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Dr. Steve Thomas
Box 870206
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0206
(205) 348-4136
Fax: (205) 348-1403
sathomas16@ua.edu

Executive Committee

Members

Faculty participants in the Center for Freshwater Studies are housed within four colleges/schools at The University of Alabama: Barefield College of Arts and Sciences; College of Commerce and Business Administration; College of Engineering; and School of Law.

The list below identifies each faculty member by title, department, and a brief statement of their area of research interests. For additional faculty information, please visit individual directory profiles.

Barefield College of Arts and Sciences

  • John Abbott, Associate Professor, Museums, Chief Curator and Director of Museum Research and Collections
  • Paul R. Aharon, Professor Emeritus, Department of Geological Sciences, environmental geology
  • Frank Akamagwuna, Postdoctaral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, stream ecology, microplastics, social ecology
  • C. Fred T. Andrus, Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, paleoclimatology and stable isotope geochemistry
  • Carla Atkinson, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, land use change influences on patterns and processes in aquatic ecosystems
  • Hazel Barton, Loper Endowed Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Cave Science, microbiology, astrobiology
  • Arthur C. Benke, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological Sciences, aquatic invertebrate production
  • Jonathan Benstead, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, freshwater ecology, stream ecology, and vertebrate biology
  • C. Hobson Bryan, Associate Director for Technology, Global Water Security Center, sociology and social impact assessment
  • Ed Burress, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Phylogenetics and systematics of fishes, Feeding Ecology, Functional morphology, Macroevolution.
  • Julia Cherry, Professor, New College and Department of Biological Sciences, global change on coastal wetlands and population and community dynamics in freshwater wetlands
  • Sagy Cohen, Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment, gemorphology, hydrology, soil science, numerical modeling, GIS, and remote sensing
  • Lisa Davis, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment, geomorphology, watershed processes and dynamics, and environmental change
  • Natasha Dimova, Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, hydrological processes in marine and aquatic ecosystems
  • Rona J. Donahoe, Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, metal cycling and mobility in freshwater
  • Ryan Earley, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, animal behavior studies (primarily fish and reptiles) combining field research, behavioral experimentation, pharmacological manipulations, and neuroendocrine assays
  • Luoheng Han, Professor and Associate Dean, Department of Geography and the Environment, remote sensing and GIS applications
  • Phillip Harris, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, molecular systematics and conservation genetics of freshwater fishes
  • Justin Hart, Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment, forest dynamics, plant geography, natural resource management
  • Pamela Hart, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, extremophile evolution, sensory biology, evolutionary history, biodiversity and conservation, biology of fishes
  • Alex Huryn, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, aquatic entomology and stream ecology
  • Matthew Jenny, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, functional genomics and molecular toxicology
  • Nate Jones, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Ecohydrology, groundwater-surface water interactions, biogeochemistry
  • Kevin Kocot, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Invertebrate Zoology
  • Daryl Lam, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Limnology
  • Juan Lopez-Bautista, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological Sciences, phycology with emphasis on green algal evolution
  • Yuehan Lu, Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, biogeochemical cycling of organic matter in modern and paleo-ecosystems
  • Jeff Lozier, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
  • Terry McGinn, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, virology
  • Michael McCain, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, phylogenomics, comparative genomics, polyploidy
  • Julie B. Olson, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, molecular microbial ecology
  • Douglas J. Sherman, Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography and the Environment
  • Arial Shogren, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, aquatic ecosystem, ecology, biogeochemistry, material transport and fate
  • Greg Starr, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, controlling factors for carbon, water and energy fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems
  • Christina Staudhammer, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, forest biometrics to promote better conservation and management of natural resources
  • Steve Thomas, J. Nicholene Bishop Professor of Aquatic Ecology, Department of Biological Sciences, stream ecology, aquatic ecosystem, biogeochemistry, nutrient spiraling
  • Amelia K. Ward, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological Sciences, freshwater microbial ecology
  • G. Milton Ward, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological Sciences, stream ecology and aquatic insects
  • Yong Zhang, Professor and Chair, Department of Geological Sciences, numerical simulation of water flow and contaminant transport in porous and fractured media, stochastic hydrology, surface runoff and sedimentation

College of Commerce and Business Administration

  • Samuel N. Addy, Director and Associate Research Economist, Center for Business and Economic Research, natural resource and environmental economics

College of Engineering

  • Glenn Tootle, Professor, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, water resources (surface water hydrology), modeling, streamflow forecasting, hydroclimatology and paleohydrology

School of Law

  • William Andreen, Edgar L. Clarkson Professor, School of Law, environmental law