Meet Our Faculty | School of Earth and Sustainability

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School of Earth & Sustainability

Email:
SES.Admin​@nau.edu
Call:
928-523-9333

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Faculty profiles

Meet the faculty members of Northern Arizona University’s School of Earth & Sustainability. Find their research interests, web links, and contact information below.

Clare Aslan, SES Director

Ƶ Professor
Office: Building 19 Rm #118
Research interests: Community ecology, conservation biology
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Michael Smith, SES Ƶ Director

Ƶ Professor
Office: Building 12 Rm #200
Research interests: Geochronology of sedimentary basins, deep time stratigraphy, marine geomorphology

Suzanne Affinati

Instructor
Office: Building 12 Rm #225
Research interests: Metamorphic petrology, tectonics, petrochronology, and U.S. Cordilleran geology

Francisco Apen

Assistant Professor
Office: Building 12 Rm #221
Research interests: Geochronology, petrology, high-temperature geochemistry, tectonics
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Rebecca Best

Ƶ Professor
Office: Building 19 Rm #122
Research interests: Aquatic ecology, evolution, and conservation

Duan Biggs

Professor and Charles Olajos and Ted Goslow Chair for Southwestern Environmental Science and Policy
Office: Building 20
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Research interests: Conservation science, resilience, nature-based tourism, community and stakeholder dialogue and engagement

Joseph Byrnes

Assistant Research Professor
Office: Building 12 Rm #209
Research interests: Passive seismic imaging, tectonics, mantle convection, and volcanic systems

Diana Elder

Ƶ Dean for Research and Inclusive Opportunities, College of the Environment, Forestry & Natural Sciences
Ƶ Professor 
Phone: 928-523-4123
Research interests: Quaternary geology

Michael Erb

Assistant Research Professor
Office: Building 8 Rm #310
Research interests: Paleoclimatology, climate modeling, data assimilation

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John Fegyveresi

Assistant Professor of Practice
Office: Building 8 Rm #309
Research interests: Quaternary climate science, glaciology, ice cores

James Gaherty

Professor
ڴھ:Building 12 Rm #207
Research interests: Seismology, geophysics, tectonics
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Roger Haro

Office: Building 8 Rm #201
Research interests: Natural resource conservation, freshwater invertebrate ecology, non-point source pollution

Deborah Huntzinger

Professor
Office: Building 8 Rm #307
Research interests: Greenhouse gas accounting, carbon-climate feedbacks, Earth system modeling

Nancy Johnson

Regents’ Professor
Office: Building 17
Research interests: Ecosystem ecology, microbial ecology, mycorrhizas
Cross-appointed in: Department of Biological Sciences

Taylor Joyal

Ƶ Teaching Professor
Office: Building 19 Rm #102
Research interests: Earth surface processes, watershed science, quaternary geology

Darrell Kaufman

Regents’ Professor
Office: Building 8 Rm #306
Research interests: Paleoclimatology, Quaternary geology

Rosemary Logan

Assistant Teaching Professor
Office: Building 19 Rm #121
Research interests: Sustainable food systems, community-and civic engagement-focused university/community partnerships, transformative sustainability learning

Nicholas McKay

Ƶ Professor
Office: Building 8 Rm #308
Research interests: Paleoclimatology, data analysis, paleoclimate informatics

Julie Mueller

Professor
Research interests: Natural resource valuation
Appointed in: W.A. Franke College of Business
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Erik Nielsen

Ƶ Professor
Office: Building 19 Rm #115
Research interests: Environmental policy

Erika Nowak

Assistant Research Professor
Office: Building 20 Rm #150
Research interests: Herpetology and conservation
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Denielle Perry

Assistant Professor
Office: Building 19 Rm #101
Research interests: Water resources policy and management, geography, political ecology, Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Ryan Porter

Ƶ Professor
Office: Building 12 Rm #214
Research interests: Geophysics, seismology, tectonics

Lucero Radonic

Ƶ Professor
Office: Building 65 Rm #231
Research interests: Political ecology, water governance and security, climate adaptation, green infrastructure, cultural values and norms, participatory methodologies
Cross-appointed in: Department of Anthropology

Pranay Ranjan

Assistant Professor
Office: Building 19 Rm #116
Research interests: Institutions, water governance, conservation behavior, climate change adaptation, environmental social science

Christine Regalla

Assistant Professor
Office: Building 12 Rm #217
Research interests: Structural geology, active tectonics, tectonic geomorphology

Cody Routson

Assistant Research Professor
Office: Building 8 Rm #301
Research interests: Climate science

Helen Rowe

Assistant Research Professor
Office: Building 19
Research interests: Conservation, restoration ecology, invasive species

James Sample

Professor
Office: Building 13 Rm #210
Research interests: Tectonics, geochemistry, structural geology

Temuulen “Teki” Sankey

Ƶ Professor
Office: Building 90 Rm #105
Research interests: Remote sensing, geoinformatics
Appointed in: School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

Donna Shillington

Professor
Office: Building 12 Rm #219
Research interests: Geophysics, seismology, tectonics

Sara Souther

Assistant Professor
Office: Building 19 Rm #118
Research interests: Population biology, plant ecology, conservation biology
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Abraham Springer

Professor
Office: Building 12 Rm #206
Research interests: Hydrogeology, ecohydrology, karst

Diana Stuart

Ƶ Professor
Office: Building 19 Rm #124
Research interests: Environmental sociology, climate change, food systems, conservation, social theory

Casey Tierney

Assistant Teaching Professor
Office: Building 13 Rm #212
Research interests: Geochemistry, volcanology, igneous petrology
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Laura Wasylenki

Ƶ Professor
Office: Building 36 Rm #332
Research interests: Environmental geochemistry of metals, paleoceanography, metal stable isotopes
Cross-appointed in: Department of Chemistry

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624 S Knoles Dr
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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