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James Affolter
Professor, Department of Horticulture
Ph.D. - University of Michigan  at Ann Arbor
Conservation biology and horticulture of rare and endangered species in the southeastern United States plants; production and conservation of medicinal and aromatic plants; systematics of North American and Latin American Apiaceae; development and evaluation of new techniques for environmental education using advanced technology (GIS and multimedia).
Graduate Faculty
affolter@uga.edu; (706) 542-6144

Merryl Alber
Associate Professor, School of Marine Programs
Ph.D. - Boston University
Coastal and estuarine ecosystem ecology; organic matter cycling; coastal marine policy.
Graduate Faculty
malber@uga.edu; (706) 542-5966

Gary W. Barrett
Odum Professor, Odum School of Ecology
Ph.D. - University of Georgia. 
Stress effects (e.g., pesticides, fertilizer, sludge, or fire) on ecosystem dynamics; mammalian population dynamics; applied ecology; agroecosystem ecology; ecological toxicology; restoration ecology; landscape ecology.
Graduate Faculty
gbarrett@uga.edu; (706) 542-6065; Fax (706) 542-4819

Lindsay Boring
Director, Joseph Jones Ecological Research Center
Ph.D. - The University of Georgia
Fire ecology and nutrient cycling; symbiotic nitrogen fixing plants; longleaf pine forest restoration; forest ecosystems management.
Graduate Faculty
lindsay.boring@jonesctr.org; (229) 734-4706

Elgene Box
Professor, Department of Geography
Ph.D. - University of North Carolina
Global ecology; vegetation; climate change; geoecological modeling; East Asia and Southeastern U.S.A.
Graduate Faculty
ebox@states.ggy.uga.edu; (706) 542-2369

J. Peter Brosius
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Ph.D. - University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Environmental discourses, political ecology, social movements, community-based natural resource management, hunter-gatherer socioecology, tropical adaptations, insular Southeast  Asia.
Graduate Faculty
pbrosius@uga.edu; (706) 542-1463

Miguel L. Cabrera
Professor; Odum School of Ecology and Crop and Soil Sciences
Ph.D. - Kansas State University. 
Aspects of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycling in agroecosystems.
Graduate Faculty
mcabrera@uga.edu; (706) 542-1242; Fax (706) 542-9012

C. Ronald Carroll
Professor, Odum School of Ecology; Co-Director, River Basin Science and Policy Center
Ph.D. - University of Chicago. 
Conservation biology with particular emphasis on relationships between managed and natural ecosystems, plant-animal interactions as they influence forest regeneration, and invasive species; sustainable development.
Graduate Faculty
rcarroll@uga.edu; (706) 542-6018; Fax (706) 542-4819

David C. Coleman
Research Professor, Odum School of Ecology
Ph.D. - University of Oregon, Eugene. 
Studies of energetics, nutrient cycling in man-managed agroecosystems and natural ecosystems; functional roles of roots in the production-decomposition interface; kinetics of decomposition and nutrient cycling in forests and grasslands, and in different climates; nutrient cycling and OM dynamics in low input and conventional subtropical and tropical agroecosystems, biodiversity of soil biota. 
Graduate Faculty
davec@uga.edu; (706) 542-2309; Fax (706) 542-2423

Michael Conroy
Adjunct Professor, Warnell School of Forest Resources
Ph.D. - Virginia Polytechnic Odum School and State University
Avian and mammalian population ecology; biometrics; conservation biology.
Graduate Faculty
conroy@smokey.forestry.uga.edu; (706) 542-1167

Alan Covich
Professor and Director, Odum School of Ecology
Ph.D. - Yale University
Impacts of disturbances on tropical stream food webs; working in Puerto Rico on effects of urban growth and road networks on river networks.
Graduate Faculty
alanc@uga.edu; (706) 542-2968; Fax (706) 542-4819

Dorinda Dallmeyer
Director, Environmental Ethics Certificate Program
J.D. - The University of Georgia
Alternative models of dispute resolution to reconcile conflicts between international trade law and environmental protection; marine environmental ethics.
Non-Graduate Faculty
dorindad@uga.edu; (706) 542-0935

Carolyn L. Ehardt
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Ph.D. - University of Texas at Austin
Socioloecology and conservation of nonhuman primates; ecology and epidemiology of tropical diseases, public health and human ecology; bioanthropology of Africa.
Graduate Faculty
cehardt@uga.edu; (706) 542-1480

William K. Fitt
Professor, Odum School of Ecology
Ph.D. - University of California, Santa Barbara. 
Ecological physiology of marine invertebrates, with emphasis on symbioses and larval development. Specialized topics include: physiology and mariculture of giant clams, chemical induction of settlement and metamorphosis of larvae of oysters and cnidarians, establishment and maintenance of algal-invertebrate symbiosis, bleaching of reel corals.
Graduate Faculty
fitt@uga.edu; (706) 542-3328; Fax (706) 542-3344

Laurie Fowler
Public Service Associate, Odum School of Ecology and the School of Law; Co-director, Center for River Basin Science and Policy
J.D. - The University of Georgia
LL.M. (terminal law degree) - University of Washington, School of Law
General land use and environmental law with an emphasis on protection of water quality and biodiversity; green infrastructure and public involvement.
Graduate Faculty
lfowler@uga.edu; (706) 542-3948

Byron Freeman
Senior Public Service Associate, Odum School of Ecology; Director and Curator of Zoology, Georgia Museum of Natural History 
Ph.D. - The University of Georgia
Distribution, abundance and persistence of Southeastern fishes, with a focus on imperiled species.
Non-Graduate Faculty
bud@ttrout.ecology.uga.edu; (706) 542-3920

Mary Freeman
Research Ecologist, U.S.G.S., Patuxent Wildlife Research Center; Adjunct Assistant Research Ecologist, Odum School of Ecology
Ph.D. - The University of Georgia
River ecology and management; effects of altering streamflow and instream habitat on biological processes that sustain the diversity and abundances of native riverine fauna.
Graduate Faculty
mary@ttrout.ecology.uga.edu; (706) 542-5181

J. Whitfield Gibbons
Professor, Odum School of Ecology; Senior Research Scientist, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. 
Ph.D. - Michigan State University
Herpetology; life history and ecology of vertebrates; influence of land management activities on populations and communities.
Graduate Faculty
wgibbons@uga.edu; (803) 725-2472; Fax (803) 725-3309

Steve Golladay
Associate Scientist, Joseph Jones Ecological Research Center, 
Ph.D. - Virginia Polytechnic Odum School and State University
Stream and wetland ecology; responses of aquatic invertebrates to disturbances; hydrologic controls on ecological processes in streams and wetlands; influence of human land use on streams and wetlands.
Graduate Faculty
steve.golladay@jonesctr.org; (229) 734-4706

Patricia Adair Gowaty
Distinguished Research Professor, Odum School of Ecology 
Ph.D. - Clemson University. 
Ecology and evolution of mating systems and variation in reproductive behavior; the causes and consequences of sexual reproduction; social behavior of vertebrates, particularly birds; sex allocation (the distribution of effort to male versus female function) including sex ratios of progeny; parentage studies using DNA markers; statistics of genetic parentage studies, social behavior of female vertebrates.
Graduate Faculty
gowaty@uga.edu; (706) 542-3365; Fax (706) 542-3344

Theodore L. Gragson
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Ph.D. - Pennsylvania State University
Human behavioral ecology and historical ecology, resource use and ecoregional conservation, quantitative, qualitative and spatial analysis; South America, Caribbean, Appalachia.
Graduate Faculty
tgragson@uga.edu; (706) 542-1460

Gary Grossman
Distinguished Research Professor, Warnell School of Forest Resources
Ph.D. - University of California at Davis
Population and community ecology; behavioral ecology; philosophy of science; statistical ecology; applied ecology.
Graduate Faculty
grossman@uga.edu; (706) 542-1160; http://www.arches.uga.edu/~grossman

Bruce Haines
Associate Professor, Department of Plant Biology
Ph.D. - Duke University
Plant-plant chemical interferences, insect-plant interactions, ecophysiology, plant succesional processes, and regulation of mineral element cycling. 
Graduate Faculty
haines@plantbio.uga.edu; (706) 542-1837

James Hamrick
Professor, Department of Plant Biology
Ph.D. - University of California at Berkeley
The population genetics of natural plant populations. 
Graduate Faculty
hamrick@plantbio.uga.edu; (706) 542-1826

Gene S. Helfman
Professor, Odum School of Ecology
Ph.D. - Cornell University. 
Conservation of fishes, behavioral and ecological interactions, particularly predator-prey interactions and their impact on fish conservation.
Graduate Faculty
helfman@uga.edu; (706) 542-3346; Fax (706) 542-3344

Paul F. Hendrix
Professor, Odum School of Ecology/Crop and Soil Sciences
Ph.D. - University of Georgia. 
Soil ecology in natural and agricultural ecosystems; earthworm ecology; soil organic matter dynamics.
Graduate Faculty
hendrixp@uga.edu; (706) 542-9250; Fax (706) 542-4819

Carol Hoffman
Education Specialist, River Basin Science and Policy Center
Ph.D. - University of Texas
Plant-insect interactions; rhizosphere ecology; conservation biology, ecological risks associated with the release of genetically engineered plants; environmental education.
Non-Graduate Faculty
hoffman@uga.edu; (706) 542-2280

Carl F. Jordan
Senior Research Scientist, Odum School of Ecology
Ph.D. - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Conservation and sustainable development; organic agriculture; agroforestry and agroecology; restoration ecology.
Graduate Faculty
cfjordan@uga.edu; (706) 542-6019; Fax (706) 542-4819

Edward T. Kanemasu
Regent's Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Ph.D. - University of Wisconsin at Madison
Agricultural meteorology, remote sensing, global change.
Graduate Faculty
ekanema@uga.edu; (706) 542-0812

Diana Lieberman
Research Scientist, Odum School of Ecology
Ph.D. - University of Ghana.
Tropical ecology; long-term forest dynamics; tropical tree growth and demography; tropical forest assemblages; temporal and spatial patterns in tropical forests; plant-animal interactions; quantitative methods in ecology; tropical marine ecology; conservation of tropical biodiversity; development of environmental education and outreach programs at San Luis Biological Station and San Miguel Biological Station in Costa Rica.
Non-Graduate Faculty
liebermv@racsa.co.cr; (011) 506-645-5277 or (011) 506-645-5890; Fax (011) 506-645-5277 or (011) 506-645-5890

Vernon Meentemeyer
Professor, Department of Geography
Ph.D.  - Southern Illinois University
Terrestrial carbon balance, especially organic decomposition; climatic signals in ecological processes; time and space scales in research designs; historical climate change, especially regarding extreme weather events; synoptic and applied climatology, especially the impact of heatwaves and wind-driven rain.
Graduate Faculty
vmeente@uga.edu; (706) 542-4962

Judith L. Meyer
Research Professor, Odum School of Ecology 
Ph.D. - Cornell University
Aquatic ecology; energy and nutrient flux in aquatic ecosystems, particularly streams; dissolved organic carbon in streams; blackwater rivers; microbial food webs; riparian zones; ecosystem management; urban rivers.
Graduate Faculty
jlmeyer@uga.edu; (706) 542-3363; Fax (706) 542-3344

Robert Mitchell
Scientist, Joseph Jones Ecological Research Center
Ph.D. - University of Missouri
Plant competition, multiple resource limitations and plant growth, carbon allocation and productivity across complex ecological gradients.
Graduate Faculty
robert.mitchell@jonesctr.org; (229) 734-4706

Lawrence A. Morris
Professor, Warnell School of Forest Resources
Ph.D. - University of Florida
Long-term productivity of managed pine forests; soil and neighboring plant impacts on root growth and nutrient uptake; use of biosolids and paper mill residues in managed forests.
Graduate Faculty
lmorris@uga.edu; (706) 542-2532

Virginia Nazarea
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Ph.D. - University of Kentucky
Biodiversity and cultural diversity; ethnoecology; political ecology; sustainable and agricultural development.
Graduate Faculty
vnazarea@uga.edu; (706) 542-3852

David H. Newman
Professor, Warnell School of Forest Resources
Ph.D. - Duke University
Economics resource; impact of government policies on land management decisions; land use change in the southern Appalachians; efficiency analysis; risk analysis in forest management.
Graduate Faculty
dnewman@uga.edu; (706) 542-7649

Albert J. Parker
Professor,  Department of Geography
Ph.D. - University of Wisconsin
Composition and structure of temperate forested environments; vegetation of western North America; ecology and biogeography of conifers.
Graduate Faculty
ajparker@uga.edu; (706) 542-2368

Kathleen C. Parker
Professor, Department of Geography
Ph.D. - University of Wisconsin
Biogeomorphology, vegetation dynamics, biogeography of arid environments.
Graduate Faculty
kcparker@uga.edu; (706) 542-2337

James W. Porter
Professor; Odum School of Ecology and School of Marine Programs
Ph.D. - Yale University
Population and theoretical ecology; ecology of coral reefs; predator-prey dynamics; biological and historical origins of diversity, energy flow and food utilization in tropical marine ecosystems; biogeography of tropical marine organisms; paleontology and the use of the fossil records to interpret the ecology of ancient and recent environments; systematics of the scleractinian corals.
Graduate Faculty
jporter@uga.edu; (706) 542-3410; Fax (706) 542-3344

Catherine M. Pringle
Professor, Odum School of Ecology
Ph.D. - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Aquatic/stream ecology; conservation biology; integration of basic research with management and policy applications and/or environmental outreach; linkages between community- and ecosystem-level ecology in freshwater systems; trophic interactions; nutrient cycling; environmental problems in aquatic ecosystems; aquatic habitat restoration.
Graduate Faculty
cpringle@uga.edu; (706) 542-1120; Fax (706) 542-3344

H. Ronald Pulliam
Regent's Professor, Odum School of Ecology 
Ph.D. - Duke University
Theoretical ecology; spatially explicit landscape models; avian and plant population dynamics and impacts of a forest management plan biological diversity; influence of climate and land-use change on biological diversity and ecosystems; conservation biology; and environmental policy.
Graduate Faculty
pulliam2@uga.edu; (706) 542-6010; Fax (706) 542-3344

Mac V. Rawson
Director, Georgia Sea Grant College Program, School of Marine Sciences
Ph.D. - The University of Georgia
Recruitment and early life history of marine fishes; marine resource management.
Non-Graduate Faculty
mrawson@uga.edu; (706) 542-5954

Robert E. Rhoades
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Ph.D. - University of Oklahoma
Agrarian ecology, comparative mountain studies, ecological anthropology.
Graduate Faculty
rrhoades@uga.edu; (706) 542-1042

Jim Richardson
Undergraduate Coordinator and Adjunct Research Professor, Odum School of Ecology
Ph.D. - The University of Georgia
Population ecology and biology of loggerhead and hawksbill sea turtles; ecology and population biology of long-lived organisms; barrier island ecosystems; restoration ecology of beach and dune systems; sustainable utilization and ecology of tropical rainforests.
Non-Graduate Faculty
rainforestry@earthlink.net; (706) 542-6036

Amy Rosemond
Assistant Professor, Odum School of Ecology 
Ph.D. - Vanderbilt University. 
Aquatic ecology.
Graduate Faculty
rosemond@uga.edu; (706) 542-3903; Fax (706) 542-3344

Fausto Sarmiento
Assistant Professor, School of Environmental Design
Director, Office of International Education
Ph.D. - The University of Georgia
Seed dispersal; tropical mountain ecology; restoration of Tropandean landscapes; sustainable development and environmental planning.
Provisional Graduate Faculty
fsarmien@uga.edu; (706) 583-0477

Rebecca Sharitz
Senior Research Scientist, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Ph.D. - University of North Carolina
Dynamics of nutrients and contaminants in southeastern ecosystems; responses of wetland plant communities to environmental disturbance; restoration of wetland ecosystems; conservation and resource management.
Graduate Faculty
Professor - Department of Botany
sharitz@srel.edu; (803) 725-5679

George Vellidis
Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Ph.D. - University of Florida
Precision agriculture; application of engineering science to measure, model and manage the impact of agricultural production systems on water quality [water quality research focuses on two areas: evaluating effectiveness of riparian (stream sides) forest buffers in attenuating agriculturally driven nonpoint souce pollution and determining landscape-scale effect of agricultural production systems on water quality].
Graduate Faculty
yiorgos@tifton.uga.edu; (229) 386-3377; Fax (229) 386-3958