People
This directory lists faculty and other researchers at OU who work on environmental topics. Click on individuals' names to see their web pages, and on department names for departmental pages.
You can find people by name, department, college (abbreviations below table), or research interest, using the search box. Click to see a list of keywords used to identify research interests.
| Name | Department | College | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amy McGovern | Meteorology | A&GS | AI applied to weather and climate |
| Brad Illston | Oklahoma Mesonet/Climatological Survey | A&GS | instrumentation; observation networks; urban climatology |
| Chenghao Wang | Geography & Environmental Sustainability | A&GS | urban climate; urban sustainability |
| Diana Denham | Geography & Environmental Sustainability | A&GS | Indigenous geographies; global South urbanism, socio-environmental movements; food sovereignty |
| Elinor Martin | Meteorology | A&GS | climate change |
| Greg McFarquhar | Meteorology | A&GS | climate change; arctic studies; tropical cyclones; clouds |
| Jason Furtado | Meteorology | A&GS | climate change; extreme weather; subseasonal-to-seasonal forecasting; statistical analysis |
| Jeff Basara | Meteorology | A&GS | climate change |
| Jens Redemann | Meteorology | A&GS | climate change; climate forcing; aerosol-cloud interactions; aerosol-health interactions |
| Laurel Smith | Geography & Environmental Sustainability | A&GS | geopolitics of knowledge production; geohumanities; tribal environmental sovreignty; climate change |
| Marcela Loría-Salazar | Meteorology | A&GS | |
| Mark Shafer | Geography & Environmental Sustainability | A&GS | climate adaptation; climate policy |
| Michael Biggerstaff | Meteorology | A&GS | convective storms, tornadoes and hurricanes |
| Renee McPherson | Geography & Environmental Sustainability | A&GS | climate change; climate adaptation |
| Scott Greene | Geography & Environmental Sustainability | A&GS | renewable energy |
| Thomas Neeson | Geography & Environmental Sustainability | A&GS | freshwater sustainability |
| Todd Fagin | Center for Spatial Analysis | A&GS | biodiversity; land use/land cover change; land systems science; conservation geography |
| Travis Gliedt | Geography & Environmental Sustainability | A&GS | sustainability; environmental economic geography |
| Xuguang Wang | Meteorology | A&GS | numerical weather prediction |
| Bo Kong | International and Area Studies | CIS | energy; climate change; foreign policy; energy economics of China |
| Emma Colven | International and Area Studies | CIS | environmental justice; environmental policy |
| Abby Moore | Micro & Plant Biology | DFCAS | biodiversity; herbarium; museum collections; plant evolution; biosurvey |
| Adam Feltz | Psychology | DFCAS | natural resource management; recycling; animal use and conservation |
| Aimee L. Franklin | Political Science | DFCAS | hazard mitigation; stakeholder and community engagement; environmental politics; climate adaptation |
| Amy Johnson | Communication | DFCAS | |
| Amy Buthod | Oklahoma Biological Survey | DFCAS | herbarium and collections management; rare plant species; invasive plant species; floristic inventories; biosurvey |
| Annabel Ipsen | Sociology | DFCAS | environmental sociology |
| Asa Randall | Anthropology | DFCAS | |
| Brenda Smith | Oklahoma Biological Survey | DFCAS | conservation biology; biosurvey |
| Brian Burkhart | Philosophy | DFCAS | |
| Bruce Hoagland | Oklahoma Biological Survey | DFCAS | plant ecology; GIS; biosurvey |
| Carol Silva | Political Science | DFCAS | environmental politics; climate change |
| Caryn C. Vaughn | Oklahoma Biological Survey | DFCAS | conservation; stream ecology; biosurvey |
| Caryn C. Vaughn | Biology | DFCAS | conservation; stream ecology; biosurvey |
| Cliffton Cottrell | Native American Studies | DFCAS | climate change |
| Courtney Hofman | Anthropology | DFCAS | human-wildlife interactions; conservation |
| Daniel Becker | Biology | DFCAS | disease ecology; conservation biology; population ecology; mammals; avian ecology |
| Edward Sankowski | Philosophy | DFCAS | sustainability; climate change; land-centered environmentalism; energy and the environment |
| Eli Bridge | Oklahoma Biological Survey | DFCAS | biosurvey |
| Elizabeth Bergy | Oklahoma Biological Survey | DFCAS | conservation biology; biosurvey |
| Elizabeth Grennan Browning | History | DFCAS | environmental history; environmental justice |
| Elyssa Faison | History | DFCAS | |
| Emily Remmel | Environmental Studies | DFCAS | environmental law; water law |
| Gary Wellborn | Biology | DFCAS | OU Biological Station; population ecology; community ecology; evolutionary ecology; behavior |
| Hairong Song | Psychology | DFCAS | |
| Hank Jenkins-Smith | Political Science | DFCAS | environmental policy |
| Hayley Lanier | Biology | DFCAS | biodiversity; climate change; conservation; genetics; IUCN; mammals; phylogeography |
| Heather McCarthy | Micro & Plant Biology | DFCAS | |
| Hunter Heyck | History of Science, Tech & Med | DFCAS | |
| Ian Carrillo | Sociology | DFCAS | environmental justice; environmental sociology |
| Ingo Schlupp | Biology | DFCAS | invasive species; fishes; Greater Antilles; mosquito control |
| J. Phil Gibson | Biology | DFCAS | evolutionary ecology; plant-animal interactions |
| James Hung | Oklahoma Biological Survey | DFCAS | pollinator conservation; land use change; climate change; biodiversity; community science |
| Jayash Paudel | Economics | DFCAS | environmental economics; energy economics |
| Jeffrey Kelly | Biology | DFCAS | conservation biology; avian ecology |
| Jeremy Ross | Oklahoma Biological Survey | DFCAS | biodiversity; biosurvey |
| Joe Ripberger | Political Science | DFCAS | climate change |
| Justin Reedy | Communication | DFCAS | climate adaptation; communication; environmental politics; stakeholder and community engagement |
| K. David Hambright | Biology | DFCAS | limnology; plankton ecology and evolution; geographical ecology; harmful algal blooms; invasive species; microbial diversity |
| Kathleen Brosnan | History | DFCAS | environmental history; environmental justice |
| Katie Marske | Biology | DFCAS | biodiversity |
| Kevin Kuruc | Economics | DFCAS | environmental economics; climate change |
| Kyle Harper | Classics & Letters | DFCAS | climate history; environmental history |
| Lara Souza | Micro & Plant Biology | DFCAS | climate change; biosurvey |
| Lawrence Weider | Biology | DFCAS | evolutionary ecology; aquatic ecology; ecological genetics of zooplankton |
| Lindsey Meeks | Communication | DFCAS | environmental politics; environmental framing effects; gender; partisanship; political campaigns |
| Lucas Bessire | Anthropology | DFCAS | climate change |
| Michael Givel | Political Science | DFCAS | |
| Michael Kaspari | Biology | DFCAS | geographical ecology; terrestrial invertebrates; biogeochemistry |
| Miriam Gross | History | DFCAS | environmental health; environmental justice; environmental history of Asia |
| Pete Soppelsa | History of Science, Tech & Med | DFCAS | environmental history; environmental technology |
| Piers Hale | History of Science, Tech & Med | DFCAS | environmental ethics |
| Priscilla Crawford | Oklahoma Biological Survey | DFCAS | conservation biology; biosurvey |
| Rebecca Sherry | Environmental Studies | DFCAS | plant community change; agricultural systems |
| Roxanne Mountford | English | DFCAS | |
| Samantha Johnson | Economics | DFCAS | sustainability; environmental economics |
| Sarah Hines | History | DFCAS | environmental history; water history; climate history; environmental justice; Latin America |
| Scott Johnson | Classics & Letters | DFCAS | travel; cartography; geography; pilgrimage; organization of knowledge |
| Stephen Weldon | History of Science, Tech & Med | DFCAS | religion and environment; politics of climate change; culture history of environmentalism |
| Suzanne Moon | History of Science, Tech & Med | DFCAS | |
| Thomas Burns | Sociology | DFCAS | environmental ethics; environmental sociology; human ecology |
| Traci Voyles | Women's & Gender Studies | DFCAS | environmental history; environmental justice |
| Zev Trachtenberg | Philosophy | DFCAS | environmental ethics; environmental political theory; niche construction |
| Angela Person | Architecture | GCA | sustainability; architecture; communication; design; museums; pedagogy; resilience |
| Daniel Butko | Architecture | GCA | sustainability |
| David Boeck | Architecture | GCA | sustainability |
| Felipe Flores | Architecture | GCA | sustainability |
| Lee Fithian | Architecture | GCA | sustainability |
| Ron Frantz | Environmental Design | GCA | historic preservation; downtown revitalization; neighborhood preservation; architecture |
| Amy Cerato | Civil Engineering and Environmental Science (CEES) | GCoE | reusable foundation systems; soil stabilization; erosion control |
| Elizabeth Butler | Civil Engineering and Environmental Science (CEES) | GCoE | nutrient recovery; water and wastewater treatment |
| Mark Nanny | Civil Engineering and Environmental Science (CEES) | GCoE | environmental chemistry; water chemistry; microplastics; perfluoroalkyl substances; biocorrosion; emerging contaminants; nanophotonic sensors; spectroscopy |
| Randall Kolar | Civil Engineering and Environmental Science (CEES) | GCoE | hydrologic and hydraulic modeling; numerical methods; flood forecasting |
| Robert Knox | Civil Engineering and Environmental Science (CEES) | GCoE | groundwater hydrology; subsurface transport and fate processes; remediation; nature-based solutions; engineering with nature |
| Robert W. Nairn | Civil Engineering and Environmental Science (CEES) | GCoE | nature-based solutions; ecological engineering; watershed biogeochemistry |
| Andy Elwood Madden | School of Geosciences | MCEE | water quality; environmental nanoscience |
| Caitlin Hodges | School of Geosciences | MCEE | soil biogeochemistry; soil carbon cycle |
| Heather Bedle | School of Geosciences | MCEE | renewable energy; climate mitigation |
| Lynn Soreghan | School of Geosciences | MCEE | paleoclimate; dust aerosols; loess; glaciation; chemical weathering; paelosols; soil; paleoenvironments |
| Michael Soreghan | School of Geosciences | MCEE | paleoclimate; sediment pollution; lakes; East Africa |
| Sina Saneiyan | School of Geosciences | MCEE | environmental geophysics |
| Megan Elwood Madden | School of Geosciences | MCEE | mineral-water interactions; brine geochemistry and spectroscopy; chemical weathering and carbon cycling |
| Brandi Coyner | Mammalogy - Sam Noble Museum | SNOMNH | |
| Cameron Siler | Herpetology - Sam Noble Museum | SNOMNH | biodiversity |
| Dahiana Arcilia | Icthyology - Sam Noble Museum | SNOMNH | |
| Hayley Lanier | Mammalogy - Sam Noble Museum | SNOMNH | biodiversity; climate change; conservation; genetics; IUCN; mammals |
| Janet Braun | Mammalogy - Sam Noble Museum | SNOMNH | |
| Jessa Watters | Herpetology - Sam Noble Museum | SNOMNH | collections management; conservation; educational outreach |
| Robert Bailey | Art History | WFCFA | environmental justice; environmental history; art and environment |
College Key:
A&GS = College of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences
CIS = College of International Studies
DFCAS = Dodge Family College of Arts & Sciences
GCA = Gibbs College of Architecture
GCoE = Gallogly College of Engineering
MCEE = Mewbourne College of Earth & Energy
SNOMNH = Sam Noble Museum of Natural History
WFCFA = Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts
Last updated 12/16/2022
