Ecological Assessment Faculty and Staff
The Center works with many talented faculty and associates both on and off campus to provide quality water research. Below are the faculty associates at Tennessee Tech with whom the Center works to explore the field of ecological assessment. To learn more about each faculty member, follow the links from their names to their department or professional Web pages.
Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research Unit Faculty Working with the Center
James B. Layzer, Professor and Unit Leader
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931/372-3032
Pennebaker Hall 205
Research Interests: effects of stream regulation on aquatic biota, ecology and conservation of freshwater mussels, restoring and maintaining aquatic biodiversity, ecology of stream fishes
Tennessee Technological University Research Faculty
James Baier, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Engineering Technology
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(931) 372-3193
South Hall (SOUT) 133
Expertise in agricultural engineering technology
Michael Best, Professor of Agricultural Economics
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(931) 372-3154
South Hall (SOUT) 136
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Expertise in marketing, financial analysis of new enterprises, production of crops and livestock, high tunnel production of tomatoes, heirloom vegetables
Janice Branson, Associate Professor
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(931) 372-3373
South Hall (SOUT) 138
Expertise in agronomy and soils
Courses taught:; AGR 1020 Connections to Agriculture; AGRN 1100 Plant Science; AGRN 1110 Plant Science Laboratory; AGRN 2210 Soils; AGRN 2240 Intro to Soil Evaluation; AGRN 3230 Environmental Soil Science; AGRN 4210 Soil Fertility and Fertilizers; AGRN 4230 Soil Classification; AGRN 4240 Advanced Soil Evaluation
Daniel Combs, Professor
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(931) 372-6541
Pennebaker (PENN) 313
Expertise in ecology and behavior of avian wildlife species, especially wintering waterfowl; ecology and management of wetland ecosystems; movement patterns, interflock associations and social biology of Canada geese
Steven Cook, Professor and Interim Chair
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(931) 372-3194
Pennebaker (PENN) 207A
Expertise in ecology of freshwater invertebrates; fish parasitology; feeding ecology and bioenergetics of freshwater fishes; biotic indices
Tania Datta, Assistant Professor
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(931) 372-3446
Prescott Hall (PRSC) 333
Dr. Datta is a newly appointed faculty member in the Center for Management, Utilization & Protection of Water Resources and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Her research interests include:
- Wastewater Treatment Design
- Environmental Microbiology
- Bioenergy Production
- Resource Recovery from Wastewater
- Role of Microbes in Natural Aquatic Ecosystem
- Low-Cost Technologies for Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries
Dennis George, P.E., Director of the Center for the Management, Utilization and Protection of Water Resources, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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(931) 372-3609
Prescott Hall (PRSC) 233
Expertise in natural and engineered systems for control of contaminants in the environment
Billy Greene, Professor of Animal Science
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(931) 372-3418
South Hall (SOUT) 139
John Gunderson, Associate Professor
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(931) 372-3250
Pennebaker (PENN) 319
Expertise in microbial ecology and evolution; detection of Legionella-like and other amoebal pathogens; molecular genetics; protozoology
John Harwood, Professor
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(931) 372-3473
Foster Hall (FOST) 222 Webpage
Resume/CV
Expertise in analytical/environmental chemistry; aquatic chemistry; analysis of molecular markers of pollution; ecological stressor analysis; sociology of environmental decision making.
Steven Hayslette, Professor
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(931) 372-3146
Pennebaker (PENN) 307 Webpage
Expertise in avian behavior, ecology and management, particularly in relation to doves and pigeons
H. Wayne Leimer, Professor of Geology
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(931) 372-3522
Kittrell Hall (KITT) 111 Webpage
Expertise in clay mineralogy, oil shale, asbestos and radon hazards, and aggregate characteristics.
Peter Li, Professor of Geography
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(931) 372-3752
Kittrell Hall (KITT) 207 Webpage
Expertise in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) technology; environmental monitoring; renewable resources, water quality, dam risk assessment
Thomas Roberts, Professor
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(931) 372-3138
Pennebaker (PENN) 309
Expertise in animal ecology; wetland ecology; habitat evaluation and management
Gordon Stearman, Professor
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(931) 372-3528
Prescott Hall (PRSC) 340
Expertise in organic farm compost and irrigation treatments in vegetable plots; developing innovative extraction and analytical methods; studying fate and transport of anthropogenic chemicals in soil; developing constructed wetland systems for cleanup of water runoff in nurseries; developing best management systems for control of urban nonpoint source pollutants.
