBN-0-8493-4610-X, 1990." Galen Suppes Chemical Eng alternative fuels, fuel cells, PHEV technology Energy Disclosed: Abundant Resources and Unused Technology. A book on energy technology and options available to make our country stronger and the world a better place. Galen J. Suppes, Ph.D., P.E. ,Truman S. Storvick, Ph.D., P.E.) Rob Hayward F&W fish bioenergetics, population dynamics and aquaculture Weiland, M.A., and R.S. Hayward. 1997. Cause for the decline of large rainbow trout in a tailwater fishery: too much putting or too much taking? Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 126:758-773 John Jones F&W abundance and distribution of algal biomass in freshwater LaPerriere, J. D., J. R. Jones, and D. Swanson. 2003. Limnology of lakes in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Lake and Reserv. Manage. 19:108-121 Bruce Cutter Forestry tree growth-wood interactions Kolaks,J.J., B. E. Cutter, E.F. Loewenstein, K.W. Grabner, G. Hartman and J.M. Kabrick. 2004. The effect of thinning and prescribed fire on fuel loading in the Central Hardwood Region of Missouri. Pages 168-178 in Proc. 14th Central Hardwood Conference, Wooster, Ohio. USDA Forest Service GTR NE-316. 553 pages. CD-ROM John Dwyer Forestry forest management guidelines for health and sustainability Ficklin, R.L., E.G. Dunn and J.P. Dwyer. 1996. Ecosystem management on public lands: An application of optimal externality to timber production. Journal of Environmental Management. 46:395-402. Gene Garrett Forestry agroforestry Garrett, H.E., J.E. Jones, W.B. Kurtz and J.P. Slusher. 1991. Black walnut (Juglans nigra L.) Agroforestry -- Its design and potential as a land-use alternative. Forestry Chronicle 67:213:218. Michael Gold Forestry agroforestry Grossman, B.C., M.A. Gold and D.C. Dey. 2003. Floodplain restoration of hard mast species for wildlife in Missouri: precocious flowering in Quercus. Agroforestry Systems 59:3-10. Richard Guyette Forestry using tree rings to monitor growth and environment Guyette, R.P. and C. Rabeni. 1995. Climate response among the rings of fish and trees. Oecologia 104:272- 279 Stephen Pallardy Forestry impacts of water stress and CO2 enrichment on forests Pallardy, S. G., J. S. Pereira, and W. C. Parker. 1991. The State of Water in Forest Trees. Pp. 28-75. In: Lassoie, J. P. and T. M. Hinckley. (eds.) Techniques in Forest Eco-physiology, Vol. II. CRC Press. Boca Raton, Florida. Kevin Bradley Plant Sci cost effective and environmentally sound weed management . Johann Bruhn Plant Sci ecology, management of oak root fungi, cultivation of fungi Bruhn, J.N., and Mihail, J.D. 2003. Opportunistically pathogenic root rot fungi - Armillaria species. Pages 337-346 In: Hanson, P.J., and Wullschleger, S.D. (eds.), North American Temperate Deciduous Forest Responses to Changing Precipitation Regimes. Springer-Verlag, New York. Georgia Davis Plant Sci identifying genes, mech resp for insect, fungal resist in maize . James English Plant Sci env benign methods of disease control using resistance in plants . Harlan Palm Plant Sci precision agriculture . Peter Scharf Plant Sci optimizing nutrient uptake, minimizing nutrient movement . Reid Smeda Plant Sci alternative weed management systems . Chris Starbuck Plant Sci composts from sawdust, manure, other organic residues . David Trinklein Plant Sci biological control of greenhouse pests . Bill Wiebold Plant Sci cropping systems with reduced impacts, grower education . James Wrather Plant Sci integrated disease management . Stephen Anderson SEAS effects of soil management on soil processes and properties Rachman, A., S.H. Anderson, C.J. Gantzer, and A.L. Thompson. 2004. Influence of stiff-stemmed grass hedge systems on infiltration. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 68:2000-2006. Neil Fox SEAS rainfall and soil erosion Fox, N.I., 2004: The representation of rainfall drop-size distribution and kinetic energy. Hydrology & Earth Systems Sciences, 8, 1001-1007 Peter Motavalli SEAS effects of organic materials/wastes as soil amendments Motavalli, P.P., R.J. Kremer, M. Fang and N.E. Means. 2004. Impact of genetically-modified crops and their management on soil microbially-mediated plant nutrient transformations. J. Environ. Qual. 33:816-824. Ranjith Udawatta SEAS quantifying environmental benefits of agroforestry Udawatta, R.P. , P.O. Nygren, and H.E. Garrett. 2005 Growth of three oak species during establishment in an agroforestry practice for watershed protection. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 35: 602-609 Pollution Willard Bowns Ag Syst Mgmnt air quality and other environmental issues . Trig Veum Animal Sciences reducing excretion of nutrients in hogs by managing diets Liu, J., D. W. Bollinger, D. R. Ledoux and T. L. Veum. 2000. Effects of dietary calcium:phosphorus ratios on apparent absorption of calcium and phosphorus in the small intestine, cecum, and colon of pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 78:106-109 Dennis Lubhan Biochemistry environmental estrogens Watanabe H, Suzuki A, Goto M, Lubahn DB, Handa H, Iguchi T. Tissue-specific estrogenic and non-estrogenic effects of a xenoestrogen, nonylphenol. J Mol Endocrinol. 2004 33:243-252. Judy Wall Biochemistry using bacteria to clean up hazardous waste Pattarkine, M.V., J.J. Tanner, C.A. Bottoms, Y.-H. Lee, and J.D. Wall. (2006) Desulfovibrio desulfuricans G20 tetraheme cytochrome structure at 1.5 Å and cytochrome interaction with metal complexes. J. Mol. Biol. (In press). Frederich vom Saal Biology reproductive system development and estrogenic compounds Richter, C.A., Timms, B.G. and vom Saal, F.S. 2005. Prostate Development: Mechanisms for opposite effects of low and high doses of estrogenic chemicals. In: R.K. Naz, ed. Endocrine Disruptors (2nd Edition): Effects on Male and Female Reproductive Systems. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 379-410 Baolin Deng CEE fate and transport of contaminants in drinking water . Hirotsugu Yasuda Chemical Eng corrosion protection of metals H. K. Yasuda, Q. S. Yu, C. M. Reddy, C. E. Moffitt, D. M. Wieliczka, "Adhesion of spray primers to plasma polymer coatings", Journal of Applied Polymer Sciences, 85, 1387-1398 (2002) Qinsong Yu Chemical Eng corrosion protection using green processes Q.S. Yu, J. Deffeyes, H. K. Yasuda, "Corrosion protection of ion vapor deposition (VD) Al-coated Al alloys by low-temperature plasma interface engineering: Part II: DC cathodic polymerization under conditions of IVD", Progress in Organic Coatings, 43, 243 (2001) Sylvia Jurisson Chemistry detection, separation of radiometals for waste minimization Extraction of Pertechnetate and Perrhenate from Water with Deep Cavity [CpFe(arene)]+ Derivatized Cyclotriveratrylenes, J.A. Gawenis, K.T. Holman, J.L. Atwood, S.S. Jurisson, Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 6028-6031. Susan Lever Chemistry chelating agents to remove heavy metals from living organisms S. Z. Lever and T. L. Parsons. The Presence of Lead Decreases the Availability of meso-2,3-Dimercaptosuccinic Acid in the Monobromobimane Assay. Chem Res Toxicol, 1999, 12, 1057-1065. David Robertson Chemistry source and potential health risks of fine airborne particulates F. E. Huggins, G. P. Huffman and J. D. Robertson. Speciation of Elements in NIST Particulate Matter SRMs 1648 and 1650. J. Hazard. Mater. 2000, 74, 1-23 Sheryl Tucker Chemistry separation of PHAs from streams, lakes and rivers C. Mao, K.E. McGill and S.A. Tucker*. Optimization of Micellar Liquid Chromatographic Separation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with the Addition of Second Organic Additive J. Sep. Sci. 2004, 27, 991. Cheryl Kelley Geology carbon cycling and greenhouse gas emissions Kelley, C. A. 2003. Methane oxidation potential in the water column of two diverse coastal marine sites. Biogeochemistry, 65, 105-120 Carol Wicks Geology ground water contamination in Karst, sediment in streams Peterson, E. W., Wicks, C. M. (in press), Fate of 17 beta -estradiol in waters and sediment from karst streams: Environmental and Engineering Geology Clark Gantzer SEAS factors affecting soil erosion Blanco-Canqui, H., C. J. Gantzer, S. H. Anderson, E. E. Alberts, and A. L. Thompson. 2005. Grass barrier and vegetative filter strip effectiveness in reducing runoff, sediment, nitrogen, and phosphorus loss. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 68:1670-1678. Keith Goyne SEAS environmental soil chemistry Goyne, K.W. , J. Chorover, J.D. Kubicki, A.R. Zimmerman, and S.L. Brantley. 2005. Sorption of the antibiotic ofloxacin to mesoporous and nonporous alumina and silica. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 283: 160-170. Randall Miles SEAS on-site waste water treatment and disposal Miles R.J., D.M. Sievers, J. Gaughan and P. Johnson. 2004. A Certification Program for the Inspection and Evaluation of Existing Onsite Wastewater Systems for Loan Transactions. Pp. 59-67. Onsite Wastewater Treatment X Proceedings of the Tenth National Symposium on Individual and Small Community Sewage Systems. K. Mankin, editor. American Society of Agricultural Engineers.