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Samuel Adu-prah Samuel Adu-prah
Email: saduprah@siu.edu
Research Interests: Remote Sensing, GIS, Geovisualization, Spatio-temporal Data Mining
Currently: Lecturer, Geography & Environmental Resources, SIUC
Paul Behum Paul Behum
Email: pbehum@osmre.gov
Research Interests: Hydrogeologic and surface water modeling, coal mining environmental, geochemistry
Currently: Employed as a Hydrologist DOI Office of Surface Mining, Alton, IL. Project activity involves hydrologic investigations and passive treatment design related to coal mine acid mine drainage, mine permit review and programmatic oversight, and drinking water well investigations.
Website: http://www.osmre.gov
France Belley France Belley
Email: fanfan24@siu.edu
Research Interests: Mantle flow, Lattice Preferred Orientation, High Field Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility, Seismic anisotropy
Currently: Ottawa, ON
Website: http://www.science.siu.edu/geology/people/ferre/France.html
Mark Bloomfield Mark Bloomfield
Email: bloomfms@siu.edu
Research Interests: GIS, Spatial Epidemiology, BioWeapons Modeling
Currently: National Geospatial Intelligence Agency

Mark Carlos Mark Carlos
Email: mcarlos1@siu.edu
Research Interests: GIS and Wind Energy
Anita Eckhardt Anita Eckhardt
Email: anitae911@hotmail.com
Research Interests: Environmental Law and Policy; Agriculture Policy
Steven Fadden Steven Fadden
Email: atticusfinch1961@hotmail.com
Research Interests: Disturbance Ecology, Terrestrial Vertebrate Evolution, and Natural Resource Policy and Administration
Currently: Project Manager, Supervisory Wildlife Biologist, US Army Corps of Engineers, Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System
Farhat Farhat Jahan Chowdhury
Email: farhat@siu.edu
Research Interests: Environmental Governance and Policy, Integrated Water Resources Management, Community Based Water Supply Management, Wetland Management, Environmental Impact Assessment, Urban Environmental Management
Currently: Graduate Assistant, Geography & Environmental Resources - UCOWR, SIUC
Wayne Griffith Wayne Griffith
Email: griffith@siu.edu
Research Interests:Non-Market Valuation
Currently: High School Teacher, Marion High School, Marion, Illinois
Bruce Hall Bruce Hall
Email: brucehall2256@hotmail.com
Research Interests: Institutions for Watershed Management
Currently: Visiting Instructor, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Annette Hormann Annette Hormann
Email: annetteh@siu.edu
Research Interests:
Currently: Teaching Assistant, Geography and Environmental Resources, SIUC
Atul Kale Atul Kale
Email: katul@siu.edu
Research Interests:
Currently: Research Assistant, Agribusiness Economics, SIUC
AbuKhan Abu Khan
Email: abukhan@siu.edu
Research Interests: Climate change & Landuse dynamics and, Natural resources management and conflict. Indigenous people & knowledge, Wetland management.
Currently: Teaching Assistant, Agribusiness Economics, SIUC
Brendan Lutz
Brendan Lutz
Email: bplutz@siu.edu
Research Interests: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Currently: Research Assistant, Geology Department, SIUC
Girmay Misgna Girmay Misgna
Email: mgirmay@siu.edu
Research Interests: GIS, Remote sensing, Web-based Geospatial and Database applications, Watershed Modeling and integration with evolutionary algorithms
Currently: GIS/RS Lab Director, Environmental Resources & Policy, SIUC
Michael Most Michael Most
Email: mtmost@siu.edu
Research Interests: Property Rights in Agriculture
Currently: Associate Professor, ASA Aviation Technologies, SIUC
Stanley Mubako Stanley Mubako
Email: smubako@siu.edu
Research Interests: Water Resources Planning and Integrated Water Resources Management; GIS & Remote Sensing; Environmental Statistics
Currently: Dissertation Research Award Recipient, SIUC
Benjamin Newton Benjamin Newton
Email: newtben@siu.edu
Research Interests:
Currently: Research Assistant, Geography and Environmental Resources - UCOWR, SIUC
Mohammad Rahman Mohammad Rahman
Email: mwrahman@siu.edu
Research Interests:
Currently: Research Assistant - Integrated Study of Mercury and Other Trace elements Distribution in Illinois Coal, SIUC
Donald Rehmer

Donald Rehmer
Email: drehmer@siu.edu
Research Interests: Policies Governing Carbon Sequestration in the Fossil Fuel Industry
Currently: Dissertation Research Award Recipient, SIUC

Regimius Rushomesa

Regimius Rushomesa
Email: rrusho@siu.edu
Research Interests: Integration of GIS & Remote Sensing for Sustainable Utilization of Natural Resources; Environmental Impact Assessment; Rural Development
Currently: Teaching Assistant, Agribusiness Economics, SIUC

Kristine Schachel Kristine Schachel
Email: krisstar@hotmail.com
Research Interests: Sustainable Community Development; motivation for environmentally responsible behavior; non-profit administration
Currently: Coordinator for Southern Illinois Center for a Sustainable Future; Coordinator for Annual Heartland Bioneers Conference at SIUC
Website: www.sicsf.org
Thomas Shaw Thomas Shaw
Email: tlsmach1@siu.edu
Research Interests:
Currently: Team Leader Environmental, Western Kentucky Energy
Jim Stivers Jim Stivers
Email: jstivers@siu.edu
Research Interests: Organic Agriculture; Clean Air Mercury Rule; and Environmental Law and Policy
Dan Vaughn Dan Vaughn
Email: dvaughn@vinu.edu
Research Interests: Environmental Sciences, Sustainable Development/Practices, Philosophy of Science Organic Geochemistry
Currently: Assistant Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Vincennes University
Steve Walton Steve Walton
Email: swalton@siu.edu (cell: 314-703-6080 )
Research Interests: Environmental Sustainability, Environmental Law and Policy
Currently: Vice President of EHS, Compliance and Quality for Sigma-Aldrich, a St. Louis based Life Science and High Technology Company
Roger Wiebusch Roger Wiebusch
Email: Roger.K.Wiebusch@uscg.mil
Research Interests: Contributing factors for loss rates of freshwater (agricultural) wetlands
Currently: US Coast Guard, St. Louis, MO
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Xiaoying Yang Xiaoying Yang (2004)
Dissertation: Analysis of Thermoelectric Water Use in the United States
Current: Research Associate, Kansas State University
Email: xiaoying@ksu.edu
Phone: (785) 532-2109
Reuben Heine Reuben Heine (2005)
Dissertation: Modeling Incision of Tributaries from Missouri River Degradation: Gavins Point Dam to Platte River Confluence
Current: Assistant Professor, Augustana College
Email: ggheine@augustana.edu
Phone: (309) 794-7325
Yong Huang Yong Huang (2005)
Dissertation: A comparative Study of Downstream Flows and Ecological Impacts of Hydropower Dams
Current: SIUC Computer Science
Email: yongh@siu.edu
Richard Boniak Richard Boniak (2006)
Dissertation: Nitrogen and Phosphorous Transport and Turfgrass Response on Golf Greens constructed of Sand Mixes Amended With Various Organic Materials
Salah Jaber Salah Jaber (2006)
Dissertation: Monitoring Spatial Variations in Soil Organic Carbon Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
Current: Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Hashemite University, in Jordan
Mykola Shcherbaniuk Mykola Shcherbaniuk (2006)
Dissertation: Modeling Land Use and Land Cover Change: Predicting Re-Enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program Using GIS and Data Mining Procedures
Email: mykola2000@yahoo.com
Website: http://mykola2000.googlepages.com
Abani Samal Abani Samal (2007)
Dissertation:Genetic and Exploration Models for the Florida Canyon, Au Deposit, Nevada: Integrating Geological, Geochemical, GIS, Remote Sensing, Geostatistical and Statistical Data Analysis
Currently: Geologist/Geostatistican with a premier consulting firm Pincock, Allen and Holt based in Denver, Colorado.
Email: arsamal@yahoo.com
Website: http://myprofile.cos.com/arsamal
Dajun Dai Dajun Dai (2007)
Dissertation: Exploring and Computational and Implementation Characteristics of an Improved Genetic Algorithm for Cluster Detection
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Northern Illinois University
Email: ddai@niu.edu
Website: http://mypage.siu.edu/dljt

Michael Pease Michael Pease (2008)
Dissertation: Analysis of Constraints to Water Marketing and an Evaluation of Select Techniques to Facilitate Market-Based Reallocations
Currently: Water Resources Specialist, SWCA Envrionmental Consultants and Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of New Mexico
Qing Bai Qing Bai (2008)
Diessertation: Urban-Fringe Landowners' Preferences for Particular Farmland Preservation Programs
Sethuram Soman Sethuram Soman (2008)
Dissertation: Trade offs Among Environmental Benefits provided by Riparian Buffers and Agricultural Production - Implication for the Big Creek Watershed
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Agribusiness Economics, Dickinson State University
Email: soman.sethuram@dsu.nodak.edu
Jonathan Remo Jonathan Remo (2008)
Dissertation: Utilizing Archival Data to Assess Historic Changes in Flood Flow Conveyance of the Mississippi River
Currently: Post doc, Department of Geology, Southern Illinois University
Email: diamict@siu.edu
Website: http://mypage.siu.edu/diamict/
Terri Thomas

Terri Thomas (2008)
Dissertation: Spatial and Temporal Land Use Change in Southern Illinois' Clear Springs and Bald Knob Wilderness areas
Currently: Lecturer, Geography & Environmental Resources, SIUC
Email: terri@siu.edu

John Keller

John Keller (2009)
Dissertation: Accurate Cylindrical-Coordinate Numerical Models for the Analysis of Hydrologic Tests
Currently: Teaching at John A. Logan and Southeast Missouri State University
Email: jkeller@siu.edu

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