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University of Wyoming Experts List

Following are University of Wyoming faculty members, listed by areas of expertise, who are willing to speak with media representatives and others about topics in their areas of study. If you would like to be included on the UW Experts List, please contact Ron Podell, Communications Specialist, at (307) 460-0247 or rpodell@uwyo.edu.

3-D Computer Environments

Emma-Jane Alexander
Shell 3-D Visualization Manager, School of Energy Resources
(307) 766-6811 or emmajane.alxander@uwyo.edu
Specialty: 3-D Visualization

Amy Banic
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
(307) 766-5485 or abanic@uwyo.edu
Specialty: 3-D Computer Environments

Accident Reconstruction Expert Testimony

Timothy Slater
Professor and Endowed Chair of Science Education, School of Teacher Education
(307) 314-9831 or tslater@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Accident Reconstruction Expert Testimony

Accounting

Eric N. Johnson
Clara R. Toppan Professor of Accounting
(307) 766-3959 or eric.johnson@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Fraud and Forensic Investigations/Corporate Governance and Ethics

Advertising

Cindy Price-Schultz
Head, Communication and Journalism Department
(307) 766-5437 or cprice@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Journalism, Public Relations, Advertising

Agricultural Business Management

John Hewlett
Ranch/Farm Management Specialist, Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics
(307) 766-2166 or hewlett@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Agricultural Business Management

Agricultural Economics

Ben Rashford
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
(307) 766-6474 or brasher@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Agricultural Economics/Environmental Economics/Natural Resource Economics

Air Quality

Robert Field
(307) 766-2180 or rfield1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Winter Ozone/Air Quality

Shane Murphy
Associate Professor, Atmospheric Science
(307) 766-6408 or smurph19@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Winter Ozone Levels/Air Quality/Black Carbons/Aerosols

American Government

McGreggor "Gregg" Cawley
Professor, Politics, Public Affairs, and International Studies
(307) 766-5345 or Cawley@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Federal Land Policy/Environmental Policy/American Government

American Literature

Arielle Zibrak
Associate Professor, Department of English and Director of English Honors
azibrak@uwyo.edu
Specialty: American Literature

Animal Ecology

Jacob Goheen
Assistant Professor, Zoology and Physiology
(307) 766-4207 or jgoheen@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Animal Ecology

Animal Identification

Ian M. Abernethy
Lead Vertebrate Zoologist, Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, Office of Research and Economic Development
(307) 766-3035 or fisher@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Bat Biology/ Vertebrate Zoology/ Special Status Wildlife

Lusha Tronstad
Lead Invertebrate Zoologist, Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, Office of Research and Economic Development
(307) 766-3115 or tronstad@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Insect Pollinators/ Aquatic Invertebrates

Archaeology

Marcel Kornfeld
Professor, Anthropology
(307) 766-3548 or anpro1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Archaeology/Paleoindian Culture

Art-Science Communication

Bethann Garramon Merkel
Professor of Practice, Department of Zoology and Physiology, Director, UW Science Communication Initiative
(307) 766-6495 or bmerkle@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Art-Science Integration/Enhancing Student Writing/Science Communication

Artificial Intelligence

William Cain
Assistant Professor, Learning, Design and Technology, College of Education
(307) 766-6819 or wcain@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Artificial Intelligence Ethics in Education

Zejian Zhou
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
(307) 766-2279, (307) 314-9183 or zejian.zhou@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Robotics/Artificial Intelligence

Astronomy

Chip Kobulnicky
Professor, Physics and Astronomy
(307) 766-2982 or chipk@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Physics/Astronomy/Active Learning Classrooms

Behavioral Economics

Jason Shogren
Professor, Economics and Finance
(307) 766-5430 or jramses@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Economics/Environmental and Natural Resource Policy/Behavioral Economics

Big Game Migrations

Matt Kauffman
Director, Wyoming Migration Initiative
(307) 766-6404 or mkauffm1@uwyo.edu
Big game migrations/Predation – wolves and bears/Energy and wildlife – elk, moose, deer, pronghorn, sheep and mountain goats

Biogeography

Gary P. Beauvais
Director, Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, Office of Research and Economic Development
(307) 766-3027 or beauvais@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Rocky Mountain Wildlife/ Biogeography/ Natural History

Biological Diversity

Birds in Panama Ecosystems

Corey Tarwater
Assistant Professor of Zoology and Physiology
corey.tarwater@uwyo.edu

Biocontainment

Elizabeth Case
Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Sciences
Scientific Director, UW Biocontainment Facility
(307) 766-9954 or ecase2@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Biocontainment/Select Agent Organisms

Campus Sustainability

Eric Krszjzaniek
Lecturer, Department of Management and Marketing
(307) 223-2913 or ekrszjza@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Sustainable Business Practices/Campus Sustainability/Public Land Consumption

Carbon Management

Kipp Coddington
Director, Carbon Management Institute
(307) 766-6731 or kcodding@uwyo.edu
Law, policy and regulation – Energy/Environment/Climate Change/Carbon Management/Carbon Capture and Storage/Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage/Carbon Dioxide Utilization

Cell Biology

David Fay
Professor, Molecular Biology
(307) 766-4961 or davidfay@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Cell Biology/Genetics/Molecular Biology

Jay Gatlin
Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology
(307) 766-3498 or jgatlin@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Mitotic Spindle Assembly/Cell Biology/Quantitative Light Microscopy

Classics

Laura De Lozier
Assistant Chair, Modern and Classical Languages
Classics Section Coordinator
(307) 766-4144 or delozier@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Classics/Latin/Cinematic Reception of Greece and Rome

Climate Change

Michael Dillon
Associate Professor, Zoology and Physiology
(307) 314-0883 or mdillon3@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Zoology/Alpine bumblebees/Climate Change/Physiology/Ecology/Insect flight biomechanics/Respiration

Mary Keller
Senior Lecturer, Philosophy and Religious Studies
(307) 250-1474 or mkeller@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Climate Change

Daniel McCoy
Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science
(307) 766-3245 or daniel.mccoy@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Climate Change

Jacqueline Shinker
Associate Professor, Geography
(307) 223-5437 or jshinker@uwyo.edu
Climate Change/Climate Science/Drought

Cold Region Hydrology

Noriaki Ohara
Assistant Professor, Civil & Architectural Engineering
(307) 766-4366 or nohara1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Cold Region Hydrology/Snowpack Evolution

Communication Disorders

Zoe Kriegel
Assistant Professor, Division of Communication Disorders
(307) 766-6098 or zkriegel@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Motor Speech Disorders/Parkinson’s Disease/Speech Motor Control

Community and Public Health Nutrition

Christine Porter
Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Health, Wyoming Excellence Chair in Community and Public Health
(307) 766-2143 or christine.porter@uwyo.edu
Community and Public Health Nutrition/Health Disparities/Food Systems, Security and Justice

Community Development

Mary Martin
Area Extension Educator, Jackson
(307)733-3087 or mmmartin@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Financial Literacy/Community Development/Facilitation

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Stefan Heinz
Professor, Mathematics
(307) 766-4203 or Heinz@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Stochastic Analysis/Turbulence Modeling/Computational Fluid Dynamics

Dimitri Mavriplis
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
(307) 766-2868 or mavripl@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Computational Fluid Dynamics (aerodynamics of commercial aircraft/business jets)

Computational Science

Alex Buerkle
Associate Professor, Botany
(307) 766-3845 or Buerkle@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics/Computational Science/Data Science

Po Chen
Associate Professor, Geology and Geophysics
(307) 766-3086 or pchen@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Geophysics/Geology/Computational Science

Craig Douglas
School of Energy Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
(307) 766-4221 or cdouglas6@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Computational Science/Data Science/Machine Learning

Computer Science

Robin Hill
Lecturer, Computer Science
(307) 766-8508 or hill@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Philosophy of Computer Science

Computer Vision

John McInroy
Department Head/Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
(307) 766-6137 or mcinroy@uwyo.edu
Specialties: Robotics/Computer Vision

Constitutional Law

Stephen M. Feldman
Distinguished Professor of Law
(307) 766-4250 or sfeldman@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Constitutional Law

Crypto-Assets and Blockchain

Pawan Jain
Assistant Professor, Department of Finance
(307) 766-2548 or pjain@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Stock Markets/Crypto-assets and Blockchain/Financial Planning

Cryptocurrency

Steven C. Lupien
Adjunct Professor of Finance
(307) 222-3241 or slupien@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Blockchain/Cryptocurrency

Bradley Rettler
Assistant Professor, Religious and Philosophy Studies
(307) 766-6514 or brettler@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Cryptocurrency/Bitcoin

Dance

Aaron Wood
Assistant Professor, Dance
Department of Theatre and Dance
307-766-5138 or awood5@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Dance/Choreography

Christie Zimmerman
Professor, Dance
Department Head, Theatre and Dance
(307) 766-2199 or czimme15@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Jazz, Tap and Musical Theatre Dance Forms/Choreography

Data Science

Craig Douglas
School of Energy Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
(307) 766-4221 or cdouglas6@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Computational Science/Data Science/Machine Learning

Timothy J. Robinson
Professor of Statistics
Mathematics and Statistics
(307) 766-2497 or tjrobin@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Statistics, Data Science, Medical Education

Dinosaurs

Mark Clementz
Associate Professor, Geography and Geology
(307) 766-6048 or mclemen1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Dinosaurs/Prehistoric Mammals

Drug Information

Melissa Hunter
Drug Information Director, School of Pharmacy
(307) 766-6988 or Mhunter2@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Drug Information

Eating Disorders

Kyle de Young
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
(307) 314-2233 or skyle.deyoung@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Eating Disorders

Ecological Data and Maps

Mark D. Andersen
Information Systems and Service Coordinator, Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, Office of Research and Economic Development
(307) 766-3036 or mda@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Spatial Ecology/ Ecological Modeling/ Biological Databases/ GIS Analysis and Mapping

Melanie Arnett
Data Coordinator, Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, Office of Research and Economic Development
(307) 766-2296 or arnett@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Rare and Endemic Plants/Biological Databases/GIS Analysis and Mapping

Joy Handley
Biologist, Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, Office of Research and Economic Development
(307) 766-6652 or thuja@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Insect Pollinators/Rare and Endemic Plants

Srivenkatesh Vasiraju
Front End Developer, Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, Office of Research and Economic Development
(307) 766-3013 or svasiraj@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Biological Databases and Programming/Web-Based Data Delivery

Economics

Anne Alexander
Associate VP, Academic Affairs
(307) 766-4286 or aalex@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Economics

Robert Godby
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Deputy Director, Center for Energy Regulation and Policy (CERP)
(307) 766-3843, (307)-399-3772 (cell), or rgodby@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Economics, Energy Economics, Macroeconomics Policy, State Fiscal Policy

Jason Shogren
Professor, Economics and Finance
(307) 766-5430 or jramses@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Economics/Environmental and Natural Resource Policy/Behavioral Economics

Economic Development

Roger Coupal
Community Development Specialist, Department Agricultural and Applied Economics Department
(307) 766-5539 or coupal@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Economic Development/Environmental Economics

Christelle Khalaf
Associate Professor, Center for Business and Economic Analysis
(307) 766-4190 or ekhalaf@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Economic Development/Energy Transition

Justin T. Piccorelli
Assistant Professor, School of Politics, Public Affairs and International Studies
(307) 766-2260 or jpiccore@uwyo.edu
Specialties: Policing and Video Technology, Public Administration and Economic Development

Anders Van Sandt
Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
(307) 766-4204 or avansand@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Economic Development

Education

Timothy Slater
Professor and Endowed Chair of Science Education, School of Teacher Education
(307) 314-9831 or tslater@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Astronomy/STEM Education/Classical Christian Education

Elder Financial Exploitation

Virginia Vincenti
Professor Emeritus, Human Development and Family Sciences
(307) 766-4079 or vincenti@uwyo.edu
Specialties: Elder Financial Exploitation

Electrocatalysts

Katie Dongmei Li-Oakey
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
(307) 766-3592 or d1i1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Nanocatalysts, Electrocatalysts and Membranes for Gas and Liquid Separations

Emergent Technology

Tyler Kerr
Makerspace Coordinator, College of Engineering & Applied Science
(307) 766-6460 or tkerr1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Emergent Technology, Makerspaces

Endangered and Rare Species

Bonnie Heidel
Lead Botanist, Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, Office of Research and Economic Development
(307) 766-3020 or bheidel@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Rare and Endemic Plants/ Rocky Mountain Flora/ Biological Diversity/ Biogeography

Energy Economics

Christelle Khalaf
Associate Professor, Center for Business and Economic Analysis
(307) 766-4190 or ekhalaf@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Economic Development/Energy Transition

Charles Mason
H.A. True Chair in Petroleum and Natural Gas Economics, Department of Economics
(307) 766-5336 or bambuzlr@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Energy Economics

Enhancing Student Writing

Enterprise Risk Management

William Wiseman (Tim)
Chief Risk Officer
(307) 766-6787 or wwiseman@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Risk Management/Strategic Risk Management/Enterprise Risk Management

Ethics

Bradley Rettler
Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies
(307) 766-6514 or brettler@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Philosophy/Ethics

Environmental Conservation

Drew Bennett
Whitney MacMillan Professor of Practice of Private Lands Ownership, Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources
(307) 766-5060 or drewbennett@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Private Land Conservation/Conservation easements

Environmental Economics

Roger Coupal
Community Development Specialist, Department Agricultural and Applied Economics Department
(307) 766-5539 or coupal@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Economic Development/Environmental Economics

Jason Shogren
Professor, Economics and Finance
(307) 766-5430 or jramses@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Economics/Environmental and Natural Resource Policy

Environmental Engineering

Michael Urynowicz
Director, Center for Biogenic Natural Gas Research
Professor, Environmental Engineering
(307) 766-4398 or MUrynowi@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Environmental Remediation/Biogenic Natural Gas

Environmental Policy

McGreggor "Gregg" Cawley
Professor, Politics, Public Affairs, and International Studies
(307) 766-5345 or Cawley@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Federal Land Policy/Environmental Policy/American Government

Sam Kalen
William T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law and Associate Dean, College of Law
(703) 795-6367 (cell) or skalen@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Federal Land Policy and Law/Pollution Policy and Law

Evolutionary Biology

David Tank
Professor and Director, Rocky Mountain Herbarium
(307) 766-4376 or dtank@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Evolutionary Biology/Plant Identification/Field Botany

European Politics

Stephanie Anderson
Professor, School of Politics, Public Affairs, & International Studies
(307) 766-3132 or redhead@uwyo.edu
Specialty: European Politics

Evaluation

Laura Feldman
Senior Research Scientist, Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center; Manager, Center for Justice Research
(307) 309-1914 or lfeldman@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Evaluation

Gabel Taggart
Assistant Professor
School of Politics, Public Affairs and International Studies
(307) 766-2958 or gtaggart@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Nonprofit Management and Philanthropy/Strategic Planning/Evaluation

Evolutionary Biology

Alex Buerkle
Associate Professor, Botany
(307) 766-3845 or Buerkle@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics/Computational Science/Data Science

Exoplanets

Hannah Jang-Condell
Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy
(307) 766-3680 or hjangcon@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Exoplanets

Faculty/Educational Development

Janel Seeley
Director, Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning
(307) 766-2818 or jseeley1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Faculty/Educational Development

Federal Land Policy

McGreggor "Gregg" Cawley
Professor, Politics, Public Affairs, and International Studies
(307) 766-5345 or Cawley@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Federal Land Policy/Environmental Policy/American Government

Financial Literacy

Mary Martin
Area Extension Educator, Jackson
(307)733-3087 or mmmartin@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Financial Literacy/Community Development/Facilitation

Food Preservation

Vicki Hayman
Nutrition and Food Safety Educator, UW Extension
(307) 746-3531 or vhayman@uwyo.edu
Specialties: Nutrition/Food Preparation/Food Safety

Food Safety

Vicki Hayman
Nutrition and Food Safety Educator, UW Extension
(307) 746-3531 or vhayman@uwyo.edu
Specialties: Nutrition/Food Preparation/Food Safety

Food Systems, Security and Justice

Forest Ecology

Tucker Furniss
Assistant Professor
Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
(307) 766-2263 or tucker.furniss@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Forest Ecology/Forestry

Sara Germain
Assistant Professor
Department of Botany
(307) 766-4207 or sgermain@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Forest Ecology/Forestry

Fraud Detection

Eric Johnson
Director, Accounting Graduate Program, Clara R. Toppan Professor of Accounting
307-766-3959 or eric.johnson@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Fraud Detection

Geology

Joseph Biasi
Assistant Professor, Economic Geology, Department of Geology and Geophysics
(307) 766-3386 or jbiasi@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Geology/Mineral Deposits/Mining

Po Chen
Associate Professor, Geology and Geophysics
(307) 766-3086 or pchen@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Geophysics/Geology/Computational Science

Brandon McElroy
Assistant Professor, Geology and Geophysics
(307) 766-3601 or bmcelroy@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Rivers and Deltas/Geomorphology/Sedimentology

Cliff Riebe
Assistant Professor, Geology and Geophysics
(307) 766-3965 or criebe@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Geology/Geophysics/Geomorphology/Salmon Spawning

Glacier Hydrology

Neil Humphrey
Professor, Geology and Geophysics
(307) 766-2728 or neil@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Glacier Hydrology/Icesheet Dynamics/Geomorphology and Landscape Evolution/Numerical simulation of the Cryosphere

Glaciology

Sarah Conrad
EPSCoR Deputy Director
(307) 766-2295 or skonrad@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Glaciology

Global Business

Quique Girones
Assistant Professor of Practice in International Business
Associate Director, MBA Program, College of Business
(307) 766-2449 or egirones@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Global Business

Graphic Design

Kayla Clark
Assistant Professor, Communication and Journalism Department/Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources
(307) 267-8632 or kayla.clark@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Graphic Design

Groundwater Hydrology

Ye Zhang
Associate Professor, Geology and Geophysics
(307) 766-2981 or yzhang9@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Groundwater hydrology/Subsurface characterization and reservoir modeling/Geological carbon sequestration

Habitat Ecology

Jeff Beck
Professor, Ecosystem Science & Management
(307) 766-6683 or jlbeck@uwyo.edu
Sage grouse/Wild ungulates/Wild horses/Sagebrush community ecology/Rangeland ecology and management

Anna Chalfoun
Assistant Professor, Zoology and Physiology
(307) 766-6966 or achalfou@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Habitat Ecology/Wildlife Ecology

Health Disparities

Healthy Food Consumption

Elizabeth Minton
Associate Professor of Marketing
(307) 766-3616 or eminton@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Marketing, Religion’s Influence on Consumption, Healthy Food Consumption

History of Wyoming and the American West

Phil Roberts
Professor Emeritus of History
(307) 766-5311 or philr@uwyo.edu
Specialty: History of Wyoming and the American West/American Legal History/Wyoming Legal History/History of Oil

Hydrology

Scott Miller
Department Head and Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
(307) 766-4274 or snmiller@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Hydrology/Watersheds

David Williams
Professor, Botany
(307) 766-4387 or dgw@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Plant ecology/Hydrology/Stable Isotope Analysis

Immigration Law

Jerry Fowler
Associate Professor of Law, College of Law
jerry.fowler@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Immigration Law

Immunology

Jason Gigley
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Biology
(307) 766-6151 or jgigley@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Immunology

Intellectual Property Law

Melissa Alexander
Professor of Law
(307) 766-2289 or melissa.alexander@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Medical Ethics/Public Health Law/Intellectual Property Law

Journalism

Cindy Price-Schultz
Head, Communication and Journalism Department
(307) 766-5437 or cprice@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Journalism, Public Relations, Advertising

Labor Law

Michael C. Duff
Centennial Distinguished Professor of Law
(307) 766-5319 or mduff1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Labor Law/Workers’ Compensation Law/Administrative Law/Personal Injury Law

Land Reclamation

Peter D. Stahl
Director, Wyoming Reclamation and Restoration Center
Professor of Soil Ecology, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
(307) 766-2179 or uncleM@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Land Reclamation/Ecosystem Restoration and Soil Science

Languages

Nikolas Sweet
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
(307) 766-5136 or nsweet1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Languages

Leadership

Shawn McClean
Assistant Professor, Management and Marketing
(307) 766-4244 or smcclea1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Leadership/Work-Life Issues

Macroeconomics Policy

Management

Chase Thiel
Daniels Funds Professor of Business Ethics, Associate Professor, Management
208-866-6829 or cthiel1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Management

Marketing

Elizabeth Minton
Associate Professor of Marketing
(307) 766-3616 or eminton@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Marketing, Religion’s Influence on Consumption, Healthy Food Consumption

Marketing and Sales

Molly Burchett
Assistant Professor of Marketing
(606) 226-1083 or molly.burchett@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Marketing and Sales

Amy Shane-Nichols
Assistant Professor, Design, Merchandising and Textiles, Department of Family and Consumer Services
(307) 766-4145 or ashaneni@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Marketing and Sales/Retail Management/Product and Brand Management

Mathematics Education

Richard Kitchen
Professor of Mathematics and Wyoming Excellence in Higher Education Endowed Chair in Mathematics Education
(307) 766-6377 or rkitchen@uwyo.edu
Specialties: Achievement Gaps in Secondary Education (Mathematics Education)/Mathematics Education Curriculum and Instruction/equity, Access and Diversity in U.S. Public Schools

Meat Judging

Sierra Jepson
Cowboy Branded Meats Coordinator & Meat Judging Coach, Animal Science
(307) 766-3100 or sjepsen2@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Meat Judging

Medical Education

Todd Guth
Director, WWAMI Education Program, Department of Medical Education and Public Health
(307) 766-2497 or tguth@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Medical Education

Timothy J. Robinson
Professor of Statistics
Mathematics and Statistics
(307) 766-2497 or tjrobin@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Statistics, Data Science, Medical Education

Medical Ethics

Melissa Alexander
Professor of Law
(307) 766-2289 or melissa.alexander@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Medical Ethics/Public Health Law/Intellectual Property Law

Membranes for Gas and Liquid Separations

Mexico

Mary Katherine Scott
Visiting Assistant Professor, Honors College
Adjunct Lecturer, Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources
(307) 766-4110 or mkscott@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Tourism, Mexico

Microbiology

Mark Gomelsky
Professor, Molecular Biology
(307) 766-3522 or gomelsky@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Microbiology, Synthetic Biology

Microfluidic Processes

John Oakey
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
(307) 766-2518 or joakey@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Microfluidic processes and applications/tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

Molecular Biology

David Fay
Professor, Molecular Biology
(307) 766-4961 or davidfay@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Cell Biology/Genetics/Molecular Biology

Music

Michael Griffith
Director, Orchestral Activities and Professor of Music
(307) 766-3069 or symph@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Conducting/Orchestra Repertoire

Matthew Schlomer
Director of Bands, Department of Music
(414) 507-1024 (cell) or matthew.schlomer@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Music Performance/Conducting

Nanocatalysts

Natural Resource Economics

David Aaland
Associate Professor of Economics
(307) 766-4931 or aadland@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Natural Resource Economics

Charles “Chuck” Mason
H.A. Dave True Jr. Chair in Petroleum and Natural Gas Economics
(307) 766-5336 or bambuzlr@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Oil and Gas/Topics related to natural resource economics

Natural Resource Law

Tara Righetti
SER Assistant Professor of Law
Department of Law and School of Energy Resources
(307) 766-2087 or trighett@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Oil and Gas Law/Public Lands Law/Subsurface Property Law (Pore Space)

Nonprofit Management and Philanthropy

Nursing

Karen Gorton
Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing
(307) 766-4312 or kgorton@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Nursing

Paula Kihn
Associate Lecturer, Nursing, Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing
(307) 766-4312 or pkihn@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Nursing Educational Leadership/Teaching with Technology

Jennifer Stephens
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
(307) 766-4312 or jsteph35@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Oncology Nursing/History of Nursing

Nutrition

Vicki Hayman
Nutrition and Food Safety Educator, UW Extension
(307) 746-3531 or vhayman@uwyo.edu
Specialties: Nutrition/Food Preparation/Food Safety

Oil and Gas

Charles “Chuck” Mason
H.A. Dave True Jr. Chair in Petroleum and Natural Gas Economics
(307) 766-5336 or bambuzlr@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Oil and Gas/Topics related to natural resource economics

Mohammad Piri
Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering/Excellence Chair in HE Petroleum
(307) 766-3954 or mpiri@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Porous Media/Oil and Gas

Paleoindian Culture

Marcel Kornfeld
Professor, Anthropology
(307) 766-3548 or anpro1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Archaeology/Paleoindian Culture

Philosophy

Bradley Rettler
Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies
(307) 766-6514 or brettler@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Philosophy/Ethics

Physics

Chip Kobulnicky
Professor, Physics and Astronomy
(307) 766-2982 or chipk@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Physics/Astronomy/Active Learning Classrooms

Plant Ecology

George P. Jones
Vegetation Ecologist, Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, Office of Research and Economic Development
(307) 766-3009 or gpjones@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Wyoming Plant Communities and Vegetation/ Wetlands/ Sagebrush

David Williams
Professor, Botany
(307) 766-4387 or dgw@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Plant ecology/Hydrology/Stable Isotope Analysis

Plant Identification

Greg Brown
Professor, Botany
(307) 766-4106 or Gkbrown@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Plant Identification

Joy Handley
Biologist, Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, Office of Research and Economic Development
(307) 766-6652 or thuja@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Insect Pollinators/Rare and Endemic Plants

David Tank
Professor and Director, Rocky Mountain Herbarium
(307) 766-4376 or dtank@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Evolutionary Biology/Plant Identification/Field Botany

Policing and Video Technology

Polling

Brian Harnisch
Senior Research Scientist, Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center (WYSAC)
(307) 766-6103 or harnisch@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Survey Research/Polling

Porous Media

Mohammad Piri
Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering/Excellence Chair in HE Petroleum
(307) 766-3954 or mpiri@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Porous Media/Oil and Gas

Prehistoric Mammals

Mark Clementz
Associate Professor, Geography and Geology
(307) 766-6048 or mclemen1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Dinosaurs/Prehistoric Mammals

Product and Brand Management

Programming

Patrick O’Toole
Applications Developer
Wyoming Natural Diversity Database
Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
(307) 766-3018 or P.OToole@uwyoedu
Specialty: Programming/Software Development

Psychology

Kayla Burd
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

Director, Social Cognition and Law Lab
(307) 766-2943 or kburd@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Legal Decision-Making

Joshua Clapp
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
(307) 766-6304 or jclapp@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Trauma/Anxiety

Public Administration and Economic Development

Public Health Law

Melissa Alexander
Professor of Law
(307) 766-2289 or melissa.alexander@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Medical Ethics/Public Health Law/Intellectual Property Law

Public Land Consumption

Eric Krszjzaniek
Lecturer, Department of Management and Marketing
(307) 223-2913 or ekrszjza@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Sustainable Business Practices/Campus Sustainability/Public Land Consumption

Public Relations

Cindy Price-Schultz
Head, Communication and Journalism Department
(307) 766-5437 or cprice@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Journalism, Public Relations, Advertising

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Jeff Beck
Professor, Ecosystem Science & Management
(307) 766-6683 or jlbeck@uwyo.edu
Sage grouse/Wild ungulates/Wild horses/Sagebrush community ecology/Rangeland ecology and management

Religion

Mary Keller
Senior Lecturer, Philosophy and Religious Studies
(307) 250-1474 or mkeller@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Climate Change

Religion's Influence on Consumption

Elizabeth Minton
Associate Professor of Marketing
(307) 766-3616 or eminton@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Marketing, Religion’s Influence on Consumption, Healthy Food Consumption

Resilience and Well-Being

Karen Gorton
Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing
(307) 766-4312 or kgorton@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Reiki Master/Certified Heart Math Trainer

Restoration Ecology

Kristina Hufford
Associate Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
(307) 766-5587 or khufford@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Ecological Restoration

Retail Management

Risk Management

William Wiseman (Tim)
Chief Risk Officer
(307) 766-6787 or wwiseman@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Risk Management/Strategic Risk Management/Enterprise Risk Management

Robotics

John McInroy
Department Head/Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
(307) 766-6137 or mcinroy@uwyo.edu
Specialties: Robotics/Computer Vision

Zejian Zhou
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
(307) 766-2279, (307) 314-9183 or zejian.zhou@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Robotics/Artificial Intelligence

Science Communication

Bethann Garramon Merkle
Professor of Practice, Department of Zoology and Physiology, Director, UW Science Communication Initiative
(307) 766-6495 or bmerkle@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Art-Science Integration/Enhancing Student Writing/Science Communication

Science Education

Ana Houseal
Associate Professor of Elementary and Early Childhood Education
Science and Mathematics Teaching Center
(307) 766-4925 or ahouseal@uwyo.edu

Science Teacher Professional Development

Martha Inouye
Research Scientist, Asst.
Science and Mathematics Teaching Center
(307) 766-4925 or minouye@uwyo.edu

Secondary English Education

Todd Reynolds
Assistant Professor, Secondary English Education, Program Coordinator, Post-Baccalaureate Graduate Certificate Program
(303) 710-1448 or treynol6@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Secondary English Education

Snowpack Evolution

Noriaki Ohara
Assistant Professor, Civil & Architectural Engineering
(307) 766-4366 or nohara1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Cold Region Hydrology/Snowpack Evolution

Social Media and Its Impact on Mental Health

Joe Russo
Adjunct Professor, School of Teacher Education, College of Education
(307) 766-3682 or jrusso1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Social Media and its Impact on Mental Health

Stable Isotopes

Craig Cook
Stable Isotope Facility Director
Ecosystem Science and Management
(307) 766-6349 or ccook21@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Stable Isotopes

David Williams
Professor, Botany
(307) 766-4387 or dgw@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Plant ecology/Hydrology/Stable Isotope Analysis

State Fiscal Policy

Statistical Consulting

Jared Studyvin
Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
(307) 766-3341 or studyvin@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Survey Design/Bayesian/Statistical Consulting for Any Discipline

Statistical Consulting

Timothy J. Robinson
Professor of Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics
(307) 761-5159 or tjrobin@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Wildlife Modeling/Sampling Design/Health Sciences

Jared Studyvin
Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
(307) 766-3341 or studyvin@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Survey Design/Bayesian/Statistical Consulting for Any Discipline

Statistics

Timothy J. Robinson
Professor of Statistics
Mathematics and Statistics
(307) 761-5159 or tjrobin@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Statistics, Data Science, Medical Education

Strategic Planning

Strategic Risk Management

William Wiseman (Tim)
Chief Risk Officer
(307) 766-6787 or wwiseman@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Risk Management/Strategic Risk Management/Enterprise Risk Management

Substance Abuse Prevention

Rodney Wambeam
Senior Research Scientist, Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center
(307) 760-8728 or Rodney@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Substance Abuse Prevention

Suicide and Self-Injury

Carolyn Pepper
Professor Department of Psychology
(307) 766-2951 or cpepper@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Suicide/Self-Injury

Surface Science

Teyu Chien
Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
tchien@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Surface Science

Survey Research

Brian Harnisch
Senior Research Scientist, Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center (WYSAC)
(307) 766-6103 or harnisch@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Survey Research/Polling

Sustainable Business Practices

Eric Krszjzaniek
Lecturer, Department of Management and Marketing
(307) 223-2913 or ekrszjza@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Sustainable Business Practices/Campus Sustainability/Public Land Consumption

Synthetic Biology

Mark Gomelsky
Professor, Molecular Biology
(307) 766-3522 or gomelsky@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Microbiology, Synthetic Biology

Tourism

Mary Katherine Scott
Visiting Assistant Professor, Honors College
Adjunct Lecturer, Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources
(307) 766-4110 or mkscott@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Tourism, Mexico

Urban Forestry

Donna Hoffman
Assistant Extension Educator for Horticulture
University of Wyoming Extension of Natrona County
Agricultural Resource & Learning Center
(307) 235-9400, ext. 31 or dhoffman@natronacounty-wy.gov
Specialty: Urban Forestry/Volunteer Engagement/Xeriscape

Veterinary Sciences

Merl Raisbeck
Professor Emeritus, Veterinary Toxicology, Department of Veterinary Sciences
(307) 742-5398 or raisbeck@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Water Quality for Livestock and Wildlife

Volcanoes

Ken Sims
Professor, Geology and Geophysics
(307) 766-3386 or ksims7@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Volcanoes

Volunteer Engagement

Sarah Torbert
State 4-H Development Specialist, UW Extension
(307) 766-5170 or storbert@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Youth Development/Volunteer Engagement

Water Resource Economics

Kristi Hansen
Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics
(307) 766-3598 or kristi.hansen@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Water Resource Economics

Watersheds

Scott Miller
Department Head and Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
(307) 766-4274 or snmiller@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Hydrology/Watersheds

Fabian Nippgen
Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
(307) 766-5012 or fnippgen@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Watersheds

Ginger Paige
Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
(307) 766-2200 or gpaige@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Watersheds

Water Treatment

Jonathan Brant
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
Director, Center of Excellence in Produced Water Management
(307) 766-5446 or jbrant1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Water Treatment

Weather Modification

Terry Deshler
Professor, Atmospheric Science (retired)
Deshler@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Atmospheric aerosol/Stratospheric ozone/Cloud physics/ Weather modification

Bart Geerts
Professor, Atmospheric Science
(307) 766-2261 or geerts@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Thunderstorms/Radar/Precipitation/Weather Modification

Wildlife Ecology

Anna Chalfoun
Assistant Professor, Zoology and Physiology
(307) 766-6966 or achalfou@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Habitat Ecology/Wildlife Ecology

Jeff Beck
Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science & Management
(307) 766-6683 or jlbeck@uwyo.edu
Sage grouse/Wild ungulates/Wild horses/Sagebrush community ecology/Rangeland ecology and management

Zachary Wallace
Biometrician, Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, Office of Research and Economic Development
(307) 766-3042 or zwallac2@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Raptor Ecology/ Ecological Modeling/ Species Distribution Modeling/ Aerial Wildlife Survey

Wildlife Habitat Ecology

Jeff Beck
Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science & Management
(307) 766-6683 or jlbeck@uwyo.edu
Sage grouse/Wild ungulates/Wild horses/Sagebrush community ecology/Rangeland ecology and management

Wind Resources

Jonathan Naughton
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
(307) 766-6284 and Naughton@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Wind turbines/Wind farms/Wind resource/Wind turbine aerodynamics/Integration of wind

Wind Turbines

Jonathan Naughton
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
(307) 766-6284 and Naughton@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Wind turbines/Wind farms/Wind resource/Wind turbine aerodynamics/Integration of wind

Winter Ozone

Robert Field
(307) 766-2180 or rfield1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Winter Ozone/Air Quality

Winter Ozone Levels

Shane Murphy
Associate Professor, Atmospheric Science
(307) 766-6408 or smurph19@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Winter Ozone Levels/Air Quality/Black Carbons/Aerosols

Work-Life Issues

Shawn McClean
Assistant Professor, Management and Marketing
(307) 766-4244 or smcclea1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Leadership/Work-Life Issues

Xeriscape

Youth Development

Sarah Torbert
State 4-H Development Specialist, UW Extension
(307) 766-5170 or storbert@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Youth Development/Volunteer Engagement

Zoology

Contact Us

Institutional Communications
Bureau of Mines Building, Room 137
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-2929
Email: cbaldwin@uwyo.edu