About Us

Our department has 16 full-time and tenure-track faculty. We also have an additional fifteen or more associated faculty, adjunct faculty and research staff.

Environmental Science and Management offers two undergraduate degrees - Environmental Studies and Environmental Science. We also offer a minor in Environmental Studies and a minor in Sustainability.

At the graduate level, students can earn a Master of Science or a Masters of Environmental Management degree. Students can also earn a Certificate of Hydrology.

Environmental Science and Management offers a doctoral degree through the School of the Environment PhD program.

Environmental Science and Management is distinct in that we also host five research centers or programs. These are the Center for Lakes and Reservoirs, the Aquatic Bioinvasions Research and Policy Institute (collaboratively with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center), the Student Watershed Research Program, Environmental Professional Program, and the Rae Selling Berry Seed Bank & Plant Conservation Program.

Environmental Science and Management Mission Statement

Faculty

	Dr. Catherine de Rivera Phone: (503) 725-9798 - E-mail: derivera@pdx.edu Office: SRTC 238E Associate Professor of Environmental Science Interests: Ecology and behavior of marine and estuarine invertebrates, ecological impacts of roads. Biography
	Richard Dewey Phone: (503) 725-5335 - E-mail: deweyr@pdx.edu Office: N/A Interests: Tropical island resources conservation and management, specifically coral reef and colony nesting seabird ecology. (Note: Professor Dewey is unable to accept graduate students.)
	Dr. Marion Dresner Phone: (503) 725-5961 - E-mail: dresnerm@pdx.edu Office: SRTC B1-24B Associate Professor of Environmental Science Interests: Forest ecology; ecology education; qualitative modeling and ecological understanding; and citizen participation in environmental science. Biography
	Dr. David Ervin Phone: (503) 725-3935 - E-mail: ervin@pdx.edu Office: CH 241M Professor of Environmental Management, Professor of Economics, Fellow, Center for Sustainable Processes and Practices Interests: Environmental management, environmental policy reform, and green business. Biography
	Dr. William Fish Phone: (503) 725-4278 - E-mail: fishw@eas.pdx.edu Office: EB 202E Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Interests: Transformation and transport of heavy metals and other contaminants in the environment. Biography
	Dr. Linda George Phone: (503) 725-3861 - E-mail: georgel@pdx.edu Office: SRTC 474 Professor of Environmental Science Interests: Atmospheric chemistry, monitoring and modeling of urban air pollutants, assessing human exposure to and perception of air pollutants and climate change, development of measurement techniques for quantifying atmospheric species. Biography
	Dr. Jeff Gerwing Phone: (503) 725-4482 - E-mail: jgerwing@pdx.edu Office: SRTC B1-24C Associate Professor of Environmental Science Interests: Forest ecology, restoration, and management. Biography
	Dr. Elise Granek Phone: (503) 725-4241 - E-mail: graneke@pdx.edu Office: SRTC 118 D Associate Professor of Environmental Science Interests: Coastal marine ecology and conservation: land-sea connectivity, ecosystem services and marine ecosystem-based management. Biography
	Dr. Joe Maser Phone: (503) 725-8042 - E-mail: maserj@pdx.edu Office: SRTC 218 Assistant Professor of Environmental Science Interests: Wetland ecology and regulations, and effectiveness of wetland mitigation projects. Biography
	Dr. Yangdong Pan - Chair ESM Office Phone: (503) 725-8038 Phone: (503) 725-4981 - E-mail: pany@pdx.edu Office: SRTC 218 C Professor of Environmental Science Interests: Aquatic ecology, and the ecology of freshwater benthic algae, especially diatoms. Biography
	Dr. John G. Rueter Phone: (503) 725-3194 - E-mail: rueterj@pdx.edu Office: SB1 414 Professor of Environmental Science (ON SABBATICAL) Interests: Responses of algae to light variations, and technology in education. Biography
	Dr. Robert Scheller Phone: (503) 725-2497 - E-mail: rmschell@pdx.edu Office: SRTC B1-18A Assistant Professor of Environmental Science Interests: How forested landscapes change, terrestrial ecosystem ecology, landscape ecology, the provision of multiple ecosystem services across landscapes and regions, ecological modeling.
	Dr. Trygve P. Steen Phone: (503) 725-4203 - E-mail: steent@pdx.edu Office: SRTC 206C Professor of Environmental Science Interests: Conservation and forest ecology. Biography (Note: Dr. Steen is unable to accept graduate students.)
	Dr. Angela Strecker Phone: (503) 725-2427 - E-mail: strecker@pdx.edu Office: SB1 321 Assistant Professor of Environmental Science Interests: freshwater ecology, food webs, anthropogenic stressors, landscape connectivity, invasive species.
	Dr. Mark D. Sytsma Phone: (503) 725-2213 - E-mail: sytsmam@pdx.edu Office: MCB 620 Professor and Director of Center for Lakes and Reservoirs Interests: Limnology, biology, impacts and management of invasive species. Biography
	Dr. J. Alan Yeakley School of Environment phone: (503) 725-9905 Phone: (503) 725-8040 - E-mail: yeakley@pdx.edu Office: SRTC 118B Professor of Environmental Science Interests: Ecosystem ecology and watershed hydrology, with a focus on riparian processes. Biography