Affiliated Faculty


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Department

Name

Areas of Interest

becky

Biology

Becky Bixby

Research Professor, Director, WRP

Aquatic ecology, disturbance ecology, water resources 

Kim-Eichorst

Biology

Kim Eichhorst Director, Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program (BEMP)

 

Riparian ecology, science education

litvak

Biology

Marcy Litvak

Professor

Global change biology, physiological ecology, plant biology, terrestrial ecology

muldavin

Biology

Esteban Muldavin

Research Professor

Conservation biology, vegetation classification and mapping, vegetation dynamics and ecological history

turner

Biology

Tom Turner

Regents’ Professor

Aquatic ecology, conservation biology, evolutionary biology,  population genetics and phylogenetics

webster

Biology

Alex J. Webster

Assistant Professor

Aquatic ecology, global change biology, riparian ecology

cabaniss

Chemistry

Stephen E. Cabaniss

Professor

Emeritus

Analytical chemistry, chemical education, environmental chemistry

coonrod

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Julie E. Allred

Professor

Climate change impacts on streamflow, water cycle simulations using GIS, river restoration

cerrato

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Jose M. Cerrato

Professor and Regents' Lecturer

Energy-water, biogeochemistry of metals and radionuclides, drinking water quality and treatment

ricardo

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Ricardo González- Pinzón

Professor

Hydrologic transport, stream ecology and smart tracers, groundwater-surface water interactions

heather

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Heather Himmelberger

Director, SW Environmental Finance Center 

Water and wastewater utilities

allyson

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Allyson McGaughey Assistant Professor

Separation processes and materials, water treatment and reuse, resource recovery

anjali

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Anjali Mulchandani Assistant Professor

Environmental resource sustainability, water-energy nexus, atmospheric water harvesting, water quality, engineering education, science communication

gerhard

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Gerhard Schoener Assistant Professor

Arid hydrology, urban stormwater management, post-wildfire hydrology, flood modeling

schuler

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Andrew Schuler, P.E. Professor

Energy recovery from wastewater processes, biofilms for contaminant removal, nutrient and trace organic pollutants, agent-based modeling

bruce

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Bruce M. Thomson, P.E., Professor Emeritus

Chemistry of inorganic contaminants, ground water contamination, and water resources management 

ehrenfreucht

Community and Regional Planning

Renia Ehrenfeucht

Professor

Urban planning, public spaces 

isaac

Community and Regional Planning

Claudia B. Isaac

Regents’ Professor

Community engaged and activist scholarship, food systems transformation, affordable housing, participatory practice, community resilience and self-determination

caroline

Community and Regional Planning

Caroline Scruggs Regents’ Professor

Chemicals and society, water scarcity and security, US chemicals policy and potable water reuse, public communication, education, and outreach

lani

Community and Regional Planning

Lani Tsinnajinnie Associate Professor

Mountain and watershed hydrology, groundwater & surface water interaction, climate change impacts on watershed

mehdi

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Abdul-Mehdi S. Ali  

Senior Research Scientist I

Analytical chemistry, environmental studies, soil and water biochemical remediation

crossey

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Laura J. Crossey

Professor Emerita

Hydrology,  geochemistry/petrology/mineralogy 

fawcett

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Peter J. Fawcett 

Professor

Climate/atmospheric sciences,  sedimentology/stratigraphy/paleoclimate/paleontology, surface processes

galewsky

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Joseph Galewsky Professor, Department Chair

Climate/atmospheric sciences,  hydrology

gutzler

Earth and Planetary Sciences

David S. Gutzler Professor Emeritus

Climate/atmospheric sciences,  hydrology 

markovich

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Katie Markovich

Assistant Professor

Climate/atmospheric sciences,  hydrology, stable isotope geochemistry

repasch

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Marisa Repasch

Assistant Professor

Hydrology, surface processes,  carbon cycle, stable isotope geochemistry, cosmogenic radionuclide geochemistry

sharp

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Zachary D. Sharp Distinguished Professor

Stable isotope geochemistry with application to paleoclimate reconstruction, metamorphic & igneous petrology, atmospheric science and meteoritics

berrens

Economics

Robert Berrens Regents’ and Distinguished Professor

Environmental economics, non-market valuation, sustainable development & ecological economics, policy & institutional analysis, forest & water resources management, public lands management, biodiversity & endangered species protection, survey research

john-felck

Economics

John Fleck Professor of Practice in Water Policy & Governance and Writer in Residence at the Utton Center  

Climate change adaptation in the western United States through water policy and governance, with a focus on the Colorado River Basin and New Mexico's Middle Rio Grande Valley 

jones

Economics

Benjamin Jones Associate Professor, Graduate Director

Environmental economics, epidemiological/health dimensions of environmental economics, dynamic optimization, coupled human and natural systems 

jingjing

Economics

Jingjing WangAssociate Director WRP, Associate Professor

Water economics, nutrient management, renewable energy, climate change, agricultural water use, integrated modelling

maria-lane

Geography and Environmental Studies

Maria Lane Professor, Dean of Graduate Studies

Historical geography, environmental knowledge, colonialism, American west and southwest, Atlantic basin, history and geography of science

yolanda

Geography and Environmental Studies

Yolanda C. Lin

 Associate Professor

Natural hazards and disasters, risk and resilience, spatial analysis, earthquake engineering, data visualization, uncertainty, systems thinking

melinda

Geography and Environmental Studies

Melinda Morgan Regents’ Professor

Environmental governance, social-ecological systems, new materialism, legal geography

warner

Geography and Environmental Studies

Benjamin Warner Assistant Professor

Water governance and institutions, Latin American development, vulnerability, risk, and adaptation to environmental change, political economy

su

Geography and Environmental Studies

Su Zhang Assistant Professor

Remote sensing, GIS, decision support systems, infrastructure management 

kambric

Landscape Architecture

Kathleen Kambic

Associate Professor

Water, infrastructure, political ecology, urbanism, landscape theory

 adrian

Law

Adrian Oglesby Director,
Utton Transboundary Resources Center

Legal matters relating to agricultural preservation, efficient water management, governmental accountability, and fish and wildlife conservation 

Jami

Political Science

Jami Nelson-Nuñez

Associate Professor

Water, sanitation and health issues in developing countries, Latin America

pratesi

Population Health

Claudia Pratesi Assistant Professor

Environmental epidemiology, population health biology

Water Resources Program, MSC05 3110, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, Email: wrp@unm.edu, Phone: (505) 277-7759