Natural Resource Management Faculty General Research Interests
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The SDSU Graduate School has application deadlines, but the Department of Natural Resource Management does not have application deadlines; we review applications year-round. However, applicants are not admitted to our program until a faculty advisor agrees to support them. While some applicants bring their own funding, most natural resource management graduate students are supported through research assistantships. An advisor will not accept a student without available funding. Before applying online through the Graduate School website, it's best to start contacting faculty members who share your research interests.
Amanda Cheeseman
Assistant Professor
- Wildlife management, spatial ecology, population genetics
Steve Chipps
Adjunct Professor, Leader – U.S. Geological Survey South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
- Aquatic food web ecology, fish bioenergetics, foraging ecology, contaminants
Alison Coulter
Assistant Professor
- Spatial ecology, behavior of fishes, fisheries sciences, invasion biology
Sean Di Stéfano
Assistant Professor
- Rangeland ecology, rangeland modeling, remote sensing, grazing management, rangeland plant succession, reclamation and restoration ecology
Michele Dudash
Professor and Department Head
- Evolutionary ecologist: plant-pollinator interactions, plant mating system evolution, conservation genetics
Krista Ehlert
Assistant Professor – West River Research and Extension
- Rangeland ecologist and management
Charlie Fenster
Natural Resource Management Affiliate Professor and Director of Agricultural Experiment Station's Oak Lake Field Station
- Evolutionary biology, evolutionary and conservation genetics, floral evolution, pollinators and sustainable agriculture
A. Joshua Leffler
Associate Professor and Assistant Department Head
- Plant physiological ecology, ecosystem ecology, plant and ecosystem response to climate change
Jeff Martin
Assistant Professor – West River Research and Extension
- Bison, climate change, thermoregulation, translocations, body size change, wildlife conservation, livestock and grassland sustainability, vertebrate paleontology, food sovereignty
Lora Perkins
Assistant Professor
- Plant ecology, biological invasions, plant-soil interactions, restoration ecology
Quinton Phelps
Adjunct Associate Professor, Assistant Unit Leader – USGS South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Chris Saunder
Natural Resource Management Affiliate Professor
- Mathematical statistics, statistical pattern recognition
Bill Severud
Assistant Professor
- Wildlife management, population dynamics, predator-prey interactions, disease ecology
Rachel Short
Assistant Professor – West River Research and Extension
- Conservation paleontology, anthropogenic effects on mammals, informal STEM education
Joshua Stafford
Adjunct Associate Professor, Assistant Unit Leader – USGS South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
- Waterfowl ecology and management, wetlands, foraging ecology, conservation planning
Lan Xu
Professor
- Plant ecology, rangeland reclamation, restoration and improvement, succession, plant responses to stressors, plant reproductive strategy, soil seed and bud bank
Jennifer Zavaleta Cheek
Assistant Professor
- Conservation biology, human dimensions of resource utilization, sustainable development, natural resource policy and planning
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Department of Natural Resource Management
Physical Address
1390 College Ave.
Brookings, SD 57007
Mailing Address
SNP 138, Box 2140B
Brookings, SD 57007
Hours
Mon - Fri: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
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