Faculty, Staff and Students at ASU

Name Expertise areas Short Bio Updated date
Jun-Ping Xu Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Biology Jun-Ping Xu's research focuses on discovery and development of new drug leads from natural sources and study of biologically important compounds for cancer suppression and other human diseases.
Howard Wheater
Dan Bivona British Literature, Colonial Theory, Gender and Sexuality, Science and Literature, Victorian Period Bivona has published three books on 19th and 20th century British literature and culture as well as a co-edited collection and a number of essays.
Jennifer Fondrevay
Sharon Harlan Environmental Social Science, Sociocultural Anthropology, Urbanization Effects on Weather and Climate Harlan's studies sociology, the effects of urban heat on vulnerable populations and socio-environmental inequalities.
Kevin McHugh Critical Theory, Environmental Humanities, Film and Media Studies, Place, Culture, and Identity, Sustainability Science and Studies McHugh is a cultural geographer with research interests in geographical thought & theory, geohumanities, post-phenomenology, and more-than-human geographies.
Ben Nelson Global Studies, Urban Social-ecological Systems, Political Economy, Archaeology Nelson's research focuses on cycles of social complexity and connectivity among the ancient cultures of northwestern Mexico and the American Southwest and on human roles in and responses to the desertification of grasslands.
Michelle Hegmon Anthropology - Social and Cultural, Archaeology Hegmon's research focuses on the archaeology of the U.S. Southwest, particularly the Mimbres region of southwest New Mexico. She has a long-standing interest in social theory and is known for her theoretical work.
Bob Bolin Environmental Social Science, Climate Change, Political Ecology Bolin blends hazards geography, political ecology and critical theory to study environmental justice and human vulnerability to environmental and technological hazards.
Gerald Heydt Heydt's areas of expertise include power engineering, power systems, and computer analysis of large systems.
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Mark Van Schil… Van Schilfgaarde was with Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU until 2011. His expertise is in Electronic Structure Magnetism GW.
Jeffrey Klopatek Biochemistry, Climate Change, Ecosystem Ecology, Sustainability and Food Choice Klopatek is an emeritus ecosytem ecologist who has migrated to research and teaching about the ecology of food and sustainable food systems with emphasis on global climate change effects.
Douglas Webster Planning, Urban Planning, Urban Design and Sustainable Cities Webster's current interests are in comparative city building and urban dynamics, urban competitiveness and resilience, and peri-urbanization with a primary geographic focus on East Asia.
Rick Shangraw R.F. “Rick” Shangraw Jr. is a Professor of Practice in the School of Public Affairs in the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions. He also is president of Cintana Education.
Eddie Brown Brown's research interests include welfare reform, Native American studies, mental heath, diabetes prevention, tribal communities, and public health.
Elizabeth Larson Geography, Refugee Studies Larson's work primary focuses on human and regional geography, including work studying refugee populations in Central America.
David Pijawka Planning, Community Development, Sustainability, Transportation Planning, Urban Design and Sustainable Cities, Urban Planning Pijawka's research focuses on sustainable planning and design, disaster management and recovery, environmental justice, and Native American community planning.
Ward Brady
Douglas Green
Jean Stutz
Nicholas Hild
James Hershauer Hershauer developed and taught four courses on sustainability (corporate strategy and sustainability, sustainability entrepreneurship, sustainability consulting and an online course on sustainability and the auto industry).
Meg Bruening Child and Adolescent Development, Children - Teens - Families, Nutrition, Population Health Meg Bruening's research interests include public health nutrition promotion and obesity prevention targeted to underserved, vulnerable youth and families.
Monica Elser
Jeffery Drucker Physics, Nanoscience and Material Physics Drucker is a professor with interests in nanoscience and materials physics. His research group performs experimental and theoretical research to better understand the atomistic mechanisms of crystal growth on surfaces.
Caroline Harrison
Philip White Industrial Design
David Feary Earth Systems and Climate Science
Stuart Fisher
Evelyn Cesarotti
Thomas Dowling
Lauren Allsopp Architecture, Building Technology, Communities, Conservation Policy, Durability of Building Materials, Environmental Humanities, Environmental Policy, Humanities and Arts, Materials Analysis, Smart Growth, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Environmental Ethics, Fieldwork, Urbanization, Conservation, Sustainability, Public and Community Health, The Built Environment, Urban Design and Sustainable Cities, History, Material Culture, Transatlantic Studies, Indigenous Studies, Neighborhoods
Rebecca Muenich Agriculture, Ecosystem Services, Food, Water, and Energy Nexus, Water Resource Management, Watershed Hydrology Muenich is a watershed modeler focused on surface hydrology and water quality, especially in agricultural ecosystems. She focuses on evaluating the impact of land management decisions within the food-energy-water nexus.
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William Duncan
Marissa Orr
Rolfs Ekmanis
Sonya Scheler
Sonya Larson
Richard Kiehl Solid State Physics, Nanoscience, Nanotechnology Kiehl’s research is aimed at the development of new types of semiconductor devices for communications, computing and sensor applications.
Sonya Jennings
Kerry Smith Smith's studies focus on environmental economics, public economics and applied econometrics.
Gerald Miller
Rene Villalobos Villalobos' research interests are in the areas of logistics, automated quality systems, manufacturing systems and applied operations research.
James Contes Contes areas of expertise include automotive engineering, powertrain testing and development.
Laurence Gesell Gesell has authored 26 books and numerous articles and consultancy reports, mostly dealing with public policy in air transportation. He currently studies at the intersection between science, technology and society.
Ana Cristina R… Biochemistry, Metabolism
Jessly Guzman
Jonathan Rose Law, Legal Education, Legal Ethics, Intellectual History, Economic Law Rose's current scholarly interests involve medieval and early modern English legal history. His research focuses the legal profession and the operation of the legal system in medieval and early modern England.