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John
Lloyd
Assistant
Professor and Program Director |
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(208)
885-5477
jlloyd@uidaho.edu
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John is an Assistant Professor in the Horticultural Science
Division of the Department of Plant, Soil, and Entomological
Sciences. John coordinates the
University of Idaho Urban Landscape Ecology Research Program and advises
undergraduate and graduate students in Arboriculture, Urban and Community Forestry,
Horticulture, and Urban Ecology. He enjoys researching
functional ecological and sociological linkages within urban and
natural ecosystems.
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Robert Tripepi
Professor of Landscape Plant Physiology |
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(208)
885-6635
btripepi@uidaho.edu
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Bob is a Professor of Landscape Plant Physiology in the
Horticultural Science Division of the Department of Plant, Soil, and
Entomological Sciences. Bob's research examines plant
propagation techniques used for landscape enhancement, nursery
production and restoration ecology. He advises undergraduate
and graduate students in Urban Landscape Ecology in Plant Science, Horticultural Plant
Production, and Urban Landscape and Turf Management. Bob is
also the advisor for the Plant Science Club.
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Jim
Fazio
Professor of Urban Forestry |
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(208) 885-7209
jfazio@uidaho.edu
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Jim is a Professor of Urban Forestry in the Department of
Conservation Social Sciences. Jim's research investigates
communication between urban forestry professionals and community
citizens and also interpretation and implementations of urban
forestry information by the public. He authors publications
for the National Arbor Day Foundation and teaches and advises
students in Urban Landscape Ecology, Urban Forestry and Natural Resource
Communications.
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J.D.
Wulfhorst
Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology |
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(208) 885-7645
jd@uidaho.edu
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J.D. is an Assistant Professor in Rural Sociology and
works closely with undergraduate and graduate students in the Urban Landscape
Ecology Program investigating the social and economic impacts of
community forestry on rural and urban populations. He teaches
and advises undergraduate and graduate students in Urban Landscape
Ecology through the Department of Agricultural
Economics and Rural Sociology in the College of Agricultural and Life
Sciences. |
Lee Vierling
Assistant Professor of Remote Sensing and Spatial Ecology |
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(208) 885-6536
leev@uidaho.edu |
Lee teaches Landscape Ecology and
advises undergraduate and graduate students in Rangeland Ecology
through the College of Natural Resources. He loves to work
with students interested in remote sensing, spatial ecology,
biogeochemistry, global change, and interdisciplinary science
education as it relates to natural and managed landscapes. He
is actively involved in using remote sensing technology to analyze
and predict the potential for stress events within urban and
community forests. |
Debbie Page-Dumroese
Project Leader & Soil Scientist, U.S.
Forest Service-Rocky Mountain Research Station |

(208) 883-2339
ddumroese@fs.fed.us
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Debbie is an Adjunct Professor in Soil
and Land Resources when she isn't busy managing the Root Disease and
Soil Biology Project with the Rocky Mountain Research Station of the
US Forest Service. She is actively involved in research
investigating fungal species involved with decomposition of plant
tissue and investigating the soil biota involved with decomposition
and mineralization processes in and between urban and rural forest
systems. |
R. Kasten Dumroese
National Nursery
Specialist & Plant Physiologist, U.S. Forest Service-Southern
Research Station |
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(208) 883-2324
kdumroese@fs.fed.us
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Kas is an Adjunct Professor in Forestry
and Horticulture. He provides technology transfer and research
to federal, state, tribal, and private nurseries for the U.S.
Forest Service and in his role facilitates opportunities for
graduate and undergraduate students to research plant physiological
responses to nursery management regimes and their impact on
outplant success. Kas also edits the "Native Plant Journal"
and is very active in native landscaping, forest and prairie
restoration. |
Juan Carlos Cervantes
Adjunct Professor of Urban Sociology and Economics |
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(217) 355-9411
jcervantes@isa-arbor.com
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Juan Carlos is an Adjunct Professor in
the Urban Landscape Ecology Program and is the Science and Research
Director for the International Society of Arboriculture. His
research examines the relationships among the socioeconomic
determinants of urbanization and the consequences of urbanization on
multicultural communities. He advises graduate students in
Urban Landscape Ecology through the Department of
Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology in the College of
Agricultural and Life Sciences. |
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Stephen Love
Professor of Horticulture & Outreach Coordinator |
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(208) 379-4181
slove@uidaho.edu |
Steve is a Professor of Horticulture in the Horticulture Division
of the Department of Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences.
Steve is located in Aberdeen, Idaho and coordinates the southern
Idaho Horticulture Extension and Outreach Program. He advises
undergraduate and graduate students in horticulture and also
provides support for graduate students in Urban Landscape Ecology in
southern Idaho. His areas of expertise are plant nutrition,
specialty horticulture crops, water use efficiencies, and plant
propagation and selection.
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Barbara Andersen
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture |
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(208) 885-9821
bjander@uidaho.edu
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Barbara is an Assistant Professor in
Landscape Architecture and works closely with undergraduate and
graduate students in the Urban Landscape Ecology Program applying
knowledge of human behavior, ecological principles and artistic
creativity to the design and management of land. Her research
investigates residential preferences at the urban fringe, ecological
planning and landscape history. She teaches
and advises undergraduate and graduate students in Urban Landscape
Ecology through the Department of Landscape
Architecture in the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences. |
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Steve
Cook
Associate Professor of Forest Entomology |

(208) 885-2722
stephenc@uidaho.edu |
Stephen is an Associate Professor in
Forest Entomology in the Department of Forest Resources in the
College of Natural Resources. He advises graduate students in
Forest Resources and Entomology investigating tree and herbivore
interactions in urban forests and in the urban and natural forest
interface. He is our resident expert on tree chemistry and
herbivore response and is also involved with modeling infestations
using remote sensing technology. Steve also teaches
undergraduate and graduate courses in forest entomology . |
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Jodi Johnson-Maynard
Assistant Professor of Soil Ecology |
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(208) 885-9245
jmaynard@uidaho.edu
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Jodi is an Assistant Professor in Soil
Ecology in the Division of Soil and Land Resources in the Department
of Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences. She advises
undergraduate students in Urban Landscape Ecology majoring in Soil
Science and also advises graduate students investigating soil
ecological interactions in native and urban landscape soils.
Her research examines carbon and nitrogen cycling in soil ecosystems
and the role that annelids play in carbon sequestration and carbon
and nitrogen mineralization. Jodi also teaches several courses
in soil ecosystem science. |
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Mark Schwarzlaender
Assistant Professor of Entomology |

(208) 885-9319
markschw@uidaho.edu |
Mark is an Assistant Professor in the
Entomology Division of the Department of Plant, Soil, and
Entomological Sciences. His research examines the impacts of
herbivory on the growth, development, and defensive response of
native and invasive woody and herbaceous perennials in natural and
disturbed landscapes. He advises graduate students in the
Urban Landscape Ecology Program majoring in Entomology.
Originally from Germany, Mark provides a unique European perspective
to the program if you can understand his accent punctuated with
guttural throat clearing sounds. |
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Katy
Kavanagh
Associate Professor of Forest Ecophysiology |

(208) 885-2552
katyk@uidaho.edu |
Katy is an Associate Professor of
Ecological Physiology in the Department of Forest Resources in the
College of Natural Resources. Her research examines functional
and intertrophic relationships among trees, pathogens, and
environmental variables in native and urban forests. She
advises undergraduate and graduate students in Urban Landscape
Ecology majoring in Forest Resources and Natural Resources Ecology
and Conservation Biology. |
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David
Rauk
Horticulture Instructor and Campus Horticulturist |
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(208) 885-6734
davidr@uidaho.edu
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David is an Instructor in the Urban Landscape Ecology Program and
also coordinates the Horticulture Program with Landscape Maintenance
on the University of Idaho Campus. David is the advisor for
the University of Idaho Student Society of Arboriculture and teaches
Principles of Horticulture and Arboriculture and advises
undergraduate students in Urban Landscape and Turf Management. |
Paul
Warnick
Assistant Instructor and Arboretum Coordinator |
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(208)
885-5978
pwarnick@uidaho.edu
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Paul is the
manager of the University of Idaho Arboretum and Botanical Gardens
and an Assistant Instructor in the Urban Landscape Ecology Program.
Besides managing the Arboretum and teaching students about landscape
management first hand, he also advises the University of Idaho
Student Society of Arboriculture and teaches Identification of Woody
Plant Cultivars. |
Charles Zillinger
Assistant Instructor and Director of Landscape Maintenance
Operations |

(208)
885-6633
charlesz@uidaho.edu
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Charles directs the entire University of Idaho Landscape Maintenance
Operations on the Moscow Campus. Charles facilitates all
on-campus research with the Urban Landscape Ecology program and is
actively involved in teaching Turfgrass Maintenance and Landscape
Plant Turf interactions in several courses in Horticulture.
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Gary
Moen
Horticulture Instructor |
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(208) 426-3252
gmoen@boisestate.edu
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Gary is and instructor and advisor for undergraduate students
enrolled in Horticulture at
Boise State University College of Applied Technology. He
teaches three plant material courses, two landscaping courses, and
nursery production. In his spare time he is working toward an
M.S. degree in Urban Landscape Ecology through our graduate program
in Biology at Boise State University |
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Leslie Blackburn
Horticulture Instructor and Director |
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(208) 426-5712
lblackburn@boisestate.edu
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Leslie directs the undergraduate program in Horticulture at Boise
State University College of Applied Technology. She advises
students interested in the 2 year program through BSU and the 4 year
program in cooperation with the University of Idaho. She
teaches plant propagation, herbaceous plant materials, greenhouse
management, and a lot of other stuff. In her spare time she is
working on a Ph.D. in Urban Landscape Ecology. |
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David
Kiesig
Horticulture Instructor and Director |
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(208) 732-6431
dkiesig@csi.edu
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Dave coordinates the
Horticulture Program at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls.
He advises undergraduate students in both the two year and four
programs in cooperation with the University of Idaho. He
teaches every horticulture course that is offered at CSI and still
manages to have the time to work on a Ph.D. in Urban Landscape
Ecology.
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