Graduate Faculty Advisors

Our department offers M.S. degrees in six focal areas: Ecosystem Science, Environmental Conservation & Sustainability, Environmental Economics, Forestry, Natural Resources & the Environment, and Wildlife & Conservation Biology. Choose a program below to learn about the faculty and their research interests. Descriptions of each program can be found under Programs of Study. 

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David Burdick

DAVID BURDICK

Research Associate Professor
Research Interests: Restoration of Coastal Habitats: salt marshes, seagrasses, beaches and dunes, and living shorelines.
David.Burdick@unh.edu
                                                   (603) 862-5129
                                                    Website
Dr. Jessica Ernakovich

JESSICA ERNAKOVICH

Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Microbial Ecology and Ecosystem Function, Global Change, Disturbance
Jessica.Ernakovich@unh.edu
(603) 862-2216
Website
 
Serita Frey

SERITA FREY

Professor
Research Interests: Ecosystem Ecology, Microbial Ecology, Global Change
Serita.Frey@unh.edu
(603) 862-3880
Website
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STUART GRANDY

Professor
Research Interests: 
Stuart.Grandy@unh.edu
(603) 862-1075
 
Steve Jones

STEPHEN JONES

Research Associate Professor
Research Interests: 
Stephen.Jones@unh.edu
(603) 862-5124
Mcdowell

BILL MCDOWELL

Professor
Research Interests: Ecosystem Science, Biogeochemistry, Stream Ecology
Bill.McDowell@unh.edu
(603) 862-2249
Website
 
Scott Ollinger

SCOTT OLLINGER

Professor
Research Interests: 
Scott.Ollinger@unh.edu
(603) 862-2926
Website
Wilfred

WILFRED WOLLHEIM

Associate Professor
Research Interests: Nutrient and carbon cycling in aquatic ecosystems, Controls of water quality: dissolved oxygen, nutrients, micro plastic, Role of entire river networks in watersheds, Aquatic ecosystem services
Wil.Wollheim@unh.edu
                                                        (603) 862-5022
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Wymore

ADAM WYMORE

Research Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Watershed Science, Ecosystem Ecology, Stream Ecosystems
Adam.Wymore@unh.edu
(603) 862-0684
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Catherine Ashcraft

CATHERINE ASHCRAFT

Assistant Professor
Research Interests:  human dimensions of ecological systems, how environmental policies negotiation and design, how they respond to change, and renegotiation
Catherine.Ashcraft@unh.edu
(603) 862-3925
Website
Russel

RUSSELL CONGALTON

Professor
Research Interests: Remote Sensing, Geospatial Analysis, the Science of Where.
Russ.Congalton@unh.edu
                                           (603) 862-4644
                                           Website
 
Kelly Cullen

KELLY GIRAUD

Associate Professor
Research Interests: Nonmarket Economics, Renewable Energy, Natural Resource Economics
Kelly.Giraud@unh.edu
(603) 862-4811
Website
Rich Smith

RICHARD SMITH

Associate Professor
Research Interests: Agroecology; Regenerative Agriculture; Soil Health
Richard.Smith@unh.edu
                                         (603) 862-2724
                                         Website
 
Robert

ROBERT ROBERTSON

Associate Professor
Research Interests: Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Social Impact Assessment, Nature-Based Tourism
Rob.Robertson@unh.edu
(603) 862-2711

  

 

 

 
Kelly Cullen

KELLY GIRAUD

Associate Professor
Research Interests: Nonmarket Economics, Renewable Energy, Natural Resource Economics
Kelly.Giraud@unh.edu
(603) 862-4811
                                                 Website
Robert

ROBERT ROBERTSON

Associate Professor
Research Interests: Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Social Impact Assessment, Nature-Based Tourism
Rob.Robertson@unh.edu
(603) 862-2711
 
John

JOHN HALSTEAD

Professor
Research Interests: 
John.Halstead@unh.edu
(603) 862-3914

 

 

 
Ducey

MARK DUCEY

CHAIR | Professor
Research Interests: Quantitative Ecology, Forest Inventory and Biometrics, Quantitative Silviculture
Mark.Ducey@unh.edu
(603) 862-4429
Website
asbjornsen-heidi

HEIDI ASBJORNSEN

Professor
Research Interests: Basic and applied silviculture, agroforestry, restoration ecology, and watershed management.
Heidi.Asbjornsen@unh.edu
(603) 862-1011
Website
 
Jeff Garnas

JEFF GARNAS

Associate Professor
Research Interests: Forest ecosystems health
Jeff.Garnas@unh.edu
(603) 862-2094
Website
Gunn

JOHN GUNN

Research Assistant Professor
Research Interests: 
John.Gunn@unh.edu
(603) 862-2353

 

 

 
Adrienne

ADRIENNE KOVACH

Associate Professor
Research Interests: Conservation Genetics, Wildlife Population Monitoring, Species of Concern 
Adrienne.Kovach@unh.edu
(603) 862-1603
Website
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REM MOLL

Assistant Professor
Research Interests: wildlife ecology, spatial ecology, urban ecology, quantitative ecology, wildlife management
Remington.Moll@unh.edu
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Rebecca Rowe

REBECCA ROWE

Associate Professor
Research Interests: Community Ecology, Faunal Response to Environmental Change, Animal Impacts on Ecosystem Function.
Rebecca.Rowe@unh.edu
(603) 862-2810
                                             Website
Gunn

JOHN GUNN

Research Assistant Professor
Research Interests: avian ecology
John.Gunn@unh.edu
(603) 862-2353

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