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John Bolte
Department Head
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Mathematical modeling and simulation of agricultural, aquacultural and environmental systems. Geographic Information Systems-based spatial modeling.  Artificial intelligence applications in bioresource management.

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Hong Liu
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  • Sustainable bioenergy production
  • Environmental biotechnology
  • Waste and wastewater treatment
  • Microbial fuel cell technology
  • Biohydrogen production

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  • Investigate high current-producing biofilms...
Ganti Murthy
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  • Cellulosic and algal biofuels and bioproducts.
  • Control of dynamic systems.
  • Systems analysis process modeling and simulation.
  • Processing of biobased feedstocks into fuels and chemicals

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  • Rational...
John Selker
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  • Hydrologic Instrumentation
  • Vadose Zone Hydrology
  • Groundwater Hydrology
  • Stochastic Hydrology
  • Contaminant Transport

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Lab experiments are conducted in three facilities, including many column and...

Desiree Tullos
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Faculty 		541-737-2038
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  • Ecohydraulics
  • River engineering and restoration
  • Systems analysis in water resources management
  • Hydrodynamic modeling

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Dominique Bachelet
Associate Professor, Senior Research
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  • Dynamic Fire Modeling
  • Climate Change Impacts Modeling
  • Ecosystems Ecology
  • Science communication

CURRENT RESEARCH: Modeling & Communication

- (1) review available downscaled climate data for the Pacific...

Frank Chaplen
Associate Professor
Faculty 		541-737-1015
  • Biological Engineering
  • Metabolic Engineering

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Soil Nitrification Processes

Given that most of Earth’s terrestrial environments are being perturbed by humans, it is essential that we gain a better understanding carbon (C) and nitrogen...

Roger Ely
Associate Professor
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  • Environmental Biotechnology
  • Sustainable Systems Engineering
  • Bioprocess Engineering
  • Modeling of Biological Systems

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Metabolic responses in nitrifying bacteria:  Nitrifying bacteria play a...

Chad Higgins
Associate Professor
Faculty 		541-737-2286
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  • Environmental Fluid Mechanics with special interest in applications to atmospheric flows and hydrology
  • Measurement and modelling of fluxes through the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum
  • Optimum water management in agriculture
  • Spatial variability...
Assistant Professor
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Stephen Good
Assistant Professor
Faculty 		541-737-2118
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  • Ecohydrology
  • Modeling ecosystems structure & function
  • Isotope biogeochemistry
  • Water resource (re)distribution
  • Biogeography and biodiversity

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  • Global evapotranspiration partitioning...
Gerrad Jones
Assistant Professor
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  • Environmental chemistry
  • Water quality
  • Geochemical cycling
  • Statistical and machine learning modeling
  • Geo/spatial analyses

 

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Overall, my professional interests focus on...

Chet Udell
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Kellie Vache
Assistant Professor (Sr Res)
Faculty 		541-737-3500
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  • Watershed hydrology and modeling
  • Implications of evolving landuse patterns and climate change
  • Alternative futures analyses for land use planning and sustainability>
  • Geographic Information Systems and simulation of environmental processes

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Jennifer Cohen
Office Manager
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Annie Ingersoll
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Rachel Jones
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Faculty Research Assistant
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Cara Walter
Faculty Research Assistant
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