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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) 766-2353 or rpodell@uwyo.edu.
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
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
Cole Ehmke
Extension Specialist, UW Ag and Applied Economics
(307) 766-3782 or cehmke@uwyo.edu
Specialty: New Ventures/Local Food/Succession Planning
Steve Miller
Editor, UW Extension/Communications and Technology
(307) 766-6342 or smiller@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Agriculture
Mariah Ehmke
Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics
(307) 766-5373 or Mariah.Ehmke@uwyo.edu
Experimental Economics/Food Policy/Agricultural Economics
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
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
Jacob Goheen
Assistant Professor, Zoology and Physiology
(307) 766-4207 or jgoheen@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Animal Ecology
Stephen Ford
Rochelle Endowed Chair, Department of Animal Science
Director, Center for the Study of Fetal Programming
(307) 766-2709 or spford@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Animal Science/Developmental programming in humans and animals/Reproductive Biology/Endocrinology/Impact of maternal undernutrition and overnutrition in ruminants on offspring health and growth efficiency/Swine reproductive management and litter size
Marcel Kornfeld
Professor, Anthropology
(307) 766-3548 or anpro1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Archaeology/Paleoindian Culture
Chip Kobulnicky
Professor, Physics and Astronomy
(307) 766-2982 or chipk@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Physics/Astronomy/Active Learning Classrooms
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
Corey Tarwater
Assistant Professor of Zoology and Physiology
corey.tarwater@uwyo.edu
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
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
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
Mark Northam
Director, School of Energy Resources
(307) 766-6858 or mnortham@uwyo.edu
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
Zhien Wang
Professor and Templeton Faculty Fellow, Atmospheric Science
(307) 766-5356 or zwang@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Clouds/Climate Change/LIDAR/Remote Sensing
Jacqueline Shinker
Associate Professor, Geography
(307) 223-5437 or jshinker@uwyo.edu
Climate Change/Climate Science/Drought
Xiahong Liu
Professor, Atmospheric Science; Wyoming Excellence Chair in Climate Science
(307) 766-3255 or xliu6@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Climate Science/Aerosol and Cloud Computer Modeling and Model Development
Noriaki Ohara
Assistant Professor, Civil & Architectural Engineering
(307) 766-4366 or nohara1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Cold Region Hydrology/Snowpack Evolution
Kristen D. Landreville
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Communication and Journalism
(307) 314-9090 or klandrev@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Political Communication/Science Communication/Media
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)
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
Dane Skow
Director, Advanced Research Computing Center (ARCC); Director, IT/Research Services; Adjunct Professor, Computer Science
(307) 766-4864 or dskow@uwyo.edu
Specialties: Computational Science, High Performance Computing, Parallel/Distributed Computing, Computer Science (particularly Computer Security, Operations and Systems Design) and High Energy Physics (a.k.a. Particle Physics)
Michelle Pierce
UW Extension Community Development Educator (Northeast Area)
(307) 682-7281 or mrp10@ccgov.net
Specialty: Financial Literacy and Community Development
John McInroy
Department Head/Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
(307) 766-6137 or mcinroy@uwyo.edu
Specialties: Robotics/Computer Vision
Stephen M. Feldman
Distinguished Professor of Law
(307) 766-4250 or sfeldman@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Constitutional Law
Timothy J. Robinson
Professor of Statistics, Director of WWAMI Medical Education Program
Statistics & WWAMI Medical Education Program
(307) 766-2497 or tjrobin@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Statistics, Data Science, Medical Education
Mark Clementz
Associate Professor, Geography and Geology
(307) 766-6048 or mclemen1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Dinosaurs/Prehistoric Mammals
Anne Alexander
Associate VP, Academic Affairs
(307) 766-4286 or aalex@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Economics
Rob Godby
Associate Professor and Department Chair, Economics and Finance/Runs the Center for Energy Economics and Public Policy (CEEPP)
(307) 766-3843 or rgodby@uwyo.edu
Virginia Vincinti
Professor Emeritus, Human Development and Family Sciences
(307) 766-4079 or vincenti@uwyo.edu
Specialties: Elder Financial Exploitation
Jay Shogren
Professor, Economics and Finance
(307) 766-5430 or jramses@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Economics/Environmental and Natural Resource Policy
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
Mengqiang “Mike” Zhu
Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
307)766-5523 or mzhu6@uwyo.edu
Specialty: phosphorous cycling in natural ecosystems, environmental mineralogy, and soil contamination
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
Stephanie Anderson
Professor, School of Politics, Public Affairs, & International Studies
(307) 766-3132 or redhead@uwyo.edu
Specialty: European Politics
Alex Buerkle
Associate Professor, Botany
(307) 766-3845 or Buerkle@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Evolutionary Biology/Genetics/Computational Science/Data Science
Hannah Jang-Condell
Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy
(307) 766-3680 or hjangcon@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Exoplanets
Mariah Ehmke
Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics
(307) 766-5373 or Mariah.Ehmke@uwyo.edu
Experimental Economics/Food Policy/Agricultural Economics
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
Cole Ehmke
Extension Specialist, UW Ag and Applied Economics
(307) 766-3782 or cehmke@uwyo.edu
Specialty: New Ventures/Local Food/Succession Planning
Michelle Pierce
UW Extension Community Development Educator (Northeast Area)
(307) 682-7281 or mrp10@ccgov.net
Specialty: Financial Literacy and Community Development
Mariah Ehmke
Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics
(307) 766-5373 or Mariah.Ehmke@uwyo.edu
Experimental Economics/Food Policy/Agricultural Economics
Laura Balis
Nutrition and Food Safety Educator, UW Extension
(307) 332-2363 or lbalis@uwyo.edu
Specialties: Nutrition/Physical Activity/Food Preservation
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
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
Sarah Conrad
EPSCoR Deputy Director
(307) 766-2295 or skonrad@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Glaciology
Kevin M. Befus
Assistant Professor, Civil & Architectural Engineering
(307) 766-2390 or kbefus@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Groundwater hydrology; Hydrology; Watersheds
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
Anna Chalfoun
Assistant Professor, Zoology and Physiology
(307) 766-6966 or achalfou@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Habitat Ecology/Wildlife Ecology
Phil Roberts
Professor 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
Kevin M. Befus
Assistant Professor, Civil & Architectural Engineering
(307) 766-2390 or kbefus@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Groundwater hydrology; Hydrology; Watersheds
Fred Ogden
Professor, Civil & Architectural Engineering
(307) 766-6171 or fogden@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Hydrology/Watersheds (Colorado River Basin/Panama Canal Watershed)
David Williams
Professor, Botany
(307) 766-4387 or dgw@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Plant ecology/Hydrology/Stable Isotope Analysis
Suzan Pritchett
Assistant Professor, College of Law
Director, International Human Rights Clinic
(307) 766-3556 or spritch1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Immigration Law
Mary Katherine Scott
Visiting Assistant Professor, Art History
(307) 766-3678 or mkscott@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Immigration/Tourism Studies/Mexico (art, culture and people from ancient to modern times)
Tonia A. Dousay
Assistant Professor, Instructional Technology
(307) 766-3608 or tdousay@uwyo.edu
Makerspaces in Communities and Schools/Distance Learning/Comics and Gaming in Education
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
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
Elizabeth Minton
Assistant Professor of Marketing
(307) 766-3616 or eminton@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Marketing/Consumer Behavior/Religion’s Influence on Consumption
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
Sierra Jepson
Cowboy Branded Meats Coordinator & Meat Judging Coach, Animal Science
(307) 766-3100 or sjepsen2@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Meat Judging
Timothy J. Robinson
Professor of Statistics, Director of WWAMI Medical Education Program
Statistics & WWAMI Medical Education Program
(307) 766-2497 or tjrobin@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Statistics, Data Science, Medical Education
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
David Fay
Professor, Molecular Biology
(307) 766-4961 or davidfay@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Cell Biology/Genetics/Molecular Biology
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
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)
Laura Balis
Nutrition and Food Safety Educator, UW Extension
(307) 332-2363 or lbalis@uwyo.edu
Specialties: Nutrition/Physical Activity/Food Preservation
Michael Cheadle
Associate Professor, Geology and Geophysics
(307) 766-3206 or Cheadle@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Ocean seafloor crust
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
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)
Marcel Kornfeld
Professor, Anthropology
(307) 766-3548 or anpro1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Archaeology/Paleoindian Culture
Mengqiang “Mike” Zhu
Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
307)766-5523 or mzhu6@uwyo.edu
Specialty: phosphorous cycling in natural ecosystems, environmental mineralogy, and soil contamination
Laura Balis
Nutrition and Food Safety Educator, UW Extension
(307) 332-2363 or lbalis@uwyo.edu
Specialties: Nutrition/Physical Activity/Food Preservation
Chip Kobulnicky
Professor, Physics and Astronomy
(307) 766-2982 or chipk@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Physics/Astronomy/Active Learning Classrooms
Daniel Tekiela
Assistant Professor, Plant Sciences
(307) 766-3113 or drtekiela@uwyo.edu
Specialties: Plant Ecology/Weeds
David Williams
Professor, Botany
(307) 766-4387 or dgw@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Plant ecology/Hydrology/Stable Isotope Analysis
Greg Brown
Professor, Botany
(307) 766-4106 or Gkbrown@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Plant Identification
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
Mark Clementz
Associate Professor, Geography and Geology
(307) 766-6048 or mclemen1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Dinosaurs/Prehistoric Mammals
Patrick O’Toole
Applications Developer
Wyoming Natural Diversity Database
Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
(307) 766-3018 or P.OToole@uwyoedu
Specialty: Programming/Software Development
John Tanaka
Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Associate Director, Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station
(307) 766-5130 or jtanaka@uwyo.edu
Rangelands/Public Lands/Rangeland Sustainability
John Tanaka
Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Associate Director, Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station
(307) 766-5130 or jtanaka@uwyo.edu
Rangelands/Public Lands/Rangeland Sustainability
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
John Tanaka
Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Associate Director, Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station
(307) 766-5130 or jtanaka@uwyo.edu
Rangelands/Public Lands/Rangeland Sustainability
Zhien Wang
Professor and Templeton Faculty Fellow, Atmospheric Science
(307) 766-5356 or zwang@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Clouds/Climate Change/LIDAR/Remote Sensing
Kristina Hufford
Associate Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management
(307) 766-5587 or khufford@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Ecological Restoration
Jeff Clune
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
(307) 766-5190 or jclune@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Robotics/Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
John McInroy
Department Head/Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
(307) 766-6137 or mcinroy@uwyo.edu
Specialties: Robotics/Computer Vision
Noriaki Ohara
Assistant Professor, Civil & Architectural Engineering
(307) 766-4366 or nohara1@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Cold Region Hydrology/Snowpack Evolution
Mark Helmsing
Secondary Social Studies Education Program Coordinator
Assistant Professor, Secondary Education
(307) 766-3250 or mhelmsin@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Social Studies Education (history, civics, geography and economics)/Standards and Curriculum in U.S. Schools/Popular Culture in TV and Film
Mengqiang “Mike” Zhu
Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
307)766-5523 or mzhu6@uwyo.edu
Specialty: phosphorous cycling in natural ecosystems, environmental mineralogy, and soil contamination
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
Timothy J. Robinson
Professor of Statistics, Director of WWAMI Medical Education Program
Statistics & WWAMI Medical Education Program
(307) 766-2497 or tjrobin@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Statistics, Data Science, Medical Education
Barry Brewer
Assistant Professor, Decision Science
307-766-4244 or bbrewer4@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Supply Chain Management
Kevin Inouye
Assistant Professor of Acting, Movement and Stage Combat
University of Wyoming Theatre & Dance
307-766-2433 or kinouye@uwyo.edu
Specialties: Theatrical Firearms Instructor, Stage Combat Instructor, Acting/Stunts for Film/TV
Ken Sims
Professor, Geology and Geophysics
(307) 766-3386 or ksims7@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Volcanoes
Kevin M. Befus
Assistant Professor, Civil & Architectural Engineering
(307) 766-2390 or kbefus@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Groundwater hydrology; Hydrology; Watersheds
Fred Ogden
Professor, Civil & Architectural Engineering
(307) 766-6171 or fogden@uwyo.edu
Specialty: Hydrology/Watersheds (Colorado River Basin/Panama Canal Watershed)
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
Daniel Tekiela
Assistant Professor, Plant Sciences
(307) 766-3113 or drtekiela@uwyo.edu
Specialties: Plant Ecology/Weeds
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
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
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
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
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
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
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