Meet Our Faculty

Our faculty researchers in the Earth, Environment and Society doctoral program are engaged in a wide range of interests and expertise. Browse the list below to find an advisor whose research area aligns with your own interests.

NameDepartmentResearch AreasLab WebsiteEmail
John BershawGeologyPaleoclimate, stable Isotope hydrology, basin analysis, geothermalWebsitebershaw@pdx.edu
Adam BoothGeologyQuantitative geomorphology: landslides, LiDAR, landscape evolution modeling, inverse problems, numerical modeling, remote sensingEarth Surface Processes Groupboothad@pdx.edu
Alida CantorGeographyWater resources management, legal geography, environmental justice, political ecology, renewable energy, food systems, qualitative methods, human-environment geographyWebsiteacantor@pdx.edu
Heejun ChangGeographyHydrology & water resources, climate change impact assessment, ecosystem services, visual spatial analysis, GISWater as an Integrated System and Environment (WISE) Research Groupchangh@pdx.edu
Catherine de RiveraEnvironmental Science & ManagementEcology and behavior of marine and estuarine invertebrates, ecological impacts of roadsde Rivera Labderivera@pdx.edu
Geoffrey DuhGeographyGIS, remote sensing, spatial decision support systems, ecological and socioeconomic processesWebsitejduh@pdx.edu
Jonathan FinkGeologyVolcanology, fluid dynamics, urban systems, sustainability jon.fink@pdx.edu
Kelly GleasonEnvironmental Science & ManagementSnow and ice processes in mountain environments, snow hydrology, disturbance eco-hydro-climatology, integrated modeling of water-climate-forest interactions, remote sensing, land cover change, spatio-temporal statistics, and geo-analyticsEcohydroclimatology Research Groupk.gleason@pdx.edu
Elise GranekEnvironmental Science & ManagementCoastal marine ecology and conservation: land-sea connectivity, ecosystem services and marine ecosystem-based managementApplied Coastal Ecology Labgraneke@pdx.edu
Melissa HaeffnerEnvironmental Science & ManagementSocial science, water justice, urban water governance, resilience, sustainability, broader impacts, interdisciplinary collaborationWebsitemelh32@pdx.edu
Andrés HolzGeographyForest dynamics, disturbance ecology, drought, dendroecology, climate-fire-human relationship, management, and conservationGlobal Environmental Change Labandres.holz@pdx.edu
Martin LafrenzGeographyGeomorphology and water resources, land use change, GIS lafrenz@pdx.edu
Paul LoikithGeographyClimate science, meteorology, climate and weather extremesClimate Science Labploikith@pdx.edu
Paola López-DuarteEnvironmental Science & ManagementBehavior and ecology of invertebrates and fish, especially the factors controlling larval dispersal from and recruitment to adult habitatsLópez-Duarte Labpaola.lopezduarte@pdx.edu
Jill MarshallGeologyGeomorphology, critical zoneMarshalling Science Labjillmar@pdx.edu
Jen MorseEnvironmental Science & ManagementBiogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, urban ecology, wetlands, greenhouse gases, ecosystem restoration, and global changeEnvironmental Biogeochemistry Labjlmorse@pdx.edu
Max Nielsen-PincusEnvironmental Science & ManagementEnvironmental legislation and policy, land use and cover change, community-based natural resource management, watershed restoration, wildfire management, sense of place, landowner psychology, agent-based modelingEnvironmental Management Labmaxnp@pdx.edu
Pronoy RaiGeographyHuman geography: global development, labor, migration, gender (masculinities, sexualities), climate & agro-ecological change, social transformations (identities, castes, social movements), South Asia, Oregon rai@pdx.edu
Alex RuzickaGeologyMeteorites, planetary science, geochemistryCascadia Meteorite Laboratoryruzickaa@pdx.edu
Vivek ShandasGeographyEnvironmental justice, climate change, urban systems, socio-ecological resilienceSustaining Urban Places Research Labvshandas@pdx.edu
Martin StreckGeologyVolcanoes, evolution and eruption of magmas, geochemistry, 
petrology, Oregon geology
 streckm@pdx.edu
Ashley StreigGeologyNeotectonics, paleoseismology, structural geology and tectonic geomorphology, study of active faults and folds, earthquakes and associated hazardsActive Tectonicsstreig@pdx.edu
Martin SwobodzinskiGeographyGeographic information science, behavioral geography, spatial cognition, transportation swobod@pdx.edu