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John D Albertson

Title(s): Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 660-5468, (919) 660-5200

E-mail: john.albertson@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: surface hydrology and boundary layer meteorology; exchange of mass, heat, and momentum across the land-atmosphere interface; large eddy simulation of land-atmosphere interaction; turbulent transport processes; and dynamic coupling of energy, wate

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Elizabeth A. Albright

Title(s): Visiting Assistant Professor

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

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E-mail: elizabeth.albright@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: environmental policy; adaptation and resilience to extreme climatic events; decision analysis; stakeholder participatory processes; and river basin management.

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Steven Anderson

Title(s): Adjunct Professor of Forestry

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 682-9319

E-mail: stevena@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: forest and conservation history, land-use history; cultural and landscape history; sustainable forest management; and social forestry. He also has expertise in silviculture, soils, and economics.

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Marcia A. Angle

Title(s): Adjunct Professor of Environmental Science

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: 919-490-1481

E-mail: maangle@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: international health and global epidemiology, with a special focus on evaluating the strength of the epidemiologic evidence linking various environmental exposures to human disease.

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Lori Snyder Bennear

Title(s): Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8083

E-mail: lori.bennear@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Environmental Economics. Evaluation of effectiveness of environmental regulations

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Emily S. Bernhardt

Title(s): Associate Professor of Biogeochemistry

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 660-7318

E-mail: emily.bernhardt@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Current projects 1) Linking geomorphic structure to biogeochemical function in stream and riparian ecosystems, 2) Estimating the importance of soil and sediment organic matter in controlling nitrogen processing, 3) Evaluating the effectiveness of river restoration

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Nora Bynum

Title(s): Adjunct Associate Professor

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 684-4859

E-mail: nora.bynum@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: international capacity building and training in biodiversity conservation -- Seasonality, phenology and global change

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Norman L. Christensen

Title(s): Research Professor and Founding Dean of the Nicholas School

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8052

E-mail: normc@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Community Ecology. Disturbance and Succession. Ecosystem Management. Sustainable Forest Management. Forest Fires. Strong interest in the application of basic science to management problems

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Charlotte Reeves Clark

Title(s): Lecturer in Sustainability Education

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Phone: (919) 684-3159

E-mail: cclark@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: environmental education, collective action, qualitative research methods

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James S. Clark

Title(s): H.L. Blomquist Professor of Environment, Professor of Biology, Professor of Statistics

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Secondary Division: Earth & Ocean Sciences

Phone: (919) 613-8036

E-mail: jimclark@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Ecology of forests, global change, and population dynamics.

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Richard T Di Giulio

Title(s): Professor of Environmental Toxicology

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Secondary Division: Marine Science & Conservation

Phone: (919) 613-8024

E-mail: richd@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: environmental toxicology, environmental health, and freshwater and estuarine pollution.

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Martin Doyle

Title(s): Professor of River Science and Policy

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8026

E-mail: martin.doyle@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: river science including hydrology, geomorphology, and engineering.

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John P. Fay

Title(s): Instructor, Geospatial Analysis Program

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8718

E-mail: john.fay@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: spatial analysis of species ranges under changing environmental conditions; habitat connectivity analysis; geospatial tool development for use in mapping, inventorying, and managing ecosystem services.

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P. Lee Ferguson

Title(s): Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 660-5460

E-mail: lee.ferguson@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Environmental analytical chemistry and applications of high resolution mass spectrometry to trace organic contaminant analysis, environmental fate and effects of carbon nanomaterials in the aquatic environment, proteomics in environmental toxicology, and mechanisms of environmental endocrine disruption in aquatic organisms

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Deborah Rigling Gallagher

Title(s): Associate Professor of the Practice of Resource and Environmental Policy

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8138

E-mail: deb.gallagher@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: public policy analysis, business sustainability, environmental leadership, brownfields and environmental justice

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Alan E Gelfand

Title(s): James B. Duke Professor of Statistics and Decision Sciences

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: 919 668 5229

E-mail: alan@stat.duke.edu

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Pamela George

Title(s): Adjunct Professor

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

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E-mail: pamela.george@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: building the research skills and competencies of graduate students to execute meaningful and manageable research projects. She has done this work as a professor of Social Science and Education Research for three decades both in North Carolina and at universities abroad in Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe and Africa

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Peter Harrell

Title(s): Instructor and Research Associate, Geospatial Analysis Program

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8127

E-mail: pharrel@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: landscape change detection - development, fire patterns, changes in natural systems, etc., using satellite remote sensing data and geospatial analysis techniques.

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Gary S. Hartshorn

Title(s): Adjunct Professor of the Practice of Tropical Ecology

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: 503-488-2110

E-mail: ghartshorn@worldforestry.org

Statement of Expertise: Tropical forest ecology, management, and conservation. Considerable experience in Neotropics.

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Robert G. Healy

Title(s): Professor Emeritus of Environmental Policy

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: 919-416-4543

E-mail: healy@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Land use policy, development policy, protected areas, tourism. Mexico and Canada

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Jim B. Heffernan

Title(s): Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Ecology and Ecohydrology

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 681-4193

E-mail: james.heffernan@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: nutrient cycling in wetlands and aquatic ecosystems. Disturbance and resilience. Ecology of urban environments. Ecosystem restoration. Current study sites include spring-fed rivers of North Florida, and the wetlands of the Florida Everglades.

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Nicole E. Heller

Title(s): Visiting Assistant Professor

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-2115

E-mail: nicole.heller@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Population and community response to global change; Biodiversity management in urbanized landscapes; Invasive species; Climate change adaptation; Sociality; Ants; Science communication. Also strong interest in cultural debates around nature and conservation, and social impacts of global environmental policies.

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David E Hinton

Title(s): Nicholas Professor of Environmental Quality

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Secondary Division: Marine Science & Conservation

Phone: (919) 613-8038

E-mail: dhinton@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Mechanistic , integrative understanding of how environmental contaminants exert their effects on biota (finfish). Pathobiology and toxicopathology of persistent environmental contaminants in fishes: deciphering deleterious effect and establishing causal linkages.

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Krithi K. Karanth

Title(s): Adjunct Assistant Professor

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

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E-mail: krithi.karanth@gmail.com

Statement of Expertise: Species Extinction and Distribution, Risk Assessment of Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Nature-Based Tourism, People-Park Relationships, Land use change, Resettlement of People

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Prasad S Kasibhatla

Title(s): Associate Professor of Environmental Chemistry,

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8075

E-mail: psk9@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Atmospheric chemistry. Regional and Global Modeling. Atmospheric chemical data analysis.

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Gabriel George Katul

Title(s): Professor of Hydrology and Micrometeorology

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8033

E-mail: gaby@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Micrometeorology and surface hydrology. Carbon and water cycling. Environmental fluid dynamics.

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Randall A. Kramer

Title(s): Professor of Environmental Economics

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8072

E-mail: kramer@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: the role of economics in environmental policy and management, focusing on improving the understanding of how individual behavior is shaped by policies intended to protect the environment and human health.

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Mukesh Kumar

Title(s): Assistant Professor of Watershed Hydrology

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 681-7837

E-mail: mukesh.kumar@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: watershed hydrology, groundwater-surface water-atmosphere interactions, numerical modeling of snow and hydrologic processes, GIS-model coupling, high performance computing applications and optimization methods.

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Richard K. Kwok

Title(s): Adjunct Assistant Professor

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 627-8892

E-mail: kwok@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: children's environmental health and epidemiology, with a special focus on evaluating the strength of the epidemiologic evidence linking various environmental exposures to human disease.

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Edward D Levin

Title(s): Professor Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Duke University Medical Center

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 681-6273

E-mail: edlevin@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Neurobehavioral Toxicology, pesticides, marine toxins, lead, mercury, zebrafish, mammalian toxicology

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Ryke Longest

Title(s): Senior Lecturing Fellow, Duke School of Law

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-7207

E-mail: longest@law.duke.edu

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Elizabeth C. Losos

Title(s): Adjunct Professor

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

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E-mail: elizabeth.losos@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: tropical and forest ecology.

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Lynn A. Maguire

Title(s): Professor of the Practice of Environmental Decision Analysis and Director of Professional Studies

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8034

E-mail: lmaguire@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: collaborative decision processes, facilitation of environmental disputes, and decision analysis for environmental problems that are hard because of uncertainty, multiple objectives and disputing parties.

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Joel N. Meyer

Title(s): Assistant Professor of Environmental Toxicology

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8109

E-mail: joel.meyer@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: understanding environmental and genetic influences on organism health, with a focus on DNA integrity (how DNA damage is caused, and repaired) and oxidative stress.

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Ellen M. Mihaich

Title(s): Adjunct Professor of Environmental Science

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: 919-479-6947

E-mail: emihaich@nc.rr.com

Statement of Expertise: Environmental toxicology and risk assessment. Endocrine issues. Owner/President Environmental and Regulatory Resources, LLC.

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Marie Lynn Miranda

Title(s): Adjunct Professor of Environmental Sciences & Policy

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8023

E-mail: mmiranda@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Children's environmental health; environmental justice, spatial modeling and GIS (Geographic Information Systems). Director, Children's Environmental Health Initiative.

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Brian Charles Murray

Title(s): Research Professor

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8725

E-mail: bcmurray@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: economics, climate change, ecosystem services, land use, forests, agriculture

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Norman Myers

Title(s): Adjunct Professor of Environmental Science

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

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E-mail: myers1n@aol.com

Statement of Expertise: Science and economics of Environment and Development.

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Richard G. Newell

Title(s): Gendell Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 681-8663

E-mail: richard.newell@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: the economics of energy and environmental markets, policies, and technologies; climate change; energy efficiency; and market-based environmental policy.

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Michelle Nowlin

Title(s): Senior Lecturing Fellow

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8502

E-mail: nowlin@law.duke.edu

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Ram Oren

Title(s): Nicholas Professor of Earth System Science

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8032

E-mail: ramoren@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Forest hydrology. Forest carbon balance. Interested in how forests might respond to climate change, and how they might affect climate change.

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Sari Palmroth

Title(s): Assistant Research Professor

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8089

E-mail: sari.palmroth@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: carbon balance of forests; effects of resource availability on carbon uptake and allocation of trees and ecosystems.

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William K Pan

Title(s): Assistant Professor of Global Environmental Health

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: 919-684-4108

E-mail: william.pan@duke.edu

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Dalia Patino Echeverri

Title(s): Gendell Assistant Professor of Energy Systems and Public Policy

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-7461

E-mail: dalia.patino@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: policy analysis for energy systems; decision making under uncertainty; risk management; and systems modeling.

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Subhrendu K. Pattanayak

Title(s): Associate Professor of Public Policy and Environmental Economics

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-9306

E-mail: subhrendu.pattanayak@duke.edu

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Alexander Pfaff

Title(s): Associate Professor of Public Policy, Economics and Environment

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-9240

E-mail: alex.pfaff@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: environment and natural-resource economics with a focus on developing countries.

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Stuart L. Pimm

Title(s): Doris Duke Professor of Conservation Ecology

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Secondary Division: Marine Science & Conservation

Phone: (919) 613-8141

E-mail: stuartpimm@me.com

Statement of Expertise: Species extinctions and what can be done to prevent them. The loss of tropical forests and its consequences to biodiversity.

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Jeffrey S. Pippen

Title(s): Instructor, Associate in Research

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 660-7278

E-mail: jspippen@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: climate change ecology, North Carolina natural history, identification of birds, butterflies, and plants.

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Amilcare M Porporato

Title(s): Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Primary Division: Civil & Environmental Engineering

Secondary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 660-5511

E-mail: amilcare.porporato@duke.edu

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Kenneth H. Reckhow

Title(s): Professor Emeritus of Water Resources

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8026

E-mail: reckhow@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Water quality assessment and management. Water quality modeling. Risk Assessment. Decision analysis.

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Chantal D. Reid

Title(s): Assistant Professor of the Practice

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 660-7378

E-mail: chantal@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Physiological ecology of native and crop species, invasive species

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James F. Reynolds

Title(s): Professor of Environmental Science & Biology

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919)-660-7404

E-mail: james.f.reynolds@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Land degradation; dynamics of coupled natural (biophysical) and human (socioeconomic) systems; effects rainfall variability and elevated CO2 on dryland ecosystems

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Curtis J. Richardson

Title(s): Professor of Resource Ecology

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Secondary Division: Marine Science & Conservation

Phone: 919-613-8006

E-mail: curtr@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Wetland ecology, phosphorus biogeochemistry, restoration of wetland functions and structure on the landscape. Director, Duke University Wetland Center.

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Daniel deB. Richter

Title(s): Professor of Soils and Forest Ecology

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: 919-613-8031

E-mail: drichter@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Science and management of soils, forests, and watersheds. Can discuss acid atmospheric pollutant effects on soils, forests, and water; also forest resources and management. Have specific interests in the sustainability of southern USA forests, soils, and natural waters. Have international experience with reforestation degraded pastureland and reclamation of mine lands in the humid tropics. Co-director, Southern Center for Sustainable Forestry.

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Stephen E. Roady

Title(s): Adjunct Professor

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (202) 667-4500

E-mail: steve.roady@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: environmental law and policy, federal legislation and litigation related to ocean conservation, air and water quality.

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Bill Ross

Title(s): Visiting Professor

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8130

E-mail: wgr4@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: law and policy of environment and health.

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Jim E. Salzman

Title(s): Samuel F. Mordecai Professor of Law and
Nicholas Institute Professor of Environmental Policy

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-7185

E-mail: salzman@law.duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: US and International environmental law. Natural resources law and policy. Strong interest in legal and institutional issues surrounding provision of ecosystem services.

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Erika N. Sasser

Title(s): Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8083

E-mail: erika.sasser@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Forest policy and forest certification. Business and the environment, with focus on private, voluntary regulation. Agricultural policy (including evolving interest in genetic modification. Land use policy and property rights. North American comparative e

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Kathryn A. Saterson

Title(s): Adjunct Associate Professor

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

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E-mail: saterson@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Local, national and international policies and approaches to conservation of biological diverstiy. The role of non-governmental organizations and development assistance agencies in conservation.

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Sally Schauman

Title(s): Adjunct Professor, Nicholas School,

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

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E-mail: sadie.salad@frontier.com

Statement of Expertise: urban environmental design: creative stormwater management, improved biodiversity, and fostering public involvement.

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Elizabeth N Shapiro

Title(s): Assistant Professor of the Practice of Environmental Policy & Management

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 681-7781

E-mail: elizabeth.shapiro@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: human and environmental geography; political ecology; qualitative research design & methods; social impact assessment; community-based ecosystem management; market-based environmental policy; Latin America.

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Martin D. Smith

Title(s): The Dan and Bunny Gabel Associate Professor of Environmental Economics

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8028

E-mail: marsmith@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: environmental and resource economics, fisheries economics and management, marine pollution, marine conservation, beach management

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Heather M. Stapleton

Title(s): Assistant Professor of Environmental Chemistry

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8717

E-mail: heather.stapleton@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: the fate and transformation of organic contaminants in aquatic systems and indoor environments. Her research focuses on several types of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and brominated flame retardants, with a focus on polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs).

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Jennifer J. Swenson

Title(s): Assistant Professor of the Practice of Geospatial Analysis

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 668-0606

E-mail: jennifer.swenson@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: spatial mapping and modeling of ecological phenomena and landscape ecology.

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John W Terborgh

Title(s): Research Professor Emeritus

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 490-9081

E-mail: manu@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: tropical ecology and conservation issues, and avian and mammalian ecology in neotropical forests.

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Wayne R Thomann

Title(s): Assistant Research Professor

Primary Division: Community & Family Medicine

Secondary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: 919 684-6320

E-mail: thoma010@mc.duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: indoor air quality. He also studies hazardous waste management, environmental health and safety, and children’s environmental health.

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Christopher D. Timmins

Title(s): Associate Professor of Economics

Primary Division: Economics

Secondary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: 919-6601809

E-mail: timmins@econ.duke.edu

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Dean L. Urban

Title(s): Professor of Landscape Ecology, Division Chair

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8076 (office), (919) 613-8069 (lab)

E-mail: deanu@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Landscape ecology and forest community ecology, conservation biology. Spatial and multivariate analysis, simulation modeling.

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John J. Vandenberg

Title(s): Adjunct Professor of Environmental Science

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 489-8018, (919) 541-4527

E-mail: john.vandenberg@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Air quality research, assessment and management; human health risk assessment; interface of science and environmental policy.

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Rebecca L. Vidra

Title(s): Lecturer

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 684-3159

E-mail: rebecca.vidra@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Environmental Ethics, particularly in the ethical challenges of ecological restoration. Active practice in Environmental Communications.

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Jeffrey R. Vincent

Title(s): Clarence F. Korstian Professor of Forest Economics and Management,

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8025

E-mail: jeff.vincent@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: economics of natural resource management and policy in developing countries, with an emphasis on forests, agriculture, and water in Asia.

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Christopher Wedding

Title(s): Lecturing Fellow

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 274-7988

E-mail: chris.wedding@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: applied research with a quantitative focus and covers the following areas: green building and development; clean energy and energy efficiency; eco-labels and green informatics; and green business development.

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Erika S. Weinthal

Title(s): Associate Professor of Environmental Policy

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8080

E-mail: weinthal@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: environmental policy, international environmental institutions, the political-economy of the resource curse, water cooperation and conflict, and environmental security.

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Jennifer J. Wernegreen

Title(s): Associate Professor of Environmental and Evolutionary Genomics

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 681-0331

E-mail: j.wernegreen@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: environmental and evolutionary genomics of bacteria. She also studies evolutionary ecology of symbiotic interactions, especially those involving beneficial microbes.

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Jonathan B. Wiener

Title(s): Perkins Professor of Law and Professor of Environmental Policy

Primary Division: Law

Secondary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-7054

E-mail: wiener@law.duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: The intersection of science, economics and law in regulatory systems, both national and global, including the design of incentive-based systems such as allowance trading and the design of risk-superior regulatory solutions that overcome risk-risk tradeoffs

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Norman Wirzba

Title(s): Research Professor of Theology, Ecology, and Rural Life

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 660-3496

E-mail: norman.wirzba@duke.edu

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Robert L Wolpert

Title(s): Professor of Statistical Science and Professor of Environmental Sciences & Policy

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 684-3275

E-mail: rlw@stat.duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: Statistical and mathematical modeling. Risk analysis and assessment. Decision theory and decision support. Spatial environmental statistics.

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Justin Wright

Title(s): Assistant Research Professor

Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy

Phone: (919) 613-8096

E-mail: jw67@duke.edu

Statement of Expertise: community ecology and the links between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.

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