Co-Directors
Laurie Fowler
Director for Policy, River Basin Center
Executive Director for Public Service and External Affairs, Odum School of Ecology
Clinical faculty, School of Law
lfowler@uga.edu
(706) 542-0463
Seth Wenger
Director for Science, River Basin Center
Assistant Professor, Odum School of Ecology
swenger@uga.edu
(706) 542-1778
Faculty of the RBC
Regular and adjunct faculty from any UGA unit may apply to serve as a member of the Faculty of the River Basin Center; please see this page for more information. A subset of the faculty serve on the RBC Advisory Board. Current Advisory Board members include Brian Bledsoe, John Drake, John Gittleman (ex officio), Kevin Kirsche, David Leigh, Marguerite Madden, Jeff Mullen, Don Nelson, David Radcliffe, Todd Rasmussen, Mark Risse, Amy Rosemond, David Stooksbury, and Christian Turner.
Merryl Alber
Director, UGA Marine Institute on Sapelo Island, and Professor
Marine Sciences
malber@uga.edu
(706) 542-5966
Kimberly Andrews
Research Coordinator
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory and Georgia Sea Turtle Center
andrews@srel.uga.edu
803-725-9793
Mona Behl
Associate Director and Public Service Assistant
Marine Extension Service and Georgia Sea Grant
mbehl@uga.edu
(706) 542-6621
Marsha Black
Associate Professor
Environmental Health Science
mblack@uga.edu
(706) 542-0998
Brian Bledsoe*
Georgia Athletic Association Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
bbledsoe@uga.edu
(706) 542-7249
Robert Bringolf
Graduate Coordinator and Associate Professor, Fish Biology and Ecotoxicology
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
bringo@uga.edu
(706) 542-1477
Jessica Brown
Stormwater Specialist
Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant
gacoast.uga.edu
(912) 264-7341
Jon Calabria
Associate Professor
College of Environment and Design
jcalabr@uga.edu
(706) 542-0903
Krista Capps
Assistant Professor
Odum School of Ecology and Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
kcapps@uga.edu
(706) 542-9673
Ron Carroll
Professor Emeritus
Odum School of Ecology
ronecology@gmail.com
Scott Connelly
Assistant Professor
Odum School of Ecology
scottcon@uga.edu
(706) 542-5233
Alan Covich
Professor
Odum School of Ecology
alanc@uga.edu
(706) 542-6006
John Drake*
Professor
Odum School of Ecology
jdrake@uga.edu
(706) 583-5539
Puneet Dwivedi
Assistant Professor
Warnell School of Forestry
puneetd@warnell.uga.edu
(706) 542-2406
Byron Freeman
Senior Public Service Associate and Director
Georgia Museum of Natural History
bud@hemip.nhm.uga.edu
(706) 583-0978
Mary Freeman
Research Ecologist
U.S. Geological Survey
freemanm@uga.edu
(706) 543-0978
David Gattie
Associate Professor
College of Engineering
dgattie@uga.edu
(706) 542-0880
John Gittleman**
Dean and UGA Foundation Professor
Odum School of Ecology
ecohead@uga.edu
(706) 542-2968
Gary Hawkins
Water Resource Management and Policy Specialist
Assistant Professor
Crop and Soil Science Department
ghawkins@uga.edu
(706) 310-3526
Jeffrey Hepinstall-Cymerman
Associate Professor, Landscape Ecology
Warnell School of Forestry
jhepinstall@warnell.uga.edu
(706) 583-8097
Charles Hopkinson
Professor
Marine Sciences
chopkins@uga.edu
(706) 542-1855
Brian Irwin
Assistant Unit Leader and Adjunct Faculty, Fisheries
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
irwin@uga.edu
706-542-0790
Rhett Jackson
Professor, Hydrology
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
rjackson@warnell.uga.edu
(706) 542-1772
Shana Jones
Planning and Environmental Services Unit Program Manager
Carl Vinson Institute of Government
shanaj@uga.edu
(706) 542-3641
Kevin Kirsche*
Director of Sustainabilty
Office of Sustainability
kkirsche@uga.edu
(706) 542-1301
David Leigh*
Professor
Geography
dleigh@uga.edu
(706) 542-2346
Elizabeth Little
Associate Professor and Extension Specialist
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
elittle@uga.edu
(706) 542-4774
Marguerite Madden*
Professor, Associate Department Head, and Director, Center for Geospatial Research
Geography
mmadden@uga.edu
(706) 542-2379
Jeffrey Mullen*
Associate Professor
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
jmullen@uga.edu
(706) 542-0767
Courtney Murdock
Assistant Professor
Odum School of Ecology and Veterinary Medicine
cmurdock@uga.edu
(706) 542-2083
Donald Nelson*
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
dnelson@uga.edu
(706) 542-1452
Nathan Nibbelink
Associate Professor, GIS/Spatial Ecology, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Director, Center for Integrative Conservation Research
nate2@uga.edu
(706) 542-9853
Brian Orland
Professor
College of Environmental and Design
borland@uga.edu
(706) 542-0709
Catherine Pringle
Distinguished Research Professor
Odum School of Ecology
cpringle@uga.edu
(706) 542-1120
David Radcliffe*
Professor
College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
dradclif@uga.edu
(706) 542-0897
Todd Rasmussen*
Professor
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
trasmuss@uga.edu
(706) 542-4300
Jennifer Rice
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
jlrice@uga.edu
(706) 542-2910
Mark Risse*
Director
UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant
mrisse@uga.edu
(706) 542-5956
Amy Rosemond*
Associate Professor
Odum School of Ecology
rosemond@uga.edu
(706) 542-3903
J.P. Schmidt
Assistant Research Scientist
Odum School of Ecology
jps@uga.edu
(706) 542-2968
John Schramski
Associate Professor
College of Engineering
jschrams@uga.edu
706-542-4828
Katy Smith
Public Service Assistant/Water Quality Program Coordinator
Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant
klaustin@uga.edu
(912) 262-3338
David Stooksbury*
Associate Professor
College of Engineering
destooks@uga.edu
(706) 583-0156
Christian Turner*
Associate Professor
School of Law
cmturner@uga.edu
(706) 542-5140
R. Alfred Vick
Georgia Power Professor in Environmental Ethics
College of Environmental and Design
ravick@uga.edu
(706) 542-6550
John Wares
Associate Professor
Franklin College of Arts & Sciences
Department of Genetics
jpwares@uga.edu
Susan Wilde
Associate Professor
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
swilde@uga.edu
(706) 542-3346
* denotes River Basin Center Advisory Board member
** denotes River Basin Center Advisory Board member ex officio
Staff
Phillip Bumpers
Research Coordinator
bumpersp@uga.edu
Duncan Elkins
Postdoctoral Associate
delkins@uga.edu
Beth Gavrilles
Public Relations Coordinator
bethgav@uga.edu
Katie Hill
Legal Services Associate
katiehill@uga.edu
Douglas Leasure
Postdoctoral Associate
dleasure@uga.edu
Wendy Paulsen
Office Manager
wpaulsen@uga.edu
(706) 583-0463
Jonathan Skaggs
Field Technician
jskaggs@uga.edu
Christopher Wheeler
Postdoctoral Associate
kwheeler@uga.edu
Students
Richard Bauer
M.S. Conservation Ecology & Sustainable Development
richard.bauer30@uga.edu
Shannon Bonney
Ph.D. Integrative Conservation & Ecology
sbonney@uga.edu
Katherine Brownson
Ph.D. Integrative Conservation & Ecology
katieb42@uga.edu
Matthew Carroll
M.S. Conservation Ecology & Sustainable Development
mhc22@uga.edu
Caitlin Conn
Ph.D. Ecology
caitlin.conn25@uga.edu
Jonah Driggers
M.S. Conservation Ecology & Sustainable Development
jdrigg@uga.edu
Sameera Gujarathi
Ph.D. Integrative Conservation & Ecology
sameera5@uga.edu
Darixa Hernandez
M.S. Conservation Ecology & Sustainable Development
darixa.hernandez@uga.edu
Gregory Jacobs
Ph.D. Ecology
greg.jacobs25@uga.edu
Emily Johnson
M.S. Conservation Ecology & Sustainable Development
emilyj128@uga.edu
Benjamin Liverman
Ph.D. Integrative Conservation & Ecology
bliver@uga.edu
Philip Nussbaum
M.S. Conservation Ecology & Sustainable Development
philip.nussbaum@uga.edu
Matthew Pruitt
M.S. Conservation Ecology & Sustainable Development
mkpruitt@uga.edu
Edward Stowe
Ph.D. Ecology
edward.stowe25@uga.edu
James Wood
Ph.D. Ecology
wood@uga.edu