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Timothy Baird

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography

  • A.B. (1999) Bowdoin College of Natural Resources and Environment
  • M.A. (2007) and Ph.D. (2012) University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

Academic Interests

Sustainability and resilience, conservation and communities, human/environment interactions, complex adaptive systems, livelihood diversification, East Africa, political ecology, mixed methodologies, interdisciplinary collaboration

 

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Daniel Catlin

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation

  • B.A. (2001) Hamilton College
  • M.S. (2003) Oregon State University
  • Ph.D. (2009) Virginia Tech

Academic Interests

Population dynamics, dispersal, conservation biology, model selection and interference

 

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Frank Merry

Research Associate Professor, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation

  • B.S. (1989) and Ph.D. (2001) University of Florida
  • M.S. (1993) Virginia Tech

Academic Interests

Natural resource economics, Latin America and Africa, tropical forestry, small farm systems, low carbon development, sustainable business

 

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Yang Shao

Associate Professor of Geography Department of Geography

  • B.S. (1997) and M.S. (2001) Nanjing University, China
  • Ph.D. (2007) University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

Academic Interests

Remote sensing, geospatial informatics, bios- ecurity, epidemiology, scientific visualization, 3-D city models, virtual reality environments, weather and climate