Faculty 

FacultyContact InformationResearch Interests
Catherine de Rivera
Professor
derivera@pdx.edu
503.725.9798
SRTC 238E

Ecology and behavior of marine and estuarine invertebrates, ecological impacts of roads.

Lab website: https://deriveralab.wordpress.com/

Linda George
Professor
georgel@pdx.edu
503.725.3861
SRTC 474

Atmospheric chemistry, monitoring and modeling of urban air pollutants, assessing human exposure to and perception of air pollutants and climate change, development of measurement techniques for quantifying atmospheric species.

Lab website: https://web.pdx.edu/~h6lg/new2/

Jeff Gerwing
Associate Professor
jgerwing@pdx.edu
503.725.4482
SRTC B1-24C
Forest ecology, restoration, and management.
Kelly Gleason
Associate Professor
k.gleason@pdx.edu
503.725.2334
SRTC B1-04D

Snow and ice processes in mountain environments, disturbance ecohydrology, water-climate-forest interactions, integrated modeling of the hydroclimate, surface energy balance modeling, remote sensing of land cover change, and geo-analytics. 

Lab website: https://ecohydroclimatology.com/

Elise Granek
Professor
graneke@pdx.edu
503.725.4241
SRTC 118B

Applied coastal ecology; effects of disturbance on marine ecosystems and species; coastal conservation and management. 

Lab website: https://sites.google.com/pdx.edu/acelab/

Melissa Haeffner
Associate Professor
melh32@pdx.edu
503.725.2497
SRTC B1-04C

Sociohydrology, hydrosocial systems, human-environment interactions, environmental justice

Lab website: https://www.oregonwaterstories.com/

Paola López-Duarte Associate Professorpaola.lopezduarte@pdx
503.725.4203
SRTC 206C
The behavior and ecology of invertebrates and fish, especially the factors controlling larval dispersal from and recruitment to adult habitats
Jennifer Morse
Associate Professor
jlmorse@pdx.edu
503.725.2826
SRTC B1-04B

Biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, urban ecology, wetlands, greenhouse gases, ecosystem restoration, and global change.

Lab website: https://sites.google.com/a/pdx.edu/morse-lab/

Max Nielsen-Pincus
Associate Professor & Chair
maxnp@pdx.edu
503.725.2827
SRTC B1-04E

503.725.8038 (Chair Office)
SRTC 218C (Chair Office)

Environmental legislation and policy, land use and cover change, community-based natural resource management, watershed restoration, wildfire management, sense of place, landowner psychology, agent-based modeling.

Lab website: https://sites.google.com/a/pdx.edu/maxnp

Yangdong Pan
Professor
bwyp@pdx.edu
503.725.4981
SRTC 238F

Freshwater science and protection, aquatic ecology, algal ecology, environmental monitoring and assessment, and stream restoration.

Lab website: https://works.bepress.com/yangdong_pan/

Teaching/Adjunct Faculty

NameContact InformationResearch Interests
Daniel Bedell
Instructor
dbedell@pdx.edu
 
Community science, freshwater ecology and stream restoration. 
Leslie Bliss Ketchumleslie@samarapdx.com

Monitoring and researching impacts of the built environment on habitat connectivity for all taxa of wildlife, assessing mitigation efforts, and developing connectivity assessments.

Website: http://www.samarapdx.com/

Patrick Edwards
Director of EPP, SWRP
patrick.edwards@pdx.edu
503.725.8303
SRTC 118D

Macroinvertebrate indicators of stream sediment and the effect of ecological restoration on aquatic communities

Website: https://sites.google.com/a/pdx.edu/patrick-edwards/

Eugene Fosterepfoster@pdx.edu 
Leslie Kingkingles@pdx.edu  
Amy Larsonlarsona@pdx.edu
503.725.8105
SRTC 206B
Soft-sediment communities, chemical ecology, and invasive species. 
Joe Masermaserj@pdx.edu 
Meenakshi Raomrao@pdx.edu 
Arick "Kit" Rouhearouhe@pdx.edu
503-725-5961
SRTC B1-24B
 
Dan Sobotadsobota@pdx.edu Stream biogeochemistry, harmful algal blooms, and dynamics of wood in streams and rivers.
Trygve SteenRetired 

Emeritus Faculty

NameContact Information
Marion Drenserdresnerm@pdx.edu
David Ervindervin@pdx.edu
Roy Koch 
Richard Peterson 
John Rueter 
Mark Sytsmasytsmam@pdx.edu

Research Faculty and Staff

NameContact Information
Gabriel Campbell
Rae Selling Berry Seed Bank Director
gec2@pdx.edu
SRTC B1-81
Rae Selling Seed Bank & Plant Conservation Program
Kris Freitagkfreitag@pdx.edu
503.725.2468
SRTC B1-25B
Brian Stevesstevesb@si.edu

Affiliated Faculty and Staff

NameContact Information
Valance Brenneis valance.brenneis@pcc.edu
Janine Castrojanine_m_castro@fws.gov
Ed Guerrantguerran@pdx.edu 
Greg Ruizruizg@si.edu
Steven Rumrillsteven.s.rumrill@state.or.us
Robert Scheller 
Vivek Shandasvshandas@pdx.edu
503.725.5222
URBN 370L
Angela Streckerstrecka2@wwu.edu
Alan Yeakleyyeakley@umbc.edu
Ian Waite 

Department Staff

NameContact InformationDepartment Support Area
Noah Sharpsteen
Interim Department Manager
nesharps@pdx.edu 
503.725.9856
SRTC 218B
Finances and course scheduling
Sam Paganelli
Program Coordinator
pag3@pdx.edu
503.725.4982
SRTC 218
Office support and coordination
Becca Wilson-Ounekeo
Lab and Stockroom Coordinator
rwi2@pdx.edu
503.725.9817
SRTC 243
Lab and stockroom management