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Faculty in Environmental Sciences & Policy Division

John D. Albertson
Title(s): Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: +1 919 660 5468
Fax: +1 919 660 5219
E-mail: john.albertson@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: hydrology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: atmospheric science, air quality, decision analysis, desertification, global climate change, land use and sprawl, 
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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Richard M. Anderson
Title(s): Assistant Professor
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-613-8130
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: richard.anderson@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental systems analysis
Secondary Areas of Expertise: decision analysis, 
Statement of Expertise: environmental systems analysis, decision analysis, watershed management
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Marcia A. Angle
Title(s): Adjunct Professor of Environmental Science
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-490-1481
Fax: 919-490-1581
E-mail: maangle@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: population growth
Secondary Areas of Expertise:
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
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: lori.bennear@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental economics
Secondary Areas of Expertise: environmental policy, 
Statement of Expertise: Environmental Economics. Evaluation of effectiveness of environmental regulations
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Emily S. Bernhardt
Title(s): Assistant Professor of Biogeochemistry
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-660-7318
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E-mail: ebernhar@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: biogeochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise: ecology, global change ecology, global climate change, land use and sprawl, 
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 re
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Nora Bynum
Title(s): Adjunct Associate Professor
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-452-1388
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E-mail: nbynum@amnh.org
Primary Area of Expertise: conservation biology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: biodiversity, endangered/threatened species, tropical ecology, 
Statement of Expertise: nternational capacity building and training in biodiversity conservation -- Seasonality, phenology and global change
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Norman L. Christensen
Title(s): Professor of Ecology and Founding Dean of the Nicholas School
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-613-8052
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: normc@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: ecology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: biodiversity, conservation biology, environmental policy, forest fires and fire ecology, forest management and silviculture, global change ecology, terrestrial ecosystems, 
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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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
Fax: 919-660-7425
E-mail: jimclark@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: ecology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: population growth, forest fires and fire ecology, global change ecology, statistics, 
Statement of Expertise: Ecology of forests and grasslands. Statistics and population dynamics.
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Michael Coyne
Title(s): Research Scientist
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-613-8119
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: mcoyne@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: ecology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: geospatial technologies, marine science, 
Statement of Expertise: Sea turtle biology and conservation, use of satellite telemetry and remote sensing to understand the ecology of marine protected species, and developing tools to facilitate data sharing and distribution.
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Larry B. Crowder
Title(s): Stephen Toth Professor of Marine Biology
Primary Division: MSC
Secondary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 252-504-7637
Fax: 252-504-7638
E-mail: lcrowder@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: ecology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: biodiversity, conservation biology, fisheries and fish ecology, fisheries policy and management, geospatial technologies, marine science, oceanography, 
Statement of Expertise: Marine ecology and fisheries. Population and community ecology. Endangered species/fisheries conflicts, especially sea turtles and bycatch in fishing gear. Marine conservation biology and policy. International affairs.
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Richard T. Di Giulio
Title(s): Professor of Environmental Toxicology
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Secondary Division: MSC
Phone: 919-613-8024
Fax: 919-668-1799
E-mail: richd@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental toxicology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: environmental genomics, environmental health, estuarine ecosystems, marine biomedicine, water quality, 
Statement of Expertise: Environmental toxicology, environmental health, and freshwater and estuarine pollution.
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Deborah Rigling Gallagher
Title(s): Assistant Professor of the Practice of Environmental Policy
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: +1 919 613 8138
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: deb.gallagher@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: business and the environment
Secondary Areas of Expertise: environmental law, environmental policy, 
Statement of Expertise: Interaction of business and the environment, sustainable business, environmental management systems, public/private sector partnerships and environmental policy implementation. Also, qualitative research and policy analysis methodologies
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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
Fax: 919 684 8594
E-mail: alan@stat.duke.edu
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Patrick N. Halpin
Title(s): Gabel Associate Professor of the Practice of Marine Geospatial Ecology
Primary Division: MSC
Secondary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-613-8062
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: phalpin@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: marine science
Secondary Areas of Expertise: geospatial technologies, conservation biology, ecology, global change ecology, 
Statement of Expertise:
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Ron C. Hardman
Title(s): Associate Research Scientist
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-613-8099
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E-mail: ron.hardman@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental toxicology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: business and the environment, environmental health, marine science, water quality, environmental policy, estuarine ecosystems, coastal zone management, global climate change, environmental chemistry, 
Statement of Expertise: My interests are the integrated relationships between business, environment and human health, with emphasis on the effects of environmental contaminants on human health and ecosystems, and the economic and political factors that determine contaminant exposure.
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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
Fax: 503-228-4608
E-mail: ghartshorn@worldforestry.org
Primary Area of Expertise: ecology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: biodiversity, conservation biology, forest management and silviculture, terrestrial ecosystems, 
Statement of Expertise: Tropical forest ecology, management, and conservation. Considerable experience in Neotropics.
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Robert G. Healy
Title(s): Professor of Environmental Policy and Public Policy Studies
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-416-4543
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: healy@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: land use and sprawl
Secondary Areas of Expertise: environmental policy, 
Statement of Expertise: Land use policy, development policy, protected areas, tourism. Mexico and Canada
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David E. Hinton
Title(s): Nicholas Professor of Environmental Quality
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Secondary Division: MSC
Phone: 919-613-8038
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: dhinton@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental toxicology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: coastal zone management, environmental health, fisheries policy and management, water quality, wetland ecology, 
Statement of Expertise: Mechanistic and integrative understanding of the manner in which environmental contaminants exert their effects. Pathobiology and toxicopathology of persistent environmental contaminants in fishes: deciphering deleterious effect and establishing causal li
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Prasad Kasibhatla
Title(s): Associate Professor of Environmental Chemistry,
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-613-8075
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: psk9@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental chemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise: biogeochemistry, global climate change, 
Statement of Expertise: Atmospheric chemistry. Regional and Global Modeling. Atmospheric chemical data analysis.
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Gabriel Katul
Title(s): Professor of Hydrology and Micrometeorology
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-613-8033
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: gaby@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: hydrology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: atmospheric science, 
Statement of Expertise: Micrometeorology and surface hydrology. Carbon and water cycling. Environmental fluid dynamics.
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Kenneth R. Knoerr
Title(s): Professor Emeritus of Environmental Meteorology and Hydrology
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-613-8030
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: dknoer@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: atmospheric science
Secondary Areas of Expertise: earth surface processes, energy, forest fires and fire ecology, forest management and silviculture, global climate change, air quality, 
Statement of Expertise: Mountain meteorology, microclimatology, forest fire behavior, watershed hydrology.
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Randall A. Kramer
Title(s): Professor of Resource and Environmental Economics
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Secondary Division: MSC
Phone: 919-613-8072
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: kramer@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental economics
Secondary Areas of Expertise: biodiversity, environmental policy, water quality, environmental health, 
Statement of Expertise: the role of economics in environmental policy and management, focusing on improving our understanding of how human and business behavior is shaped by policies intended to protect the environment.
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Seth Kullman
Title(s): Assistant Research Professor
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-613-8005
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: swkull@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental genomics
Secondary Areas of Expertise: environmental toxicology, environmental chemistry, 
Statement of Expertise: environmental toxicology, aquatic toxicology, fish molecular biology, phase one metabolism
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Richard K. Kwok
Title(s): Adjunct Assistant Professor
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
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E-mail: kwok@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental health
Secondary Areas of Expertise: air quality, environmental genomics, geospatial technologies, statistics, water quality, 
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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Ann LeFurgey
Title(s): Associate Research Professor of Cell Biology
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
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E-mail: a.lefurgey@cellbio.duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise:
Secondary Areas of Expertise:
Statement of Expertise: Environmental toxicology, aquatic toxicology, fish molecular biology, phase one metabolism
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Michael Lenox
Title(s): Associate Professor of Management
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919 660 7700
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E-mail: mlenox@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise:
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Statement of Expertise: Technology Strategy and Innovation, Industry and Firm Self-Regulation, Economics of Organization
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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
Fax: 919-681-3416
E-mail: edlevin@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental toxicology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: marine biomedicine, 
Statement of Expertise: Neurobehavioral Toxicology, pesticides, marine toxins, lead, mercury, zebrafish, mammalian toxicology
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Elwood Linney
Title(s): Professor of Microbiology and of Environment
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-684-6095
Fax: 91-684-8735
E-mail: linne001@mc.duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental toxicology
Secondary Areas of Expertise:
Statement of Expertise: Neurobehavioral Toxicology, pesticides, marine toxins, lead, mercury, zebrafish, mammalian toxicology
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Elizabeth C. Losos
Title(s): Adjunct Professor
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919 684 5774
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E-mail: elizabeth.losos@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: tropical ecology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: conservation biology, environmental policy, 
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
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: lmaguire@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: decision analysis
Secondary Areas of Expertise: conservation biology, environmental policy, 
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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Margaret A McKean
Title(s): Associate Professor of Political Science and Environment
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919 660 4340
Fax:
E-mail: mamckean@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental policy
Secondary Areas of Expertise:
Statement of Expertise: Japanese politics and environmental and resource politics
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Miguel A Medina
Title(s): Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-660-5195
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E-mail: miguel.medina@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: hydrology
Secondary Areas of Expertise:
Statement of Expertise: hydrologic and water quality mathematical modeling
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Joel N. Meyer
Title(s): Assistant Professor of Environmental Toxicology
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-613-8109
Fax:
E-mail: joel.meyer@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental toxicology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: environmental genomics, environmental health, water quality, 
Statement of Expertise: understanding environmental and genetic influences on organism health, with a focus on DNA integrity (how DNA damage is caused, and repaired), oxidative stress, and processes of adaptation to pollution.
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Ellen M. Mihaich
Title(s): Adjunct Professor of Environmental Science
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-479-6947
Fax: 919-479-6947
E-mail: emihaich@nc.rr.com
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental toxicology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: endangered/threatened species, risk analysis, water quality, 
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): Associate Research Professor
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-613-8023
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: mmiranda@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental health
Secondary Areas of Expertise: environmental toxicology, environmental economics, environmental policy, 
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
Fax: 919-613-8712
E-mail: bcmurray@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental economics
Secondary Areas of Expertise: business and the environment, energy, forest management and silviculture, landscape dynamics, terrestrial ecosystems, water quality, 
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
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental economics
Secondary Areas of Expertise: ecology, conservation biology, energy, population growth, environmental policy, environmental sociology and anthropology, 
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 8865
Fax: 919 684 5833
E-mail: richard.newell@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental economics
Secondary Areas of Expertise: energy, global climate change, environmental policy, fisheries policy and management, 
Statement of Expertise: economics of climate change policy, energy policy, energy technologies and energy efficiency, and market-based environmental policy.
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Michael K. Orbach
Title(s): Professor of the Practice of Marine Affairs and Policy
Primary Division: MSC
Secondary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 252-504-7606
Fax: 252-504-7648
E-mail: mko@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: coastal zone management
Secondary Areas of Expertise: environmental sociology and anthropology, fisheries policy and management, 
Statement of Expertise: Applications of social science to environmental policy and management. Marine fisheries and integrated coastal management. Public involvement and participatory action in environmental policy. Active waterman (fishing, surfing, sailing) with interests, and involvement, in grassroots conservation movements.
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Ram Oren
Title(s): Professor of Ecology
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-613-8032
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: ramoren@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: global change ecology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: biogeochemistry, ecology, forest management and silviculture, terrestrial ecosystems, wetland ecology, 
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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Charles Barry Osmond
Title(s): Research Professor of Environmental Sciences and Policy
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-493-0547
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: barry.osmond@anu.edu.au
Primary Area of Expertise: terrestrial ecosystems
Secondary Areas of Expertise: biogeochemistry, 
Statement of Expertise: Ecophysiological aspects of photosynthesis, especially metabolism of succulent plants and mechanisms of light stress. He uses non invasive methods at the leaf to canopy level that can be adapted for remote sensing of photoprotection and of photoinactivation that leads to photodamage.
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Sari Palmroth
Title(s): Assistant Research Professor
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919 613 8089
Fax: 919 684 8741
E-mail: sari.palmroth@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: ecology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: global change ecology, 
Statement of Expertise: carbon balance of forests; effects of resource availability on carbon uptake and allocation of individual shoots, trees and ecosystems.
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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
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: dp52@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: energy
Secondary Areas of Expertise: business and the environment, decision analysis, environmental policy, risk analysis, statistics, 
Statement of Expertise: policy analysis for energy systems; decision making under uncertainty; risk management; and systems modeling.
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Jeffrey Peirce
Title(s): Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
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E-mail: peirce.jeffrey@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise:
Secondary Areas of Expertise:
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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Stuart L. Pimm
Title(s): Doris Duke Professor of Conservation Ecology
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Secondary Division: MSC
Phone: 919-613-8141
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: stuartpimm@aol.com
Primary Area of Expertise: biodiversity
Secondary Areas of Expertise: conservation biology, 
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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Timothy Profeta
Title(s): Director, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Senior Associate Dean
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-613-8709
Fax: 919-681-2198
E-mail: tim.profeta@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental law
Secondary Areas of Expertise: environmental policy, 
Statement of Expertise: Environmental law, policy and politics.
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Song S. Qian
Title(s): Associate Research Professor
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-613-8105
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: song@duke.edu
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Statement of Expertise: Water quality modeling and environmental and ecological statistics.
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Kenneth H. Reckhow
Title(s): Professor of Water Resources
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-613-8026
Fax: 919-681-5740
E-mail: reckhow@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: water quality
Secondary Areas of Expertise: decision analysis, statistics, wetland ecology, 
Statement of Expertise: Water quality assessment and management. Water quality modeling. Risk Assessment. Decision analysis.
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Chantal D. Reid
Title(s): Lecturer
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-660-7378
Fax: 919-660-7293
E-mail: chantal@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: global change ecology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: biodiversity, global climate change, terrestrial ecosystems, 
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
Fax: 919-660-7425
E-mail: jfreynol@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: desertification
Secondary Areas of Expertise: global change ecology, 
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: MSC
Phone: 919-613-8006
Fax: 919-613-8101
E-mail: curtr@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: wetland ecology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: biogeochemistry, ecology, environmental chemistry, soil science, water quality, 
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 D. Richter
Title(s): Professor of Soils and Forest Ecology
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-613-8031
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: drichter@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: soil science
Secondary Areas of Expertise: biogeochemistry, earth surface processes, ecology, environmental chemistry, forest fires and fire ecology, forest management and silviculture, geomorphology, terrestrial ecosystems, wetland ecology, 
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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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
Fax: 919-613-7231
E-mail: salzman@law.duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: biodiversity
Secondary Areas of Expertise: environmental economics, fisheries policy and management, global climate change, population growth, 
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
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: erika.sasser@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental policy
Secondary Areas of Expertise: forest management and silviculture, 
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
Primary Area of Expertise: biodiversity
Secondary Areas of Expertise: conservation biology, environmental policy, environmental sociology and anthropology, global change ecology, land use and sprawl, 
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
Phone: 919-956-2733
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E-mail: sebring7@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental sociology and anthropology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: environmental policy, geomorphology, land use and sprawl, water quality, 
Statement of Expertise: environmental sociology and anthropology.
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William H. Schlesinger
Title(s): James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Biogeochemistry
Primary Division: Earth & Ocean Sciences
Secondary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 845-677-5343
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E-mail: schlesin@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: biogeochemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise: biodiversity, desertification, earth surface processes, ecology, energy, environmental chemistry, global change ecology, global climate change, soil science, terrestrial ecosystems, wetland ecology, geomorphology, population growth, 
Statement of Expertise: Global environmental change, focusing on chemical changes in the environment, especially soils, that relate to changes in global climate and desertification.
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Thomas F. Schultz
Title(s): Director, Marine Conservation Molecular Facility
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 252-504-7641
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E-mail: tom.schultz@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: conservation biology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: biodiversity, environmental genomics, fisheries policy and management, marine science, 
Statement of Expertise: molecular biology. The application of molecular techniques for marine conservation and biodiversity.
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Martin D. Smith
Title(s): Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-613-8028
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: marsmith@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental economics
Secondary Areas of Expertise: environmental policy, fisheries and fish ecology, fisheries policy and management, risk analysis, statistics, 
Statement of Expertise: environmental and resource economics, fisheries economics and management, marine pollution, marine conservation, beach management
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Heather Stapleton
Title(s): Assistant Professor of Environmental Science
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-613-8717
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: heather.stapleton@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental chemistry
Secondary Areas of Expertise: environmental toxicology, estuarine ecosystems, fisheries and fish ecology, marine science, 
Statement of Expertise: Fate and biotransformation of organic contaminants in aquatic systems. Focus on persistent organic pollutants (POPs), such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs).
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Jennifer Jane Swenson
Title(s): Assistant Professor of the Practice of Geospatial Analysis
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919 668 0606
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E-mail: jennifer.swenson@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: ecology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: conservation biology, forest management and silviculture, geospatial technologies, land use and sprawl, terrestrial ecosystems, tropical ecology, 
Statement of Expertise: spatial mapping and modeling of ecological phenomena and landscape ecology.
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John W Terborgh
Title(s): Research Professor
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-490-9081
Fax: 919-493-3695
E-mail: manu@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: ecology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: biodiversity, conservation biology, 
Statement of Expertise: tropical ecology and conservation issues, and avian and mammalian ecology in neotropical forests.
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Dean L. Urban
Title(s): Professor of Landscape Ecology
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-613-8076
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: deanu@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: ecology
Secondary Areas of Expertise: biodiversity, conservation biology, endangered/threatened species, forest fires and fire ecology, forest management and silviculture, geospatial technologies, global change ecology, land use and sprawl, landscape dynamics, terrestrial ecosystems, 
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: 919-541-4527
Fax: 919-541-5078
E-mail: john.vandenberg@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: air quality
Secondary Areas of Expertise: atmospheric science, environmental policy, environmental toxicology, risk analysis, 
Statement of Expertise: Air quality research, assessment and management; human health risk assessment; interface of science and environmental policy.
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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
Fax:
E-mail: jeff.vincent@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental economics
Secondary Areas of Expertise: biodiversity, landscape dynamics, global climate change, environmental policy, business and the environment, 
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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Erika Weinthal
Title(s): Associate Professor of Environmental Policy
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-613-8080
Fax: 919-684-8741
E-mail: weinthal@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: environmental policy
Secondary Areas of Expertise: energy, water quality, 
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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Robert L Wolpert
Title(s): Professor of Statistical Science and Professor of Environmental Sciences & Policy
Primary Division: Environmental Sciences & Policy
Phone: 919-684-3275
Fax: 919-684-8594
E-mail: rlw@stat.duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: statistics
Secondary Areas of Expertise: ecology, environmental toxicology, 
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
Fax: 919-660-7293
E-mail: jw67@duke.edu
Primary Area of Expertise: biodiversity
Secondary Areas of Expertise: conservation biology, global change ecology, landscape dynamics, wetland ecology, 
Statement of Expertise: community ecology and the links between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.
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