Current
Saroj Thapa

Email: saroj.thapa@siu.edu
Research Interests:
- Land use / land cover change
- Watershed modeling
- Plant functional traits and ecosystem functions
Mukesh Bhattarai

Email: mukesh.bhattarai@siu.edu
Research Interests:
- Community Based Natural Resource Management
- Human Dimension of Natural Resource Management
- Environmental Economics and Policy
Currently: Research Assistant, Forestry, SIU
Amina Naliaka

Email: amina.naliaka@siu.edu
Research Interests:
- GIS
- Climate Change
- Water Resources Management
- Groundwater Modeling
- Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management
Currently:
Research Assistant, Geography, SIU
Rizwana Islam

Email: rizwana@siu.edu
Research Interests:
- Environmental Policy and Administration
Concentration:
Environmental Policy and Administration
Joseph Krienert

Email: jkrienert@siu.edu
Research Interests:
-
Ground and Surface Water Mixing
-
Contaminant Transport in the Hyporheic Zone
Currently:
Research Assistant, Hydrogeology, SIUC
Xian Liu

Email: xianliu2014@siu.edu
Research Interests:
-
Ecology Modeling
-
Remote Sensing
- GIS
Currently:
Research Assistant, Plant Biology, SIUC
Alicia Lloyd

Email: aclloyd@siu.edu
Research Interests:
- Political Economy of Watershed Management
- How Institutions Govern Land-Use
Activities for Floodplain Management - Economic Development
- Ecological Restoration
Concentration:
Forestry, Agriculture and Rural Land Resources
Benjamin Newton

Email: newtben@siu.edu
Currently:
Trade Adjustment Assistance Grant Program
Coordinator for Sustainable Agriculture
Triton College, River Grove, Illinois
Wesley Petty

Email: wesleyjpetty@siu.edu
Research Interests:
- Soundscape Ecology
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Biodiversity Assessment
- Disturbance Ecology
Currently:
ERP GIS/Remote Sensing Lab Manager
James Stivers

Email: jstivers@siu.edu
Research Interests:
- Environmental and Natural
Resources Law and Politics
Currently:
Assistant Counsel, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Di Wu

Email: di.wi@siu.edu
Research Interests:
- GIS
- Remote Sensing
- Natural Resource Management
Currently:
Research Assistant, Geography & Environmental Resources, SIU
Yao Xue

Email: yao.xue@siu.edu
Dissertation Proposal:
- Analysis of historical and future changes in frost events in the contiguous United States.
Currently:
Teaching Assistant, Geography & Environmental Resources, SIU
Xiaoyu Xu

Email: xiaoyu.xu@siu.edu
Research Interests:
- Remote Sensing
- GIS
- Natural and Environmental Resources Management
Currently:
Research Assistant, Geography & Environmental Resources, SIU
Oladapo Adeoye Adeyemi
Research Interests:
- Nutrient management in soil and cropping systems
- Soil dynamics and quality
- Agroecology and agroecosystems
Currently:
Research Assistant and Teaching assistant - Plant Soil and Agricultural Systems (PSAS)
Shu Chen

Email: shu.chen@siu.edu
Research Interests:
- GIS Analysis
- Remote Sensing
- City Expansion
Currently:
EGIS Lab Manager and Research Assistant for Geography & Environmental Resources Department, SIU