New college faculty
Adam Coates; Luis Escobar; Santosh Rijal; Stella Schons; Li Shuai
May 15, 2018
Adam Coates
Assistant Professor
Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation
Ph.D. (2017), M.S. (2006), B.S. (2003) Clemson University
Special interests: Impacts of wildland fire on ecosystem processes and properties, linked to topics such as restoration ecology, fuels, fire behavior, silviculture, soils, wildlife habitat, and water quality
Luis Escobar
Assistant Professor
Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Ph.D. (2014), M.S. (2012) Andres Bello University, Chile; M.S. (2011), D.V.M. (2009) San Carlos University, Guatemala
Special interests: Disease ecology; spatial epidemiology; fish and wildlife epidemiology; ecological niche modeling; biogeography
Santosh Rijal
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
Ph.D. (2017) Southern Illinois University; M.S. (2011) University of North Dakota; B.S. (2007) Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Special interests: Geographic Information System (GIS); remote sensing; spatial analysis; land condition disturbance; ecosystem services; natural resource management
Stella Schons
Assistant Professor
Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation
Ph.D. (2017) Virginia Tech; M.B.A. (2010), M.E.M. (2010) Yale University; B.S. (2005) Campinas State University, Brazil
Special interests: Natural resource economics and management; international conservation and development; forest management and business; forest finance; rural credit; community forest enterprises; community-based monitoring systems
Li Shuai
Assistant Professor
Department of Sustainable Biomaterials
Ph.D. (2012) University of Wisconsin–Madison; B.E. (2007) Southwest University of Science and Technology, China
Special interests: Biomass fractionation; catalytic conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals; lignin chemistry and lignin valorization; modification of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin; biomass-based polymers and composites
