To talk to an expert, contact Molly Blancett at blancett@uoregon.edu
Environment, Sustainability and Climate Change Experts

Sarah Adams-Schoen, School of Law
Land Use Law, Climate Change Law and Policy, Coastal Resilience, Planning and Zoning in the Coastal Zone, Climate Hazard Mitigation, Ocean and Coastal Law, Wildfire Planning, Sustainable Development, State and Local Government Law

Adell Amos, School of Law Environmental & Natural Resources Program
Drought, Environment, Natural Resources, Wilderness, Conservation, EPA, Policy, Law

Steven Beda, Department of History
Labor History, Environmental History, 20th Century US History, Pacific Northwest Timber Industry, History of Forestry, History of Rural Politics and Rural Protest Movements

Brendan Bohannan, Department of Biology
Climate Change, Microbiology, Health, Sustainability

Anne Brown, School of Planning, Public Policy and Management
Equity, Transportation, Innovative Mobility, Travel Behavior, Finance

Marcilynn A. Burke, School of Law
Natural Resources Law, Property Law, Takings, Eminent Domain, Ballot Initiatives

Mark Carey, History, Robert D. Clark Honors College
Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Glaciers, Environmental History, Water ManagementÂ

Estelle Chaussard, Department of Earth Sciences
Geohazards, Volcanology, Landslide Mechanics, Geodesy, Remote Sensing, Active Tectonics, Hydrology

Benjamin Clark, School of Planning, Public Policy and Management
Public Budgeting and Finance, Public Management, Public Administration, Crowdsourcing, Autonomous Vehicles

Bill Cresko, Department of Biology
Ecology and Evolution, Cell and Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology

Edward Davis, Department of Earth Sciences, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Evolution of Large Mammals, Paleontology, Climate Change, Conservation Biology

Greg Dotson, School of Law
Environmental and Natural Resources Law, Energy Law, Climate Change Law and Policy

Ihab Elzeyadi, School of Architecture & Environment
Architecture, Design and Health, Sustainable Design, Indoor Environmental Quality, Occupant’s Productivity and Well-Being

Michael Fakhri, School of Law Environmental & Natural Resources Program
Food, Farming, Food Policy, Environment

Carolyn Fish, Department of Geography
Cartography, Map Design, Climate Change Communication, GIScience

Scott Fisher, Department of Physics
Environment, NASA, Space, Astronomy, STEM, Eclipse, Science Communication, Science Literacy

Scott Fitzpatrick, Department of Anthropology
Archaeology of Islands and Coastal Regions, Historical Ecology, Seafaring Technologies

Daniel Gavin, Department of Geography
Climate Change, Wildfires, Drought

Mark Gillem, School of Architecture & Environment
Brownfields, Urban Sprawl, Urban Design, Sustainable Urbanism, Urban Planning

Jessica Green, Institute of Ecology and Evolution
Biology, Sustainability, STEM, Women in STEM, Microbiology, Health, Germs, Engineering

Christopher Hendon, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Energy and Sustainable Materials Initiative
Computational Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Materials Science, Catalysis, Energy Conversion, Surfaces, Porous Materials, Specialty Coffee

Emilie Hooft, Department of Earth Sciences
Marine Geophysics, Mid-Ocean Ridges, Oceanic Hotspots

Samantha Hopkins, Department of Earth Sciences, Robert D. Clark Honors College
Paleontology, Climate Change, Evolution

James Hutchison, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Energy, Solar Power, Products, Environment, Green Chemistry, Nanoscience

Bart Johnson, Department of Landscape Architecture
Landscape Architecture, Conservation, Wildfires, Climate Change

Darren Johnson, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Water, Rare Earths, Environment, Agriculture, Industry, Waste, Green Chemistry

Craig Kauffman, Department of Political Science
Environmental Politics, Climate Change Policy, Sustainable Development, Environmental Law, Ecological Economics, Indigenous Environmental Law and Practices, Transnational Networks, Collaborative Governance of Forest and Watershed Ecosystems

Nico Larco, School of Architecture & Environment
Sustainability, Urban Design, Architecture, Green Cities, Urban Growth, Walkability, Livability

Rebecca Lewis, School of Planning, Public Policy and Management
Land Use Policy, Growth Management, Housing Affordability in Rural Areas, Transportation Planning and Finance, Urban Form, City Planning

W. Andrew Marcus, Department of Geography
Geography, Human Impact on Rivers, Value of a Liberal Arts Education

Rich Margerum, School of Planning, Public Policy and Management
Environmental Planning, Environmental Management, Land-Use Issues, Collaborative Governance, Conflict Resolution

Krista McGuire, Department of Biology
Microbial Ecology, Tropical Ecology, Biodiversity, Climate Change

Diego Melgar, Department of Earth Sciences
Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Seismology, Early Warning Systems

Ronald Mitchell, Department of Political Science
Environmental Politics, International Relations

Erin Moore, School of Architecture & Environment
Architecture, Sustainability in Architecture

Cassandra Moseley, Institute for a Sustainable Environment
Environment, Forest, Planning, Policy, Natural Resources

Andrew Nelson, Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Management, Technology, Information Technology, Green Chemistry, Biotechnology

Josh Roering, Department of Earth Sciences
Landslides, Geomorphology, Erosion

Valerie Sahakian, Department of Earth Sciences
Seismic Hazard Assessment, Ground Motion Seismology , Active Tectonics, Marine Geophysics

Marc Schlossberg, School of Planning, Public Policy and Management
Biking, Transportation, City Planning, Community Development, Environment

Dave Sutherland, Department of Earth Sciences
Climate Change, Glaciers, Ocean, Global Warming, Environment, Polar Ice Cap, Melting

Kelly Sutherland, Department of Biology
Marine Biology, Biological Oceanography, Plankton, Jellyfish, Biomechanics, Interactions of Marine Organisms with the Fluid Environment, Underwater Propulsion

Doug Toomey, Department of Earth Sciences
Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Environment, Climate Change

David Tyler, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Innovation, Environment, Energy, Plastic, Water, Natural Gas

Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, School of Architecture & Environment, Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory
Sustainable Design, Energy Efficiency, Architecture

Ray Weldon, Department of Earth Sciences
Earthquakes, Fault Lines, Environment, Tsunami, Tectonic Plate

Mary Wood, School of Law Environmental & Natural Resources Program
Environment, Climate Change, Youth Climate Change Lawsuit, Native Lands, Atmospheric Trust Litigation