The Water Resources Program Faculty is a diverse group of individuals representing just about every aspect of water resources. Membership on the faculty is available to any UNM faculty member who has research, teaching or personal interests in water resources and wishes to be affiliated with the WRP. A list of current WRP faculty according to their primary affiliations follows (asterisks indicate members of the Program Committee).
Basia Irland, Professor
505-277-9128, basia@unm.edu,
http://www.unm.edu/~basia/BIRLAND/
M.F.A., University of Massachusetts. Sculpture.
Clifford N. Dahm, Professor
505-277-2850, cdahm@sevilleta.unm.edu, http://biology.unm.edu/fac_list.htm
Ph.D., Aquatic Ecology, Oregon State University. Aquatic ecology, stream/groundwater
interactions, microbial ecology, nutrient cycling, microbial and chemical processes
in volcanic environments.
Manuel C. Molles, Jr., Professor Emeritus
505-277-3050, molles@sevilleta.unm.edu, http://biology.unm.edu/fac_list.htm
Ph.D., Zoology, University of Arizona. Riparian ecology, ecology
of desert streams, ecology of exotic species.
Stephen E. Cabaniss, Professor
505-277-4445; cabaniss@unm.edu, http://www.unm.edu/~cabrsrch/index.htm
Ph.D., University of North Carolina. Environmental chemistry, molecular spectroscopy,
HPLC, stochastic and deterministic programming.
H. Eric Nuttall, Professor
505-277-6112, nuttall@unm.edu, http://www-chne.unm.edu
Ph.D., University of Arizona. Environmental sciences, waste transport and
management, colloid science.
Timothy J. Ward, P.E., Professor
505-277-2328, tjward@unm.edu, http://www.unm.edu/~civil/faculty.htm
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Colorado State University. Hydrology,
geotechnical and environmental engineering.
Julia E. Allred Coonrod*, P.E., Associate Professor
505-277-3233, jcoonrod@unm.edu, http://www.unm.edu/~civil/faculty.htm
Ph.D., Environmental and Water Resources, University of Texas at Austin.
Water resources, GIS applications.
Bruce M. Thomson, P.E., Regents' Professor
505-277-4729, bthomson@unm.edu, http://www.unm.edu/~civil/faculty.htm
Ph.D., Environmental Science and Engineering, Rice University. Chemical behavior
and treatment of radioactive and inorganic water contaminants in both surface
and groundwater systems.
James R. Matthews, P.E., Associate Professor
505-277-4849, jmatthews@unm.edu, http://www.unm.edu/~civil/faculty.htm
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla. Registered professional
engineer, Missouri. Consultant to UNM on water treatment and energy use, member
of ASCE and faculty advisor for the ASCE student chapter.
John C. Stormont, P.E., Professor
505-277-6063, jcstorm@unm.edu, http://www.unm.edu/~civil/faculty.htm
Ph.D., Geological Engineering with minor in Civil Engineering,
University of Arizona. Vadose zone hydrology, geotechnical engineering.
Kerry J. Howe, P.E., Assistant Professor
505-277-2702, howe@unm.edu, www.unm.edu/~civil/howe.htm
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Environmental engineering,
water treatment processes and design, membrane technologies.
Claudia B. Isaac, Associate Professor
505-277-5939, cisaac@unm.edu,
http://www.unm.edu/~saap/People/Isaac.html
Ph.D., University of California - Los Angeles. Community and
regional economic development, social theory, gender and development, Latin
American studies.
Theodore Jojola, Professor
505-277-6428, tjojola@unm.edu,
http://saap.unm.edu/
Ph.D., University of Hawaii. Community development, environmental
design, indigenous rights, tribal economic development, microcomputer applications
in education and planning.
James R. Richardson, Professor
505-277-6460, jrich@unm.edu, http://www.unm.edu/~saap/People/Richardson.html
M.Arch./A.S., M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Land-use planning, community development, citizen participation, negotiation
and environmental dispute resolution, urban design.
José A. Rivera*, Professor
505-277-2257, jrivera@unm.edu, http://www.unm.edu/~spagrad
Ph.D., Brandeis University. Social policy and planning, strategic
management, and rural community development in a regional setting
David S. Henkel, Jr., Associate Professor and Director of the CRP Program
505-277-1276, cymro@unm.edu, http://www.unm.edu/~saap/People/Henkel.html
Ph.D., Cornell University . Cultural aspects of community development,
natural resources and regional planning.
William M. Fleming, Associate Professor
505-277-6455, fleming@la.unm.edu,
http://saap.unm.edu/
Ph.D., University of British Columbia. Watershed management,
impacts of land use on water quality.
Michael E. Campana*, Professor and Director, Water Resources Program, and Albert and Mary Jane Black Professor of Hydrogeology, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (see listing under Water Resources).
Laura J. Crossey, Professor
505-277-5349, lcrossey@unm.edu, http://epswww.unm.edu/faculty.htm
Ph.D., Geochemistry, University of Wyoming. Clastic diagenesis
and organic geochemistry, with emphasis on interaction of organic and inorganic
constituents of sedimentary rocks during progressive burial, and diagenetic
model development.
Yemane Asmerom, Associate Professor
505-277-4434, asmerom@unm.edu, http://epswww.unm.edu/faculty.htm
Ph.D., Geochemistry, University of Arizona. Applications of
radiogenic isotopes (U-Series, Nd-Sr-Pb-Hf) to the study of the solid earth,
oceans and climate through time.
David S. Gutzler*, Professor
505-277-3328, gutzler@unm.edu, epswww.unm.edu/faculty.htm
Ph.D., Climatology and Meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. Data analysis and modeling of interactions between the atmosphere,
ocean, and land surfaces and climatic variability of Southwestern North America
.
Leslie D. McFadden, Professor and Chair
505-277-6121, lmcfadnm@unm.edu, epswww.unm.edu/faculty.htm
Ph.D., Quaternary Geology, University of Arizona. Soil development
in arid and semiarid regions; applications of soil studies to geomorphology,
paleoclimate, environmental research, and geohazard evaluation.
Gary A. Smith, Professor
505-277-2348, gsmith@unm.edu, epswww.unm.edu/faculty.htm
Ph.D., Sedimentology and Physical Volcanology, Oregon State University. Sedimentology
related to rift tectonics, aquifer heterogeneity, and volcanism, physical volcanology
of pyroclastic deposits and composite volcanoes.
Peter J. Fawcett, Associate Professor
505-277-3867, fawcett@unm.edu, epswww.unm.edu/faculty.htm
Ph.D., Paleoclimatology and Sedimentology, Pennsylvania State
University. Long-term evolution of the climate system and patterns of past
global change, quaternary paleoclimatology, and climatic influences on sedimentation.
Grant A. Meyer, Associate Professor
505-277-5384, gmeyer@unm.edu, epswww.unm.edu/faculty.htm
Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico. Hillslopes
and fluvial systems; climatic, tectonic and environmental geomorphology; Quaternary
geology and ecosystem processes.
Louis A. Scuderi, Associate Professor
505-277-2644, tree@unm.edu, epswww.unm.edu/faculty.htm
Ph.D., Geography, University of California - Los Angeles. Paleoclimatic reconstructions
utilizing dendrochronology, climatology, geographic Information Systems (GIS),
image processing, global positioning systems (GPS), creation and analysis of
historical and paleoclimatic databases.
Joseph Galewsky, Assistant Professor
505-277-2361, galewsky@unm.edu, epswww.unm.edu/facstaff/galewsky/home.htm
Ph.D., University of California - Santa Cruz. Interactions between meteorological
and land surface processes, climate dynamics, orographic precipitation.
Gary Weissmann, Associate Professor
505- 277-3636 weissman@unm.edu, epswww.unm.edu/facstaff/weissman/home.htm
Ph.D., University of California, Davis. Hydrogeology, sedimentology, and
basin analysis. Research focuses on a basin analysis approach to characterizing
and modeling groundwater flow and contaminant transport.
Zachary D. Sharp, Professor
505-277-2000, zsharp@unm.edu, http://epswww.unm.edu/facstaff/zsharp/home.htm
Ph.D., University of Michigan. Stable isotope geochemistry, with application
to paleoclimate reconstruction, metamorphic and igneous petrology and structural
geology.
John W. Shomaker*, Adjunct Professor
505-345-3407, jshomaker@shomaker.com
Ph.D., University of Birmingham (England). Hydrogeology, water
resources planning and management.
David S. Brookshire, Professor
505-277-1964, brookshi@unm.edu, http://www.unm.edu/~brookshi/
Ph.D., Economics, University of New Mexico. Environmental and
resource economics, policy issues associated with endangered species, natural
hazards and water resources.
Robert Berrens, Professor
505-277-9004, rberrens@unm.edu, http://www.unm.edu/~econ/faculty/berrens.html
Ph.D., Economics, Oregon State University. Environmental economics,
nonmarket valuation, sustainability and ecological economics, environmental
equity, institutional economics, riverine and public lands management, survey
research.
F. Lee Brown, Professor Emeritus
flbrown@unm.edu
Ph.D.,
Economics, Purdue University. Water resources economics, planning, and management.
Janie Chermak*, Associate Professor
505-277-4906, jchermak@unm.edu,
http://www.unm.edu/~econ/faculty/chermak.html
Ph.D., Economics, Colorado School
of Mines. Environmental economics and natural resources, applied microeconomics,
empirical testing of the theory of exhaustible resources, exhaustible resource
production.
Catherine (Kate) Krause, Associate Professor
505-277-3429, kkrause@unm.edu, http://www.unm.edu/~econ/faculty/krause/krause_home.html
Ph.D., Economics, University of Wisconsin. Public finance, law
and economics, experimental and behavioral economics, economic learning and
behavior in children, economic issues for children and families, law and economics,
sustainable resource use.
O. Paul Matthews, Professor
505-277-5007, opmatt@unm.edu, http://www.unm.edu/~geog/MATTHEWS.htm
J.D., University of Idaho;
Ph.D., Geography, University of Washington. Water resources management, water
law, Federal-state relations.
G. Emlen Hall*, Professor
505-277-2866, hall@law.unm.edu, http://lawschool.unm.edu
J.D., Harvard Law School. Property and federal public lands, history of natural
resource development in New Mexico .
Marilyn C. O'Leary, Adjunct Professor of Water Resources and Research Professor
and Director, Utton Transboundary Resources Center, UNM School of Law
505-277-3253, oleary@law.unm.edu
J.D., University of New Mexico. Water, utility and environmental law, transboundary
resource issues.
Charles T. DuMars, Professor Emeritus
ctd@lrpa-usa.com, http://lawschool.unm.edu
J.D., University of Arizona. Indian water rights law, water
law.
Gregory W. Gleason*, Professor
505-277-7391, gleasong@unm.edu, http://www.unm.edu/~polsci/faculty_listing/index.htm
Ph.D., University of California, Davis. Public policy, federal relations,
and international relations.
T. Zane Reeves, Professor
505-277-3312, tzane@unm.edu, http://www.unm.edu/~spagrad
Ph.D., University of Southern California. Human resources management, alternative
dispute resolution, discipline and grievance handling, collective bargaining.
Santa Falcone, Associate Professor
505-277-4934, falcone@unm.edu, http://www.unm.edu/~spagrad
Ph.D., Syracuse University. Administrative behavior, science
policy and administrative and environmental issues.
Mario A. Rivera, Professor
505-277-3312, marivera@unm.edu, http://www.unm.edu/~spagrad
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame. Program policy evaluation, and
comparative public management systems.
Michael E. Campana*, Professor and Director, Water Resources Program, and
Albert and Mary Jane Black Professor of Hydrogeology, Department of Earth and
Planetary Sciences
505-277-5249, aquadoc@unm.edu,
http://epswww.unm.edu/faculty.htm
Ph.D., Hydrology, University of Arizona . Regional hydrogeology, environmental
fluid mechanics, environmental isotope hydrology, education in earth/environmental
sciences, water resources in lesser-developed nations, transboundary water
resources.
Michele Minnis, Adjunct Professor Emeritus
minnis@unm.edu
Ph.D.,
Developmental Psychology, University of Kansas. Communication, expository writing,
psychology and dynamics of interdisciplinary research and collaboration.
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