People of the Environmental Sciences Graduate Program

Program administrators

Stan Omaye

Professor

775-784-6447

omaye@unr.edu

SFB 005a

Program faculty

Bruna Alves

Assistant Professor

775-784-1314

brunaalves@cabnr.unr.edu

FA 232

Alejandro Andrade-Rodriguez

Assistant Professor

775-784-4057

andradea@unr.edu

KRC 113

Jay Arnone

(775) 673-7445

Jay.Arnone@dri.edu

Jeffrey G. Baguley

Teaching Associate Professor

(775) 784-4928

baguley@unr.edu

SFB 114A

Felipe Barrios Masias

Associate Professor

775-682-7026

fbarriosmasias@unr.edu

FA 108

Franco Biondi

Professor, Ecoclimatology/Tree Rings

775-784-6921

fbiondi@unr.edu

FA 220b

Joanna Blaszczak

Assistant Professor, Freshwater Ecology & Biogeochemistry

jblaszczak@unr.edu

FA 119

Sudeep Chandra

Associate Professor; Director of the Ozmen Institute for Global Studies

(775) 784-6221

sudeep@unr.edu

FA 227A

Judith Chow

Research Professor

(775) 674-7050

judy.chow@dri.edu

Lyndsey Darrow, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(775) 682-7091

ldarrow@unr.edu

SMS Room 117

Amilton de Mello

Associate Professor

775-784-6648

ademello@unr.edu

FA 103x

Brad Ferguson

Assistant Professor | Graduate Program Director

775-784-6278

bferguson@unr.edu

HMS 154

Mozart Fonseca

Assistant Professor

775-784-6649

mfonseca@unr.edu

FA 112

Steven Frese

Assistant Professor

775-784-6449

sfrese@unr.edu

SFB 215c

Alan Gertler

Research Professor

(775) 674-7061

alang@dri.edu

Mae Gustin

Professor, Environmental Geochemistry

775-784-4203

mgustin@unr.edu

FA 126

Erin Hanan

Assistant Professor, Fire & Ecosystem Ecology

775-682-8147

ehanan@unr.edu

FA 239b

David Hanigan

Assistant Professor

(775) 682-7517

dhanigan@unr.edu

SEM 253D

Alan Heyvaert

Associate Research Professor, Biochemistry

(775) 673-7322

Alan.Heyvaert@dri.edu

Amanda Keen-Zebert

Associate Research Professor

(775) 673-7434

Amanda.Keen-Zebert@dri.edu

Andrey Khlystov

Research professor

(775) 674-7084

andrey.khlystov@dri.edu

Elizabeth Koebele, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

(775) 682-7668

ekoebele@unr.edu

TB 226

Dylan Kosma

Assistant Professor

775-682-7319

dkosma@unr.edu

HMS 207

Dingsheng Li, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

(775) 682-7056

dingshengl@unr.edu

LR Room 236

Li Li, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

(775) 682-7077

lili@unr.edu

LR 237

Minggen Lu, Ph.D.

Professor

(775) 682-7102

minggenl@unr.edu

SMS Suite 202

Alexandra Lutz

Associate Director, Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences; Associate Research Professor

(775) 673-7418

Alexandra.Lutz@dri.edu

Giles Marion

(775) 673-7349

Giles.Marion@dri.edu

Glenn Miller

Professor

775-784-4108

gcmiller@unr.edu

KRC

Alison Murray

Research Professor, Biology

(775) 673-7361

Alison.Murray@dri.edu

Andrew Nuss

Assistant Professor

775-327-5096

nussab@unr.edu

FA 311b

Stan Omaye

Professor

775-784-6447

omaye@unr.edu

SFB 005a

Krishna Pagilla

Ralph E. and Rose A. Hoeper Professor and Chair He, him, his

(775) 682-7918

pagilla@unr.edu

SEM 103

Bill Payne, Ph.D.

College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources, Dean

775-784-6237

wpayne@unr.edu

FA Max C. Fleischmann Building, Office 201

Chris Pritsos

Director of Nv Ag Experiment Station, Associate Dean of Research

775-784-1601

pritsos@unr.edu

FA 210

So Young Ryu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(775) 682-7116

soyoungr@unr.edu

SMS Suite 202

John C. Sagebiel

Assistant Director, Environmental Program

(775) 784-1139

jsagebiel@unr.edu

ARF 209C

Patricia Ferreira dos Santos

Assistant Professor

682-7319

pfsantos@unr.edu

AE 204

Luis Schütz

Assistant Professor

775-682-9408

lschutz@unr.edu

AE 202

Juan Solomon

Associate Professor

775-784-6888

juansolomon@unr.edu

FA 226d

Silvia Stan

Assistant Professor

775-682-8246

sstan@unr.edu

FA 225

David St-Jules

Assistant Professor

775-682-6635

stjules@unr.edu

SFB 110

Matthew Strickland, Ph.D., MPH

Associate Professor, Division Lead for Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health

(775) 682-7088

mstrickland@unr.edu

SMS 115

Tamzen Stringham

Professor

775-784-6755

tstringham@unr.edu

FA 103c

Benjamin Sullivan

Associate Professor, Applied Soil Ecology

775-784-6374

benjaminsullivan@unr.edu

FA 132a

Paul Verburg

Associate Professor, Soil Science

775-784-1938

pverburg@unr.edu

FA 129a

Mark Walker

Professor

775-784-1938

mwalker@unr.edu

KRC 117

Robert Washington-Allen

Associate Professor

979-571-4330

rwashingtonallen@unr.edu

AE 201

Adam Watts

Associate research professor

(775) 674-7300

Adam.Watts@dri.edu

Wei Yang, Ph.D., M.D.

Interim Dean; Foundation Professor

(775) 682-7094

weiyang@unr.edu

SMS 102

Yu (Frank) Yang

Associate Professor

(775) 682-6609

yuy@unr.edu

SEM 349C

Melinda Yerka

Assistant Professor

775-784-6442

myerka@unr.edu

FA 107

Adjunct or affiliate faculty

Laura Briggs, Ph.D., Instructor
- Email: lbriggs@tmcc.edu
- Phone: (775) 673-7257
Jason Geddes, Ph.D., Regent, Energy & Sustainability Manager
- Email: jgeddes@washoeschools.net
- Phone: (775) 851-5678
Timothy Tsukamoto, Ph.D., Adjunct Faculty, Ionic Water Technologies

Emeritus faculty

Kent Hoekman, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, DRI
- Kent.Hoekman@dri.edu
Robert Nowak, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
- nowak@cabnr.unr.edu
Jerry Quall, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
- qualls@unr.edu