College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Ensuring co-sustainability of environmental quality and food production in the Midwest and beyond. Research focuses on applied solutions when it comes to carbon, water, and nutrient cycles, human management practices, critical food/energy/fiber needs for humanity, and ecosystem services.
Researching molecular and environmental chemistry.
Researching effects of ecological disturbance on conservation of avian populations and communities.
Developing mathematical models of economic behavior that address forestry and natural resource issues with a focus on forest landowner behavior, forest management and forest policy.
Studying how ecosystems respond to environmental change to help improve ecosystem resilience.
Research that facilitates the coexistence of wildlife and humans in human-altered landscapes.
Research aimed at resolving the complex dynamics of nitrogen cycling in hydrologic systems.
Exploring interactions between environment, institutions, human security, and social justice.
Studying the ecology of microbial communities involved in processes that sustain healthy ecosystems.
Investigating the impacts of green landscapes on individuals’ health and optimal functioning, and stronger, safer neighborhoods.
Researching freshwater species, communities, and ecosystems.
Applying knowledge of ecology to challenges in restoration, conservation and invasive plant management.
Working to understand how human land use can be reconciled with conservation of biodiversity.
Combining laboratory and field studies to determine the ecological and physiological mechanisms that control abundance and distribution in freshwater aquatic organisms.
Research to understand the effects of soil management practices on soil quality and function, the dynamics of soil food webs, and their influence on soil ecosystem services.
Providing insight on how people perceive their surroundings and the reasons why they commit to behaviors that minimize environmental degradation.
Studying plant-soil interactions, soil organic matter management, organic farming, and ecological soil management.
Studying avian ecology and behavior with an overarching goal of improving conservation efforts.
Interdisciplinary natural resources social scientists studying how people and organizations make decisions on working landscapes.
Researching microbial community ecology, with an emphasis on interactions between plants, microorganisms, and the soil ecosystem.