Faculty by College / Department
Faculty affiliates of ESDRI. For more details, please click on each instructor's thumbnail.
Aeronautics and Engineering
Applied and Technical Studies
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Associate Professor330-308-7485Fuel Cells, Energy Conversion, Alternative Energy, Electrochemistry, Advanced Ceramics
Architecture and Environmental Design
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Professor216-337-5934Urban Ecology | Vegetative Roof Systems | Performance Landscapes | Rain Gardens | Ecological Services | Living Architecture | Green Roofs | Constructed Ecologies | Novel Ecologies | Landscape | Green Infrastructure | Ecosystem Services
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ProfessorDeployable Architecture | Urban Agriculture | Vertical Farming | Lightweight Structures
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Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture216-357-3432Design Theory | Landscape Representation | Cultural Landscape
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Coordinator, MSAED Program, Associate Professor330-672-0935Natural Ventilation, Thermal Comfort, High-Building Performance, Sustainable Design, Solar Architecture, Building Sciences, Environmental Technologies, Sustainable Communities, sustainable/green architecture, net zero energy and carbon-neutral building design, thermophysiological responses to environmental conditions, thermal comfort indoors and outdoors, urban heat stress, urban heat island and heat waves
Art
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Associate Professor - Print Media and Photography330-672-2839printmaking, art and ecology, sustainable art
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Associate Professor - Art HistoryCVA 267H330-672-4058Land Use and Representation, Border Studies, Environmental/Ecocritical Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Biological Sciences
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Associate Professor330-672-4639Faculty Advisor, Limnology, Ecology, Aquatic, Ecosystem, Biogeochemistry
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Assistant Professor1-330-672-9775Ecosystem service, ecosystem function, population modeling, quantitative ecology, human-managed ecosystems, break point analysis, long-term ecology, insects
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Associate Professor330-672-2035Biogeochemistry; Ecotoxicology; Ecosystem Ecology; Freshwaters
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Associate Professor330-382-7400Oxidative stress in neuronal degenerative disease, Alzheimers Disease, aging, neurodegeneration, Receptor For Advance Glycation, Lewy's Body, End Products (RAGE), Neurosciences, Protein aggregation, Glycation, Biological Sciences, Mn Pollution, child health
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Professor330-308-7458Tropical Diseases, Pathogenesis, Molecular Mechanisms, Disease Control
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Associate Professor330-672-2738Theoretical and empirical investigations of community ecology in aquatic, terrestrial and riparian ecosystems; crayfish ecology, Faculty Advisor
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Associate Professor330-672-3640freshwater ecosystem water quality, Carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, iron and sulfur biogeochemistry, wetland ecosystem ecology and management, Sediment-water interface biogeochemistry, Water Resources, aquatic ecology, nutrient pollution
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Assistant Professor330-672-2764Molecular Biology, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Evolution, Birds
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Professor and Chair330-672-3788aquatic ecology, microbial ecology, Water Resources, ecosystem function
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Professor and MA Coordinator330-672-3625Faculty Advisor, MA Coordinator, Ecological roles of microbial organisms in the global cycling of essential nutrients, Phylogenetic and metabolic diversity of bacterial communities in aquatic ecosystems, Metagenomics and metatranscriptomics in aquatic ecosystems, microbial ecology, Metagenomics, Metatranscriptomics, Biogeochemistry, Nutrient Turnover, HAB, harmful algal bloom, environmental contaminants, organic compound degradation
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Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator330-672-2297Reproductive Ecology, Selective abortion of fruits and seeds, Genetic diversity and conservation of genetic resources, Conservation ecology, Faculty Advisor, Conservation Biology, tropical biology, Plant Population Biology, Plant Genetics, Plant Ecology
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Professor and Herrick Chair(330) 672-9394Plant Ecology, Invasion Biology, Biological Sciences, Faculty Advisor, environmental knowledge of poverty-stricken resource users in Africa, land use and degradation, desertification, plant conservation biology, plant population ecology, plant community ecology
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Assistant Professor330-382-7573Neuroscience, Genetics Study, Association Study, Aging or Aging Related Disease, human health
Chemistry and Biochemistry
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Professor EmeritusBiochemistry, Liver Genes, Hormones, Choose Ohio First, STEMM Scholars, Water Resources, biogeochemistry and the environment, human health, Well-being
Communication and Information
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Associate Professor330-672-0008Archives, records management, and preservation
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Associate Professor159330-672-7143Implications of ICT in social change and social movements, Media Literacy, Globalization, Immigration, Acculturation and identity
Earth Sciences (formerly Geology)
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Assistant Professor330-672-7867Soils, paleosols, stable isotopes, carbon cycle, gas analyses, paleoclimate
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Professor & Chair330-672-2225Sedimentology, Climate Change, Well Logging Energy/Sector, water quality, Environmental Geology, Climate, Environment, diversity in STEM education, geoscience STEM education, diversity and intercultural dialogue, interconnections of human organizations and social groups
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Associate Professor330-672-3006Environmental Mineralogy, Environmental Geochemistry, Medical Geology, earth materials, contaminant transport, metals
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Assistant Professor330-672-4114Computational Fluid Dynamics, Flow and Transport Phenomenon in porous media, Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Digital Rock Physics, Thermodynamics, Petroleum Systems Analysis
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Dean330-672-8068Paleolimnology, Micropaleontology, Holocene Climate Change, Honors College, Higher Education Administration
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Assistant Professor330-672-3473Benthic biogeochemistry, paleoceanography, Arctic change
English
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Undergraduate Studies Coordinator/ Professor204D/209CEcocriticsm, 20th Century American Literature
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Associate Professor330-672-1743Poetry, Poetic Form/ Formalism, Gesture, Humanities, Writing, The Arts
Fashion
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Associate Director, School of Fashion, TT - Associate Professor218H Rockwell330-672-0197Sustainable Communities, Social Responsibility, consumption habits, psycho-physiology, healthy communication, health-related communication, information processing, personality traits, global sourcing, global consumerism, environmental responsibility, Corporate Social Responsibility, conscious consumerism, triple bottom line
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TT - Faculty Director of the TechStyleLAB & Professor330-672-0170Wearables & Soft Computing, CAD CAM Technology & Art, Fiber & Material Studies, Data Visualization & Sonification, Art & Technology, Open Source & Community, biodesign, art and environment, design and environment
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Research & Creative Scholarship Coordinator; TT - Associate Professor330-672-0139
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TT - Professor, Fashion Design330-672-0137Sustainability, Design Education, Design History, sustainable practice, design thinking and pedagogy, local manufacturing systems, creative practice and perceptions
Geography
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Associate ProfessorA220440-964-4533hydrology, Environmental Geology, Hydro-geology, Environmental Geography, Physical Geography, Environmental Sciences
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Professor330-672-3221Urban development issues, Geographic manifestations of ethnic identity, Urban segregation patterns, National identity, borderlands and separatist movements, Consequences of global urbanization, mortgage, Urban Planning, Sustainable transportation, Urban issues, Urban transportation, Traffic congestion issues, Segregation, Ethic/Racial Succession, Nationalism, Transportation, Urban Planning-Design, Housing Politics, Ethnicity, Multiculturalism, border regions
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Associate ProfessorUrban Geography, Community Planning, Small Towns in the U.S., Kent, town/gown issues, May 4, sustainable cities
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Professor123C Science & Nursing330-244-3427Cultural Landscape, Historical Geography, North America, Commemoration and Heritage, May 4, Company Towns
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Assistant Professor and Director, Master's of GIS program330-672-7669
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Professor & Interim Associate Provost for Academic Affairs330-672-3224Climatology, Biometeorology, Climate, Climate Change, Climate And Health, Applied Climatology, Health
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Professor and Interim Chair330-672-3909Sub-Saharan Africa, Urban Geography, Water Resources, Development
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Assistant Professor330-672-3220Remote Sensing; Land Use Science; Global and Environmental Change; Agriculture; Imagery Analysis
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Assistant ProfessorGIScience, human-environment interactions, water governance
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Assistant Professor330-389-1345Health Geography, Transportation, Quantitative Methods, Qualitative methods, Mixed methods research, Review and Analysis, Research Ethics
Nursing
Peace and Conflict Studies
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Assistant ProfessorEnvironmental Conservation, environmental security, environmental peacebuilding, transboundary conservation, Indigenous and community conservation, International environmental law, Environmental Justice, human rights and the environment
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Associate Professor330-672-0900Community development, Community Organizations, Nonprofits, Urban Politics & Policy, Qualitative Methodologies, Research Methods, Eocial Equity
Political Science
Public Health
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Professor, Health Policy and ManagementEnvironmental, Water, & Public Health Policy, Water Pollution, Government Collaboration, Public Policy, Social Sciences, Political Science, Planning & Policy Studies, Public Management & Reform, inter-governmental relations, environmental management, environmental regulation, water regulation, public health management, public health regulation, and E-government.
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Professor330-672-3946Emerging infectious diseases, Zoonotic diseases, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacterial ecology and antibiotic resistance, Zombies, Infectious Diseases, Antibiotic resistance, emerging diseases, rural communities, Global health, environmental contamination, bacterial contamination, bacterial evolution, bacterial epidemiology, vaccine hesitancy
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Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences330-672-6510Environmental Justice, Environmental Health Disparities, communicable infectious disease, influenza, influenza-like-illnesses, hand hygiene, influenza vaccines, workplace, randomized cluster trial, Qualitative Research, Mixed methods
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Professor Epidemiology330-672-4648Epidemiology, Environmental Health, Public Health, Pandemic Preparedness
Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies
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Associate Professor330-672-0621Nature of science, scientific inquiry/practices, Technology