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Appalachian Laboratory Faculty
| Name/Title | Lab/Description | Contact Information |
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Mark Castro Associate Professor |
Appalachian Laboratory
Environmental science, Atmospheric-biosphere interactions, Impacts of land use on water quality |
301-689-7163 |
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Andrew Elmore Associate Professor |
Appalachian Laboratory
Environmental Science, Land-use and land-cover change, Ecohydrology, Biogeochemistry, Remote sensing and spatial analysis. |
301-689-7124 |
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Katia Engelhardt Research Associate Professor |
Appalachian Laboratory
Effects of species richness on wetland ecosystem functioning and services; Community ecology and ecosystem ecology; Wetland ecology; Aquatic botany |
301-689-7140 |
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Keith Eshleman Professor |
Appalachian Laboratory
Hydrology; watershed ecology; biogeochemistry of freshwater and groundwater; mathematical modeling of runoff and hydrological systems; freshwater wetland hydrology. |
301-689-7170 |
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Matthew Fitzpatrick Assistant Professor |
Appalachian Laboratory
Species distribution modeling, simulation modeling, climate change, biological invasions, biodiversity |
301-689-7131 |
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Robert Gardner Professor |
Appalachian Laboratory
Landscape ecology; modeling and predicting dynamics of large ecosystems; ecological risk assessment; effects of land use and global change on sustainability of natural systems. |
301-689-7125 |
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J. Edward Gates Professor |
Appalachian Laboratory
Wildlife and conservation ecology and management; human-wildlife-habitat relationships, focusing on habitat fragmentation and alteration, connectivity (corridors), edge effects, and boundary dynamics; habitat suitability for vertebrate species; species inventory and monitoring for natural resource management; natural resources and the human enterprise |
301-689-7173 |
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John Genys Professor Emeritus |
Appalachian Laboratory
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Robert Hilderbrand Associate Professor |
Appalachian Laboratory
Ecology and conservation biology of running waters; Watershed and stream habitat restoration; Linking landscapes and populations; Dynamic modeling of watersheds |
301-689-7141 |
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John Hoogland Professor |
Appalachian Laboratory
Evolution of social behavior; wildlife ecology; evolutionary ecology and behavior or prairie dog populations |
301-689-7130 |
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Stephen Keller Assistant Professor |
Appalachian Laboratory
Population genetics, ecology and evolution of invasive species; Ecological genomics of climate adaptation; Conservation genetics of rare or declining species |
301-689-7203 |
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Raymond Morgan Interim Director, Appalachian Laboratory and Professor |
Appalachian Laboratory
Ecology of fish; fishery genetics; aquatic pollution ecology |
301-689-7172 |
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David Nelson Assistant Professor |
Appalachian Laboratory
Ecosystem ecology, paleoecology, microbial ecology, stable isotope ecology |
301-689-7171 |
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Louis Pitelka Professor Emeritus |
Appalachian Laboratory
Plant ecology, ecosystem ecology; Global change issues; Population ecology of perennial herbs; Effects of acid deposition, elevated CO2 and climate change on natural ecosystems |
720-879-3686 |
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Cathlyn Stylinski Senior Agent |
Appalachian Laboratory
Lifelong science learning; impacts of technology, media and community settings on science learning and connections to the natural world; links between teacher education and practice; design and evaluation of science education programs |
301-689-7272 |

