Faculty

George Robinson
Co-Director, Biodiversity, Conservation and Policy Program
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1989.

Plant community ecology; biological invasions; biodiversity and public policy; restoration ecology.

(518) 442-4302
grobins@albany.edu

Roland Kays
Adjunct Professor,
Curator of Mammals, NYS Museum
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 1999

Ecology and conservation of American mammals

(518) 486-3205
kays@mail.nysed.gov

Gene E. Likens
Adjunct Professor
Director/President, Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1962

Long-term studies of the energy flow and biogeochemical fluxes for northern hardwood forest ecosystems, the effects of acid rain on natural ecosystems and the role that human-accelerated environmental change has had on precipitation chemistry.

(845) 677-5343
likensg@ecostudies.org

Stuart E. G. Findlay
Adjunct Professor
Aquatic Ecologist, Institute for Ecosystem Studies

Ph.D., 1981, University of Georgia

Characterization and microbial assimilation of dissolved organic carbon in aquatic ecosystems, importance of hyporheic metabolism in stream ecosystems and approaches to generalizing studies of function in vegetated aquatic habitats.

(845) 677-7600 Ext. 138
findlays@ecostudeis.org

Gary M. Lovett
Adjunct Professor
Ecosystem Ecologist, Institute for Ecosystem Studies

Ph.D., 1981, Dartmouth College

Focused on how perturbations such as air pollution, introduced pests and pathogens, and insect defoliators affect forest nutrient cycling.

(845) 677-7600 Ext. 132
lovettg@ecostudies.org

David Strayer
Adjunct Professor
Aquatic Ecologist, Institute for Ecosystem Studies

Ph.D., Cornell University, 1984

Distribution and role of invertebrates; zebra mussel invasion

(845) 677-7600 Ext. 148
strayerd@ecostudies.org

Richard L. Wyman
Adjunct Professor

Ph.D., Illinois State University, 1973

Carbon cycling in forest ecosystems

(518) 797-3440
rlwyman@capital.net