Meet the team
We are an interdisciplinary team of researchers, educators, and extension specialists from six departments and one center at Iowa State University (ISU), the University of New Hampshire, two federal research labs, and the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge. Please scroll down to meet us individually and learn about our contributions to the team.
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J. Gordon Arbuckle, Jr.ISU Department of Sociology Project Role: Socioeconomics, Extension |
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Heidi AsbjornsenUniversity of New Hampshire Project Role: Ecohydrology |
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Mike CastellanoISU Department of Agronomy Project Role: Dissolved nitrogen cycling |
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Pauline DrobneyNeal Smith National Wildlife Refuge Project Role: Refuge liaison |
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Nancy Grudens-ShuckISU Department of Agricultural Education & Studies Project Role: Education |
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Marry HarrisISU Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management Project Role: Biodiversity |
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Matt HelmersISU Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Project Role: Ecohydrology "I enjoy working with the great people that make up this project team." |
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Randy KolkaUSDA Forest Service Northern Research Station Project Role: Ecohydrology and carbon dynamics |
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Matt LiebmanISU Department of Agronomy Project Role: Plant biodiversity |
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Jeri NealLeopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture Project Role: Stakeholder committee, funder "I enjoy working with cool questions and great people!" |
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Tom SauerUSDA-ARS, National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment Project Role: Ecohydrology |
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Lisa Schulte MooreISU Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management Project Role: Biodiversity "I'm impressed with the scope of this project; the fantastic team of people we have allow us to cover diverse ecological, economic, educational, and social dimensions in an in-depth way." |
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Matt O'NealISU Department of Entomology Project Role: Biodiversity, Extension, Education |
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Marlin Perez SuarezISU Department of Evolutionary Ecology and Organismal Biology Project Role: Nitrogen cycling |
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Mark TomerUSDA Agricultural Research Service, Agroecosystems Management Research Unit Project Role: Ecohydrology |
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John TyndallISU Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management Project Role: Socioeconomics, Education |
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Chris WitteISU Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management Project Role: Ecohydrology "I'm new to Iowa's prairies, so immersing myself in this ecosystem is very exciting." |
Graduate Students
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Rene HesselDepartment of Entomology Project Role: Insect biodiversity |
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Sarah HirshDepartment of Agronomy, Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture, and Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Project Role: Plant biodiversity |
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Drake LarsenGraduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture & Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management Project Role: Socioeconomics, Education "This project is best viewed at the crack of dawn." |
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Delise LockettDepartment of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Project Role: Ecohydrology "I enjoy trips to the field, getting out of the office." |
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José Gutierrez LopezDepartment of Natural Resource Ecology & Management Project Role: Ecohydrology "For some reason, I love the smell of the watersheds after a rain event." |
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Anna MacDonaldDepartment of Natural Resource Ecology & Management Project Role: Bird biodiversity |
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Vilma MateosDepartment of Natural Resource Ecology & Management Project Role: Ecohydrology |
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Tomorra SmithDepartment of Agronomy, Graduate Program in Environmental Science Project Role: Ecohydrology "I love spending time outside traipsing through fields." |