Faculty
Physical Geography
Jeffrey A. Andresen
Professor of Geography
Agricultural meteorology and applied climatology. State climatologist and Director, ENVIRO-Weather program.
517-432-4756
Alan F. Arbogast
Professor and Chair
Physical geography. Quaternary landscape evolution, particularly sand dune evolution near Lake Michigan.
517-355-5262
Geoffrey Henebry
Visiting Hannah Professor
Environmental Sciences. Environmental patterns and processes, including quantitative analysis and modeling of land surface phenology and land cover land use change
517-355-3899
Lifeng Luo
Associate Professor
Atmospheric science and climatology. Land surface hydrology and water resources.
517-884-0547
Nathan Moore
Associate Professor
Atmospheric science and Climatology. Regional climate modeling; land use/land cover change.
517-884-0546
Randall J. Schaetzl
Professor of Geography
Soils geomorphology and glacial landforms, primarily in the Great Lakes region.
517-353-7726
Julie Winkler
Professor of Geography
Synoptic and applied Climatology; regional climate change, primarily in the Great Lakes region.
517-353-9186
Catherine Yansa
Associate Professor
Paleo-environments. Pollen and plant macrofossils, primarily in the upper Midwest and Canada.
517-353-3910
Shiyuan (Sharon) Zhong
Professor of Geography
Atmospheric science and climatology. Regional climate change, boundary layer processes, and atmospheric dispersion.
517-432-4743
Geospatial Technologies
Erin Bunting
Director, RS&GIS
Environmental change using big data geospatial analysis and modeling related to climate change and human-environment interactions.
517-432-0446
Kyla Dahlin
Assistant Professor
Landscape and plant ecology, remote sensing, Earth system modeling
517-353-9739
Andrew O. Finley
Associate Professor
Measuring and monitoring environmental processes. Changing ecosystems.
517-432-7219
Grant Gunn
Fixed Term Assistant Professor
Remote sensing of the Cryosphere in polar regions. Undergraduate and graduate education.
517-353-9030
Arika Ligmann-Zielinska
Associate Professor
Spatial analysis and coupled human-envrionment modeling. Agent-based models.
517-432-4749
Joseph P. Messina
Professor of Geography
Medical geography and land use/land cover change. Malaria and sleeping sickness in Africa and Asia.
517-353-1715
Jiaguo Qi
Professor of Geography
Land use/land cover change. Quantifying interactions between human and natural systems.
517-353-8736
Ashton Shortridge
Professor of Geography
GIS, spatial analysis, and health geography. Spatial data uncertainty and error propagation in GIS.
517-432-3561
Nature-Society Studies
Jiquan Chen
Professor of Geography
Ecosystem Analysis, Landscape Ecology, Conservation Biology, Biophysics, Global Change Ecology, Coupled Human and Natural Systems, Land Use
517-884-1884
Kyle T. Evered
Associate Professor
Cultural, historical, and political geography, primarily in Turkey, North Africa, Middle East, and former Soviet states.
517-432-4746
Sue C. Grady
Associate Professor
Health and medical geography. Maternal and infant health and the impact of local environments.
517-432-9998
Emilio F. Moran
Hannah Professor
Latin America, Brazil, Ecological Anthropology; Research Methods; Tropical Ecology and Resource Management, Land Use and Land Cover Change, and Demography
517-884-1236
Leo Zulu
Associate Professor
Political ecology, environment and development, and resource management in rural Africa. Remote sensing and GIS.
517-432-4744
Urban-Economic Geography
Guo Chen
Associate Professor
Social, economic, and environmental dynamics of urban transformations, primarily in China.
517-432-4747
Joe T. Darden
Professor of Geography
Residential segregation, social inequalities, and immigration, particularly in the US and Michigan.
517-432-1843
Elizabeth Mack
Associate Professor
Spatial Analysis, Economic Development, Business Location, Entrepreneurship, Water Affordability
517-432-7058
Igor Vojnovic
Professor of Geography
Urban development and redevelopment,infrastructure investment, urban design.
517-355-7718