NRM Faculty General Research Interests
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Dr. Amanda Cheeseman
Assistant Professor
- Wildlife Management, Spatial Ecology, Population Genetics
Dr. Steve Chipps
Adjunct Professor, Leader – USGS South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
- Aquatic Food Web Ecology, Fish Bioenergetics, Foraging Ecology, Contaminants
Dr. Alison Coulter
Assistant Professor
- Spatial Ecology; Behavior of Fishes, Fisheries Sciences, Invasion Biology
Dr. Sean Di Stéfano
Assistant Professor
- Rangeland Ecology, Rangeland Modeling, Remote Sensing, Grazing Management, Rangeland Plant Succession, Reclamation and Restoration Ecology
Dr. Michele Dudash
Professor and Department Head
- Evolutionary Ecologist: Plant-Pollinator Interactions, Plant Mating System Evolution, Conservation Genetics
Dr. Krista Ehlert
Assistant Professor - West River Research and Extension
- Rangeland Ecologist and Management
Dr. Charlie Fenster
NRM Affiliate Professor and Director of AES Oak Lake Field Station
- Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary and Conservation Genetics, Floral Evolution, Pollinators and Sustainable Agriculture
Dr. A. Joshua Leffler
Associate Professor and Assistant Department Head
- Plant Physiological Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology, Plant and Ecosystem Response to Climate Change
Dr. 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
Dr. Lora Perkins
Assistant Professor
- Plant Ecology, Biological Invasions, Plant-Soil Interactions, Restoration Ecology
Dr. Quinton Phelps
Adjunct Associate Professor, Assistant Unit Leader – USGS South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Dr. Chris Saunder
NRM Affiliate Professor
- Mathematical Statistics, Statistical Pattern Recognition
Dr. Bill Severud
Assistant Professor
- Wildlife Management, Population Dynamics, Predator-Prey interactions, Disease Ecology
Dr. Rachel Short
Assistant Professor – West River Research and Extension
- Conservation Paleontology, Anthropogenic effects on mammals, Informal STEM education
Dr. 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
Dr. Lan Xu
Professor
- Plant Ecology, Rangeland Reclamation, Restoration and Improvement, Succession, Plant Responses to Stressors, Plant Reproductive Strategy, Soil Seed and Bud Bank
Dr. 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
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Brookings, SD 57007
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Brookings, SD 57007
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