Faculty

Name Areas of Interest Email
John Baker
Adjunct Professor, Research Leader, USDA-ARS

Biometeorology, Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Crops

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Jay Bell
Professor

Pedology, Wetlands and Peatlands

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Adam Birr
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Crops, Land Use and Land Cover Change, Nutrient Management

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Kenneth Blumenfeld
Senior Climatologist, Minnesota State Climate Office, Adjunct Assistant Professor
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Anna Cates
Assistant Extension Professor

Soil Health, Soil Carbon, Soil Organic Matter Pools, Soil Aggregation, Cropping Systems

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Brent Dalzell
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Biogeochemistry, Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Ecosystem Modeling

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Mindy Erickson
Adjunct Associate Professor

Hydrogeology, Groundwater, Contaminants and Pollution 

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Fabian Fernandez
Professor, Co-Director of Graduate Studies

Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Crops, Nutrient Management

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Gary Feyereisen
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Biogeochemistry, Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Crops

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Joshua Gamble
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Agroecology, Cropping Systems, Agronomy

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Timothy Griffis
Professor

Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions, Biogeochemistry, Biometeorology

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Jessica Gutknecht
Associate Professor

Soil Environmental Microbiology, Sustainable Ecosystems 

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Satoshi Ishii
Associate Professor

Aquatic Microbiology, Biogeochemistry, Biotechnology, Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Environmental Microbiology, Soil Environmental Microbiology

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Nic Jelinski
Associate Professor

Pedology, Soil Management 

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Daniel Kaiser
Associate Professor

Crops, Nutrient Management

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Diana Karwan
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Forest Hydrology, Catchment Science, Critical Zone Science, Watershed Management

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Randy Kolka
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Land Management, Natural Ecosystems

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Yuxin Miao
Associate Professor, Associate Director of the Precision Agriculture Center

Precision Agriculture, Remote Sensing, Plant Nutrition, Sustainable Agriculture, Agroecology

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Dylan Millet
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Co-Director of Graduate Studies

Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions, Atmospheric Chemistry, Climate Change

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David Mulla
Professor, Larson Endowed Chair in Soil and Water Resources, Director of the Precision Agriculture Center

Precision Agriculture, Precision Conservation, Water Quality, Watershed Management and Modeling

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Peter Neff
Assistant Research Professor

Ice Core Paleoclimatology, Glaciology, Climate Science, West Antarctic Climate, Science Communication

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Paulo Pagliari
Associate Professor

Crops, Nutrient Management

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Lindsay Pease
Assistant Professor, Extension Specialist in Nutrient and Water Management

Contaminant Hydrology, Water Quality, Nutrient Management

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Pamela Rice
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Environmental Chemistry

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Heidi Roop
Assistant Professor, Extension Specialist, Director, Climate Adaptation Partnership

Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Climate Adaptation, Climate Change Communication, Science-society Interactions

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Carl Rosen
Professor

Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Crops, Environmental Chemistry, Nutrient Management

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Michael Schmitt
Professor, Associate Dean of CFANS and Extension

Extension, Manure Application, Nutrient Management 

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Vasudha Sharma
Assistant Extension Professor

Irrigation Water Management, Water Quality

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Peter Snyder
Associate Professor

Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions, Climate and Climate Change, Ecosystem Modeling

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Kurt Spokas
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Biogeochemistry, Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Soil Physics

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Jeff Strock
Professor

Biogeochemistry, Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Soil Physics

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Brandy Toner
Professor

Biogeochemistry, Environmental Chemistry

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Tracy Twine
Associate Professor

Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions, Climate and Climate Change, Ecosystem Modeling, Urban Heat Islands

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Rodney Venterea
Adjunct Professor

Soil Biogeochemistry

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Brent Williams
Department Head

Air Quality, Climate Change, Atmosphere-Biosphere Exchange, Wildfires, Indoor Air Quality, Aerosol Science & Technology, Environmental Health, Public Health, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and Air Toxins

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Melissa Wilson
Associate Professor

Manure Nutrient Management & Water Quality

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Kari Wolf
Teaching Assistant Professor

Biogeochemical processes in the soil, Hydrology, Undergraduate pedagogy

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Ce Yang
Assistant Professor

Precision Agriculture, Remote Sensing, Machine Vision, Spectroscopy, Hyperspectral Imaging, Machine Learning, Big Data in Agriculture

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Kyungsoo Yoo
Professor

Biogeochemistry, Natural Ecosystems, Pedology

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