This page lists CLD’s Steering Committee and affiliates.
Center Director:
Erica Smithwick
Distinguished Professor of Geography
Associate Director, Institutes of Energy and Environment
323 Walker Building, Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University, PA 16802
smithwick@psu.edu; 814-863-6693; @ericasmithwick
Steering Committee:
Margot Kaye
Associate Professor of Forest Ecology, School of Forest Resources, College of Agricultural Sciences;Focal research area: forest ecology, dendrochronology, forest disturbance, fire
Peter Newman
Department Head and Professor, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, College of Health and Human Development; Focal research area: protected area management, soundscapes, transportation, recreation
Alan Taylor
Professor of Geography, Department of Geography, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences; Focal research area: forest ecology, fire management
Hong Wu
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture
Katherine Zipp
Associate Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics, Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education; Focal research area: environmental and resource economics, land economics, spatial modeling, non-market valuation
Members
Guido Cervone
Professor of Geography, Department of Geography, Focal research area: remote sensing, agent-based modeling, data mining; Focal research area: remote sensing, agent-based modeling, data mining
Ken Davis
Professor of Meteorology and Co-Chair, North American Carbon Program Science; Focal research area: Carbon Cycling, Climate, Earth-Atmosphere Interactions
Larry Gorenflo
Professor of Landscape Architecture; Focal research area: conservation biology, GIS and spatial visualization, landscape ecology
Alan Graefe
Professor, Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, Focal research area: outdoor recreation behavior and management, human dimensions of natural resources, water-based recreation carrying capacity
Sarah Ivory
Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences; Focal research area: paleoecology, using fossil pollen records to better understand past ecosystem change in order to inform future conservation strategies
Armen Kemanian
Associate Professor of Production Systems and Modeling, Department of Plant Science; Focal research area: ecosystem modeling, environmental biophysics, agronomy
Melissa Kreye
Assistant Professor of Forest Resource Management, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management; Focal research area: forest policy and economics; social and economic values associated with private forests, wildlife and water resources
Laura Leites
Associate Professor of quantitative forest ecology
Nathan Piekielek
Geospatial Services Librarian; Focal research area: maps and geospatial data; remote sensing; GIS; sustainable development and conservation
Katriona Shea
Alumni Professor of Biology
James Shortle
Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Environmental Economics Director, Environment and Natural Resources Institute, College of Agricultural Sciences; Focal research area: integrated assessment for environmental decision making, climate change, water, and economics
John Tooker
Associate Professor of Entomology, Extension Specialist, Department of Entomology; Focal research area: agroecology, insect ecology
Tyler Wagner
Adjunct Professor of fisheries Ecology, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Assistant Unit Leader PA Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Focal research area: spatial statistics