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Faculty Research Interests

listed alphabetically by department

DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL AND NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES

Patricia D. Bedker, Ph.D.

Education and animal science

William E. Berndtson, Ph.D

Male reproductive physiology; artificial insemination of farm animals; spermatogenesis

Dennis J. Bobilya, Ph.D.

Zinc transport and utilization by mammalian cells; physiology of the blood-brain barrier; sports nutrition

Elizabeth P. Boulton, D.V.M.

Equine Surgery

Joanne Burke, Ph.D.

Community and public health nutrition education

Gale B. Carey, Ph.D.

Nutrition, exercise, and adipose tissue metabolism

William A. Condon, Ph.D.

Female reproductive physiology and endocrinology

Joanne Curran-Celentano, Ph.D.

Nutritional Risk and Antioxidant Status in the Elderly

Wendell P. Davis, D.V.M.

Diagnostic pathology; infectious diseases, atherosclerosis and diabetes in animal models

Peter S. Erickson, Ph.D.

Dairy cattle nutrition; forage utilization; heifer development

Thomas L. Foxall, Ph.D.

Role of diabetes in the development and progression of atherosclerosis

Sarah Hamilton, B.S.

Equine Science

Colette H. Janson-Sand, Ph.D.

Human nutrition; nutritional assessment.

Ingrid Lofgren, Ph.D.

Human nutrition, lipid metabolism, epidemiology

Adele Marone, B.S.

Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, medical laboratory science

Joseph J. Moore, V.M.D.

Diagnostic pathology; infectious diseases

Jesse Stabile Morrell, M.S.

Human nutrition, obesity

Ruth A. Reilly, Ph.D.

Human nutrition; nutrition education; women's health

Charles G. Schwab, Ph.D.

Dairy cattle nutrition; protein metabolism; feed analysis; systems (models) for diet evaluation

Samuel C. Smith, Ph.D.

Atherogenesis at the cellular and molecular levels

Joyce R. Stone, B.S.

Hematology/phlebotomy; coagulation and serology

Elise R. Sullivan, Ph.D.

Microbiology

Anthony R. Tagliaferro, Ph.D.

Central Obesity, Insulin Resistance and Asthma in Women

Robert L. Taylor, Ph.D.

Genetic Bases for Resistance and Immunity to Avian Diseases

David H. Townson, Ph.D.

Ovarian and environmental influences on embryonic/fetal mortality in ruminants; influence of the immune system in ovarian function and fertility

Paul C. Tsang, Ph.D.

Ovarian and environmental influences on embryonic/fetal mortality in ruminants; influence of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors on corpus luteum function

Catherine Violette, Ph.D.

Nutrition education, food acquisition, food safety

Roger Wells, D.V.M.

Diagnostic pathology; infectious diseases

DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

John J. Collins, Ph.D.

Cell Signaling in Metazoan Development; Evolution and Dynamics of Eukaryotic Genomes

Rick H. Cote, Ph.D.

Signal Transduction in Neuronal Cells

Kevin M. Culligan, Ph.D.

Molecular genetics of DNA repair, genome maintenance and cell-cycle regulation.

Clyde L. Denis, Ph.D.

Regulatory pathways in mRNA degradation

William A. Gilbert, Ph.D

Application software for biological sequence analysis

Anita S. Klein, Ph.D.

Phylogeography of native and invasive algae species; Molecular Population Genetics of Northeastern Conifer Species

Andrew P. Laudano, Ph.D.

Activation of Estrogen Receptors and Tyrosine Kinases in Breast Cancer

Thomas M. Laue, Ph.D.

Protein-protein interactions in complex solutions

Deena J. Small, Ph.D.

Cellular and tumor biology; signal transduction; notch receptor signaling in adipocyte development/function and obesity-associated disease; notch receptors/ligands in neoplasia and tumorigenesis.

Stacia A. Sower, Ph.D.

Molecular and Biochemical Neuroendocrinology

W. Kelley Thomas, Ph.D.

Understanding genome-proteome evolution

DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

Vaughn S. Cooper, Ph.D.

Microbial evolutionary genetics: Mechanisms of pathogenic adaptation by Burkholderia cepacia

Aaron B. Margolin, Ph.D.

Public Health and Waterborne Diseases

Thomas G. Pistole, Ph.D.

Host Defenses Against Salmonella typhimurium

Frank G. Rodgers, Ph.D.

Pathogenic Microbiology

Elise R. Sullivan, Ph.D.

Marine microbiology

Louis S. Tisa, Ph.D.

Microbial Physiology and Genomics

Cheryl A Whistler, Ph.D.

Beneficial Host-Microbe Interactions

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

John D. Aber, Ph.D.

Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Forest Ecosystems, Including the Effects of Atmospheric Deposition and Climate Change

Jacqui Aitkenhead-Peterson, Ph.D.

Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles in Streams and Forest Soils

Kimberly J. Babbitt, Ph.D.

Wetland Wildlife Ecology; Amphibian Ecology and Behavior; Effects of Lanscape Changes on Wetland-Dependent Organisms

Mimi L. Becker, Ph.D.

Natural Resources and Environmental Policy, Marine Resource Education

David M. Burdick, Ph.D.

Ecology, Restoration and Assessment of Coastal Wetlands, with Emphasis on Salt Marshes and Seagrass Meadows

John E. Carroll, Ph.D.

Land Ethics and the College of Agriculture, the Wisdom of Small Farms and Local Food: Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic and Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainability and Spirituality

Russell G. Congalton, Ph.D.

Spatial Data Uncertainty/Map Accuracy and Applied Research Applying the Tools of Remote Sensing, GIS, and Spatial Data Analysis to Solving Natural Resource Problems

Andrew B. Cooper, Ph.D.

Development and Application of Statistical and Mathematical Methods to Explore Ecological Processes and Natural Resource Management

Mark J. Ducey, Ph.D.

Forest inventory, Management, and Analysis

Robert T. Eckert, Ph.D.

Forest Community Structure, Tropospheric Ozone Effects on Native Vegetation at Acadia National Park

Serita Frey, Ph.D.

Effects of Soil Warming and Nitrogen Deposition on Soil Microbial Community Structure and Function; Interactions between Plant Diversity, Microbial Community Structure, and Biogeochemical Cycling; Soil Organic Matter Dynamicls in Natural and Managed Ecosystems; Establishment of Plant- and Microbial-Mediated Functions in Created Wetlands

Kelly L. Giraud, Ph.D.

Non-Market Economics Relating to Wildlife, Public Lands and Forestry in the U.S., Markets for Locally Made Products and Services as well as Sustainable Land Use Planning

Theodore E. Howard, Ph.D.

Forest Management and Forest Industry in New England and Atlantic Canada

George C. Hurtt, Ph.D.

Theory and Application of Community and Ecosystem Ecology

Paul C. Johnson, Ph.D.

Insect Ecology and Forest Entomology

Stephen H. Jones, Ph.D.

Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology, Bacterial Source Tracking, Mercury Cycling

Adrienne I. Kovach, Ph.D.

Molecular Ecology, Population Biology and Conservation Genetics of Vertebrates

Thomas D. Lee, Ph.D.

The Effects of Natural and Human Disturbance -- As Well As Invasive Plants -- On the Structure and Plant Species Composition of Temperate Forest Communities

Changsheng S. Li, Ph.D.

Biogeochemical and Environmental Studies

John A. Litvaitis, Ph.D.

Wildlife Responses to Changes in Land Use, Especially Human Activities That Fragment Habitats

William W. Mautz, Ph.D.

Human dimensions of natural resource management

William H. McDowell, Ph.D.

Ecosystem Ecology and Watershed Management

Scott V. Ollinger, Ph.D.

Forest Productivity and Biogeochemistry, Ecological Effects of Air Pollution, Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Forest Soils, Disturbance and Land Use History, Ecosystem Modeling and Remote Sensing, Forest Response to Multiple Environmental Stressors, Landscape Ecology, Regional Ecological Analysis

Peter J. Pekins, Ph.D.

Bioenergetics and Management of Wildlife

Jonathan R. Pennock, Ph.D.

Estuarine Biogeochemistry; Phytoplankton Ecology; Eutrophication; Harmful Algal Blooms

Barrett N. Rock, Ph.D.

Remote Sensing of Vegetation, Specifically on Basic and Applied Research Dealing With Biophysical Properties (Pigment Concentrations, Anatomical Characteristics, and Moisture Conditions) of Leaves and their influence on Reflectance Features Which May Be Remotely Detected

Andrew A. Rosenberg, Ph.D.

Marine Sciences, Marine Policy, Fisheries, Marine

Frederick T. Short, Ph.D.

Ecology of Seagrass Ecosystems

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BIOLOGY

Alan L. Baker, Ph.D.

Anaerobic Cyanobacterial Cell Maintenance, Growth, and Toxin Production

Garrett E. Crow, Ph.D.

Floristic Diversity in New Hampshire Old-Growth Forests; University of New Hampshire Herbarium; Biodiversity of Aquatic Plants: Temperate Versus Tropical

Thomas M. Davis, Ph.D.

Genetic Dissection of Economic Traits in Strawberry: A Candidate Gene Approach

Alan Eaton, Ph.D.

Entomology, Integrated pest management

Wayne R. Fagerberg, Ph.D.

Is the Redox State in the Chloroplast Responsible for Detection of Both Par and Low Levels of UVB Radiation

Curtis V. Givan, Ph.D.

Plant biochemistry; Enzymology and metabolism

Rebecca Grube, Ph.D.

Sustainable Production of Vegetable and Small Fruit Crops

Estelle Hrabak, Ph.D.

Acyl Modification of a Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase; CDPK-GUS Fusions to Determine Gene Expression and Subcellular Localization

Leland S. Jahnke, Ph.D.

Oxygen and the Inhibition of Photosynthesis by Near-UV Radiation

J. Brent Loy, Ph.D.

Breeding and Physiology of Yield in Cucurbits; Conservation and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources

Dennis Mathews

Plant Pathology, Enzymology

Arthur C. Mathieson, Ph.D.

Introduced Seaweeds and Altered Biodiversity Patterns Within the Gulf of Maine

Subhash C. Minocha, Ph.D.

Genetic Manipulation of Forest Trees to Alter Stress Response; Biochemical and Molecular Aspects of Somatic Embryogenesis in Carrot

Catherine A. Neal, Ph.D.

Nutrient Management for Production and Maintenance of Ornamental Plants

Christopher D. Neefus, Ph.D.

Photosynthesis-Light Relationships in Native Species of the Seaweed Porphyra

James E. Pollard, Ph.D.

Plant Physiology

John M. Roberts

Turf management

Cheryl A. Smith

Plant Pathology, Plant health

Stanley R. Swier

Entomology, Entomology of forest, turf and ornamental systems

John C. Wallace

Biochemistry, Molecular development of the moss Physcomitrella patens

DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCE ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT

Mary Adamo-Robertson, Ph.D.

Community Development; community planning; Tourism Planning and Development

Kelly Cullen, Ph.D.

Sustainable Development; Wildlife Management; Economics

Lyndon Goodridge, Ph.D.

Rural Area Development; Technology Transfer Systems

John M. Halstead, Ph.D.

Economic Considerations in Municipal Solid Waste Disposal

Troy Hartley, Ph.D.

fisheries and coastal management, community development, cooperative research, public participation and community involvement, sustainable community development, political communication theory (deliberative discourse), scientific and technical communication

Bruce Lindsay, Ph.D.

Socioeconomic aspects of community gardening; impacts of terrorism

Alberto B. Manalo, Ph.D.

Private Strategies, Public Policies, and Food System Performance; Rural Economic Development: Alternatives in the New Competitive Environment; Research Administration in Resource Economics

Douglas E. Morris, Ph.D.

Rural Economic Development; Land use and taxes, Economic Impact Analysis

Robert Robertson, Ph.D.

Improvement of Rural and Agricultural Sample Survey Methods

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY

David L. Berlinsky, Ph.D.

Aquaculture; Fish physiology; reproduction

Jessica A. Bolker, Ph.D.

Development, evolution and their intersection; fish development; philosophy of biology

John F. Burger, Ph.D.

Biodiversity of aquatic insects: Biosystematics and ecology of haematophagous Diptera

James E. Byers, Ph.D.

Marine community and population ecology; Biological invasions; Conservation Biology

Donald S. Chandler, Ph.D.

Research on systematics of ant-like litter beetles (Pselaphinae) and ant-like flower beetles (Anthicidae); comparisons of old-growth and managed forests; Curator of the UNH Arthropod Collection

James F. Haney, Ph.D.

Ecology and management of lakes; lake food webs and biotoxins

Larry G. Harris, Ph.D.

Analysis of predator-prey associations, studies of the impact of invasive species on marine benthic communities and research on the ecology and aquaculture of sea urchins

William H. Howell, Ph.D.

Fisheries Biology; Ichthyology; Aquaculture

Thomas D. Kocher, Ph.D.

Genetics and evolution of African cichlid fishes

Michael P. Lesser

Physiological ecology of marine invertebrates; polar and coral reef biology and ecology

Marian K. Litvaitis, Ph.D.

Systematics and evolution of lower invertebrates, biodiversity of polyclad flatworms

Michelle P. Scott, Ph.D.

Hormonal Control of Reproduction and Reproductive Behavior, Especially of Insects

James T. Taylor, Ph.D.

Vertebrate population ecology

Charles W. Walker, Ph.D.

Development of novel marine model systems; clam leukemia and urchin gametogenesis

Winsor H. Watson, III, Ph.D.

The behavior and physiology of marine invertebrates; neural basis of animal behavior; use of telemetry to study the behavior of marine organisms

Updated Fall 2006