Department of Natural Resources Conservation University of Massachusetts

Faculty and Staff

In this section...

• Faculty
• Adjunct Faculty
• Professional Staff
• Administrative Staff

Faculty

Paul K. Barten	Forestry, hydrology, watershed management
Brent A. Beebe	Junior Year Writing
Peggi L. Clouston	Wood Mechanics & Engineered Wood Products
David T. Damery , Vitae	Building materials and forest products marketing
John T. Finn	Ecosystems modeling, geographic information systems, digital remote sensing
Paul R. Fisette , Vitae	Wood-frame construction, energy conservation, building materials performance
James H. Fownes	Forest ecology and conservation
Todd K. Fuller	Forest mammals, population ecology, international wildlife
Curtice R. Griffin	Wetland wildlife ecology and management, biodiversity conservation
Robin A. Harrington	Forest ecology and conservation
R. Bruce Hoadley	Wood identification and wood properties
Francis Juanes	Fisheries ecology and behavior
Brian C. P. Kane	Commercial Arboriculture
Matthew J. Kelty	Silviculture and forest ecology
David B. Kittredge, Jr.	Silviculture, forest management, timber harvesting, outreach to Natural Resource Professionals
Joseph S. Larson	Functional assessment of freshwater wetlands, wetland policy-local, state, national, and international
David K. Loomis	Human dimensions of resource management, outdoor recreation
William P. MacConnell	Resource mapping, GIS, forest management
Brenda McComb	Forest wildlife habitat management at stand and landscape scales
Kevin McGarigal	Landscape ecology, ecosystem management, wildlife ecology
Robert M. Muth	Human dimensions of natural resources, natural resource policy, social conflict of natural resources
Craig Nicolson	Simulation and managing natural resources using computer models .
Piotr Parasiewicz	Instream Habitat Modeling
William A. Patterson, III	Fire management, forest ecology, paleoecology
Timothy O. Randhir	Watershed management, water quality
Michael R. Ross	Marine and freshwater fisheries
H. Dennis P. Ryan, III	Arboriculture, urban forestry
Charles M. Schweik	Human dimensions of environmental change and information technology in public sector settings

Adjunct Faculty

Warren Archey	Chief Forester
David V. Bloniarz	Urban forestry, landscape planning, urban design
Emery Boose	Harvard Forest
John G. Boreman	Fishery science, biology, and management
Robert T. Brooks	Wildlife habitat assessment, pond-breeding amphibians
Richard A. Cunjak	Marine Biology
Linda Deegan	Marine ecosystem ecology
Richard M. DeGraaf	Forest wildlife habitat relationships
Stephen DeStefano	Population ecology and habitat relationships of terrestrial and semi-aquatic (e.g., waterbirds) wildlife, with the long-term goal of understanding how habitat quality influences demographic performance.
Jan Dizard	Human Dimensions of Wildlife
Kenyon Fairey	Director, help desk services
Rebecca Field	Wildlife-habitat relationships, avian biology, wildlife management, international wildlife management, professional training
David Foster , Vitae	Harvard Forest
Kevin D. Friedland	Cooperative Marine Education and Research Program, NOAA
Alexander J. Haro	Anadromous Fish Biology
Jay B. Hestbeck	USGS
Donald E. Kroodsma	Avian vocalization
Boyd E. Kynard	Anadromous fish biology
Ben H. Letcher	Population Ecology
Ann M. Lewis	Plant ecology
Martha E. Mather	Aquatic ecology, fisheries biology
Stephen D. McCormick	Fish physiology and aquaculture
Scott M. Melvin	Endangered species
Emily Monosson	Environmental Toxicologist
Keith H. Nislow	Fisheries Biologist
John Organ	Carnivore Ecology; Furbearer Management; Conservation History; Human Wildlife Interactions
Rutherford H. Platt	Geosciences Department
Rodney A. Rountree	Ichthyology and marine biology
Paul Sievert	Wildlife Conservation
Stephen Smulski	Engineered wood composites and wood products
Ethan J. Temeles	Sexual Dimorphism and Aggression in Animals, and Plant-Pollinator Interactions
Peter D. Vickery	Avian ecology
Brian K. Wells	Cooperative Marine Education and Research Program, NOAA

Professional Staff

William Burt	Marine Aquaculture, coastal resource protection
Paul F. Catanzaro	Extension Forestry Specialist
Bradley W. Compton	Biodiversty Project/Blanding Turtle Project
Robert D. Childs	Urban forestry diagnostic laboratory, entomology
Daniel H. Gillman	Urban forestry diagnostic laboratory, plant pathology
David W. Goodwin	GIS, natural resources and land use mapping
Scott D. Jackson	Wetlands, reptiles and amphibians, biodiversity issues
Kasey M. Rolih	Biodiversty Project
Laurie Sanders	Watershed Outreach, Field Botany, Rare Species Inventory
Dana M. Slaymaker	Remote Sensing Technologies for Landscape Scale Natural Resources Inventories
Gretchen C. Smith	Forest health, ozone biomonitoring
William Wilcox	Water Coastal Resource Protection

Administrative Staff

Joanne Buchanan	Clerk III
Roxann Cormier	Bookkeeper I
Linda S. Fortin	Typist II
Lori M. Miner	Clerk III
Daniel R. Pepin	Technical Specialist II
Jil I. Prosciak	Bookkeeper I
Carolyn M. Safarik	Department Business Manager