Affiliated Faculty

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Department

Name

Areas of Interest

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Biology

Becky Bixby

Research Professor, Director, WRP

Aquatic ecology, disturbance ecology, water resources

Kim-Eichorst

Biology

Kim Eichorst

 Director, Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program (BEMP)

Riparian ecology, science education

woman

Biology

Marcy Litvak

Professor

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

man

Biology

Esteban Muldavin

Research Professor

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

man

Biology

Tom Turner

Regents’ Professor

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

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Biology

Alex J. Webster

Assistant Professor

Aquatic ecology, global change biology, riparian ecology,  terrestrial ecology

Chemistry

Stephen E. Cabaniss

Professor Emeritus

Analytical chemistry, chemical education, environmental chemistry 

woman

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Julie E. Allred

Professor

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

woman

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Jose M. Cerrato

Professor and Regents' Lecturer

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

man

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Ricardo González- Pinzón

Professor

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

woman

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Heather Himmelberger

Director, SW Environmental Finance Center 

Water and wastewater utilities

woman

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Allyson McGaughey

 Assistant Professor

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

woman

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Anjali Mulchandani

Assistant Professor

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

man

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Gerhard Schoener

Assistant Professor

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

man

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

man

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Bruce M. Thomson, P.E. Professor Emeritus

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

woman

Community and Regional Planning

Renia Ehrenfeucht

Professor

Urban planning, public spaces 

woman

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

woman

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

woman

Community and Regional Planning

Lani Tsinnajinnie

 Associate Professor

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

man

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Abdul-Mehdi S. Ali 

Senior Research Scientist I

Analytical chemistry, environmental studies, soil and water biochemical remediation

woman

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Laura J. Crossey

Professor Emerita

Hydrology,  geochemistry/petrology/mineralogy 

man

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Peter J. Fawcett

Professor

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

man

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Joseph Galewsky

 Professor, Department Chair

Climate/atmospheric sciences, hydrology

man

Earth and Planetary Sciences

David S. Gutzler

Professor Emeritus

Climate/atmospheric sciences, hydrology 

woman

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Katie Markovich

Assistant Professor

Climate/atmospheric sciences, hydrology, stable isotope geochemistry

woman

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Marisa Repasch

Assistant Professor

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

man

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Zachary D. Sharp

Distinguished Professor

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

man

Economics

Robert Berrens

 Regents' Professor & Distinguished  Professor

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

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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

man

Economics

Benjamin Jones

Associate Professor, Graduate Director

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

woman

Economics

Jingjing Wang

 Associate Director WRP, Associate Professor

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

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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

woman

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

woman

Geography and Environmental Studies

Melinda Morgan

Regents’ Professor

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

man

Geography and Environmental Studies

Benjamin Warner

Assistant Professor

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

man

Geography and Environmental Studies

Su Zhang

Assistant Professor

Remote sensing, GIS, decision support systems, infrastructure management 

woman

Landscape Architecture

Kathleen Kambic

Associate Professor

Water, infrastructure, political ecology, urbanism, landscape theory

man

Law

Adrian Oglesby

 Director,
Utton Transboundary Resources Center

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

woman

Political Science

Jami Nelson-Nuñez

Associate Professor

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

woman

Population Health

Claudia Pratesi

 Assistant Professor

Environmental health, population health biology