New College Faculty
February 15, 2013
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
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
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
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