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2005-06 Environmental Sciences Back

Blank, Gary B.
Associate Professor, Department of Forestry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Lecturing: Historical and current environmental impacts and their assessment
Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno, Czech Republic
February 2006 - June 2006

Brown, David Paul
Research Scientist, StreamWise, St. Petersburg, FL
Lecturing and Research: Aerosol Modeling of Atmospheric Deposition During Biomass Combustion
University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
September 2005 - July 2006

Fletcher, Pamela J
Natural Resource Specialist, Marine Resources Section, Broward County Department of Planning and Environmental Protection, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Lecturing and Research: Marine Resource Management in Tropical Environments
University of the Autonomous Regions of the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast (URACCAN), Bluefields, Nicaragua
July 2005 - April 2006

Foin, Theodore Chin
Professor, Agronomy and Range Science, University of California--Davis, Davis, CA
Lecturing and Research: Modeling sociocultural, ecological and behavioral influences on fallow practice in shifting cultivation in northwestern Thailand
Mahidol University--Salaya, Salaya, Thailand
September 2005 - March 2006

Fule, Peter Z.
Associate Professor and Associate Director, School of Forestry and Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
Research: Forest Fires and Climate Patterns in Ancient Spanish Pine Forests: Ecological and Social Implications
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
September 2005 - February 2006

Goldstein, Allen Hyman
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California--Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Research: What is the extent of unrecognized biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) in the atmosphere?
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra, Australia
July 2005 - January 2006

Harris, Larry G.
Professor, Department of Zoology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Lecturing and Research: Investigating the role of sea stars in Chilean subtidal benthic communities.
Catholic University of the North, Antofagasta, Chile
August 2005 - February 2006

Helz, George Rudolph
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, University of Maryland--College Park, College Park, MD
Research: Chemistry of Copper in Sulfidic Natural Waters
Ruder Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
February 2006 - July 2006

Hildebrandt, Mark L.
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Southern Illinois University--Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
Lecturing and Research: Environmental Concerns in Nepal
Kathmandu University, Kathmandu, Nepal
January 2006 - August 2006

Ji, Wei (Wayne)
Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Research: Understanding German Coastal Wetlands: Landscapes, Environmental Issues, and Geospatial Technical Solutions
University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany
April 2006 - July 2005

Kelly, Walton Ross
Scientist, Groundwater Section, Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign, IL
Lecturing and Research: Water Quality Science; Groundwater Quality in a Rural Region of South Africa
University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
January 2006 - July 2006

Kocurek, Gary Alex
Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas--Austin, Austin, TX
Lecturing and Research: Environmental Science; Environmental Response to Climatic Change
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geophysics, Prague, Czech Republic
September 2005 - January 2006

Langholz, Jeffrey A
Associate Professor and Head, Graduate Program in International Environmental Policy, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA
Lecturing and Research: “Privately Owned Protected Areas: Perils, Promise, and Models for Success”
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
August 2005 - July 2006

Mayo, Alan L
Professor, Department of Geology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Research: Optimization of groundwater development and protection in the Czech Republic
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
August 2005 - December 2005

McClain, Michael Eugene
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Lecturing and Research: Modeling Approaches to Integrated Watershed and Marine Ecosystem Management in the Caribbean
Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
August 2005 - February 2006

McConnell, Joseph Robert
Research Professor, Department of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, University and Community College System of Nevada, Reno, NV
Lecturing and Research: Collaborations in Snow and Ice Chemistry: Industrial Pollution in the Antarctic Peninsula During Recent Centuries
Argentina Antarctic Institute, Mendoza, Argentina
August 2005 - November 2005

Pedersen, Sverre
Subsistence Resource Specialist, Division of Subsistence, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fairbanks, AK
Research: Sustainable Development
University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
January 2006 - May 2006

Pichtel, John R.
Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Lecturing and Research: Phytoextraction: An Innovative Technology for the Treatment of Severely Contaminated Environments
University College Cork--National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland
September 2005 - March 2006

Renwick, Mary E
Adjunct Faculty, Winrock International, Arlington, VA
Lecturing and Research: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Water Management in the Mekong Basin
Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
September 2005 - March 2006

Shorten, Charles V.
Professor, Department of Health, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA
Lecturing: Environmental Science and Engineering
University of Delhi--Delhi College of Engineering, New Delhi, India
January 2006 - July 2006

Stevens, James A.
Forest Economist, The Campbell Group, Portland, OR
Lecturing: Curriculum development and teaching, Mizoram University
Mizoram University, Aizawl, India
August 2005 - December 2005

Suman, Daniel Oscar
Professor of Marine Affairs and Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL
Lecturing and Research: Coastal Management Education; Comparative Coastal Management in the United States and Brazil
University of Itajai Valley, Itajai, Brazil
August 2005 - January 2006

Tharakan, John P.
Chair and Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Howard University, Washington, DC
Research: Evaluation and Assessment of Bioenvironmental Control and Remediation Technologies as Utilized in South India
New College, Chennai, India
June 2006 - March 2007

Vourlitis, George Louis
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, California State University--San Marcos, San Marcos, CA
Lecturing and Research: The Ecology of Tropical Transitional Forests of Brazil
Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiaba, Brazil
January 2006 - May 2006

Vukicevic, Tomislava
Research Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Research on the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
Lecturing: Integrating models with measuremnts, new challange in modern Atmospheric Sciences
University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro Inactive
January 2006 - July 2006

Weishampel, John Frederick
Director of Geospatial Analysis and Modeling of Ecological Systems Lab, Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Research: Quantifying forest structure using airborne remote sensing
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
February 2006 - June 2006

Wise, David Haynes
Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Lecturing: Generalist Predators and the Dynamics of Terrestrial Food Webs
University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
March 2006 - June 2006