Contacts:
[To apply for student positions or for more information on Ecology
@ WSU research programs, contact Dr. Rod Sayler by email:
r d s a y l e r @ w s u . e d u; or see descriptions for our research labs above]
[For more information on the Department of Natural Resource Sciences,
contact the Chair, Dr. Keith Blatner by email: b l a t n e r @ w s u . e d u
or visit the web site: natural-resources.wsu.edu]
[For more detailed information on current activities in our research labs,
please contact the research directors listed under our "Research Labs" above.]
[For information on the facilities, greenhouses, and properties of the
E.H. Steffen Center, contact Gary Radamaker, Steffen Center Manager:
509-335-4371; email: g a r y r a d a m a k e r @ w s u . e d u]
FACULTY
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Dr. David Baumgartner, Professor & State Extension Forester
Department of Natural Resource Sciences
web site: Natural Resources Extension
[509-335-2963; email: b a u m g a r t n e r @ w s u . e d u]
Dr. Keith Blatner, Professor & Chair
Department of Natural Resource Sciences
[509-335-4499; email: b l a t n e r @ w s u . e d u]
Dr. Linda Hardesty, Assoc. Professor & Rangeland Scientist
Invasive plants; Agroforestry; Shrub-steppe ecology & management
[509-335-6632; email: l h a r d e s t @ w s u . e d u]
Dr. Mark McClure, Adjunct Faculty & Research Scientist
Behavioral & Population Ecology; Scaling & Ecological Patterns
of Behavior & Population Dynamics on Landscapes
[509-335-1349; email: m m c c l u r e @ w s u . e d u]
Dr. Charles T. Robbins, Professor & Director – Bear Center Research,
Education & Conservation Program
(Foraging & Nutritional Ecology; Ecosystem Nutrient Cycling; Energetics
& Habitat Use of Bears)
[509-335-1119; email: c t r o b b i n s @ w s u . e d u]
Dr. Rod Sayler – Steffen Center: Research & Science Education
Endangered Species Lab; Amphibian & Wetland Conservation Project
Assoc. Professor – Wildlife Ecology, Restoration Ecology, & Conservation Science
Please contact by email for job or graduate student inquiries:
[509-335-6167; email: r d s a y l e r @ w s u . e d u]
Dr. Lisa Shipley, Assoc. Professor & Wildlife Scientist
Director, Wild Ungulate Facility (WUF)
Wildlife Nutritional Ecology & Mammalian Ecology
[509-335-9182; email: s h i p l e y @ w s u . e d u]
Dr. Robert Wielgus, Assoc. Professor
Director, Large Carnivore Conservation Lab
Population, behavioral, and habitat ecology
of large carnivores (grizzly bears, black bears, cougars
and their prey). Dynamics of small populations.
[509-335-2796; email: w i e l g u s @ w s u . e d u
Dr. Ben Zamora, Professor - Plant Ecology; Shrub-steppe
& Restoration Ecology; Wildland Fire
[509-335-7558; email: b z a m o r a @ w s u . e d u]
Other WSU Faculty – Department of Natural Resource Sciences
[For a complete list of NRS faculty, see: Natural Resource Sciences]
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Steffen Center & Natural Resource Sciences – Staff and Research Associates:
Rod Clausen, Administrative Manager – NRS Office
[509-335-6166; email: r o d _ c @ w s u . e d u]
Becky Elias – Research Associate
Pygmy Rabbit Conservation Project (holding a grizzly bear cub
from Dr. Charles T. Robbin’s bear research program)
[509-335-1645; email: b h e m m e r l i n g @ h o t m a i l . c o m]
Jennifer Jackson – Research Assistant
Pygmy Rabbit Conservation Project (holding white tiger cubs
at the International Exotic Feline Sanctuary)
[509-335-1645; email: t i g g e r _ 4 3 2 1 @ h o t m a i l . c o m]
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Steffen Center – Graduate Students & International Students:
Matt Berger – M. S. graduate student
(Reintroduction of Pronghorn Antelope into Washington)
[email: m a t t . b e r g e r @ c o l v i l l e t r i b e s .c o m]
Susanne Canwell – Ph.D. graduate student
(Dissertation Study: Landscape Ecology of Reed Canarygrass)
[email: c a n w e l l g r a p h i c s @ h o t m a i l . c o m]
Erin Kuhn – M.S. graduate student
(Digestion and Passage Rate Measurement Using
the Blue Duiker as a Model Species;pictured with
“Jared” an African blue duiker)
[509-335-1645; email: e r i n k u h n @ m a i l . w s u . e d u]
David Langill – Undergraduate; Athabasca University
(Leopard Frog Husbandry at Washington State University)
[email: d a v i d l a n g i l l @ h o t m a i l . c o m]
Scott Leach – M. S. graduate student
(Wetland Characteristics & Northern Leopard Frog Ecology)
[509-335-2221; email: l e a c h s @ g m a i l . c o m]
Nick Paulson – M.S. graduate student
(Badger Ecology in Shrub-Steppe Habitats in Washington)
[email: n i c k _ p a u l s o n @ m a i l . w s u . e d u]
Elvia Lopez Perez – Ph.D. graduate student
(Dissertation Study: Natural Selenium and Planted Forages:
Effects on Mule Deer and Elk in Washington)
[email: l o e l 5 0 @ h o t m a i l . c o m]
Laura Robison – M.S. graduate student
(Restoration Ecology & Reed Canary Grass)
[email: l a u r e l l 2 2 4 @ b e l l s o u t h . n e t]
Nikki Thines – Ph.D. graduate student
(Dissertation study: Effects of Enhanced UV-B Radiation on
Plant Chemistry and Nutrition of Forages and Consequences
for Mammalian Herbivores)
[509-335-3673; email: n s i e g e l @ w s u . e d u]
Troy Tollefson – Ph.D. graduate student
(Dissertation Study: How Summer and Autumn Nutrition
of Lactating Mule Deer Affects Reproduction the Following
Breeding Season; pictured with “Air Hoss” mule deer buck)
[509-335-8848; email: T r o y _ T o l l e f s o n @ w s u . e d u]
Joy Hong-Kun Nee – M.S. graduate student
(Place-based Education: Palouse Prairie Ecology)
[email: j o y _ n e e @ h o t m a i l . c o m]
Aki Kato – M.S. graduate student
[email: a k i _ k a t o @ m a i l . w s u . e d u]
Len Zeoli – Ph.D. graduate student – “out standing” in his field
(Dissertation Study: Survival and Population Dynamics of
Reintroduced Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbits)
[email: z e o l i l @ y a h o o . c o m]
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Steffen Center – Ecology & Conservation Interns – Summer, 2006:
Candice Gobel – Summer Ecology & Conservation Intern
Greenhouse, Botanical Garden, & Native Plant Nursery
[email: c a n d i c e c g o b e l @ g m a i l . c o m]
Kevin Hoffman – Summer Ecology & Conservation Intern
(with fish at the mouth of the Green River, western Washington)
[email: k _ h o f f m a n 0 3 @ h o t m a i l . c o m]
Aya Sayama – Summer Ecology & Conservation Intern
Pygmy rabbits; leopard frogs; native plant nursery
Amy Williams – Summer Ecology & Conservation Intern
[email: p y g m y h i p p o @ c o m c a s t . n e t]
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Steffen Center – Undergraduate Students: Special Projects & Assistants
Lindsey Ericksen – Undergraduate Thesis Project
(Palouse Prairie Environmental Education Guide)
Sandra Nash – Wildlife Conservation Volunteer
[Checking for chronic wasting disease in elk and deer
in La Grande, Oregon]
Jennifer Schneider – Volunteer: Leopard Frog Project
[Pictured in Australia during study abroad program.]
Tracie Strelow – Wild Ungulate Facility
Becca Ogden – Wild Ungulate Facility
[Pictured feeding mule deer]
Sarah McCusker – Wild Ungulate Facility
[Pictured with mule deer fawn]
Tony Carnahan – Wild Ungulate Facility
[Pictured with mule deer fawn]
Kelly Clayton – Pygmy Rabbit Recovery Project
[Pictured with Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit]
Staff and students working at the Steffen Center for 2007
will be added to this list as student summer positions
are filled. Join us by applying for one of these positions or
help us out by volunteering for one of our projects.
