Advanced degrees within Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology are intercollegiate programs co-administered by the College of Natural Resources, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Sciences, and College of Veterinary Medicine. Below is the list of all faculty and adjunct faculty associated with the Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology (FWCB) Program at NC State University.

Program Coordinators

Nicole Mihnovets
Assistant Teaching Professor and Coordinator of Undergraduate
Programs
Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Program
Area of Expertise: Marine conservation biology and endangered
species
anmihnov@ncsu.edu

Nils Peterson
Professor, and Director of Graduate Programs
Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Program
Area of Expertise: Human dimensions of wildlife management
nils_peterson@ncsu.edu

Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology Faculty

Name	Title	Area of Expertise	Contact
David Andow	Professor, Head, Department of Applied Ecology	Insect, population, and community ecology	daandow@ncsu.edu
Marcelo Ardon	Professor Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources	Aquatic ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry	mlardons@ncsu.edu
Tal Ben-Horin	Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences	Shellfish pathology	tbenhor@ncsu.edu
Anthony Blikslager	Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences	Equine surgery and gastroenterology	Anthony_blikslager@ncsu.edu 919-513-6430
Jeffrey A. Buckel	Professor, Department of Applied Ecology, CMAST	Marine fisheries biology	jeffrey_buckel@ncsu.edu 252-222-6341
Jie Cao	Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Ecology	Fish population dynamics and ecosystem modelling	Jcao22@ncsu.edu
Jaime A. Collazo	Professor, Department of Applied Ecology	Wetland ecology, avian biology	jaime_collazo@ncsu.edu 919-515-8837
Caren Cooper	Professor Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources	Wildlife Biology, Citizen Science	cbcoope3@ncsu.edu 919-707-9273
W. Gregory Cope	Professor, Department of Applied Ecology, Toxicology Extension	Professor and Toxicology Extension Leader	greg_cope@ncsu.edu 919-515-5296
Fred Cubbage	Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources	Forest resource policy, forest certification,	fred_cubbage@ncsu.edu 919-515-7789
Christopher S. DePerno	Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resource	Wildlife ecology, management	chris_deperno@ncsu.edu 919-513-7559
Jeffery Doser	Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources	Statistical ecology, species occupancy and abundance	jwdoser@ncsu.edu
Rob Dunn	Professor, Department of Applied Ecology	Public science; ecology, evolution and biodiversity of humans and food	rob_dunn@ncsu.edu 919-515-7569
Corey Dunn	Assistant Professor Unit Leader – NC Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research	Conservation of rivers and river-dependent species	cgdunn4@ncsu.edu
David B. Eggleston	Professor and Director of CMAST, Department of Marine, Earth, & Atmospheric Sciences	Marine ecology, conservation	eggleston@ncsu.edu 919-515-7840
Ritwick Ghosh	Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources	Environmental sociology and governance	rghosh9@ncsu.edu
John Godwin	Professor, Department of Biological Sciences	Behavioral neuroendocrinology and neurogenomics	John_godwin@ncsu.edu
Craig Harms	Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, CMAST	Aquatic, wildlife, and zoologic medicine	craig_harms@ncsu.edu 252-222-6339
Tara Harrison	Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Services	Global health and infectious diseases in zoological and exotic animals	Tara_harrison@ncsu.edu 919-513-7350
George Hess	Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources	Biomathematics, natural resource management, ecology	george_hess@ncsu.edu 919-515-7437
Nathan Hostetter	Assistant Professor Assistant Unit Leader – NC Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit	Population ecology, quantitative ecology, demographic modeling, endangered species research	njhostet@ncsu.edu
Madhu Katti	Associate Professor, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources	Interdisciplinary Ecology	mkatti@ncsu.edu 919-515-7586
Roland Kays	Research Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, Director, Biodiversity & Earth Observation Lab, Nature Research Center, NC Museum of Natural Sciences	Ecology, evolution, and conservation of mammals	roland_kays@ncsu.edu 919-707-8250
Liz Kierepka	Research Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources	Wildlife genomics, conservation, management	emkierep@ncsu.edu
Randall Langerhans	Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences	Evolutionary diversification of Gambusia fish	langerhans@ncsu.edu 919-515-3514
Lincoln Larson	Assistant Professor, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management	Human dimension of natural resource management	lrlarson@ncsu.edu 919-515-8947
Jay F. Levine	Professor, Department of Population Health and Pathobiology	Population health and pathobiology	jay_levine@ncsu.edu 919-513-6397
Lewbart Gregory	Professor Assistant Department Head, Clinical Sciences	Aquatic, wildlife and zoological medicine	galewbar@ncsu.edu
Ivana Mali	Associate Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, Ecology Wildlife Foundation Distinguished Scholar for Conservation Biology	Ecology and conservation of reptiles and amphibians	imali@ncsu.edu
Nadya Mamoozadeh	Assistant Professor, Extension Specialist, Department of Applied Ecology	Genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics of fisheries management	nrmamooz@ncsu.edu
Kathryn Meurs	Associate Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine	Genetics, spontaneous animal disease models	Kate_meurs@ncsu.edu 919-513-6213
Nicole Mihnovets	Assistant Teaching Professor, FWCB Undergraduate Coordinator, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources	Conservation biology, undergraduate education	anmihnov@ncsu.edu
Christopher Moorman	Professor and Assistant Department Head, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources	Avian Ecology in Forest Systems, Forest and Urban Wildlife Ecology & Management	chris_moorman@ncsu.edu 919-515-5578
Stacy Nelson	Professor, Associate Dean, Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources	Fisheries, Remote Sensing, GIS technologies	stacy_nelson@ncsu.edu 919-513-7162
Krishna Pacifici	Associate Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources	Quantitative ecology, wildlife ecology	krishna_pacifici@ncsu.edu 919-515-8435
Lara Pacifici	Coordinator of Undergraduate Programs, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Program, and Teaching Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources	Undergraduate Education	lara_pacifici@ncsu.edu 919-515-3431
M. Nils Peterson	Director of Graduate Programs and Professor, Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources	Human dimensions of wildlife management	nils_peterson@ncsu.edu 919-515-7588
Olivia Petritz	Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences	Avian and exotic animal medicine	oapetrit@ncsu.edu
Alonso Ramirez	Professor, Department of Applied Ecology	Tropical stream ecosystem dynamics	Laramir2@ncsu.edu 919-515-5100
Benjamin Reading	Associate Professor, Department of Applied Ecology	Reproductive physiology and aquaculture of fishes	bjreading@ncsu.edu 919-515-3830
Martha Reiskind	Research Professor, Department of Applied Ecology	Use of genetic tools in conservation	mbreiski@ncsu.edu
Robert Richardson	Professor and Extension Specialist, Department of Crop Science	Aquatic and non-cropland weed science	rob_richardson@ncsu.edu 919-515-5653
Ann Ross	Professor, Biological Sciences	Forensic anthropology	Ann_ross@ncsu.edu 919-515-3122
Robert Scheller	Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources	Forecasts of landscape change in response to disturbance	rschell@ncsu.edu 919-513-3973
Bruce Schulte	Professor, Head, Department of Applied Ecology	Communication and social behavior of herbivorous mammals	baschult@ncsu.edu
Clyde Sorenson	Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor, Department of Entomology	Agriculture-wildlife interactions	clyde_sorenson@ncsu.edu 919-515-8427
Kathryn Stevenson	Associate Professor, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Mgt	Identifying drivers of environmental literacy	Kathryn_stevenson@ncsu.edu 919-515-2739
Bradley Taylor	Associate Professor, Department of Applied Ecology	Freshwater ecosystems	Bwtaylo3@ncsu.edu 919-513-7037
Elsa Youngsteadt	Associate Professor, Department of Applied Ecology	Urbanization-climate change interactions	ekyoungs@ncsu.edu 919-515-1661